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Officers Claim Brass Interfered in Investigation of Rep. Kennedy Incident
Roll Call ^ | 5-4-06 | John McArdle

Posted on 05/04/2006 1:54:08 PM PDT by The Old Hoosier



Officers Claim Brass Interfered in Investigation of Rep. Kennedy Incident

Thursday, May 4; 4:16 pm
By John McArdle,
Roll Call Staff




Police labor union officials asked acting Chief Christopher McGaffin this afternoon to allow a Capitol Police officer to complete his investigation into an early-morning car crash involving Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I.).

According to a letter sent by Officer Greg Baird, acting chairman of the USCP FOP, the wreck took place at approximately 2:45 a.m. Thursday when Kennedy’s car, operating with its running lights turned off, narrowly missed colliding with a Capitol Police cruiser and smashed into a security barricade at First and C streets Southeast.


File Photo
Rep. Patrick Kennedy

“The driver exited the vehicle and he was observed to be staggering,” Baird’s letter states. Officers approached the driver, who “declared to them he was a Congressman and was late to a vote. The House had adjourned nearly three hours before this incident. It was Congressman Patrick J. Kennedy from Rhode Island.”

Baird wrote that Capitol Police Patrol Division units, who are trained in driving under the influence cases, were not allowed to perform basic field sobriety tests on the Congressman. Instead, two sergeants, who also responded to the accident, proceeded to confer with the Capitol Police watch commander on duty and then “ordered all of the Patrol Division Units to leave the scene and that they were taking over.”

Baird said he had been advised that after the officers departed, Capitol Police “House Division officials” gave Kennedy a ride home.

Kennedy’s office did not respond to repeated requests for comment.

“If the events unfolded as they have been reported to me, and I believe they did, a complete and immediate investigation into them is required,” Baird wrote to McGaffin. Baird asked the acting chief why officers on the scene were prevented from completing the appropriate investigation “into violations of law they witnessed. This appears to be interference with their duties as U.S. Capitol Police Officers and may have prevented the collection of evidence of such violations."

“My members were attempting to carry out their duties with the professionalism and objectivity their oaths require. They should have been assisted in those duties by every level of supervision and command. Instead these circumstances call the integrity of our organization into question by creating the appearance of special favor for someone who is perceived to be privileged and powerful,” Baird wrote.

While a Capitol Police spokeswoman could not be reached for comment, Baird said in an interview this afternoon that McGaffin had contacted him about his letter.

“I want the public and those who we protect to know that we are fair and impartial when it comes to enforcing the laws on capitol grounds and the officers are doing their jobs in accordance to the laws and D.C. code and U.S. code,” he said.” That’s really why we want this addressed.”



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TOPICS: Breaking News; Politics/Elections; US: Rhode Island
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To: SE Mom

Congress critters are immune from prosecution going to or coming from a session. It's a get out of jail card. And he's a Kennedy and he's a (D).

He'll get away with it until he kills someone, and then he's a Kennedy and a (D). Lather, rinse, repeat. :-/

Pinz


121 posted on 05/04/2006 2:38:00 PM PDT by pinz-n-needlez
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To: MplsSteve

I saw it, no worries! I was not picking on you, just letting the lurkers know we know, ya know? :)


122 posted on 05/04/2006 2:38:07 PM PDT by defconw (Forever a Snowflake! Yes I am a Bushbot, so what of it?)
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To: BinaryBoy

You should have bumper stickers made of that and send them to the Sen and his family.
I'd contribute.


123 posted on 05/04/2006 2:39:05 PM PDT by kalee
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To: nutmeg
That's incredible!

With Patches' handwriting like that, he couldn't even stay on the lines of the page, the Portsmouth, RI PD still had the nerve to write under "physical condition of driver" that Patches "Appeared normal."

Another interesting thing, the "owner" of the vehicle that Patches was driving (the 4/15/06 RI accident, not to be confused with the one this morning in DC) is listed as "Friends of Pat Kennedy, Inc." I guess that way, he doesn't have to pay for gas, insurance, upkeep, etc. The campaign funds can be used to keep up Patches' wheels.

124 posted on 05/04/2006 2:39:12 PM PDT by tgslTakoma (I nominate Freeper "jveritas" for Freeper of the year!)
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To: Snardius

Maybe he was delivering a Gas rebate check.

Oh wait, er, nevermind. ;-)

Pinz


125 posted on 05/04/2006 2:39:16 PM PDT by pinz-n-needlez
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To: monocle

Chrissy Matthews bringing out a Constitutional arguement saying that a Congressman can't be interfered with when going to his office per the US constitution.


