Airman arrested for confrontation at Tucson Trump rally
We talked a little bit about the assault on the poor little sparkle pony at the Tucson rally yesterday. It turns out that the fellow who hit the stank-ass hippie, Tony Pettway, was an airman at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, near Tucson. From KVOA;
Captain Casey Osborne, 355th Fighter Wing Chief of Public Affairs released this statement on behalf of Davis-Monthan Air Force Base:
I can confirm the individual depicted in these videos is an Airman assigned to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base. We are reviewing the situation, fully cooperating with local authorities, and will take appropriate action.
All DOD members are authorized to participate in the political process in their personal capacity without implying any endorsement from the DOD.
We believe wholeheartedly in our fellow Americans’ rights to express their views on political issues, and we strongly condemn any attempt to silence those views through force or violence.
Soon after that altercation, police officer, Brandon Tatum made this video from his perspective of the stank-ass hippies who were protesting the Trump rally, if it’s true (I have no reason to doubt him) they’re lucky there weren’t more face-punching incidents;
This has been building since the Occupy Wall Street BS and most decent Americans are just fed up with the immature childish acting out that we’ve had shoved down our throats.
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Give that man a medal in lieu of punishment for not putting that dude (I presume) in the hospital.
Promote him.
The video was saying that the protester being knocked out by the airman may have spit on the airman first… makes you wonder…
Hondo raised the matter of fighting words in the other thread about this, I believe. Instigating a fight does not require words to be spoken at all. Well, unless I miss my guess, Pettway is black and it’s crystal clear that Mr. Stankass is sporting a KKK hood as Pettway goes for him. I’m guessing that but for that hood, no punch is thrown.
He’s gonna get the hammer dropped on him.
And while the libtard stank-ass hippie in the Klan gear was wrong, you don’t punch them first.
Defend yourself, yes. But not this.
That being said, one of these days some hippies are going to get a lot flatter when someone is trying to go from Point A to B and is tired of the little shits.
There is no doubt the little fuck needed an ass kicking, deserved an ass kicking, asked for an ass kicking, earned an ass kicking,and got an ass kicking.
Unfortunately, it’s still illegal under Arizona Revised Statutes and the UCMJ.
I don’t condone this Airman’s actions, but I’ll buy him a beer.
My sentiments exactly SFC D. Thank you.
You are wrong…Arizona has a mutual combat law…two people going at it…no problemo!
The guy in unfit for military service.
And protesting is not a “liberal” thing. Progressives had to suffer through the idiotic tea party tantrums and we are facing an era of right wing shed squatters.
Shouldn’t you be dumpster diving for Bernie?
“The guy in unfit for military service”
Thanks LT…best laugh I’ve had all day.
He’s unfit for military service because he got in a fight? You just eliminated a full half of the Marines that I led. I’d have lost a whole squad from one fight at the Driftwood outside of Camp Lejeune.
This was not a fight. He punched, knocked to the ground, stomped, and repeatedly kicked a peaceful protestor because he did not like the protestors message.
That is unfit for military service.
A protester screaming profanities while wearing a KKK hood. There was no peaceful in his protest.
The protester spit on him, that is what the off duty cop said in the video.
Lars you talk about the Tea Party but you forgot the hole nation had to put up with Occupy Movement.
And yet, he was charged with misdemeanor assault, according to See BS. They probably screwed that up, too. It was probably assault and battery, still a misdemeanor.
If what you said was true, why not at least aggravated assault, or felonious assault?
I guess your knowledge of the law is on par with your knowledge of a test for authoritarianism.
You don’t know me, Commissar.
Dammit, I keep missing out on my chance to know you. Maybe tomorrow.
YOU KNOW ME, NR Pax! ?
DITTO!
Hmm, I’m trying to remember all the tea partiers protesting in KKK garb. All I can think of was a couple of peaceful rallies, where they didn’t try to burn down the city (Baltimore), didn’t unlawfully block the flow of traffic (Arizona Trump rally), and were very respectful to even the counter protesters. Also, they left the events clean and spotless just the way it was before they came. I feel like NYC is still trying to clean up some of the disgusting filth from the Occupy Wall Street protests.
