Houston conservative radio host in Hit and Run after leaving gay bar!

[Lisa0825]

Oh, this has been so much fun discussing with my local FB friends tonight.... LOL

http://www.click2houston.com/news/Police-watch-bar-video-in-hit-and-run-probe/-/1735978/8784614/-/fb6y59z/-/index.html

Security camera footage from a well-known gay bar has played a key role in a hit-and-run investigation of a former Houston City Councilman, who is now a conservative talk show host, Local 2 Investigates reported on Wednesday.

A Houston man reported to police that KTRH talk show host Michael Berry plowed his SUV into another car outside T.C.'s Show Baron Converse near Fairview in the Montrose area about 11 p.m. on January 31st.

Managers of the bar then turned over security camera video from inside the club to HPD investigators, and they write in an e-mail to Local 2 Investigates that their video confirms that Berry was in their establishment that night.

"If you're going to stand up and say anti-gay things and be conservative and be Mr. Good Guy, and then when something happens that points you out and puts you in a place with the exact business that you aim to shut down, it kind of makes it seem like I need this to go away and I need it to go away quickly," said Bennett.

[RKP5637]

1. Similar pattern of hypocritical behavior we see all the time by gay bashers. n/t

[Lisa0825]

2. Exactly!

I don't give a shit that he's gay, but I give a shit that he's a hypocrite!

[ashling]

6. He's a hypocrite AND he left the scene of an accident

AND the DAs office seems like they are covering

[crunch60]

11. Well, they have him

on camera, inside the gay bar, so he won't be able to deny that.

[rocktivity]

13. At the end of the video, the co-anchor asks the most obvious question

"Why don't the cops just ASK Berry if he did it?"

The reporter replies that if Berry were to say yes, they'd have him, of course. But if he were to say no or refuse to answer, the investigation would be "right back where they started."

Huh? If he says no, all they have to do is ask him if he was in the club at the time. And if he refuses to answer, all they have to do is put together a timeline based on the club's surveillance tape and hope they have a bombproof eyewitness.

This is Prosecution 101. Unless Mr. Berry has called in a few favors -- and I DO mean "favors."


rocktivity

[saras]

26. Ding, ding! Open-and-shut case, popular support for prosecution, no interest in prosecuting...

[UCmeNdc]

27. Plus if he hit another object like a car or pole they can take a paint sample and match it

The police need to see his car immediately. Search warrant? match the paint or evidence from the scene of the hit and run against any damage to his vehicle.

[DallasNE]

61. Af Far As I Can Tell That's Not In Question

What they are saying is that they can't place him behind the wheel because they only have one eye witness and that makes it he said/he said. I find that odd because there is a body of evidence available that all points to Berry. Granted, without the witness a designated driver could have been behind the wheel but the nature of the accident suggests the driver was drunk. DUI, hit and run -- nothing to see here. A few dollars to the school fund clears it all up.

[UCmeNdc]

64. It is still a hit and run of some type

So the police should be interested in who actually left the scene of an accident. If they place the car as the vehicle that left the scene then the car was involved in a crime. Then the question becomes who was driving and why did they leave the scene of the accident. It should be easy for the police to prove the vehicle caused the accident and left the scene.

[Trajan]

3. Typical self loathing gay conservative ...

In complete denial about his own desires and lashing out at those who project what he hates in himself ...

I am not surprised ...

[smirkymonkey]

28. Aren't they all?

[jsmirman]

4. Wow - you wonder if they wouldn't be so horrible to all other humans

if they weren't so damn horrible to themselves.

That CPAC craigslist thing was wild.

[RainDog]

5. gee... what a surprise

[Redstate Bluegirl]

22. Yes. Shocking!

[MagickMuffin]

7. "Looking for Love in all the Wrong Places"

Well looks as though he's getting help from the DA's office. HMMMMMM


HPD officers involved in the investigation said that the Harris County District Attorney's office has declined to file criminal hit and run charges in the case, telling officers that no one can positively identify Berry being behind the wheel for the crime.

