Video of Beggar Threatening County Commissioner for $2.00

ChicoER Gate ^ | 5/22/10 | Chuck Wolk

[Manic_Episode]

Pepper spray and a few swift kicks would've made a much better youtube meme.

[dockkiller]

It wasn't Obama...
But what's the difference? This guy only wants $2. Obama will take a lot more than that (while pointing a gun at your head).

Bum/Pan-handler-in-chief

[Justa]

Agreed. A rather direct approach which will likely become more frequent.

[Chode]

dumb azz...

[mnehring]

I guess the commissioner handled it the best he could with cameras on him.

[Mr Ramsbotham]

“I have two dollars for each of you.”

[PapaBear3625]

I guess the commissioner handled it the best he could with cameras on him.

That's true. I would not be at all surprised if a political opponent had paid the panhandler to harass the guy in hopes he would do something politically damaging while on camera.

[mnehring]

Considered how the media treated it, I would say if it was a political trick, it backfired. Made the commissioner look like a decent fella.

[Minutemen]

"The violent encounter raised questions about the lack of surveillance in the subway system."

....As if some gub-mint bureaucrat watching a video monitor could have saved Mr. Garcia's life!

[vladimir998]

He is NOT a beggar. He is an OBAMA VOTER.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[TXnMA]

Trying that with the commissioners in my county would have probably ended with the threatener "proned pout" with a sizable handgun pointed at him until the sheriff's boys picked him up.

In fact, one of our commissioners is a TX CHL instructor, and is whom I went to for my last CHL renewal. (The guy has a nice private range, too...)

[SWAMPSNIPER]

I’ve always had an uncontrollable reflex response to any finger pointed in my face, I just automatically try to bust their face.

[Gargantua]

"It wasn't Obama..."

How can you tell? The guy looked exactly like him...

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