Please provide sources for “the idiotic tea party tantrums” referenced above, to include the extent of said tantrums as contracted with the recent acts of the anti-Trump protestors.
Larsie-poo,
Stop. Just. Stop. I’m just getting over a severe chest cold, and can’t catch my breath from the laughter.
“tea party tantrums”? “right wing shed squatters”?
BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
Stop it, Smalls, yer killin’ me.
Concrete examples from accredited reliable sources (and no, Huff&PuffPo doesn’t count), or you need to go back on an increased dosage of your meds.
Here are a few examples:
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2009/1118/violence-at-tea-party-rally-bare-knuckle-politics-in-the-streets
http://ftrradio.com/2012/12/reporter-injured-as-tea-party-rally-turns-violent-with-racially-motivated-attack/#sthash.vUyrVv0O.dpbs
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/10/12/1025512/-
And hey, look, they even illegally blocked traffic!
http://patch.com/california/carlsbad/impeach-obama-demonstration-on-i5-overpass-snarls-southbound-traffic
In your first link, it doesn’t state who threw the first punch and assumes the two individuals who walked through the anti-Tea Party protestors were actually Tea Party.
Your second link is completely false. It says that the group who attacked and tore down the tent was Tea Party, when it was really union and Americans For Prosperity (the people who owned the tent.
http://www.politicususa.com/2012/12/11/americans-prosperity-fake-attack-tent-michigan-work-rally.html
The third is kind of fully, since the media used the picture of the black man carrying the AR to show how racists were open carrying by cropping off his head. Otherwise, the ‘spitting’ and N-word incident were false as the entire thing was filmed.
http://www.infowars.com/video-proves-tea-party-activist-did-not-spit-on-dem/
The last link is laughable. They were not blocking traffic, but were protesting legally. To claim they had blocked traffic is laughable, because the drivers slowed of their own volition without any obstruction on the roadway.
Sorry, but you are a fail at this station. Nice job playing by the Democrat book, but I’ve read your book. It’s a short one and there are lots of easy-to-understand pictures.
And crayons.
▲▲▲▲ Like ▲▲▲▲ Flagwaver.
You demolished his post quite well.
*standing ovation*
That was off the top rope, elbow smash to the face, deeeestroyed.
Garçon, please send 1,000 internets over to Flagwaver’s table and put it on my tab.
I’ll take him in my military; nice to see someone can still throw a punch.
I’d be genuinely pissed if I had a black troopie that FAILED to throat punch a Klan Klown.
Commissar, you remind me of a Superior Officer I was once cursed with serving under, but not for long. We got rid of him in due time. First, we kept the higher CoC informed of his antics, attitude and treatment of the Enlisted Personnel and the NCO Support Chain assisted in getting him Relieved and relegated to an irrelevant desk job until it was time to go home. Yes, his career was done in by that, he got relieved while in a Combat Zone which was a death sentence for his career as well as those of other turdballs like you that we got relieved. That’s why I’m quite sure you were an intolerable turd among your peers and hated by your subordinates because you think with your vanity, ego, and narcissism. You’ll never make it in the private business sector Lars, I see Government Bureaucrat as the only job you’ll ever hold for any length of time.
You really should be careful when using the Democrat/Progressive/Liberal play book. Most of us have read it, already. It’s a short one and not very well thought out. So, please post how the Tea Party activists started riots in cities or stopped traffic. Thanks.
Please, remove your head from your ass, your voice is muffled!
Lars, who died and made you pope?
El Presidente,
Please capitalize Pope next time.
Thank you.
That is all!
MCPO
These “protesters” go to these events with the sole purpose of trying to get their asses kicked, and then cry and claim victim.
I can’t fully say that the Airman did what he had to, but I won’t say that the morons in KKK garb shouldn’t have expected much less either.
Same as the OWS nut jobs taunting the Police
Also the Westboro Baptist Church folks.