126 posted on 05/04/2006 2:40:42 PM PDT by Dane ("Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall" Ronald Reagan, 1987)
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To: The Old Hoosier

If anything close to substantial punishment comes of this...I will run naked through the closest tick and chigger infested forest.


127 posted on 05/04/2006 2:41:00 PM PDT by Osage Orange (Getting honest answers from Congress...is like putting socks on roosters.)
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To: pinz-n-needlez
Oh wait, er, nevermind. ;-)

Now let's not rush to judgement...I'm sure he was on his way to early mass...

128 posted on 05/04/2006 2:41:08 PM PDT by Snardius
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To: The Old Hoosier
...the Capitol Police watch commander on duty and then “ordered all of the Patrol Division Units to leave the scene and that they were taking over.”

Hopefully the watch commander made a little green for this favor. We'll have to wait and watch to see if it was all worth it. Too bad we can't get a BAC on Kennedy, what with the time delay and all. But he wasn't drunk, so the point is moot...right?

</sarc>

129 posted on 05/04/2006 2:41:19 PM PDT by randog (What the...?!)
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To: The Old Hoosier
Image hosted by Photobucket.com show me a kennedy that's not a drunk...
130 posted on 05/04/2006 2:41:28 PM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist ©®)
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To: kabar
Patches Kennedy's 4/15/06 accident

I notice that Kennedy was driving a Ford Crown Victoria and the owner was Friends of Pat Kennedy Inc. It must be good to be a Congressman and charge all your expenses to your PAC.

Yeah... nice, huh?

131 posted on 05/04/2006 2:42:15 PM PDT by nutmeg ("We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." - Hillary Clinton 6/28/04)
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To: pinz-n-needlez

Before I moved to Florida, I lived in the same neck of the woods as the Kennedy's on the Cape. What I learned form that is:

"All pigs are equal, but some are more equal than others".
(George Orwell)


132 posted on 05/04/2006 2:43:06 PM PDT by SE Mom (God Bless those who serve..)
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To: Osage Orange
If anything close to substantial punishment comes of this...I will run naked through the closest tick and chigger infested forest.

I'd be careful...the odds may not be in your favor considering the current animosity on Capitol Hill...

133 posted on 05/04/2006 2:43:56 PM PDT by Snardius
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To: Borax Queen
Baird wrote that Capitol Police Patrol Division units, who are trained in driving under the influence cases, were not allowed to perform basic field sobriety tests on the Congressman. Instead, two sergeants, who also responded to the accident, proceeded to confer with the Capitol Police watch commander on duty and then “ordered all of the Patrol Division Units to leave the scene and that they were taking over.”

He was likely drunk and should have been given sobriety test. But, a Kennedy mobile strikes again.

134 posted on 05/04/2006 2:45:05 PM PDT by nicmarlo (Bush is the Best President Ever. Rah. Rah.)
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To: llevrok

Patrick is Ted's son.


135 posted on 05/04/2006 2:45:36 PM PDT by veronica ("A person needs a sense of mission like the air he breathes...")
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To: tgslTakoma
Yeah, this is all very interesting, isn't it? Talk radio host Howie Carr (out of Boston) is all over this one. If there's any kind of "Kennedy cover-up", Howie will be sure to make it public! ;-)

These Kennedys make me sick...

136 posted on 05/04/2006 2:45:42 PM PDT by nutmeg ("We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." - Hillary Clinton 6/28/04)
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To: Osage Orange

Wearing socks???

Love your tagline.

Pinz


137 posted on 05/04/2006 2:46:27 PM PDT by pinz-n-needlez
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To: Snardius

LOL

(His cousin is on with John now, maybe John will ask him about it.)

Pinz


138 posted on 05/04/2006 2:47:12 PM PDT by pinz-n-needlez
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To: nutmeg

Wow, that scribble looks like the work of a drunken sot -- if that's his 'normal' handwriting, unimpaired, then he has just about the worst handwriting I've ever seen.

Sounds like the twit turned left just in front of the oncoming driver who had no chance to stop in time????? You have to cut it awfully close to have any chance of getting hit that way - I've been driving for 30 years and I've never come remotely close to that kind of an accident...... but then I'm not a drunken sot who considers himself above the law and above all other citizens.............


139 posted on 05/04/2006 2:47:21 PM PDT by Enchante (Mary McCarthy & Richard Clarke: Al Qaeda and Iraq helped to produce VX in Sudan!!!)
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To: McGavin999
The Capitol Police and the Supreme Court Cops are the ONLY honest cops in DC. The District Cops are terrible.
140 posted on 05/04/2006 2:47:26 PM PDT by The Old Hoosier (Right makes might.)
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