Posted on 06/27/2023 2:00:06 AM PDT by Libloather
A Democratic state senator in Rhode Island has been arrested after he was allegedly caught on camera vandalizing a car with a 'Biden sucks' bumper sticker.
Joshua Miller, who serves as the Senate Democrat policy chairman, was caught on surveillance camera footage keying the vehicle that had been parked next to his own at the Garden City Center in Cranston, Rhode Island, on Thursday.
The son of the car's owner immediately reported the incident to the police, stating that he heard a scratching noise and got out of the vehicle to see Miller holding a set of keys.
When he confronted Miller about keying his vehicle, Miller simply denied it and walked away.
That was until police arrived and charged Miller with a misdemeanor.
The entire episode led to a series of awkward encounters with the local police as they tried to pin down what happened.
Police body camera footage showed how Cranston Police approached Miller two hours later, where he initially denied vandalizing the car and even allowed them to inspect his keys to see if any paint from the car had transferred.
Miller then blamed the victim, claiming he believed he had been recognized as a politician.
He said he believed the man accusing him of keying his car was a 'gun nut' and part of a group of people who allegedly stalk him due to his backing of anti-gun legislation.
'He was blocking my way, saying that I scratched his car, I didn't scratch his car,' Miller said. 'I'm a state senator, I think he recognized me. I think he's one of the gun nuts.'
'He didn't recognize you', the police officer responded bluntly.
Miller leads the Senate Health and Human Services Committee and represents District 28 that includes the location of the incident.
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Paint damage probably can be buffed out....but if not....sue the clown...for time, cost and punitive damages, defamatory lying ( being accused of threatening him and being a gun nut)..so many of these.these Dems are apt to lie
(a ‘Biden sucks’ bumper sticker)
Oh....... somebody else noticed that about him.....?
I saw a home security video of a man running into the yard to steal a Trump sign and getting a nasty electric shock when he grabbed the metal frame.
I guess the homeowner ran an electric fence line to his signs.
Ha just looked him up
😂😆🤣
“The car owner was asking for it really.”
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Just like a women not in their Burkah ask to be raped, eh.
He’s committed a crime that included menace. It’s not as if it was simply a car accident. Given the particular circumstances, just paying for a paint job doesn’t seem sufficient.
I still haven’t figured out why no one is following the Antifa goons when they leave a venue, and finding out who they are without their masks...they ought to get facial recognition on them....I think any cell phone with the proper app can do it....
Yeah, that’s edging close to being a common law crime by the homeowner though!
Admittedly it did produce an amusing and potentially effective video.
Actually, come to think about it, it probably didn’t end up deterring any political psychos—they are like Terminators.
Once again, see my tagline.
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I think the consequences of being “right” and not at fault often far exceed the satisfaction of it. Pick your battles and hills to die on. This ain’t it. And it’s a shame, too.
“This is why to do not put political bumper stickers on your car. Especially conservative stickers.
The car owner was asking for it really.“
Ridiculous. I suppose you think that girls are asking to get raped when they wear bikinis.
Cops are also looking at obstruction of justice charge because of the video that proved his explanation a whole cloth lie.
Seriously.
Therefore, anything goes.
If the Democrats were asked if their opponents (i.e., "us") should be sent to concentration camps and/or even exterminated, what do you think their answer would be?
Exactly why I sport my Hillary bumper sticker in Memphis.
It’s Rhode Island so unlikely anything will happen to him.
Shouldn’t he also be charged with “lying to the Police”?
Trying to blame the victim...
“we SHOULD be able to do it without FEAR!”
Absolutely. The RATs’ right to freedom of speech is sacred and protected. We do not have equal protection. We’re always sitting ducks for the insane left-wedding criminals.
I agree. As an elected official he is to be held to a higher standard. If he does not resign, he should be removed, if that is permissible under the laws.
What a loser.
“Antifa goons when they leave a venue, and finding out who they are without their masks.”
What would be the point? Most of them are known well already. And we know for sure they never are held accountable for their crimes.
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