Posted on 02/10/2023 6:02:36 AM PST by Red Badger
Suspect in Rep. Angie Craig assault. (Images courtesy of D.C. Metropolitan Police)
Police in Washington, D.C., made an arrest after releasing a photo of the suspect in the alleged assault of Rep. Angie Craig (D-MN) in an elevator at her apartment building Thursday morning.
In sharing the surveillance camera image, the Metropolitan Police Department asked the public for assistance in identifying the suspect for a simple assault offense. According to the U.S. Capitol Police, the suspect is believed to be a homeless man.
Police later announced 26-year-old Kendrick Hamlin, “AKA Hamlin Khalil Hamlin, of no fixed address,” was arrested and charged in connection to the incident.
At around 7:15 a.m., Craig said she saw the suspect in the lobby area of her apartment building “acting erratic” as if he was under the influence of an unknown substance, according to a police report obtained by The Daily Wire.
The congresswoman told police that after she told the suspect “good morning,” the suspect followed her into the elevator “and began to randomly do push ups.” Craig told police the suspect then, “with a closed fist,” punched her on the chin area of her face, and later grabbed her neck. Police said Craig defended herself by throwing her hot coffee at the suspect.
Craig “defended herself from the attacker and suffered bruising, but is otherwise physically okay,” said her chief of staff Nick Coe in a statement. Craig called 911 and the assailant fled the scene, her office said. The statement said Craig thanked the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department for their quick response and noted the congresswoman “asks for privacy at this time.”
Hours after the alleged assault, Craig was back at work. She voted with fellow Democrats and Republicans to overwhelmingly pass a resolution to formally rebuke China over a suspected spy balloon that flew over the United States last week.
After losing a congressional bid in 2016, Craig was first elected to represent Minnesota’s Second Congressional District in 2018. Craig is married to her wife, Cheryl Greene, and they have four sons together, according to the congresswoman’s website.
“There is no evidence that the incident was politically motivated,” Craig’s office said.
He looks retarded. Not trying to be funny.
We need mental institutions brought back.
I don’t think it should even be a crime if a demonrat is assaulted by and Illegal Alien or a homeless person. These are their people, they deserve whatever happens to them
married to her wife? something sounds off
That looks more like a sonogram than a photograph.
She’s a lesbian, Jim..................
Old Security cameras are not HD......................
And how does two women have four children “together”?
It’s someone wearing a Harambe costume.
We need mental institutions brought back.
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1) They cost money. We spend trillions on BS, but we can’t find any to spare for public mental health
2) “Civil rights”. Activists will call it “incarceration” if stats show that more minorities are getting public mental health, particularly if it gets them off the streets, and it wont matter how good the services are. Flipwise, if more whites are getting benefited, they will say that it’s unfairly applied and still try to have it shut down.
And not a very good one, at that!..................
“she saw the suspect in the lobby area of her apartment building “acting erratic” as if he was under the influence of an unknown substance, according to a police report obtained by The Daily Wire.........the congresswoman told police that after she told the suspect “good morning.....”
Exchanging pleasantries after suspecting a person is wacked out on drugs........another lib experiencing REAL reality.......I’d call that a teachable moment.
I have met a few of the DC Citizen-Denizens. They are dangerous to speak to, seriously.
Had this lady ignored the animal, she probably would not have been assaulted....................
“This is MAGA Country!”
I was trying to be nice…
He gets on an elevator with me?
That’s when I widen my stance and get ready…
Do not speak to these types of people. I used to live near DC.
It is dangerous to acknowledge their presence. Do not even look their way if you can help it.
She just got lucky having a hot coffee in her had.
Had she had no way of defending herself, it might have been a fatal ending..................
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