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According to the police report published by Gawker, the Wasilla police were called to the scene a home owned by Sarah and Todd Palin after they received an emergency call from a woman who claimed to had been punched in the face by a man with a gun. Then another call was received by Track Palin who claimed that the woman who had called before him was intoxicated.
Andrew Kappler was the Officer assigned to the scene and for filing the report. Upon arriving at the house, Kappler saw Palin outside talking on his cellphone with what appeared to be a visible injury to his right eye. Palins eyes were apparently bloodshot and he smelled of alcohol. Palin was uncooperative, belligerent and evasive. Due to Palins escalating hostility and the victims unknown whereabouts, Kappler had no choice but to put Palin under arrest.
The other officers assigned to the scene soon found the victim after arresting Palin. She was found hiding and crying underneath a bed inside the residence and told the officers that earlier that evening Palin had been extremely violent and hit her near the eye with his fist. Palin then held a rifle to his head and threatened to commit suicide.
Note: the victims last name has been redacted for safety purposes.
The events are explained as per the police report, here:
She and her boyfriend of one year, Track Palin, left a different residence together and were arguing the whole way home. Once they got to his home they argued in the car, then in the driveway . They were screaming and he was calling her names. (Redacted] told Palin that she had called the cops even though she had not, in attempt to calm him down and to scare him away from touching her. Palin approached (Redacted] and struck her on the left side of her head near her eye with a closed fist. (Redacted] got on the ground in a fetal position because she didnt know what else he would do. Palin then kicked (redacted] on the right knee. (Redacted]s phone was sitting on the ground in front of her. Palin took her phone and threw it across the driveway. She retrieved the phone and went inside the house. Palin was already inside and holding onto a gun, yelling do you think Im a pussy? and do you think I wont do it? (Redacted] stated Palin cocked the gun and was holding the rifle out next to him with the his right hand near the trigger and his left hand near the barrel, with the barrel just away from his face pointed to the side. (Redacted] was concerned that he would shoot himself and ran outside and around the house. She didnt see where Palin went, so she went inside and up the stairs, where she hid under a bed. Shortly after, she heard Palin walking around inside looking for her. Palin left after not locating her.
http://freakoutnation.com/2016/01/details-track-palins-arrest-is-much-worse-than-originally-reported/
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)And the GOP claims to be the party of personal responsibility.
HughBeaumont
(24,461 posts)He just assaulted/stalked a woman and threatened her with a firearm (while intoxicated) and he gets off with THAT?
Clearly the well-connected really DO have their own set of rules.
passiveporcupine
(8,175 posts)He didn't threaten her with the gun, he threatened to kill himself. Not that that would make her feel any safer. Geeze...Palin family could be a reality TV show all in itself.
rustydog
(9,186 posts)Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)PDST on Obama when this was a George W Bush war, many returned home without treatment during the Bush Administration. This person needs help and not a mother who blames the wrong one. If she doesn't want her son committing suicide she needs to change her tactics and get treatment for him. When one has thoughts of suicide many times they become completers.
tabasco
(22,974 posts)He's just a fucking asshole.
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)tabasco
(22,974 posts)Please try again.
mythology
(9,527 posts)and they were agreeing with you.
tabasco
(22,974 posts)Went right over my head.
brewens
(13,582 posts)to serve in the military and actually follow some rules and orders. Mommy's grifting may not be sufficient to afford the poor boy the lifestyle of which he hoped to become accustomed. He probably thought he'd be living in The White House by now. Have a heart!
the apple that didn't fall far from the asshole tree. Any alleged PTSD is derived from having been born a Palin.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)PufPuf23
(8,774 posts)I wish the media would commit a mercy euthanasia of the Palin story.
global1
(25,242 posts)This has all the potential to end badly. He'll either harm himself or someone else.
Mnpaul
(3,655 posts)that gun would be already in the hands of police. The cops take them in domestic violence cases at the time of arrest. And he wouldn't get it back unless he was aquittted or completes court requirements and or treatment.
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)Aerows
(39,961 posts)Between Barstool Palin preaching abstinence while getting pregnant herself, to the drunken fistfight at the party, and now we have domestic violence.
Dysfunctional people.
SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)If I were him, I would be trying to distance myself from this disaster of a family as quickly as possible.