[rocktivity]

12. The DA's not interested? Talk about a "cop"-out!

The least HPD can do is ASK the guy if he was driving his car that night, especially since there's proof he was actually on the premises. Plus they've got an eyewitness, so all they have to do is put together a timeline. If there's no question that the car was his, they've GOT to follow through on it!


rocktivity

[pnwest]

8. Dude - way to keep it on the downlow...

[rocktivity]

9. Oh, it was a hit and run with a CAR!!!!

That IS kinky!


rocktivity

[MrBig]

10. I'm really curious how many

vehemently anti-gay conservatives are actually homosexuals or bisexuals themselves. It's pretty sad that these people are so ashamed of who they are that they need to hurt not only themselves but others through their words and, in these cases, actual political decisions.

[MADem]

16. I think the more angry they get about an issue that is a matter of simple, basic equality, and

shouldn't be a "concern" to anyone, the more likely it is that they're so far back in the closet they're routinely overcome by the smell of mothballs!

When they yell and spit and you see a vein in their forehead, they're denying something!

[Javaman]

67. I like to paraphrase Shakespeare...

"Me thinks they protest too much".

Cheers.

[RKP5637]

18. IMO a lot of them are. It's a psychological defense kicking in, because they can't accept

that they might be, or are, that which has been programmed into them as being evil. Their cognitive dissonance is incredible, so they seek relief by bashing gays, see, I'm not one, look at how I bash them. Often those that doth protest too much are that which they protest.

[closeupready]

20. Agree completely.

nt

[Maven]

24. A few homophobes are secretly gay, most are hateful straight people

Let us please not lapse into this bogus cop-out of an argument that if you're a public homophobe it must be because you're secretly gay. It really doesn't help. Yes, we love it when homophobic hypocrites are exposed but this does not mean that all homophobes are closet cases. Most are just hateful assholes who are, yes, heterosexual. Claiming that all homophobes are secretly gay is simply another way to blame the minority for their own persecution and let the majority off the hook.

[mitchtv]

39. I have said this until I'm blue in the face

it doesn't sink in with most straits. they prefer that it is those bad Gays.

[Maven]

41. I know you have.

Figured it was my turn.

[DuaneBidoux]

44. So it doesn't sink in with "most" straits?

Sounds like a curiously conservative generalized statement to me.

I'm sure you mean to say "many."

[mitchtv]

50. generalizations beget generalization

I'll split the difference and go with "it seems like a great many"

[DuaneBidoux]

53. Sounds good. I pride myself on being a progressive capable of nuance.

In fact I think the lack of generalization (generally), the ability to think in nuanced fashion, admitance that there may be valid points to be made by many even if those many disagree, to be a strength of the progressive worldview generally.

(which of course doesn't mean one "generally" sees that on DU)

[MADem]

75. A nuanced approach is a lost art in some quarters, I fear.

I'm a fan of nuance, myself.

[alcibiades_mystery]

54. Indeed

Well put and a necessary point to repeat!

[Katashi_itto]

66. The more I see this behaviout the more I think it's some sort of crazed jealousness.

[WhoIsNumberNone]

14. Well, this was about due...

Seems like about every six months one of these super right wingers trips up and comes stumbling out of the closet. Oops.

[MADem]

15. Proof there is a god, and she has a brutal sense of humor! nt

[justiceischeap]

19. And that she has a bigger problem with the hypocrisy than his sexuality n/t

[mfcorey1]

17. IOKIYAR!!!! NT

[Jello Biafra]

21. Isn't that special.....n/t

[Ganja Ninja]

23. Take a peek at his facebook page.

There's a Valentines day thread where he starts off announcing he's taking his wife to dinner. The hilarity ensues down toward the end.

Are you going to TC's for a nightcap?

You love her huh? Does she know you were at that drag show?

I knew it.......always down talkin Obama, but u got caught in a gay bar. How u like them apples........boy!!!!!


http://www.facebook.com/MichaelBerryFanPage

[blm]

25. not finding his page anymore

.

[hobbit709]

29. Even better. It was Drag Queen Night.

[Initech]

30. This question must be asked:

If he hates gay people so much what was he doing at their establishment?

[Incitatus]

46. His desires got the best of him.

He took a risk and got caught. That's how it usually happens with hypocrites like that.

