Police: N.Y. State Senator Hit Traffic Cop (Dems gone wild)

NewsDay ^ | January 20, 2005 | AP

[Trippin]

NEW YORK -- Police arrested state Sen. Kevin Parker on Thursday after he allegedly punched a traffic agent who was writing him a ticket.

The Brooklyn Democrat was charged with third-degree assault, a misdemeanor, police said. He was being held at the 67th Precinct stationhouse.

Witnesses told police the dispute began at about 3 p.m. after the agent found Parker's car double-parked on a Brooklyn street. When the agent started to write a ticket, the senator allegedly grabbed it, crumpled it up and threw it in his face.

During an ensuing struggle, Parker allegedly punched the agent. Police officers responding to a 911 call arrested the senator.

A message left at Parker's office was not immediately returned. No one answered the telephone at the local Democratic Party office.

[farmfriend]

bttt

[Proud2BeRight]

This just hasn't been a fun day for dems.

[AQGeiger]

Laws are only for the little people.

[taxesareforever]

Sounds to me like double parking, assault and littering.

[westmichman]

They should throw the book at him for throwing the ticket.

[stbdside]

Yep, the Dems showing their true colors.

[GottaLuvAkitas1]

This can't be right, everyone knows left are such PEACEFUL PEOPLE.

[exit82]

Tickets are only for the little people.

[Enterprise]

"But officer, they just swore in President Bush. I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore!"

[NorCalRepub]

my God, Dems get more violent every year......most protesters mantra's are "Peace for all or we will kill you"

[Cicero]

He could have had this ticket vacated in a New York minute if he'd just kept his cool. Now that it's gone public, he's in the soup. This will not help his future career even if he gets away with it. It not only shows that he's corrupt; it shows that he has poor judgment and is ineffectual, which is probably worse in political circles.

[1FASTGLOCK45]

I can't believe he stopped at that point, he should have Mooned that ticket officer so he really could have been a demoRat gone Ultra wild :D

[Probus]

"No one answered the telephone at the local Democratic Party office."

They must have been at the Inaguration celebrating!

[Fiddlstix]

BTTT

[MindBender26]

THIS BS FROM THE ENVIOREMENTAL WHACKOS

"Kevin Parker, a Brooklyn Democrat, has a strong community background and long history of public service, despite the fact that he is currently the youngest member of the New York State Senate. YADA YADA YADA......

Before his election he served as an aide to several public officials, including the state Comptroller, the Manhattan Borough President, a New York City Council member and a state Assemblymember. Among his several current committee assignments, Senator Parker is the ranking Democrat on the Energy and Telecommunication Committee where he has already drawn attention to himself simply by doing his job.

Early in the session the Committee held a hearing to confirm the Governor’s candidate for chairman of the powerful Public Service Commission (in New York, unlike other states, it was not the Legislature that deregulated the electric power industry, but the commission, an executive agency). At the hearing, held in a small room not intended to accommodate public involvement, Senator Parker questioned the candidate, William Flynn, prolonging the hearing to 40 minutes. Incredibly, some considered this inappropriate behavior. Parker received a reprimand from Sen. Owen Johnson, the committee chair. This, however, prompted an article in the New York Times as part of its series on Albany’s dysfunction. As a member of the Senate's Democratic minority, it is too much to hope that Parker’s defiance of the Capitol’s anti-democratic rituals will change the way the Legislature does business, but we hope that he continues to speak his mind and open up the debate."

HE JUST WANTED FACE TIME.

[cmsgop]

Tell me about it, I have already had my Dem neighbor seething mad about Bush today on my Lawn, He got all ramped up on the Inauguration coverage on TV LOL!

[MindBender26]

THIS BS FROM THE ENVIOREMENTAL WHACKOS

"Kevin Parker, a Brooklyn Democrat, has a strong community background and long history of public service, despite the fact that he is currently the youngest member of the New York State Senate. YADA YADA YADA......

Before his election he served as an aide to several public officials, including the state Comptroller, the Manhattan Borough President, a New York City Council member and a state Assemblymember. Among his several current committee assignments, Senator Parker is the ranking Democrat on the Energy and Telecommunication Committee where he has already drawn attention to himself simply by doing his job.

Early in the session the Committee held a hearing to confirm the Governor’s candidate for chairman of the powerful Public Service Commission (in New York, unlike other states, it was not the Legislature that deregulated the electric power industry, but the commission, an executive agency). At the hearing, held in a small room not intended to accommodate public involvement, Senator Parker questioned the candidate, William Flynn, prolonging the hearing to 40 minutes. Incredibly, some considered this inappropriate behavior. Parker received a reprimand from Sen. Owen Johnson, the committee chair. This, however, prompted an article in the New York Times as part of its series on Albany’s dysfunction. As a member of the Senate's Democratic minority, it is too much to hope that Parker’s defiance of the Capitol’s anti-democratic rituals will change the way the Legislature does business, but we hope that he continues to speak his mind and open up the debate."

HE JUST WANTED FACE TIME.

[MindBender26]

From Bio:

Kevin Parker is a special assistant to State Comptroller H. Carl McCall. A member of Community Board 17, he has worked on the staff of Councilmember Una Clarke and Assemblyman Nick Perry.

He also worked as a lead advance for Hillary Rodham Clinton's senate campaign.