Douglas Kennedy, son of the late Robert F. Kennedy, charged with hospital assault

Media Spy ^ | 2-26-2012 | Tim Blight

[smoothsailing]

Fox News reporter charged with hospital assault

Tim Blight

February 26, 2012

Douglas Kennedy, Fox News correspondent and son of the late Robert F. Kennedy, has been charged with assault after a 7 January incident in a New York hospital.

2 nurses at the Mt Kisco hospital alleged that Kennedy became violent after they tried to prevent him from taking his newborn son Bo outside of the ward. Kennedy says he wanted to "get some fresh air" and had already received permission from other nurses on duty, Reuters reports.

The confrontation began after nurses issued a "code pink", an alert that someone is attempting to abduct a baby. The incident was partially caught on surveillance camera; although obscured by a doorway, nurse Cari Luciano can be seen falling to the ground.

Luciano stated that Kennedy "raised his right foot and with tremendous force kicked [her] in the pelvis area". Another nurse, Anna Lane, accused the New York-based journalist of twisting her arm, although this appears off screen on the surveillance video.

Kennedy has been charged with harassment and endangering the welfare of a child.

Kennedy and his wife have labeled accusations "absurd" in an interview with NBC New York. His lawyer, Robert Gottlieb, called the altercation the result of "aggressive and grossly inappropriate behavior by two nurses".

"Whatever Douglas did came about only because the nurse was lunging to grab his child from his arms. What Douglas did was simply to protect his baby," he added.

A date for the hearing has not yet been announced.

[kaila]

The eyewitness was a friend of the family- not reliable.
Report me to the mods- all I am saying is that no man should hit a woman.No matter what the issue is about.
If you believe that, then you are a sack of sh*t.
Also, you are defending a Kennedy on FR.
Pretty sad.

[mkjessup]

Obviously, you have not looked at the video.

I direct your attention to the post made by Texan5 at #83 and pay close attention to the 4th paragraph.

That nurse did not deserve the assault.

Neither I nor Ernie Kaputnik deserved being accused by YOU of assaulting women or advocating violence towards women, look up the saying about being 'hoisted upon one's pitard' and if you have any class at all, you will apologize for your unwise and reckless comments.

[kaila]

Nope, not going to apologize at all.
If you defend Kennedys actions, then you think it is ok to assault women.
As a nurse, who has been assaulted by patients, I take umbrage to your remarks.

[smoothsailing]

Not easy to see much humor with the local lynch mob foaming at the mouth around here.

I watched the surveillance video and was surprised to see the 5 foot tall nurse go sliding backwards across the floor after allegedly being kicked in the pelvis. If that gets explained honestly and verifiably, I think we'll know then whether or not there's a need for a lynch mob.

[mkjessup]

The eyewitness was a friend of the family- not reliable.

Oh, so now you're a prosecutor? What else do you do? Levitate on demand? Peer into crystal balls and divine the truth in such matters? It's not up to you to determine if an eyewitness is 'reliable' or not, that's the job of the court, but hey: why bother with such mere formalities, right?

Report me to the mods- all I am saying is that no man should hit a woman.No matter what the issue is about.

I did report you, and you said MORE than "no man should hit a woman", you accused two FReepers of either assaulting women or advocating violence against women, all because you are in a pique of anger due to your kneejerk reaction. I haven't suggested that you hate men, but you've wasted no time in accusing me and Ernie of hating women to the point of assaulting them. You probably fail to see the double standard, don't you?

If you believe that, then you are a sack of sh*t.

As I said in a previous post, I have never advocated violence towards women, and you have LIED in insinuating that I do.

Also, you are defending a Kennedy on FR. Pretty sad.

This has nothing to do with whether or not the accused is a Kennedy or not. You've already convicted him and see no need for a trial, which curiously is the way 0bama views Americans, they can be picked up and detained without due process, perhaps you should send him your resume'? I'm sure the TSA could always use an extra jackbooted thug.