Lars;
Some of this are a little closer to this situation than your Berkeley dorm room. EVERY aggressive act other than this Airman punching an idiot that begged for it was committed by liberal left wing agitators. It’s a fact of life that if you come into a place looking for a fight, someone will gladly help you find it. You wouldn’t know that though. It’s not in any book.
Stop acting like I have not been in the real world. It is annoying.
And the fact that “SOMEONE” in a crowd of hundreds of fascist leaning morons may throw a punch is to be expected.
Do you know what is NOT to be expected? That that person throwing the punch (and stomping and kicking) the PEACEFUL protestor would be an active duty service member.
That is NOT to be expected. And it is unacceptable.
HUNDREDS of your “peaceful” protestors disrupted a private event, both inside and out of the arena. 1 active duty Airman stomped 1 “instigator” who had a reasonable expectation that his actions would incite violence. He got what he wanted and went crying to the press blaming Trump. He only has himself to blame. The airman will face the consequences for his actions, the instigator is still ducking his responsibility in the event.
Larsie, you may have once been in “the real world”. However, the shit you manage to squeeze out of your keyboard is evidence that you no longer have any contact with that world.
Now, go drool on your Bern-Out poster.
Tell me, do they like you in this ‘real world’ in which you live? Are the koolaid rivers always flowing and gummy bear trees always in bloom?
Oh, you have? When was that Larsy-poo?
Yeah, and punch throwing is also expected when the provocateurs goad and instigate the situation.
The only thing unaceptable here is you and your bullshit vomiting of words you don’t seem to understand the meaning of, such as ‘peaceful’.
I really wish fucksticks like you would move to Europe or some other shithole like it since you seem to be so in love with socialism.
But ass wipes like you can’t stand that there are people in the world who don’t want to live under the thumb of big daddy government so you have to lie, cheat and steal to try and turn this country from a place of free people to one of slaves.
Fuck you Lars, and every son of a bitch who shares your bullshit ideals.
Too bad this officers video won’t make it to national media, but you know damned well the communist a.h.’s are not about to put something “in favor” of the trump rally!
You guys supporting him are completely full of shit. If it had been a liberal service member punching, knocking to the ground, stomping, and repeatedly kicking a conservative protestor you would be utterly outraged.
Hell some of you would be screaming for blood and calling him a traitor.
Show me a conservative protestor that has gone to such lengths to provoke a liberal attendee at a rally.
He can’t because conservatives protest outside the facility with a sign, they don’t try and enter a private event and disrupt what’s happening inside….
That’s a liberal move to scream profanity into the face of a woman and her children. Peaceful protest isn’t being a screaming ass clown inside a private event. It isn’t using profanity so vulgar a woman has to cover her children’s ears and when she does you raise the volume to insult her and her kids even more.
Fuck that guy that took the beating, sometimes running your mouth gets your ass beat down….sometimes running your mouth can get you killed. Anyone who’s not clear on the concept ought to read the police blotter a bit more.
Westboro Baptists protest loudly/distastefully and I don’t think they are what I’d deem “Liberal”.
Westboro Baptists aren’t what you’d call “conservative” or “sane” either now are they?
Maybe not sane, but I’d definitely call them staunchly conservative. 😉
You may want to go look up old Fred and family’s political affiliations.
You can find it on the ballots where he ran for public office in MO
You can find it in pictures of fund raising events, etc.
Wikipedia can give you a hand as well.
While youre at it, you may want to check out The Patriot Guard, the group formed for the sole purpose of PEACEFULLY counterprotesting the Phelps gang when they show their hate at funerals.
I think ruling them not sane precludes them from being either legitimately liberal or conservative.
Is that why the founder of their “church” ran for public office on the Democrat ticket?
Their signs are reprehensible on every level I was unaware they used loud, vocal profanity directed at women and children.
The Westboro Inbreds were led by Fred Phelps who was also a disbarred Attorney in Kansas that was known for filing asinine excuses for lawsuits. He at least didn’t falsely claim to have been a USN CPO nor did he let a plane run out of fuel and sue its manufacturer after the crash!