[WCGreen]

31. I am shocked, I tell you,shocked....

[joeybee12]

32. I'm feeling that German word right now...

You know, the one I'm too lazy to spell check!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

33. Schadenfreude...

[cloudbase]

34. We've got 'em in Houston.

Another RW radio host, Jon Matthews, got three years in the slammer for exposing himself to a young girl. He was stupid. Berry is actually reasonably smart, but just as hate filled.

Perhaps he was doing "research."

[Puregonzo1188]

35. I am sure he's an asshole, but this kind of public shaming leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

[Lisa0825]

38. I never feel bad about exposing hypocrisy. I feel bad for his family, but not for him. nt

[crunch60]

51. As always, it's the hypocrisy that bothers me.

We are not being "indifferent" to the hateful messages he spews out on his radio program. I don't feel bad about Shaming him, he needs that, exposing the hypocrisy of this closeted right winger. Beside that, leaving the scene of an accident? D.A doesn't have enough info to charge him. If I was involved in a accident and left the scene, cops would be busing my door down.

What's going on? Was he at the gay bar collecting information to use in a documentary about guy's in drag? yea, right.

[LanternWaste]

69. Are you referring to the public shaming the radio host engages in

Are you referring to the public shaming the radio host engages in on his talk-show every day?

[Atypical Liberal]

36. LOL another wide stancer n/t.

[Pakid]

37. No surprise there

The more they claim to hate gays the more likely they are to be gay. Self hate is a terrible thing. That is something that the Westbor. Church should spend some time thinking about.

[valerief]

40. If you're a gay conservative, you HAVE to shred homosexuality. The GOP take a Hypocritical Oath. nt

[noiretextatique]

42. c'mon...he was just there for the drag show

everyone, including, rw conservative closeted hypocrites love a good drag show.

[SemperEadem]

43. so, wait...

if I moved to Houston, Tx and back up a street 70 ft and hit a parked car and then I speed away from the scene--leave the scene of an accident--after the owner of the car I just hit runs over to me and looks me in my face that I can enjoy not being harassed about it by the HPD? Is that what HPD is really saying here? They're not going to pursue a clear case of hit and run/leaving the scene of an accident, even though there are laws on the books regarding that?

I mean, when did the laws of the state of TX bend to allow a criminal act to go unaddressed, let alone unpunished? WTF is that about? So this guy just has to whistle in the wind over the damage done to his car because dude is a conservative radio talk show host and the DA is a punk who is afraid to do his/her job?

[Botany]

45. Straight guy here ......

.... I have found the more people complain about "the gay" the more likely
that they are attracted to gay sex.

I have found a very simple solution to the big "gay problem" and that is I
don't have sex w/ other men but I love my gay and lesbian friends and it will
not be a question of if there will be gay marriage but when will it be the law
of the land.

Sorry to

[Noodleboy13]

47. The free republic crowd thinks he's being framed.

He's made enemies for speakin da truth doncha know.


peace,
Noodleboy

[Bad_Ronald]

48. I love stories like this...

Called it schadenfreude, comeuppance, delicious irony, chickens coming home to roast, or, simply, misery loving company....whatever.

Let's see this vapid blowhard (obviously, in more ways than one) wiggle outta this one.

[edbermac]

49. I guess Mr Berry has an issue with rear-ending.

[Lisa0825]

52. LMFAO!!!

[Paladin]

55. Is KTRH The Same Station That Had The Child Molester Host A Few Years Back?

Morning show fascist mouther, most popular right-wing radio show in Houston, a few years back---guy's first name was "Jon"---and he got busted for molesting a teenage girl. Anybody else remember?

[Lisa0825]

56. Jon Matthews! Different station, but I think it is a "sister station." nt

[Lisa0825]

57. Alternative paper The Houston Press is now on the case...

They do some pretty in depth reporting, so I hope they will prevent this from dropping off the radar!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002320238

[MADem]

73. I think it's time for some enterprising reporter to prevail upon that bar to release their security

video so it can be posted for all to see...that way we can see that this "poor fellow" was "never in that club" and just happened to be parked near that bar! Or maybe someone stole his vehicle! Yeaaaah.....that'll work! And the guy who stole the vehicle looked a LOT like this bigoted SOB! Yeeeeaaaaah--that's the ticket!!!

Maybe we'll see some pigs flying this week, too!

