Police seek help identifying Paul supporter who stomped on liberal activist

[cojoel]

Source: Bluegrass Politics

A MoveOn.org activist trying to get close to U.S. Senate candidate Rand Paul on Monday was shoved to the ground by supporters of Paul and stomped on, according to Lexington police.

Police are seeking the public’s help identifying people involved in the assault on liberal activist Lauren Lizabeth Valle, 23, outside the studios of Kentucky Educational Television before a debate Monday night between Paul and Democrat Jack Conway.

A spokeswoman for MoveOn said Valle went to a hospital on Monday night to be checked and has a concussion. She was not admitted.

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Anyone with information on the identities of the men is asked to call Lexington police at [phone].

Read more: http://bluegrasspolitics.bloginky.com/2010/10/25/moveonorg-activist-involved-in-incident-at-paul-conway-debate/

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I've seen some posts with pictures trying to track down the culprits. If somebody figures it out, here is how to report it.

[flamingdem]

1. He should get minimum 6 months in prison for that maneuver nt

[Gman]

2. I'd give some pretty long odds

that anyone gets reported voluntarily.

[Tuvok Obama]

12. People like that make a lot of enemies

One of them will see it and break his finger trying to call it in too quickly

[Kolesar]

15. Act 6 of "Joe Dirt"... eom

[tridim]

3. Why was he not detained immediately?

[louis-t]

4. Cuz he ran away , like the coward

that he is.

[DirkGently]

5. Nothing will be done. Imagine, though if the 2 "New Black Panthers" had stomped a 23-yr-old girl .

[RKP5637]

8. Yeah, it would have been all over the MSM non-stop 7x24 endlessly in RW

America.

[JustAnotherGen]

10. Remember

B-Girl out in the Pittsburgh PA area during the Obama campaign? She made it up entirely and the media jumped all over it. I might actually have to watch network news this evening to see if they mention it . . .

[Kweli4Real]

14. Make it worse ...

Imagine, though if the 2 "New Black Panthers" had stomped a 23-yr-old WHITE girl.

Not that it would increase the rage level of DUers (would it?), but this altered scenario would definitely create massive head explosions among the non-racist teapartiers.

[Dappleganger]

16. Or just two black men.

Or a couple of muslims. That would cause riots.

[DirkGently]

40. It's not a crime, when entitled white guys do it.

[nolabear]

6. Has Rand Paul weighed in on this at all?

At the VERY least he should be taking these people to the woodshed for their behavior.

[tridim]

9. He just invoked the "both sides do it" defense.

As per usual.

[kenfrequed]

42. Gods I am sick to death of that

I hate that 'both sides do it crap.' There have been some democratic politicians that have given cover to that argument when its trotted out on the Sunday morning circuit that should get seriously disciplined for such nonsense. This argument should have no credibility at all.

Though honestly I am surprised that Rand Paul wasn't more clever than this. I had thought up a way for him to get out of it and even turn this around but I will not mention it for fear of his campaign trying to whip it out at the last minute.

[Posteritatis]

17. His campaign denied she was injured, basically.

Responded to MoveOn's mentioning her concussion by saying "we're glad she was unharmed."

[seafan]

7. Earlier thread naming an individual allegedly involved

Here


YouTube


See this link also.


Whoever this is should be dragged off to jail for assault.

[nolabear]

11. HuffPo unofficial rumor names a Mike Pezzano as the stomper.

As I said, unofficial, but the poster claimed he is in custody. We'll see.

[yellowcanine]

18. Mike Pezzano was identified as the person who took her down - not the stomper,

Some people also say they saw Brave Mike cop a feel.

[nolabear]

25. You're right. Sorry for the misinfo. He was an accessory to the act.

[alp227]

13. Limited government=getting away with this.

This is the kind of environment that the Paul supporters favor? Disgusting.

[Warpy]

19. Pezzano had her subdued

but he needs to give up the scumbag who head stomped her.

That asshole looked like he was trying to fracture her neck. She was no threat to anyone at that point. That asshole needs to be off the street.

Men who assault women are cowards. Men who assault women who are already being held down are beneath any language I can come up with.