Westboro are NOT conservatives or christians either! They are deceived morons doing satans work!
Dear Dipshit,
Phelps was a DEMOCRAT.
Oh, right…
“He can’t because conservatives protest outside the facility with a sign, they don’t try and enter a private event and disrupt what’s happening inside…”
http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/151128083523-robert-dear-mugshot-colorado-springs-planned-parenthood-shooter-large-169.jpg
“That’s a liberal move to scream profanity into the face of a woman and her children. […] It isn’t using profanity so vulgar a woman has to cover her children’s ears and when she does you raise the volume to insult her and her kids even more.”
Quit acting like one side has the moral high ground here, shit birds come in all political persuasions!
It’s interesting you equated Trump’s protesters with a murderer, I just stated they were loudmouth boors who scream profanity hardly the same as a domestic terrorist. Maybe you’re unaware of my anti-religion postings here, I’m not on the side of those righteous evangelicals either.
You don’t know jack shit about what causes I do or don’t support and I thought we were discussing the Trump protesters acting like ass clowns and being portrayed as peaceful protesters.
But hey false equivalencies are all the rage today…so have at it.
VOV, spot on. I’ve disagreed with you on some days but always like your take on things, it’s part of life’s educational process.
I didn’t say I supported him. I disagreed with your estimation that he was unfit for military service. And if you think “punching, knocking to the ground, stomping, and repeatedly kicking” is of the ordinary you’ve never stood OOD in a Marine Corps infantry battalion on a Friday or Saturday night. I’m sure it goes on in other MOS’ besides infantry, but I can’t speak for them.
This is beating a peaceful political protestor as an active duty service member.
Completely different realm of acceptability than a routine fight.
And if I had a soldier that had been in a bar fight, threw the first punch, and then stomped and repeatedly kicked the person while they were down then I would seriously question their fitness for military service. In fact I would almost certainly attempt to have them referred for chapter, after prosecution.
The ONLY thing that would have saved this Airman in my mind if this had just been a bar fight is that he quickly and quietly surrendered to the police.
But I would absolutely prosecute under the UCMJ for his actions.
Good to know what you would do to one of your own troops before you’ve even seen a police report or anything.
With leadership like that you better stay in the rear.
(who stays in who’s rear?)
Honestly LT….you just seem more scared than you are an authoritarian.
Larsie-poops (oops, did I say that?),
The only thing “peaceful” about this protester was that he wasn’t carrying a gun. Everything else about him, from his clothing, to his language, to his attitude, screamed aggression.
Sooo. . . the Good Airman gave this douche exactly what he was asking for.
And now you’re attempting to conflate a provoked altercation by a protester at a political rally, with a drunken brawl? Tsk. I’m not as politically savvy as some here, but even I can see through THAT wet tissue of lies.
Now, go back to your mommy, she’s waiting with your next warm water enema. You know you want it.
Then it’s good my Marines weren’t subjected to your form of supervision because that’s not leadership. God help us all when we run into a bunch of mentally and physically hardened men ready to do violence.
And I didn’t “chapter” any of my Marines. Those few that got anything besides an honorable discharge did things that put them outside of my control. everyone else got the opportunity to improve themselves. Even in combat.
Lars, you keep repeating “peaceful protester”. I do not think it means what you think it means. See “agent provocateur”.
You sorry assed p.o.s. “beating of a PEACEFUL protestor” WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU??
Glad to disappoint you LT.
Guy went looking for trouble and found it. Your description not withstanding, that was barely a scuffle.
First thing I’d want to know though, is why the fuck was he there without a buddy?
And where is his reflective belt?
Ha! That might make a decent garrote, but it can’t corroborate a story.
Lars, if you were stupid enough to show up at a rally with KKK garb on, don’t you think that’s an invitation to get your ass kicked?
How many times did we see OWS go nuts in cities? Remember the pic of the OWS idiot shitting all over the NYPD squad car that got a lot of press? How many times did their protests get out of hand in Oakland?
