Door to door salesman punched off-duty police officer at home

A 59-year-old off-duty Chicago police officer was hit in the face by a man soliciting business for Direct Energy.
Twenty-two-year-old Vincent Taylor was arrested about 3:30 p.m. Saturday afternoon at the officer's home on California Avenue on the Southwest Side.
The officer declined Taylor's offer and asked him to shut the gate in his front yard as he left.
Taylor slammed the gate and the officer approached him to ask why he didn't shut it.
The two started arguing,. Two people who witnessed the argument told Taylor he was arguing with a cop before Taylor hit him in the face, breaking the officer's glasses and causing swelling around his left eye.
The officer was treated and released from Mount Sinai Hospital. Taylor was charged with aggravated battery to a police officer and criminal damage to property.

A spokeswoman for Direct Energy wasn't immediately available to comment.

This is Taylor's fourth arrest for battery, and at least one of those was domestic