(WENN)

Wow, we are SCRAPING the barrel today. It’s like molasses up in here. Anyway, Danny Glover came out of a courthouse in Brooklyn, got pissed off at a NY Daily News photog, and smacked the shit out of him.

Actor Danny Glover – best known for playing the less combustible cop in the “Lethal Weapon” movies – suddenly punched a Daily News photographer yesterday, shocking onlookers with his burst of violence.

As Glover, 60, emerged from Brooklyn Federal Court, he flipped out and threw a roundhouse punch at News photographer Gary He, connecting with a glancing blow to his jaw.

“What gives you the right to come out here and photograph me and have your camera up in my face?” Glover growled, according to He.

The NY Daily News reports that their photographer is not pressing charges. Jesus, you’d think he’d be happy people were still interested in taking his picture. He’s about a stunt-casted Verizon ad away from a straight-to-DVD Lethal Weapon 8: Mel Gibson Not In This One.