OWS has fallen in line with Bernie and his minions because they want free shit at the middle classes expense. Do you really think Bernie, if elected, is going to tax the fuck out of the 1% to “level the playing field”?
It’s you that is full of shit, Taylor… a spoiled millenial that wants everything and someone else to pay for it. Keep on wacking off to dreams of a socialist utopia and being a political commissar… or better yet, I hear that Venezuela is in need of some help now, they seem to have a problem with a TP shortage. Maybe you can fix that?
I guess ol’ Lars the Poodle is pretending that he doesn’t know the difference between peacefully protesting something, and intentional acts specifically aimed at inciting your opponents to anger.
That seems kind of strange and truly disingenuous coming from him, because he does it all the time, for the sole purpose of getting attention. And then he complains that WE are picking on HIM.
Wearing a KKK hood to a private conference is an intentional act aimed at nothing more than getting attention and claiming victim status when you get it. Likewise, Lars the Poodle’s attempts to defend such an intentional act are intentional acts aimed solely at getting attention and claiming victim status when he does get attention.
Lars, grow up, leave school and get a real job in the real world doing something useful like driving a bus – something the common man can relate to. Your attempts at pseudo-intellectualism are so repetitive that they only prove your sad lack of imagination.
Let us know when you get hired to do something useful with yourself.
Commissar doesn’t know me at all.
But I do…
Commissar doesn’t know me either.
I’ve met all three of you, sometimes I know you, sometimes I don’t.
What makes me different is that when someone shows proof that I don’t know you, I listen and learn. I occasionally take note
Here ended the lesson.
I have been all up and down your river.
What do you think would happen if you were to wear a KKK hood to a Liberal rally? I’m not talking about a normal Democrat rally with the burning cross where it’s the uniform of the day, but let’s say a Black Lives Matter rally. What do you think would happen if someone were to wear a KKK hood to a BLM rally? I bet the same thing would happen. Why? Because, even according to libtards, blacks would be within their rights to do it out of fear. I guess when the shoe is on the other foot, it’s not right.
For what it’s worth…..had YOU been the protester asking for someone to kick his ass, I personally would have offered to pay part of the attorney fees for the accused. Calling any of us “full of shit” for supporting the guy is like Shillery calling any who post against her on this site as uninformed. Once again, Lars, you show your inability to reason. Will it help if I send you a chocolate Easter Bunny to cuddle with? If so, it will look like one made from a Baby Ruth candy bar. Cuddle as you wish, but I would not recommend you chomping.
I support him. I am very proud of him. And I have no doubt that he will take any consequences that are coming to him. Of course, that KKK hood, under the circumstances, may prove to be something of a sticky wicket for any prosecutor. And for someone who was–to hear the Left tell it–was so brutally beaten, he sure looked good in that video, as contusions, abrasions, split lips, black-eyes and broken noses go.
Let’s play this in liberal fashion.
1- Wearing a KKK hood to a peaceful political event is “hateful speech”, a “micro-aggression”, and a “triggering event”. Ergo, the Airman acted out of fear for his personal safety.
2- The KKK is considered “racist” by the Southern Poverty Law Center. Therefore, the individual wearing the hood is guilty of a “hate crime” and “threatening the civil rights” of the young Airman.
Wearing the hood ^IS^ protected. The ACLU supports this. In Michigan, city authorities even erect chain link to protect the hoodies from thrown objects. Folks show up, link arms and sing the standard we shall overcome songs.
Trying to unfold the hoodie routine in public without protection is dangerous. The alleged victim was either naive to the danger, or purposely antagonistic while stupid.
I like that. . .
“antagonistic while stoopid”.
AWS.
Could that be prosecuted similar to “driving while intoxicated”?
Sure it’s protected. No one disputes that. It is also protected speech to stand at the corner of North Ave and Greenmount in Baltimore with a sign reading, “Freddie Gray was a Punk.” The police will take no action against you for the speech and will do their best to find the people who beat you to death.
Beating someone to death is too much like work, they’d just shoot the guy.
