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Eugene

(61,592 posts)
Thu Sep 22, 2022, 05:43 AM Sep 2022

Heckler who slapped Giuliani on back can have charge dropped

Source: Associated Press

Heckler who slapped Giuliani on back can have charge dropped

September 22, 2022

NEW YORK (AP) — A man charged with assault after he was seen on a video slapping the back of former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani accepted a deal Wednesday to have the charges dismissed.

According to the Richmond County district attorney’s office, the case has been adjourned in contemplation of dismissal, which means the charges will be dropped in six months if the man stays out of trouble.

The incident occurred in June while Giuliani, 78, was at a Staten Island supermarket in support of his son Andrew’s ultimately unsuccessful bid to win the Republican party’s nomination for governor. Giuliani was standing with a group of people when a man walking past reached out, touched Giuliani’s back with an open palm and then said something as he walked away.

Giuliani appeared to barely react in the video, but later said it felt “like somebody shot me” or that he had been hit by a boulder. After slapping Giuliani’s back, police alleged the man said, “What’s up, scumbag?” He was arrested and spent more than 24 hours in jail.

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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-new-york-rudolph-giuliani-staten-island-government-and-politics-01b55c433a6fce4d27b8f5174b4109cb

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Heckler who slapped Giuliani on back can have charge dropped (Original Post) Eugene Sep 2022 OP
I just saw the "assault" for the first time. Buckeye_Democrat Sep 2022 #1
That this violent assault is what later caused Giuliani's head to leak at the Four Seasons Orrex Sep 2022 #5
Charges will be dropped in six months if the man stays out of trouble. He spent Emile Sep 2022 #2
Agree! True Blue American Sep 2022 #3
Don't you dare suggest that The System favors the rich and powerful! Orrex Sep 2022 #4
😁 CentralMass Sep 2022 #6
+1 spot on! Emile Sep 2022 #7
Lol, yep! newdayneeded Sep 2022 #11
Accepted a deal? WTF? Tadpole Raisin Sep 2022 #9
Probably couldn't afford a good lawyer? Emile Sep 2022 #13
just us system sucks. AllaN01Bear Sep 2022 #8
The guy should have went to court. Instead he took a plea bargain . jimfields33 Sep 2022 #12
Notice how scumbag snowflake lurched forward from the mighty blow, almost knocking down innocent bys keithbvadu2 Sep 2022 #10

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,846 posts)
1. I just saw the "assault" for the first time.
Thu Sep 22, 2022, 05:52 AM
Sep 2022

Here:



If THAT felt like somebody shot him, Giuliani needs hospice care now.

Emile

(21,881 posts)
2. Charges will be dropped in six months if the man stays out of trouble. He spent
Thu Sep 22, 2022, 06:01 AM
Sep 2022

a night in jail for nothing and now he is on six months probation for nothing. In the mean time the orange traitor walks free.

Orrex

(63,083 posts)
4. Don't you dare suggest that The System favors the rich and powerful!
Thu Sep 22, 2022, 07:11 AM
Sep 2022

And, whatever you do, don't express reasonable irritation that The System is grinding ahead at glacial speed, because obviously you don't know a whole lot of legal jargon with which to insult, humiliate, condescend and belittle.

Yes, the most important thing is that DUers be scolded for their completely natural, understandable, and justifiable frustration.

All Hail The System!

newdayneeded

(1,939 posts)
11. Lol, yep!
Thu Sep 22, 2022, 08:18 AM
Sep 2022

As I said in my Garland reminder post. No matter our stance or thoughts on the investigation. We all, everyone of us, want donny locked up! it's just the frustration of the pace that kills me.

Tadpole Raisin

(972 posts)
9. Accepted a deal? WTF?
Thu Sep 22, 2022, 08:02 AM
Sep 2022

Is this to satisfy lying Giuliani or any right wing MAGAs?

They say F our feelings but these snowflakes need to go on Survivor and then try complaining about their rights. I’d watch that show although my tv might not survive a single episode.

jimfields33

(15,450 posts)
12. The guy should have went to court. Instead he took a plea bargain .
Thu Sep 22, 2022, 09:05 AM
Sep 2022

Can’t blame anybody but the individual who took the plea. He didn’t have to.

keithbvadu2

(36,360 posts)
10. Notice how scumbag snowflake lurched forward from the mighty blow, almost knocking down innocent bys
Thu Sep 22, 2022, 08:10 AM
Sep 2022

Notice how scumbag snowflake lurched forward from the mighty blow, almost knocking down innocent bystanders.

of course

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