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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPolice Offer Very Different Account Of Protest Incident GOPer Blamed On 'Mob'
Rep. Dan Rohrabacher (R-CA) and California police provided starkly different accounts of an altercation between a staffer and demonstrator at one of his district offices, with the GOP lawmaker charging that a "violent" assault occurred and police describing the incident as an honest mistake.
Rohrabacher's office alleged that a demonstrator intentionally shoved an elderly staffer to the ground, knocking her unconscious, while police said she declined to be taken to the hospital and that no injuries were reported at all.
This much is clear: Protesters with a group called Indivisible Orange County turned up at Rohrabacher's Huntington Beach office to deliver Valentines Day cards urging him to hold a town hall. Finding the door locked, they shoved the cards underneath it. The 2-year-old daughter of one of the protesters was attempting to add one to the pile when a staffer abruptly opened the door, hitting the child in the head. The staffer, 71-year-old district director Kathleen Staunton, fell in the ensuing commotion as another demonstrator tried to keep the office door open.
The accounts then diverge wildly.
Rohrabachers office released a florid statement accusing a mob of holier-than-thou obstructionists of committing an outrageous assault on Staunton. The statement claims she was knocked unconscious, violently" attacked, and repeatedly mentions that she was hospitalized.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/huntingon-beach-police-respond-rohrabacher-protest-staffer-injury
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Police Offer Very Different Account Of Protest Incident GOPer Blamed On 'Mob' (Original Post)
herding cats
Feb 2017
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guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)1. Will this become the Huntington Beach massacre by Saturday?
I think I was there. Blood everywhere.
GReedDiamond
(5,313 posts)2. These fucking repukes are liars, cowards, cheats, thieves and morons...
...and those are their most redeeming qualities.
uncle ray
(3,156 posts)3. please don't use your 2 years for protesting.n/t