whom Jim Lehrer and Obama administration cannot attack themselves (yet).
Posted on 04/13/2010 6:11:11 PM PDT by kristinn
Edited on 04/13/2010 7:45:49 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Our betters in the blogosphere and mainstream media have spent the afternoon tut-tutting those of us who suspect a political angle to the savage attack on Republican Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal's chief fundraiser Allee Bautsch and her boyfriend Joe Brown last Friday night after a fundraising dinner in New Orleans.
The Hayride, for those who haven't noticed, has not retracted their report that the couple was attacked for wearing Sarah Palin pins, even though a spokesman for Gov. Jindal has put out e-mails to select reporters and bloggers saying they were not wearing Palin pins.
This evening, the New Orleans Police Department released a statement pleading with the public for information about the attack. The description by the police of the incident does not describe a robbery, but it also does not say what exactly precipitated the attack, nor does it report a motive.
The statement does describe the attackers as a group of "Caucasian" men, one of whom was described as "dirty" and wearing a beard and ponytail.
That describes a typical leftwing protester of the type that were hanging outside the Republican fundraiser taunting attendees.
Here is the Police statement in full, courtesy of WWL-AM 870:
Superintendent Warren J. Riley and members of the New Orleans Police are asking the public�s assistance in locating and identifying several suspects wanted in connection with an incident that occurred in the 600 block of Saint Louis Street . The incident occurred Friday April 9, 2010, at approximately 10:45 P.M.
According to investigators, the victims were walking from a function at a restaurant in the 400 block of Royal Street . When they entered the 600 block of Saint Louis Street , three to five Caucasian males made derogatory comments to the 25-year-old female and her 28-year-old male friend. When the male victim turned towards the group of men, one or more of the suspects struck the victim several times. At some point the female victim fell to the ground and screamed. The suspects then fled on foot. Officers in the area heard the female screaming and responded to the scene and broadcasted a description of the suspects and requested Emergency Medical Paramedics. As the female was waiting for EMS , she used her purse as a pillow. When the victim was in the ambulance, she discovered her purse was missing.
The female was transported to a hospital where she was treated for a broken leg. The male victim was also transported to the hospital and was treated for a mild concussion, fractured jaw and nose.
One of the suspects was described as a Caucasian male who appeared to be dirty, in his 20�s, 6�1� tall, thin build with a thin face. He had a beard and auburn color hair in a pony tail. He was wearing a light color T shirt and dark color pants.
The incident is on-going and detectives are in the process of determining if any surveillance cameras captured the incident.
Investigators are currently working on the incident and at this time the report is not available. Notification will be made to the media when the report is complete and ready for dissemination.
Investigators are in the process of identifying the suspects, as well as a motive. Eighth District Detective Sergeant Nicholas Gernon is in charge of the investigation. Citizens with information that can help solve this crime are asked to call CRIMESTOPPERS at 822-1111, toll-free 1-877-903-STOP(7867). You could receive a cash reward of up to $2,500.00 for information leading to the arrest and indictment of the responsible person(s). You do not have to give your name nor testify to receive the reward.
BTW, Media Matters can kiss me on both cheeks for attacking Gateway Pundit and Free Republic for our reporting on the brutal attack. (Title: When Gateway Pundit quotes Free Republic, you know the truth is going to lose)
See related story by: Gateway Pundit
You'd think they'd stop the "incident" and might start and continue an "investigation"!
Good. Bring it.
Lord knows I could use the money!
bump
I agree. If the Reichstag frog water is going to boil, better it happens quickly than so gradually that we don’t realize it is boiling until it is too late.
If there is going to be widescale confrontation, have it happen before Ozero’s “civilian security force” is implemented.
probably a nice New Orleans citizens picked it up
The hayride is a good link. Good info without jumping to conclusions.
Thanks.
>>Of course you can register as a Republican in Alabama, and Georgia.
Sorry, Shadowstrike, that is simply not so in Georgia. While you can of course join any number of Republican Party organizations, there is no registration by political party by the state government, as our primaries are “open”. That is, when you show up to vote in a primary election, you typically have a choice of a Republican, a Democrat, or a non-partisan primary ballot. You make the choice right then, and it doesn’t affect which ballot you can choose in the next election cycle. However, if there is a primary run-off, you can’t choose a different type ballot in that cycle (so you can’t vote a Republican primary ballot and a Democrat primary run-off ballot).
That's what Jury Nullification is for.
The idiots redefining a motive "hate" as a crime deserve to be thumped by a Jury who gets it.
If something is wrong, it is wrong. When you lose sight of that little fact, you become no better than those that you claim to be fighting against. Don't know if you have children, but when is the last time that the "they did it too" was a reasonable explanation for having done something wrong?
Good job Kristinn! And nice contributions abb.
Malkin’s in O’Reilly mode on this, though.
Excellent article. If the parties were reversed we’d be seeing calls by Democrats to cancel the Tea Party rallies being held across the country this week.
same one I was wondering about...
I heard a left wing conspiracy nut on Houston conservative talk radio call in this morning to claim that the CTTP (Crash the Tea Party) website is “really” the work of conservatives trying to make excuses and provide cover for the extremist signs at their upcoming rallies.
The internet is full of Stalinists who will deny for 40 years the ills of Socialism.
There can be no civil debate when one side has to lie and smear and attack (the character of and physically) the opposition.
The caller even said “who would be against the tea party movement?”. Hello, ACORN, SEIU, Congress and the White House.
Precious. Just precious. (Can you see me rolling my eyes?)
Additionally, if you can’t avoid the situation from becoming physical I recommend the following (from personal experience and self-defense classes I’ve taught):
Grab the hair of the nearest group member (that pony tail would have made a great handle!) and do as much physical damage to him/her as you can. Break fingers, scratch the face, press your thumb into their eye, bite the ear. If possible, run as fast and as far as you can while holding the hair.
If you have already been put to the ground, grab the nearest foot and twist it as far around as you can and try to wrap yourself around the rest of that person so that the others will need to aim their blows carefully.
I thought it said “light colored shirt” with dark pants. And, his hair is red, not amber(yellow).
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