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Video of Beggar Threatening County Commissioner for $2.00
ChicoER Gate ^ | 5/22/10 | Chuck Wolk

Posted on 05/22/2010 10:11:47 AM PDT by Tina Grazier



Somethings are just too incredible to believe unless you see it for yourself. Well what we have here is Shelby County (TN) Commissioner Steve Mulroy being interviewed by a TV reporter. While the camera is rolling, a panhandler walks up to the commissioner, tells him to keep his mouth shut and to hand over $2.00.

After the commissioner refused to give him the money, the panhandler then demanded that the politician have two dollars for him every time he sees him. The whole incident is only funny after the fact because there was no physical violence. As you will see, the commissioner is obviously caught off guard by the whole incident. I must admit that Mulroy handled the whole extortion attempt quite admirably for a politician.

Follow the link below to see the video of the


Begger Threatening County Commissioner for $2.00





TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: beggars; extortion; panmhandler; politician
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Just me, but this guy needs to be locked up and forced to work for his food so he will learn what providing for yourself means.

Coddling these losers of society will just create a society of losers. But then again, that is exactly what Obama wants isn't it.

How's that change working for you America?

1 posted on 05/22/2010 10:11:48 AM PDT by Tina Grazier
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To: Tina Grazier

What a switch. Usually politcians are taking money from taxpayers.


2 posted on 05/22/2010 10:14:19 AM PDT by Frantzie (McCain=Obama's friend. McCain/Graham = La Raza's Senators)
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To: Frantzie

If that guy has paid any taxes in the last 10 years,I’ll eat his hat.


3 posted on 05/22/2010 10:16:40 AM PDT by Farmer Dean (stop thinking about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
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To: Frantzie

Well... I doubt it was a taxpayer taking money from a politician here. ;)


4 posted on 05/22/2010 10:16:57 AM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: OneWingedShark

Yup - typical Obama voter who thinks everyone should take care of him.


5 posted on 05/22/2010 10:18:50 AM PDT by Frantzie (McCain=Obama's friend. McCain/Graham = La Raza's Senators)
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To: Farmer Dean

I doubt he paid a penny of taxes in his entire life. Maybe sales tax for beer and smokes.


6 posted on 05/22/2010 10:19:38 AM PDT by Frantzie (McCain=Obama's friend. McCain/Graham = La Raza's Senators)
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To: Tina Grazier
Why didn't someone from the news crew call the cops? sigh.. I know stupid question. I'd hope the cops do something after seeing the video. sigh..I know vain hope.
7 posted on 05/22/2010 10:24:28 AM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs said?)
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To: Tina Grazier

The commissioner handled it well. The guy has some screws loose and someone on the news crew should have been calling 911 to have him arrested for his threats. Not amusing at all.


8 posted on 05/22/2010 10:26:40 AM PDT by Think free or die
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"And my heart goes out to folks like this"

Hah! He is the reason for "folks like this". The proper response is "Get the "F" away from me", followed by the necessary proportional response...

9 posted on 05/22/2010 10:29:47 AM PDT by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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I admire the man's honesty; he doesn't gussy up his act with requests to be thought of as dignified; politicians not only take your money, but then also ask you to consider them generous for doing so.

This episode reflects daily life in Santa Cruz, Berkeley, Oakland, or Wash. DC.

This only got coverage because TV presstitutes saw it and the victim was one of their own, ie, government.

Same thing for the Consulate-related killings in Mexico 6 weeks ago --was only noticed when it happened to one of THEM.

I'm gentle, but I'm absolutely serious when I say that for all our sakes, I HOPE this continues.

10 posted on 05/22/2010 10:43:23 AM PDT by TokuMei
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I really got the giggles thinking about how some of my local politicians in Arizona would have handled the situation. Like Joe Arpaio, J.D. Hayworth, and a bunch of others who wear “primary” and “alternate” guns on their person.

I don’t think that is entirely limited to Arizona, either.


11 posted on 05/22/2010 10:53:35 AM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy
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To: Tina Grazier

That bum is just like that paper route kid in the 1985(?) movie, “Better Off Dead” who always wants his $2.00.


12 posted on 05/22/2010 11:17:40 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: Tina Grazier

Is this bum related to B. Hussein, Rev. Jackson, or Al “notso” Sharpton?


13 posted on 05/22/2010 11:21:17 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: rockrr

I used to tell guys like that “yeah, I got plenty of money. Why?”

If the cameras weren’t rolling what a tremendous beat down this guy would get. ;-)


14 posted on 05/22/2010 11:36:06 AM PDT by glorgau
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To: Tina Grazier

Anyone who is surprised or upset by this video needs to see
the reality of daily life in most any large American city.
This type of thing is a routine occurrence.


15 posted on 05/22/2010 11:57:03 AM PDT by Repeal The 17th (Don't blame me. I voted for Jefferson Davis.)
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To: Tina Grazier

This guy nut have had his azz kicked on TV. That is the only response that vermin like him can understand.


16 posted on 05/22/2010 11:59:29 AM PDT by SkipW
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What would have been really cool if the commish was a strong 2nd Amendment supporter and said, “Yeah, I got yo munny right here, b#!@h!” and pulled out his .45 1911 and blew his punk ass away. All he has to say is that he felt his life was in danger and had to go Bernie Goetz on him to prevent the bum from possibly killing him. Who knows what was in his left pocket!


17 posted on 05/22/2010 12:02:53 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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The Commissionary was really docile with this guy. He does look theatening and I can’t say I would have stood up to him, but in my 12 years being accosted by homeless bums in San Francisco, I found they were all cowards when you stood up to them. I’ve had them threaten, bump their chests and flail their arms like they want to fight, then you take two steps toward them and they back off. When you turn your back, they are right back at the routine.

This guy does look mental and he was already at striking range. I’m not sure I wouldn’t have done the same thing as the Commissioner, but I learned to handle the homeless bums in SF by being assertive, not docile.

I had one bum demand a dollar from me on a street corner on Market Street. I looked at him and said:

“Do you know why I won’t give you a dollar. Because you are ugly, and if I give you a dollar you will be here tomorrow for another dollar, and I don’t want to look at you everyday. Now if you were a blonde woman in a bikini, I would give you five dollars so you would be here tomorrow. But you are ugly, and I don’t want you see you every day.”

He was still processing the information while I just walked on.

Some of these guys are truly mental and this may be one. I honked at a bum in an intersection and he kicked my truck (didn’t do any damage). So I gunned the motor and you never saw a bum skip/jump so fast in your life. Never threaten a person driving a 4500 lb weapon.


18 posted on 05/22/2010 1:21:01 PM PDT by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (Liberal are like termites eating away our cultural foundations.)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

As a strong 2nd amendment supporter, you know you NEVER pull your concealed weapon unless you intend to use it. Never.


19 posted on 05/22/2010 1:22:17 PM PDT by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (Liberal are like termites eating away our cultural foundations.)
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To: Freedom_Is_Not_Free

I know. Bums who have that entitled attitude, or any one really, need to humbled. The cause of this has been allowing the people of the USA to be Socialized. It’s not a virtue in any sense and it needs to be stopped now before it destroys us.


20 posted on 05/22/2010 1:52:56 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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