Charges filed in Carnahan health care forum fight

www.kmoxradio.com ^ | 11.26/09 | Kevin Killeen

[Bulldawg Fan]

ST. LOUIS (KMOX Radio) -- Three months after the punches were thrown, a prosecutor in St. Louis County has filed charges against six people in connection with fights outside a congressional forum on health care.

It happened outside a Russ Carnahan town hall meeting, on an August night when the national debate over health care reform was rising like a heat wave before a thunderstorm. Members of the Service Employees International Union clashed with members of the Tea Party.

Now, St. Louis County Counselor Patricia Redington has issued a total of ten charges spread out among six people.

Reached by phone after she left the office for the Thanksgiving holiday, Redington spoke from memory in general terms about the case.

Among those charged, two accused of assault in connection with the beating of Tea Party activist Kenneth Gladney. Gladney had claimed that two men wearing SEIU shirts attacked him as he sat at a table giving away tea party buttons.

Redington could not immediately provide the names of those charged, and she said she did not know whether those charged are members of SEIU.

[Bulldawg Fan]

These union and leftist thugs were charged with something less than a misdomeaner? All the while shouting N at this conservative black man as they beat him? Is that not the classic description of a hate crime? No. The victim cant be conservative, and "hate crime" is shown once again to be a sham.

[Old Flat Toad]

Need too keep a close eye on this and make sure the other 4 people charged are not Tea Party members trying to defend Mr Gladney.

[zwerni]

any video of this incident?

[Ben Hecks]

Russ Carnahan’s sister, Robin, is running for the Senate seat being vacated by Kit Bond. Robin also has friends in the ACORN/SEIU organizations:

http://www.acorncarnahan.com/