It may be protected by law. Sometimes folks ignore the law (ref. criminals and guns, et al.) and give the man in the sheet the ass whooping he asked for.
A KKK hood is no different than a Black Panther Sweatshirt, Che Guevarra shirt etc.
There is absolutely no excuse to hit someone because they wore something that offends you. NONE.
However from what I gathered the Demotard exchanged words then spit on the trump supporter.
You spit on someone its assault. You are gonna catch some hands.
Come on – you can’t actually believe that a KKK Hood is the same as a Black Power sweatshirt. You forgot to include a swastika too. That essentially saying that White Nationalists are on equal footing with Black Empowerment. Remind me, which of those two had to deal with a century of systematic oppression? Yeah, it wasn’t the ones in white. The one on the wrong side of history. But go ahead continue thinking they are the same. Cultural relativism!
Actually, if you’re talking about dirt such as the New Black Panther Party – yes, they are on the same footing as the KKK. Both are groups composed of despicable racists. Ditto other similar groups.
No race/religion/color/ethnic group has a monopoly on ignorant, bigoted bastards.
Stankass goes to a conservative rally with a KKK hood in his pocket or under his shirt, probably in the hopes that media will capture the Trump supporter in KKK garb, and it backfires on him–a black man sees it, is enraged, and goes after him. Perfect. And the Left’s bad guy is?
Well you can’t go punching all of these ass clowns, you can certainly try but it’s an expensive habit after a while. I can tell you this from personal experience.
The annoying part of these incidents is the nonsense about peaceful protesters. This is not a public event it’s a private event and you can be ejected by those paying for the facility at any time for any reason so the right to protest doesn’t enter into the conversation.
None of these people are being peaceful. If they take a clubbing before they’re arrested that’s all part of the learning process for peaceful protesters who don’t remain peaceful.
The airman needs better self-discipline but I can certainly understand the urge to pound the shit out of a loud mouth turd who wasn’t invited to the party but thinks he has a right to spew his horseshit.
VOV, something that might be pointed out is that if you drill down to a fundamental issue, the Trump rally was an exercise in free speech by the candidate and those interested in his views. It can be argued that the intent of the roughed-up protester was to disrupt such free speech to the extent that the protester’s minority view would supersede the right of the majority to hear what the candidate had to say.
All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.
A person can also take a sticks-and-stones approach to this, and say that no act of non-physical aggression warrants a physical response, but I’m not so sure. It seems to me that sometimes non-physical aggression can become so egregious that it crosses a line and becomes no different from the physical kind. If you remove violence as a worst-case option, it also starts to tip the playing field in a weird way that might be net negative.
Very true – and recognized legally as a reason to restrict certain speech, albeit with severe limits. See “words, fighting”.
Here’s a Lefty icon that most people don’t know about. He was a Democrat, of course, and a US Senator who sponsored a minimum wage law and, in the same bill, a 30-hour work week. The bill was the foundation of the Fair Labor Standards Act. He was a darling of FDR, voting for every single piece of New Deal legislation. He could not, however, support anti-lynching legislation and opposed it. No matter. FDR had his boy and nominated him to the Supreme Court. Immediately after he was confirmed, the country was shocked to learn that the newest Supreme Court justice, Hugo Black, had been a card-carrying, hooded and robed member of the KKK. No wonder he opposed anti-lynching legislation as a US senator. But that’s the Democrats for you, forever attributing to their opponents that which their party practiced and practices.
Don’t forget Sen Robert “Sheets” Byrd…..
Yep, the “Kleagle”
Being the Caveman I am(68 yrs). I was traught respect for others especially women. I was traught not to curse in the presence of Women and children. After the third time of asking not to yell in ear and not to curse because of mixed company. The shithead would have hit the ground hard. I guess it’s a Southern thing, You do the action,you get the results. I hope the Airman justs gets restriction and maybe a fine. He would be welcomed to my flight line. JOE
If he was one of my Personnel I’d recommend a verbal reprimand from the Platoon Sergeant, MAYBE the 1SG and leave it at that with NO paper trail to haunt his career possibly followed up that evening with him having a shot and a beer on me at the NCO Club on me with my telling him to be more discreet if there’s a next time some roach shit like that provokes him, make sure no one is taking pics or video!
