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Posted on 04/19/2010 4:37:40 PM PDT by abb
BATON ROUGE, La. -- Gov. Bobby Jindal said Monday he isn't going to comment further on the investigation into the recent French Quarter attack that left his chief fundraiser and her boyfriend injured.
Allee Bautsch, 25, suffered a broken leg, and her boyfriend suffered a broken jaw, nose and concussion.
When asked about the incident on Monday, Jindal said the couple is now recovering at home after receiving "serious" injuries.
“We're going to refrain from commenting on it. We certainly keep her in our thoughts and prayers,” Jindal said. “I know she appreciates many people asked about her. She is home, which is a positive step.”
Bautsch’s companion, 29-year-old Joseph Brown, told police he heard nothing suggesting the attack was politically motivated.
Brown said protesters were outside Brennan's restaurant during the Louisiana Republican Party event on April 9. But most of them had left about an hour before he and Bautsch left the restaurant, Brown told police.
Brown said several protesters were loitering outside the restaurant when they left, and he heard "cat calls" as they walked away. A group of three to five men followed them from the restaurant, yelled obscenities and taunted them, but he heard nothing suggesting the attack was politically motivated. The police report does not say what the protest was about.
Bautsch, who suffered a broken leg in the attack, was either pushed down or fell after Brown was attacked. Brown suffered a mild concussion and broken jaw and nose that required hospital treatment.
One of the attackers pushed Brown into an iron gate that surrounds the state Supreme Court building.
"He then fell to the ground, and one of the attackers got on top of him and began to attack him," the report says. "Mr. Brown stated as he was being pushed to the ground, Ms. Bautsch was also either pushed down or fell down near where he was."
No suspects have been identified in the attack, a department spokesman said.
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Withholding comment is something sane, self-controlled people do.
And Freepers are going to “refrain” from supporting Jindal. He obviously doesn’t realize he is writing his political obituary outside LA.
The hell hole called the French Quarter needs to be the most heavily video’d (is that a word?) place on earth. I may be biased, I despise the place.
It’s fairly routine to not comment on an ongoing police investigation. Let’s be a little less hasty with the pitchf0rk-sharpening here.
It is pretty SOP to withhold comment on pending investigations. Didn’t we bash Zero for blathering on against the Cambridge police, convicting terrorists in the press, etc...
We can’t blame Jindal for refraining from doing what we bash Zero for doing!
It is probably on advice of the prosecutors, give the guy a break!
Seems like we have several reports that say it was a political attack. For Instance:
UPDATE: Beaten Jindal Staffer Says Protesters are the Perpetrators
"..In her latest interview with Yahoo News (via The Hayride, h/t Pat Dollard) Berning went a bit further, saying her daughter Bautsch and her daughter’s boyfriend, Brown, believe the attackers were a group of political protesters who followed them after they left the GOP event..."
They weren't robbed. If it wasn't political, what was it about? Blanking AP!!
It might be the best thing to do right now.
You need to speak for yourself ... I support my governor fully. I may not agree with 100% of his thoughts, but I support him.
Making a statement might be seen as attempting to influence an investigation. That could be a real problem in the courtroom.
One of his female staff was beat down and he comes out sounding like a triangulating Bambi. Sorry his train has left the station.
What's going on here, Bobby?
Thanks, I read it and saw nothing new. I am not understanding Bobby Jindal, at all, are you?
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