Ex-cop/Marine boots OWS heckler from congressman's swearing-in

New York Post ^ | 11/14/2011 | FRANK ROSARIO, DOUG AUER and BOB FREDERICKS

[Just4Him]

Meet New York’s newest hero.

Kevin Hiltunen, a former NYPD officer, yesterday grabbed an Occupy Wall Street demonstrator by the collar and dragged him out of a Queens school where he’d been heckling US Rep. Bob Turner at the congressman’s swearing-in ceremony.

“I guess you could say I sorted him out,” said Hiltunen, 48, his jacket and tie barely mussed after dragging the scruffy protester out on his rear end.

“All I was doing was trying to stop this historic occasion from being disrupt-ed. There is a time and place to exercise your First Amendment rights,’’ said Hiltunen, of Bergen Beach, Brooklyn, who was identified by people at the ceremony as an ex-Marine.

[Psycho_Bunny]

Ya should have tazed him, Bro.

[Howie66]

No such thing as an “Ex-Marine”. With the exceptions of Scott Ritter, Jack Murtha and James Carville, that is.

[Just4Him]

Good point :)

[ladyvet]

So how long before we see the guy with a neck-brace and lawyer?

[Just4Him]

Probably happening as we speak. :)

[Nat Turner]

We need about 10 million vets grabbing the elites, OWS-street thugs, progressives and other libtards by the collar and tossing them out of the NATION...

[Howie66]

Then it would be acceptable to see to it the lawyer would be fitted for their own neck brace.

Semper Fi!

[Howie66]

As a Marine and an Oath Keeper, I am ready to do just that.

[Deb]

And the protester’s parents said...”Why didn’t we think of that?”

[Just4Him]

LOL...good one!

[TigersEye]

Great pics at the link. LOL

[bassmaner]

“All I was doing was trying to stop this historic occasion from being disrupt-ed. There is a time and place to exercise your First Amendment rights,’’

Agree, sort of.

In this case, Hiltunen's actions were justified because the OWS douchebag was disrupting a public event, thus falling into the 'shouting fire in a crowded theater' category. But it was certainly not Hiltunen's (or anyone else's) decision to determine a proper 'time and place to exercise your First Amendment rights'. That's a slippery slope that can only lead to tyranny, as it's not the government's or anyone else's place to determine what speech is acceptable and what isn't.

This is the central problem with the media's framing any opposition to the OWS idiots as a violation of the 1st Amendment. Opposition to OWS has nothing to do with suppressing free speech and everything to do with protecting property rights and preserving public order.

[Steely Tom]

This could be a problem.

Apparantly this Marine didn’t know that any left-winger can decide to disrupt anything he or she wants to disrupt, at any time, and that’s it. There’s nothing that can be done about it.

Throw them out, and your violating their civil rights, their “right to protest.”

They can shut down any ceremony, any speech, any class, any session of a legislative body, any public office, any private office, place of business, road, highway, parking lot, you name it. Any time they want, and you’d better not interfere.

At least, that’s how I understand the current situation.

[TigersEye]

In this case, Hiltunen's actions were justified because the OWS douchebag was disrupting a public event, thus falling into the 'shouting fire in a crowded theater' category.

But it was certainly not Hiltunen's (or anyone else's) decision to determine a proper 'time and place to exercise your First Amendment rights'.

That is an interesting debate you're having with yourself. lol

[bassmaner]

Not really - I just have a little trouble with the second sentence of Hiltunen's statement. It just seems to me like he was making himself the arbiter over what constitutes free speech. IMO, he should have stopped after his first sentence.

Just my 2 cents ...

[TigersEye]

Yet your first sentence says he was justified and gives the justification which, in essence, shows the mechanics of how he rightfully did make a decision to "determine a proper 'time and place to exercise your First Amendment rights'."

Clearly he did make a decision about it so the only question is was it the right decision. You said it was.

[12Gauge687]

You forgot the most famous ex-Marine, Lee Harvey Oswald. I think Clayton Lonetree is also on the list.

[12Gauge687]

And some great comments, too.

[TigersEye]

I missed those before. Thanks for pointing them out.

[Howie66]

IF Lee Harvey Oswald actually did what has been reported, I can only say that he was not sleeping during qualification week.

rankly, I am not convinced that he did it. His SRB is loaded with documentation that he wasn’t a really good marksman.

[jmacusa]

And Robert Garwood.

[simplesimon]

Thank you for your service.

[CrazyIvan]

IF Lee Harvey Oswald actually did what has been reported, I can only say that he was not sleeping during qualification week.

rankly, I am not convinced that he did it. His SRB is loaded with documentation that he wasn’t a really good marksman.

Carlos Hathcock couldn't have hit a bull in the ass with the
rifle he was using anyway.

[Finny]

The pictures are a HOOT! LOL!!

The dumb hippie bastard looks so surprised while he's being dragged out by a fit, crewcut jarhead former (if there is such a thing) Marine and patriotic American dude! {^) It's like a cartoon, the look on his face! *melting into giggles*

[A.A. Cunningham]

No such thing as an “Ex-Marine”. With the exceptions of Scott Ritter, Jack Murtha and James Carville, that is.

If there are exceptions then there is such a thing as an Ex-Marine.

Many others besides those three pukes.

[A.A. Cunningham]

His SRB is loaded with documentation that he wasn’t a really good marksman.

Oswald qualified as both a sharpshooter and a marksman. Besides, the hit on Kennedy was not one that required exceptional marksmanship skills.

[dfwgator]

Oswald qualified as both a sharpshooter and a marksman. Besides, the hit on Kennedy was not one that required exceptional marksmanship skills.

He showed what one motivated Marine and his rifle could do.

[Nat Turner]

OK Howie, we just need 9,999,998 more vets and its on!!!

[Howie66]

Trust this.....I am not alone nor unique. There are thousands of us, if not more.

[SunkenCiv]

Good beat, and I can dance to it.

thanks Just4Him.