[DemoTex]

58. We lived in deepest Montrose (1980-1986)

In fact, our address was 36XX Montrose Blvd, two blocks south of Westheimer. That was where my wife and I developed our deep appreciation for the gay community. What a place! I remember, especially, "Mary's" and "The Chicken Coop."

But Houston was hit hard by AIDS. We lost some dear friends. But we also know some of the longest living HIV/AIDS patients. Some are not patients anymore. That is wonderful.

[W T F]

60. See?????......conservatives really do SUCK!!!!!

[The Wizard]

62. It was investiative journalism

He had to dig in deep to get the real dirt.

[SunSeeker]

63. My right wing relatives sent me this video Michael Berry made against Obama

Michael Berry did the voice-over on his doctored video that was flying around right wing e-mail chains claiming to show how President Obama wouldn't let Sal Guinta's family sit in the front row at the recent award ceremony of Congressional Medal of Honor Ceremony, but rather put Dem politicos there:
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=hxlcVAEj0sM&vq=large

I Googled it and sure enough, I found it was a hoax, as documented thoroughly on:
http://michilines.wordpress.com/category/michael-berry-sal-giunta-hoax/

The actual white house video shows the parents did in fact sit in the front row:

When I replied to my relatives with the real video of the ceremony, thus demonstrating that Michael Berry was a lying sack of crap, they had no response. Just like they will have no response (nor care) about this. All they want is for someone to be bashing Obama, and they don't care who's doing it. That's why the IOKIYAR rule continues on.

[eyewall]

68. right wing doesn't seem to care when they are lied to.

It amazes me how they will disregard proof that they've been punked by their own side.

I've learned through exposure that in order to be a republican, you have to lie to yourself. I've tried, in a friendly way, to point this out to repubs. I wonder if any of them ever got it or if they just despise me more for having brought it up.

When I was a tiny Catholic tyke, I learned something, a quote that was attributed to Jesus. It stayed with me my whole life, it just felt so correct. It is:

"The greatest fool in the world is a man who would lie to himself."

[SunSeeker]

72. Yup, and they conjure new lies even as old lies are exposed.

So sad. I wish I can get through to my relatives. But it is as if their souls were taken over.

[eyewall]

77. yes, it's even sadder when it's family.

I just got a disgusting rw chain hate mail from a close friend. Stunned me.

[0rganism]

65. I wonder if Carl will call him out on this next week :D

So this fascist clown has a weekly debate with a local (to me, PDX) gay liberal talker Carl Wolfsohn every Thursday.

I wonder if this incident will come up...

[Bake]

70. All I have to say is ...

Pass the

Bake

[Catherine Vincent]

71. Does anyone know why he was there?

I don't know much about him but I saw a clip where he was explaining that he couldn't say anything right now and then he tells people to "go to hell". He's a rude ahole.

[MADem]

74. Maybe he will go with the "gathering material for a book" excuse!

Which is why those security tapes from INSIDE the club will be worth seeing! I hope they find their way to the internet!

[maddezmom]

76. Check this out : Michael Berry: Time to Revisit Firehouse Saloon Incident?

Michael Berry: Time to Revisit Firehouse Saloon Incident?


By John Nova LomaxThu., Feb. 16 2012 at 12:31 PM

Alleged TC's Incident not Berry's first wee-hours bar parking lot fiasco.

​The alleged TC's Show Bar incident that came to light today would not be conservative talker Michael Berry's first late-night bar parking lot misadventure.

On December 22, 2007, just as his term on City Council was coming to a close thanks to term limits, Berry attended a concert by his friend Cory Morrow at the Firehouse Saloon on Fountainview at the Southwest Freeway.

Berry would later say that as he was leaving the tavern, at 1 a.m. on December 23, he was carjacked at knifepoint in the parking lot. He told the Houston Chronicle that he got in his Chevy Tahoe, put down his Blackberry and stuck the keys in the ignition, when suddenly his passenger-side door flew open and a Hispanic man with a knife jumped in the car.

Berry said that as he was trying to shield himself from the first attacker, a second man, also Hispanic and packing a blade, jumped in the back seat.

more: http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/2012/02/michael_berry_firehouse_bar.php