Posted on 04/18/2010 4:06:03 AM PDT by abb
Friday, Allee Bautsch’s mother Della Berning appeared by phone on Fox News to speak about the events of last weekend on behalf of Allee and her boyfriend.
Video of that interview follows:
Earlier today, Yahoo! News posted a story with another interview with Ms. Berning in which her confirmation of a political cause for the attack on her daughter and her boyfriend is more explicit:
Contrary to our initial report, the NOPD is now saying that it does not know whether or not the attacks were politically motivated and the police report lists the motive as unknown. However, Allee Bautsch’s mother, Della Berning, has now joined a friend of Bautsch’s in telling Yahoo! News that, contrary to what Brown initially told police, Bautsch and Brown do believe that the attackers were a group of political protesters who followed them after they left the event. Their recollection is not conclusive, of course, and they admit to having no knowledge of the attackers’ underlying motivations.
According to Berning, Bautsch and Brown are recovering from their injuries and the trauma of the attack, and so are not speaking directly to the media. However, the couple authorized her to come forward with their account of the attack. Berning told Yahoo! News that she reconfirmed with her daughter each detail of the account she offered via email and phone.
For the most part, the police report and Berning’s account of the assault on Bautsch and Brown line up. Bautsch and Brown attended a Republican Party fundraiser that coincided with the Southern Republican Leadership Conference that happened in New Orleans that week. The event drew protesters, some of whom remained after it concluded.
And a little more:
The police report and the subsequent account of the attack that Bautsch and Brown gave to Bautsch’s mother mainly differ on the question of whether the attackers were from the group protesting the fundraiser. According to the police report, Brown told them that he “was unsure if the attackers were protestors.” Berning says her daughter and Brown believe that they were.
Berning explained that on the night of the attack, because of the furious nature of the assault and the late night, the two didn’t want to say for certain that they knew the identity of the attackers. “You don’t want to say something like that to the police” and get someone in trouble with the law, she explained, “unless you’re absolutely sure.”
But while they don’t claim certainty, Bautsch and Brown believe the attackers did come from the group of protesters. Berning said the two felt followed immediately after leaving the restaurant where the protesters were, and the attackers looked like some they had seen in front of the restaurant.
But while the Yahoo! News story appears to grudgingly admit the obvious, that the protestors at Brennan’s produced the attack, reporter Bret Michael Dykes still manages to inject an obnoxious and insulting paragraph toward the end of the piece:
Of course, even if Bautsch and Brown’s recollection is correct and the attackers did come from the group protesting the event, they can’t know for sure what their motives were. Their account of the non-political nature of the verbal assault matches the one Brown gave police and the homophobic, misogynistic nature of the insults would be unusual coming the kind of person one might expect to protest a Republican fundraiser.
So anarchist thugs who attack people on the streets for their political beliefs are still morally superior because only Republicans are homophobes and misogynists? Seriously? This actually made it into a story Yahoo ran on their site?
(Hat tip: Pat Dollard)
When I ask Jindal, it will be in front of a crowd, as in a press conference or public event where he takes questions from the press.
http://cpyouth.wordpress.com/2010/04/18/those-darned-violent-conservatives/
Those darned violent Conservatives…
http://bigjournalism.com/hfontova/2010/04/18/a-possible-political-beating-in-new-orleans-a-collective-shrug-from-the-msm/
A Possible Political Beating in New Orleans, a Collective Shrug from the MSM
Why are we playing the game of pretending we do not know what motivated the anarchists’ attack? How long are we going to play this game? That will determine how many American legs and jaws are broken.
I’ve said this before and I’ll keep saying it: this whole situation stinks of political protection.
It is as though someone politically connected and powerful has a personal reason to NOT have it investigated.
The Iron Rail Collective isn’t just a bunch of crazy anarchists. They have complex ties to the Democrats.
I wouldn’t be surprised if someone in Congress or Louisiana government had a relative or child involved in this assault and battery. That would be why Jindal and the NOPD are dragging their feet.
“SatinDoll wrote:
I’ve said this before and I’ll keep saying it: this whole situation stinks of political protection.
It is as though someone politically connected and powerful has a personal reason to NOT have it investigated.”
We have to keep in mind that New Orlean’s big business is tourism and that Jindal and gang are courting the GOP 2012 convention. If word got out that Republicans are specifically targeted and the cops are incompetent/corrupt it would be a problem for the political big shots.
Jindal, LA and the city of NO have every reason (in their greedy & ambitious minds, at least) to throw the two beating victims under the bus, with nothing more than that one cursory “eh, well we hope they getter better soon” offered by some Jindal flunkie.
The 2012 GOP convention in New Orleans? After this occurrence?
They’re friggin’ insane.
“SatinDoll wrote:
The 2012 GOP convention in New Orleans? After this occurrence?”
Actually, I believe it didn’t make the last cut in March, SatinDoll. But it’s still a big convention city - it certainly was last week!
Then, too, there is Jindal’s presidential aspirations - politicians like to keep a lid on anything that even appears to be controversial, moreso when they aspire to a higher office.
Just an addendum: the 3 finalists for the 2012 Convention are Phoenix, Salt Lake City and Tampa, Fla.
Thanks. I would vote for Salt Lake City, Utah.
But then I don’t hang out in bars or look for prostitutes.
Fixed.
It's more serious than you might think.
I’ve been on the leftist’s watch lists for many years, I’m well aware of what is happening. I decided many years ago that allowing myself to be terrified into inaction and silence was exactly what the bastards want. They’ve got to do more than scare me to stop me. There is nothing wrong with being scared, failing to stand up to fear is the weakness we cannot afford. If you will not die to protect this nation’s future you just aren’t a patriot. If this offends anyone, too bad!
I agree 100%.
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