You need to straighten up and fly right and quit the false accusations against other FReepers.

[Gene Eric]

Tim Blight is a failure of a dick. His investigative reporting is limp at best. Not the kind of stand-up guy that would lead with the hard facts; namely, son of RFK.

[Ernie Kaputnik]

Seriously?!

What are you smoking?

“The issue is not who is right or wrong.”

That’s BS, and you know it. It is exactly about right and wrong. Some jackbooted nurse attacks me while I’m holding my newborn son, that’s wrong, and I’ll kick the living shiite out of her. No apologies and no regrets.

“The issue is that he assaulted someone.”

Wrong. The issue is that he was assaulted and defended himself and his newborn son.

“If you get into an argument in a bar- even if you are right-and you throw the first blow - you are at fault.”

OK. For the sake of argument, I’ll agree with you on that. Be advised that the nurses threw the first punch by lunging at him. They are guilty and responsible for the altercation. Arrest them and send them to jail and give Mr. Kennedy a medal. (See how that works?)

“I think it is sick if people think asaulting women is a corect thing to do.”

If a person attacks, assaults or threatens me or my family with bodily harm, I will beat the living shiite out of him or her regardless as to what their sex or sexual orientation is, and won’t regret doing so or apologize for it. End of discussion.

“I wonder if you beat up the women in your lives for sport.”

Typical attitude a feminazi. It’s OK for a woman to attack a man, but a never OK for a man to defend himself, because if he does, then he’s a wife beater. If those ladies didn’t want to get a foot to the groin, then they should have kept their damn hands to themselves.

You’re a complete jackass for insinuating that I beat up women for sport. Again, typical liberal mentallity. Draw conclusions about a person without any legitimate or justifiable reason to do so in order to win an argument. Attacking me personally, casting aspersions about me, insulting me and accusing me of things I have never done will not shut me up, nor will it win the argument for you.

PISS OFF! You just lost any validity in this debate. Go back to your hole, you ugly, little, malignant troll.

EK

[mkjessup]

As a nurse, who has been assaulted by patients, I take umbrage to your remarks.

Now THERE is the money quote!

You are incapable of being objective as you are obviously biased and unable to view this except through the prism of your own experience.

They would bounce you off the jury as 'unreliable' (where have we heard that word in the past 10 minutes?

You just lost any credibility you thought you had.

[Ernie Kaputnik]

Very well said, Texan5.

[kaila]

What I see is someone who defends Kenndy’s actions when these parameters have occurred- this incident happened in liberal New York, there is video evidence, and the prosecuter investigated and brought charges .Why ? Because Kennedy is at fault.
It is going to be tough for Kennedy to get out of this one.
Yes, he will have a trial, but just looking at the video- he is guilty.
I hope he rots in jail.

[mkjessup]

You’re a complete jackass for insinuating that I beat up women for sport. Again, typical liberal mentallity. Draw conclusions about a person without any legitimate or justifiable reason to do so in order to win an argument. Attacking me personally, casting aspersions about me, insulting me and accusing me of things I have never done will not shut me up, nor will it win the argument for you.
PISS OFF! You just lost any validity in this debate. Go back to your hole, you ugly, little, malignant troll.
EK

** BRAVO ERNIE!!!! **

You know exactly how to 'call 'em as you see 'em'.

I'm proud to call you my FRiend.

[snowstorm12]

I only see Kennedy being the aggressor and trying to do what he wants to do despite them telling him you can’t leave, after the first warning he ignors it and trys to head for stairwell. he is trying to get past the nurses and security, not once but twice. looks like he puts his hand on the nurse first and pushed his body past her to get the stairwell door open. He makes body contact with the nurse first. the second nurse doesn’t touch him, but he kicks her.

Kennedy says they were going after him but he doesn’t have a scratch on him or the baby. the evidence speaks for itself. I don’t see the wife as a witness on video.

