Posted on 09/03/2009 12:49:54 AM PDT by tlb
THOUSAND OAKS -- A 65 year old man had his finger bitten off Wednesday evening at a health care rally in Thousand Oaks, according to the Ventura County Sheriff's Department.
Sheriff's investigators were called to Hillcrest and Lynn Road at 7:26 p.m.
About 100 protesters sponsored by MoveOn.org were having a rally supporting health care reform. A group of anti-health care reform protesters formed across the street.
When someone from the pro-reform side crossed over to the anti-reform side, a fist fight ensued, which resulted in the man's pinky finger getting bitten off.
It's believed the man was on the anti-health care reform side.
He took his finger and walked to Los Robles hospital for treatment.
Police don't know who bit the man's finger off, but they're investigating the incident.
Rabies shots.
Whoa- no wonder people are showing up to these things armed. The radical left is out of control.
Beating up old people.
You gotta be kidding me.
The radical left is out of control.
You just noticed, they have been out of control as long as I can remember
It’s a pathetic display from Obama’s hired thugs of what Obama really thinks of the elderly in this country.
You just can’t buy better advertising than this to solidify elderly people against Obamacare than this.
Good move Obama. Keep it up. Show the public what an Obama “grass roots” movement really is.
Crazy monsters... I hope someone will turn a video in to the cops.
I'd think the cops would be able to get DNA evidence if they wanted to.
That’s sad and it speaks volumes about what kind of person Obama is.
These moveon b!tches had one in St. Louis last night. Of course, the local state-run media heads were in complete support mode.
Obamacare - Chewing up granny!
Obamacare - Cannibalizing people!
Obamacare - Pulling out a limb!
Cannibals for Obamacare!
You must be watching too much CSI on TV. Any DNA evidence left on this guys severed finger would be contaminated by the DNA of this guys severed finger.
DNA evidence must be free of potential contamination from any other DNA source to be admissible in court.
Dental imprints however, may be evidence, if the police were interested in finding this person. As would finding the person with blood on their face and clothes immediately following this fight in the first place.
somehow this will be spun to be fault of “the mob”, “Republican agitators”.
But of course. That’s what Obama media’s job is.
FYI to ANYONE going to a protest: You must ALWAYS BRING A VIDEO RECORDING DEVICE to any protest you attend, and cameras too.
There is no point in going if you don't record it. Not to mention, it needs to be done for your own safety (as demonstrated by this story.)
Most cell phones have cameras and recording abilities.
"A witness from the scene told KTLA the man who got his finger bitten off was walking through the anti-reform group to get to the pro-reform group when he got in an altercation with someone from the anti-reform side. The man apparently punched the person from the anti-reform side. In the scuffle that ensued, that person bit the man's pinky finger, severing it."
You can buy cheap kodak digital recorders for 49 bucks or less these days that will hold a couple hours of digital recording (with a 80 buck memory chip)
He’s damn lucky that guy wasn’t armed or he might have had to eat a .45 slug along with that finger.
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