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sabra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-12-09 02:53 PM
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Police arrested man who grabbed Rosa Parks poster from woman @ McCaskill town hall

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/politics/story/219CE87ECAE82ED8862576100010CE32?OpenDocument

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The relative tranquillity established during the meeting was briefly punctured near the end when police arrested a man in a dispute over a political sign. Jefferson College policy prohibits signs in the field house for events, a McCaskill aide said. Police arrested a man after he grabbed the sign of veteran activist Maxine Johnson, who ran for St. Louis alderman this year. The sign was not about health care — it was apparently a Rosa Parks poster.

The Jefferson County sheriff's office identified the man arrested as James Winfrey, 67, of Cedar Hill. He was held on suspicion of third-degree assault.

A witness, Connie Bollinger of the Overland area, said Winfrey just "came over and grabbed" the poster.

McCaskill, watching the exchange transpire from behind the microphone, expressed disappointment that it could overshadow the otherwise peaceful discourse.

"I'll bet you a dollar that's all they show on the news tonight," McCaskill said.

During the fracas, McCaskill said she was approached by an official asking if she wanted to exit the forum for her safety.

Her reply, as she told the crowd, was vintage McCaskill: "Not on your life."
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Lex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-12-09 02:55 PM
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1. The PR nightmare for the Repukes continues.
Way to go, nutjobs!

And kudos to McCaskill for not backing down.
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louis-t Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-12-09 03:01 PM
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5. She is handling the nutjobs better than anyone.
Calmly and concisely.
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csziggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-12-09 02:55 PM
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2. Good - the women were not doing anything to provoke anyone
They just did not realize posters were not allowed in the venue and rolled theirs up once informed. I hope the DA's office has this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7zfawMm-So to help in the prosecution of this nut.
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BlooInBloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-12-09 02:56 PM
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3. Dissent is patriotic... Unless you're black.
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NatBurner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-12-09 03:08 PM
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7. right?
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vaberella Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-12-09 03:31 PM
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12. We haven't been cleared yet...we just recently got cleared for Citizenship a few decades ago.
Dissent is patriotic----takes another 100 years to earn.
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Drunken Irishman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-12-09 04:03 PM
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14. Hell, that wasn't even dissent.
People bring signs to these things all the time.

Blacks can't even do normal stuff at townhalls without being slammed.

Fuck this country.
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stevedeshazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-12-09 02:57 PM
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4. I love Claire McCaskill.
James Winfrey, not so much.
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xultar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-12-09 03:08 PM
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6. Good thing cuz that sistah would have ripped that mutherfucker to shreds
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vaberella Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-12-09 03:15 PM
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8. Out of all this drama, you managed to make me laugh. n/t
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xultar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-12-09 03:17 PM
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10. That's cuz you saw what I saw. A man about to get beat the fuck up. No denying it.
The police were preventing an ass whoopin.
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vaberella Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-12-09 03:29 PM
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11. Most definitely. I was like...Litte man run, run far away.
:rofl:
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underseasurveyor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-12-09 11:40 PM
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21. That is too funny
cuz I can so relate......LMAO
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vaberella Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-12-09 03:16 PM
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9. I'm not a McCaskill fan on Health policy & I felt this was handled poorly.
But under the situations she did the best she could. And I liked her last line.
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gatorboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-12-09 03:35 PM
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13. And yet the media focused on the black woman being dragged out for making a scene.
Only more evidence that this is more about race than anything else.
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Wednesdays Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-12-09 10:18 PM
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15. K&R
:kick:
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TexasObserver Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-12-09 11:03 PM
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16. Recommend
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BirminghamExaminer Donating Member (943 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-12-09 11:14 PM
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17. Here's the video of it plus K&R
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/12/rosa-parks-poster-torn-up_n_257578.html

They show the actual video of this happening on the huffpo piece.
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Ilsa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-12-09 11:14 PM
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18. The angry SOB thought he could get away with being an asshole
just because the other assholes were there en masse. I hope his judge is Black and cool as a cucumber. I hope his public defender is African American, too. And I hope he'll eventually be ashamed of himself.
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BirminghamExaminer Donating Member (943 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-12-09 11:20 PM
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19. Maybe a wise Latina
Actually, I hope the judge is fair whether she is a he, or black, green or whatever. Well maybe not green.
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Ilsa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-13-09 11:12 AM
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22. Fair, yes. Easy, no. I would just love for him to do that big gulp in the courtroom. nt
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backscatter712 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-12-09 11:29 PM
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20. If it had happened to me, I would have knocked that geezer's dentures down his throat.
I don't care if I went to jail, I would have seen how much I could rearrange that old racist fuck's face with my fists before the cops dragged me off of him.
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Solly Mack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-13-09 11:13 AM
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23. Good
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