[BluH2o]

Speaking of FOX ... received this e-mail today.

If true this will show on FOX during the Academy Awards which will siphon off the potential viewing audience.

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But, Obama has taken on Fox and it appears they are ready to spill the ugly beans of truth about the background of this individual who has had an extremely radical past. This Sunday, Fox News is going to air a very important documentary about Barack Obama, Sunday night 26th. at 9 P.M. Eastern.

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[kaila]

I guess that you are biased to the conservative point of view, so maybe you should not discuss conservative issues.Only liberal should discuss conservatism? Is that your view? I am biased, so I have no opinion?
I work in hospitals, I know the policy and procedures, I know Kennedy broke the rules.
He is going to jail. I hope the whole clan could go to jail. They have tried to ruin this country. Their elitism is evident in this incident.

[smoothsailing]

That’s interesting, thanks for the headsup!

[who knows what evil?]

That is one ugly woman.

To give you some idea; she is probably one of the better-looking ones to come out of Vermont. You don't want to see the others...trust me.

[Revolting cat!]

That is one ugly woman.

Geez, and i thought she was two ugly women.

[mkjessup]

What I see is someone who defends Kenndy’s actions when these parameters have occurred

How stupid are you? This is NOT about Kennedy's actions, this is about the actions of a father who claims to have been defending himself and his newborn son from two thugs in nurses uniforms who attempted to physically grab his newborn out of his arms, endangering the safety of that child. You see the name 'Kennedy' and automatically get a rash, he MUST be guilty, he's a 'Kennedy'. Well guess what chicky-boo? Kennedy or not, he is presumed innocent until proven guilty (sorry Smoothsailing, had to mention that once again)

this incident happened in liberal New York, there is video evidence, and the prosecuter investigated and brought charges.Why? Because Kennedy is at fault.

Put down that rope, Kennedy won't be 'at fault' unless he is convicted in a courtroom by a jury of his peers. And I remind you once again that the prosecutor saw no evidence to justify the filing of felony assault charges, they are MISDEMEANORS. (that must really irk you doesn't it?)

It is going to be tough for Kennedy to get out of this one. Yes, he will have a trial, but just looking at the video- he is guilty.

So ignore any defense testimony, any eyewitness statements, any statements from the accused, in KailaWorld, he's

GUILTY! GUILTY! GUILTY!

I hope he rots in jail.

What if he is found not guilty? You going to come back on here and apologize for your rush to judgment and your shameful and unjustifiable accusations towards other FReepers of advocating violence towards women?

Get back to us Nurse Ratchett.

[Texan5]

Thank you both very much for your kind words-I’m glad none of the lynch mob wannabes referred to my post on my less-than-admirable relatives. Any references there would have brought Hispanics/American Indians and firewater up, adding bigotry to the stew. That said, I’m truly appalled by some of those comments and baseless accusations-I was almost smelling the tar and feathers.

[mkjessup]

I guess that you are biased to the conservative point of view, so maybe you should not discuss conservative issues.Only liberal should discuss conservatism? Is that your view? I am biased, so I have no opinion?

You're biased as Hell against Douglas Kennedy and the man hasn't even had a trial yet on his misdemeanor offenses.

I work in hospitals, I know the policy and procedures, I know Kennedy broke the rules.

But you didn't work in the hospital where this event took place, and I say Kennedy is entitled to his day in court and to be presumed innocent of what he has been charged with. Your experience as a nurse has blinded you to any semblance of fair play, you've already convicted Kennedy which is a fine fascist way to view the situation, looks good on you.

He is going to jail. I hope the whole clan could go to jail. They have tried to ruin this country. Their elitism is evident in this incident.

What a nice broad brush you sling around. I despise what the Kennedys have done to America, but I'm not going to use the Constitution as toilet paper like you would to condemn Douglas Kennedy without the benefit of due process.

I erred in referring to you as 'Nurse Ratchett', I should have said 'Judge Dredd'.