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Ex-L.A. prosecutor allegedly runs amok at SFO
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 1/6/11 | Henry K. Lee, Chronicle Staff Writer

Posted on 01/06/2011 3:23:14 PM PST by SmithL

A former Los Angeles deputy city attorney has been charged with assaulting police with a pole after creating a scene at San Francisco International Airport in which she vandalized a coffee kiosk, authorities say.

Angela West, 50, a Harvard Law School graduate, was seen by airport police officers smashing merchandise, milk containers and other food items with a 3-foot-long metal pole at a Peet's Coffee kiosk at SFO on Christmas Eve, said San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe.

When officers tried to speak to her, West "raged" at them and began swinging the pole, which she had taken from a janitor's cart, Wagstaffe said.

An officer had to use a chair to fend off at least 10 blows, authorities said. West then calmed down and sat in a booth, only to start throwing items at the officers, Wagstaffe said.

When the officers tried to arrest her, she kicked one of them in the groin, Wagstaffe said. After being subdued, West shouted out that she was a lesbian . . .

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; US: California
KEYWORDS: affirmativeaction; harvard; misconduct; polerage; sfo
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To: SmithL

10 shots with a pipe at an officer? She’s lucky she didn’t get ventilated.


21 posted on 01/06/2011 4:11:07 PM PST by headstamp 2 ("My Boss is a Jewish Carpenter")
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To: Responsibility2nd

“A 50 year old Lesbian? At the San Fransicko Airport? A Harvard degree “


Given this info, I would have replied:

“There’s probably a dozen on this concourse alone. Can you narrow that down a bit ? “


22 posted on 01/06/2011 4:12:23 PM PST by maine yankee
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To: SmithL

“Angela West, 50, a Harvard Law School graduate”

I’m telling ya, we gotta do something about those Harvard Law School graduates. The country isn’t safe with them running around loose.


23 posted on 01/06/2011 4:14:59 PM PST by pepperdog (Why are Democrats Afraid of a Voter ID Law?)
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To: BenLurkin
Please, no pictures!

Well, they did describe her at being 5'10", 160lbs.

24 posted on 01/06/2011 4:22:07 PM PST by Calvin Locke
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To: headstamp 2

I would imagine the SF-based LEOs are very experienced with EDPs


25 posted on 01/06/2011 4:24:25 PM PST by Calvin Locke
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To: SmithL
After being subdued, West shouted out that she was a lesbian . . .

She essentially shouted "I'm untouchable!"

26 posted on 01/06/2011 4:33:47 PM PST by Spirochete (Sic transit gloria mundi)
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To: SmithL

A mentally unstable lesbian Harvard graduate?

No news there.


27 posted on 01/06/2011 4:34:22 PM PST by calcowgirl ("Controlling carbon is a bureaucrat’s dream. If you control carbon, you control life" —Lindzen)
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To: headstamp 2
10 shots with a pipe at an officer? She’s lucky she didn’t get ventilated.

You are correct sir. She could have killed them with it. She truly is lucky to be alive. I dare say most cops would not receive 10 swings before shooting her. It appears they showed remarkable restraint.

28 posted on 01/06/2011 4:36:33 PM PST by Mark17 (California, where English is a foreign language)
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To: Mark17

California Bar profile shows her with a Chicago address. Currently inactive. If you wish to send her an email, her address is: anangel60@aol.com. Could it be another AA Harvard grad?


29 posted on 01/06/2011 4:46:33 PM PST by ab01
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To: BatGuano

The term “Amuck” is also acceptable for this one LOL


30 posted on 01/06/2011 5:01:46 PM PST by rockrr ("I said that I was scared of you!" - pokie the pretend cowboy)
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To: Leftism is Mentally Deranged

Usually they yell first, then start tearing up your life/house/room/bed/car.


31 posted on 01/06/2011 5:11:17 PM PST by dblup
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To: SmithL

So why didn’t they just shoot her? Cops are damned quick to shoot other folks just because they can see that there is something in a fellow’s hand or because they think a guy might be thinking about reaching into his pocket to get a gun that just might be there. There wasn’t even a dog nearby for them to shoot so they surely should have shot her. What is so special about the woman with the cudgel?


32 posted on 01/06/2011 5:11:46 PM PST by arthurus (Read Hazlitt's "Economics In One Lesson.")
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To: arthurus

As soon as she announced that she was a lesbian, use of force became a civil rights issue with potential to end a career or to interfere with future promotion decisions. The usual “tase them at the least provocation” strategy went out the window at that point.


33 posted on 01/06/2011 5:46:18 PM PST by Steely Tom (Obama goes on long after the thrill of Obama is gone)
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To: SmithL
A 50 year old Harvard trained lawyer that also happens to be a lesbian.

Heck, that describes Elena Kagan .

34 posted on 01/06/2011 6:48:18 PM PST by csvset
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To: SmithL

She’s probably just menopausal and a little twitchy over it.


35 posted on 01/06/2011 7:37:33 PM PST by NeverForgetBataan (To the German Commander: ..........................NUTS !)
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To: SmithL
...at a Peet's Coffee kiosk at SFO...

She should have gone to the Klein's Deli at the end of the concourse. Better food there, but the mustard is SPICY!

-PJ

36 posted on 01/06/2011 7:49:11 PM PST by Political Junkie Too ("Comprehensive" reform bills only end up as incomprehensible messes.)
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To: majormaturity

Kep phrase: A Harvard law school graduate...


They did not shoot her, did they?

A lot of cops would have shot her for attacking them with a deadly weapon and/or refusing to obey their commands.


37 posted on 01/06/2011 8:16:20 PM PST by SaraJohnson
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To: SmithL

Somebody really needs to switch to decaf.


38 posted on 01/06/2011 8:18:38 PM PST by RichInOC (No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
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To: Responsibility2nd

“Doesn’t anyone ever walk amok? Seems so much easier..”

Running amok will get you a LOT of attention.

I tried to mosey amok once. All I got were a few curious glances.


39 posted on 01/06/2011 8:24:03 PM PST by Nik Naym (It's not my fault... I have compulsive smartass disorder.)
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To: headstamp 2

Yeah, really. In Phoenix a few years ago some chick ran amok in the airport. Security restrained her in a quite room. When someone went back in to check, she strangled herself trying to get free.


40 posted on 01/06/2011 8:30:14 PM PST by gracie1 (Look, just because you have to tolerate something doesnÂ’t mean you have to approve of it.)
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