Posted on 06/03/2019 6:21:45 PM PDT by Gamecock
A councilman of a South Carolina town was arrested Saturday after he assaulted a police officer who pulled over the politician’s wife following an altercation at a McDonald’s, the St. George Police Department said.
Just after 7 p.m., an officer stopped a car driven by the wife of St. George Town Councilman Ralph A Martino, police said in a news release. Police said a call had been issued to stop the vehicle after Martino’s wife was “involved in an altercation at McDonald’s” with an employee and drove away.
Martino was not in the car with his wife but soon arrived at the scene and began questioning the officer, who was waiting for information from another police officer questioning witnesses at the McDonald’s, according to the news release.
Frustrated by the delay, Martino approached the patrol car four times, aggressively knocking on the driver’s side window on his last trip, police said.
After being asked to back up by the exiting officer, Martino yelled, “Are you going to shoot me, mother------?” and shoved the officer in the chest, causing him to lose his balance as he tried to detain the councilman, according to the news release.
Police said Martino and the officer grappled before the councilman was arrested. Martino used his position as a town councilman to try and intimidate police officers, according to the news release.
Martino was taken to the Dorchester County Detention Center, where he was charged with third-degree assault and battery, police said.
He remained behind bars overnight until his bond was set on Sunday, St. George Police Chief Brett Camp said in an interview with The State.
Although his wife was not incarcerated, Camp said she was also issued a citation for third-degree assault and battery because of her actions at the McDonald’s.
While waiting for her food at the McDonald’s, the councilman’s wife got impatient after her order was given to a customer behind her in line, Camp said.
After having “words” with a female employee, Camp said Martino’s wife reached across the counter and pointed her index finger in the employee’s face before putting the finger on the worker’s nose and pushing her away.
At that point, the councilman’s wife left the McDonald’s, while the restaurant manager called 911.
Martino’s wife was also given a traffic citation for driving a car with tags that had been expired for about six months, Camp said.
Yes.
Black privilege exists.
ya gotta know before you even get to the picture and bingo there it is.
No, it was both of Dem, him and his Wife. #;^{o
“Ralph knows what it means to be a black man living in a country and a culture that is controlled by rich white people. “
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They can all use the same excuse for uncivilized behavior. Poor victims.
Reading first sentences only.
3 guesses? First 2 don’t count.
Uh....yup.
Any female who gets into a scuffle at a McDonalds - odds are, she is a bit over weight.
Martino? I thought he was Italian.
I hear there’s lots of meth and oxy up in St Georges
What? She couldn’t get any free fries?
Now THAT was a curveball.
Altercation at a McDonald's, that's not going to go two ways.
But sure enough, NAPA never fails to come through.
RE: Dem?...…
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Is the Pope a Socialist?
Yup, right again.
Yup, right again.
“You might be a redneck if your mother has twice been the subject of an episode of True Stories of the Highway Patrol.”
And there’s a black joke in there somewhere. Someone ask Richard Pryor to find it.
Maybe make some captions for the daily viral videos of Wal Mart People fistfights between obese women knocking over shelving struggling with each other.
Ralph A Martino is just a foul-mouthed hood rat with a title. So’s his wife.
I love the video of the woman throwing the banquet table across the room. And she holds onto her purse at the same time.
I want to see it. Darn, I missed it. Maybe it will be re-run on Masterpiece Theater. Oh, it's off the air.
Funny you never hear of an altercation at a Chick-fil-A.
I LOVE that video. Homegirl's got moves and gives it back to the "opposing team".
The lil "pretty girl" in the background is chicken to get in the mix. d;^)
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