I was a cable dog PSG my last go-round, and the occasional punch-out incident might be more common than in the Infantry, the jury is still out. I’d recommend 7 and 7. 7 days restriction 7 days extra duty, no loss of pay no loss of rank. And more time on the heavy bag, if one of my troops punches a shitbag, the fucker better stay down.
At the worst, I’d recommend a Summarized Article 15 with a suspended period of 30 days MAX!
API, as much as we don’t like it, Airman Petty did the wrong thing for the right reason. I didn’t say 7 days hard labor and solitary. And given the hobbies of today’s enlisted, he ain’t going anywhere but the barracks (computer and playstation are there), chow hall (apologies, DFAC,), or chapel (always an option). A few hours scrubbing trash cans or painting rocks is appropriate. Now, Pima county and the city of Tucson may have plans for the lad as well. No sense in piling on.
Where is Al? Where is Jesse? Where is oBaMa? (Check that. I know where he is. He’s in Cooba with Raul, paying homage to the revolution and a 1956 Chevy.)
There is no dispute. There is no concocted story. A black man was confronted by a guy who was wearing a KKK hood and knocked it from his head. Surely, THEY, of all people, understand that. So, where and what time does the march start in support of Pettway?
There will be no support for Airman Pettway from the ACLU, Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, *insert race hustler name here* or any organization that claims to support “minorities and the disenfranchised”.
Airman Pettway doesn’t fit into their system. He’s a black man attending a rally for a Republican candidate. He’s of no use to the Sharptons of the world. And it’s not his fault.
The link is to an article on USA Today from Glenn Reynolds (of the site Instapundit) about the rise of Trump…it’s a pretty good synopsis of why he’s popular
http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2016/03/20/donald-trump-political-establishment-elites-tea-party-bourgeois-working-class-column/82047484/
Lars are we talking about the same guy? The protestor I’m thinking of didn’t look like he had been assaulted like you’re describing when the media interviewed him after he was assaulted. Honest question.
In Lars world:
Democrat = good
Anything else = bad
or
“Four legs good, two legs bad.”
“Why then do we continue in this miserable condition? Because nearly the whole of the produce of our labour is stolen from us by conservatives. There, comrades, is the answer to all our problems. It is summed up in a single word–Republicans. Republicans are the only real enemy we have. Remove conservatives from the scene, and the root cause of hunger and overwork is abolished for ever.”
-Lars Orwell Taylour
Animal. Don’t question the talking points. By now, the Left has the KKK-hooded guy being beaten within an inch of his life. The truth isn’t important. In fact, the truth doesn’t matter at all. Trump is a fascist. Trump is a Nazi. His supporters are Black Shirts and Brown Shirts. Repeat that aloud and say it with gusto. Eventually, you will believe it, facts to the contrary and the truth be damned. It must be so.
Right, anything that doesn’t fit the meme of a gentle giant with arms raised in supplication isn’t considered the truth…
I can only imagine if someone went to Hillary’s rally wearing a KKK hood and started screaming profanity at the crowd in the hall.
Lars wouldn’t be lamenting their suffering, that’s for certain.
This is the same protester that spit upon some people prior to being taken down by the airman, right? The story the cop told in his vid was of the flag adorned protester being escorted out of the venue, but assaulted folks with his saliva on the way out, finally bein subdued by an attendee or two.
IF that was this Airman who stopped the attacks by this stinking hippy, then he indeed earned a medal for protecting those being assaulted.
Good job, Airman! Well done.
I’d like to know if the airman in question is also the same person the police officer referred to in his video who was spit on. If so, pretty sure spitting on someone is still assault and an ass whopping is in order without repercussion from the legal system. Be interesting to see how this plays out or if he was spit on. Unfortunately for him with our current political system I think he is going to be throw to the wolves and his career will be over because of it. Sad state of affairs we are in now-days.