[KansDem]

20. Lock him up and throw away the tea!

...uh, "key." :blush:

[old mark]

21. FOX article states man named Tim Proffitt said the video "looked worse than it was"

said police were nearby when it all happened ...

Link: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/10/26/rand-paul-supporter-apologizes-scuffle-outside-debate/


Read the comments - most Fox readers blame the woman for being there - "she had no business there..."


Isn't it soon time to start physically attacking these Nazi motherfuckers?


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[TNLib]

22. I hope they catch the guy and throw the book at him

This kind of behavior should not be tolerated by anyone of either political party

[Politicalboi]

23. Who does this stomper think he is

A COP! LOL! Only they can do that and get away with it. I hope they are caught and get processed all day Nov 2nd. LOL!

[jeepnstein]

26. As a cop...

I can assure you we can't get away with stomping on someone's head or neck. It just doesn't work that way. Nor would I have had to resort to that to detain her if she provided me with sufficient probable cause.

Pure stupidity. That's what it was. I guess none of those folks ever walked a picket line before and learned how to deal with counter protesters?

[jeepnstein]

24. That was really stupid.

Doesn't anyone tell their volunteers and staffers to avoid that kind of publicity anymore? Were they arresting her? Or was it just a mob scene by a bunch of amateurs who think they're going to suddenly be in political power when their wunder kid gets elected? I got news for them, he'll forget they ever existed as soon as the PAC money starts flowing.

Politics is as coarse as I've ever seen it this year. Nobody has a lick of sense anymore.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

31. "he'll forget they ever existed as soon as the PAC money starts"

Truer words were never spoken.

The only fun part of any Paul victory will be watching these fat oafs crying in their surplus C-rations when Paul toes the corporate line.

"But, but, but, we dressed up in camouflage and carried guns to you rallies and everything"

[moonbatmax]

38. Why should they?

How often do they suffer from that kind of publicity anymore? No matter how bad it gets, there always seems to be someone with some excuse. "Both sides do it!" and "Those aren't OUR people!" seem to be popular. I imagine the crowd here could come up with a few more.

Maybe we haven't reached the point where NO ONE gets punished for this kind of behavior, but it seems to be rare enough that people of a certain mentality are willing to take the risk, assuming they've even thought about it. When enough are getting away with it, an old saw like "actions have consequences" starts to lose its edge.

[LynneSin]

27. Free Republic scrubbed all their stories about the issue - I'd start investigating there

I wouldn't be suprised to find the person who did this was a member of FR.

[iamthebandfanman]

30. exactly

wish i woulda thought to have gone over to FR right after the debate to see if anyone was talking about it yet

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[happygoluckytoyou]

36. RELATED STORY tim "the jackboot" profitt now sports reporter on FOX NEWS

[derby378]

29. Does she need to bring "muscle" to all future political rallies?

These teabaggers act so tough when it's just one dissenter; let's see how they handle a whole group of them at once.

[pjt7]

33. Largest Factual Documentation ever released

to the public concerning the Iraq war & DU is on this "story" all day.

Very Sad.

[derby378]

37. Just logged on - could you elaborate?

Or is this the Wikileaks release that you speak of?

[DFW]

34. They are ALL cowards, every last one of them, from the top down

Just like why Cheneybush attacked Iraq and not Iran or North Korea.

Iraq may have provided more resistance than Rummy expected, but ALL of them knew that Iran and North Korea would have shot back.

That kind of thing scares them whether it's an opposing army or protesters at a debate. If she had been there with
ten well-muscled, armed paramilitary guys as an escort, Rand Paul's thugs would have called her "ma'am" and offered
to bring her coffee.

[indimuse]

Go get'm!!

knr!

[indimuse]

32. Go get'm!!

knr!

[YankeeLeft7x]

39. Do Pre-emptive Arrests on All Republicans!!!!

Since, all Republicans are violent thugs, law enforcement officials may as well just go and do Pre-emptive Arrests on All Republicans!!!!

I mean, the GOP do believe in pre-emptive detentions. Lock all those GOP Bastards up already because every last one of them is a criminal of some kind.

[Can of Whoop-ass]

41. Offer a reward

of a Big Mac with fries and watch 'em pour out to rat on their brothers.