LS_Editor
(893 posts)What happens when Bristol gets pregnant again?
Sarah Palin Blames Obama for Bristol Getting Pregnant for Third Time (Satire)
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navarth
(5,927 posts)Wonderful humor writing. The quote from the knucklehead beauty queen really topped it off. 5 stars.
crim son
(27,464 posts)One of the Miss America or Miss Universe candidates was made forever infamous for using the phrase the same way, but that poor girl was young and terrified. Palin is just... well, whatever. And such as.
navarth
(5,927 posts)quoting the beauty queen and adding it to the (satirical) Palin quote and thus pointing out that they both sound about the same.
Made me laugh.
Re: the beauty queen: I guess I'm mean, I attributed it to something other than just being young and terrifed: I just thought she was really ignorant, probably spent more time studying makeup than reading books.
But maybe she had evil parents that pushed her into it? I should have thought of that, my bad. Either way, the poor girl is comedy history now. My 2 cents
crim son
(27,464 posts)You can be young and terrified and also ignorant and that girl was clearly all three. I'm also irritated beyond belief by stupidity! And thank you for the clarification!
navarth
(5,927 posts)hifiguy
(33,688 posts)saying every word of it.
rjsquirrel
(4,762 posts)how it was "originally reported" in Alaska sources. So I don't see how it's much worse.
MarianJack
(10,237 posts)...after all, Malia went to a party and stood next to a guy playing beer pong. TERRIBLE!!!
PEACE!
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)crim son
(27,464 posts)passiveporcupine
(8,175 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Hugin
(33,135 posts)How'd I know? Because of all of the blaring from every corner of the M$M Wurlitzer Jukebox all week. That's how. They doth protest too much.
Ilsa
(61,695 posts)in a mental health facility for 72 hours by court order for an evaluation? And if not that, why was he released on bond so soon?
He's angry and dangerous. He shouldn't have a gun right now.
rusty quoin
(6,133 posts)I'm just kidding. I don't know what happened to this guy in Iraq, but for Sarah to blame Obama, while it's her party which loves war, then blames the Democrats is expected.
It's what they do. No group complains more than the right wing. Hell, they have that group in Oregon plowing up a nature preserve and getting away with it. Armed and white makes right. And they claim they had no choice. They love the constitution and fight against it at the same time.
Fuck their phrase, "personal responsibility". It's a joke. They blame everyone else for their own problems, and their own votes which have screwed America. I guess as long as they keep yelling freedom, they will never know how much they fucked the country they claim to love.
lindysalsagal
(20,680 posts)I was actually surprised to see that tRump wanted her around. No good ever comes of these genetically challenged neanderthals.
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)Rex
(65,616 posts)We only hear about 1% of the shit the Palins get away with I would bet.
hollowdweller
(4,229 posts)Palin stated that he didnt know where she was and denied that there was a firearm involved, but did state that there were several spread throughout the residence, Kappler wrote. Due to Palins escalating hostility, the unknown whereabouts of the female 911 caller, and Officer safety, Palin was placed into handcuffs.
Officers found the involved firearm, an unloaded AR-15, and observed Loewe to have bruising and swelling around her left eye as well as a small red area near her knee.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/01/20/sarah-palins-son-track-arrested-at-her-home-girlfriend-concerned-he-would-shoot-himself/
So I want to know 2 things:
First does Sarah think her son should still be allowed access to weapons and is she going to lock up hers that are "spread throughout the residence" ??
Second what did Track do in the service? Can any of his fellow soldiers confirm anything that would give him PTSD?
Rex
(65,616 posts)IF he is that unstable, yet since it is the Palins I can see him killing someone or himself and them saying, "gee we cannot believe he did that blah blah" they just don't seem to be able to put 1 and 1 together to make 2.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)for that family of stump-dumb, ignorant snowbilies. Someone needs to dump some chlorine into that gene pool.
Are they the Kallikaks or the Jukeses?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kallikak_Family
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jukes_family
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Odin2005
(53,521 posts)Spoiled POS.
hfojvt
(37,573 posts)but kudos for the clickbait headline.
That was a good one. My mouth was open.
OldHippieChick
(2,434 posts)charged w/ a misdemeanor. Had he done this to a male friend - it would have been a felony. Domestic violence is still a misdemeanor in many jurisdictions and that, in and of itself, is a crime.