Oh, WAITAMINNIT!! If that little roach shit of a “protestor” was spitting on that Airman while wearing a KKK hood AND screaming racial epithets at him and he was under me, not only would I make 150% effort to block any adverse action on him, I’d push like hell to see that the hood-wearing little SHIT got charged with a HATE CRIME. Let’s face it, if it were an alleged Conservative doing that to a Black liberal they would be screeching and screaming for hate crime prosecution. SO what’s good for the goose should be good for the gander, right?
FUCK political correctness AND Commissar.
In Texas spitting on someone would be considered unwanted touching and therefore an assault. Maybe the prosecutors will do the right thing on this one and drop it and refile on the turd SAH.
This is a good point. In some jurisdictions it is an assault. However, the protective response to being spit upon is not a punch in the face (although certainly warranted in my world).
A better response is conducting a citizens arrest, a good ole pile on with supportive witnesses, making the perp comply with verbal commands (use your imaginations), holding the perp for police, filing a complaint and winning that battle.
This would be a great place for a no call, but the days of “Go your separate ways and don’t make me come back here tonight” are over unfortunately.
Oh, believe me, I completely agree. Funny how that double standard nonsense seems to only effect one side and not the other. A hate crime is a hate crime regardless of any individuals indentifying traits and should not be limited to specific ethnic groups, rather it should be determined on a case by case basis of if indeed a hate crime has been committed. Then said individual is charged accordingly. Period!
In my world, based on what I have read, I would hold a CPO review board before his court date and gather all info. Then I or another CPO would escort him to court in dress uniform. I would recommend to Airman to obtain a very good criminal defense attorney and have such attorney bring to courts’ attention that Airman has been escorted by a Senior Enlisted leader (pointing him out) and that his command will be reviewing the charges and recommending award, discipline and or punishment.
A good judge will hear that loud and clear.
Once back on base, take care of bidness in reconveined CPO Review Board and award the Airman EMI with no referral to XOI.
If the Army would place the trust and authority in their senior NCO’s that the Navy does, things would run so much more efficiently.
There will come a day when I will rant over this subject.
Today is not that day.
I’d by off on that…
Here’s a nice little tidbit to share will all, especially Lars… look at who is one of the leaders of the protest in Chicago. Bill “bombthrower” Ayers, Obama’s mentor:
https://youtu.be/LIjljucvBI4
Nothing screams legitimacy like carrying a foreign flag while protesting against a candidate in this country.
Here’s a fine example of what is pissing many of us off. NBC News online ran a story yesterday regarding the guy in the KKK hood. The headline reads, “Protester Punched, Kicked at Donald Trump Rally in Arizona.” That’s one way to describe it, sure, but there are others that are more accurate. But here’s the thing. Buried about 15(!) paragraphs into the story is this: “Video of the clash also shows a person in a white hood….” In a white hood? Oh, like the type of hood worn by the girl in the fable? Or was it the familiar hood of violent white racists, a KKK hood? And the race of the apparent Klansman? Not mentioned. How about Pettway? Nope.
2/17 A C has it in complete. Today’s liberal media trying to convince us the real world is as they present it. We cut ties with the $75/mo Dish services one year ago next month. Have not had a television in house since. Here’s the result. Went on vacation week before last and had little or no interest in turning on television. There are PLENTY of news sources one can find on the Internet and not end up pissed off after seeing a liberal slanted news program. As for entertainment, movies are movies. You can get plenty of them free on the Internet if you need a fix now and then. The HMC S clip reminded me why we cut our services. What I saw causes me to anticipate the Repub. Convention will be another Chi-town from the 60’s, albeit to happen in Cleveland. Yes, I realize most of the protesting was regarding our involvement in RVN, but what happens this year will likely be fueled by a dozen different groups taking advantage of a weakened policy of respect for other folks. For anyone interested, here is a link to Chicago and the protests of ’68. http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1996/conventions/chicago/facts/chicago68/index.shtml