BARNSTABLE, Mass. —

An Arlington, Massachusetts, man is facing assault and battery charges after an altercation with a 77-year-old man at a “No Kings” rally on Cape Cod on Saturday.

Peter Afouxenides, 61, was charged with assault and battery on a person older than 60 in connection with the incident that happened near the Airport Rotary in Hyannis as crowds left the rally, Barnstable police said.

According to police officers who were monitoring traffic and pedestrian flow on Route 28, they saw a blue Toyota SUV stop abruptly in the roadway and a man and woman quickly exit and walk to the rear of the vehicle.

When officers walked over to where the SUV stopped, they saw an injured man with a cardboard sign in the roadway. With the help of bystanders and a nurse, the man, later identified

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