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Etheridge apologizes for confrontation caught on video
The Hill ^
| 06/14/2010
| Christina Wilkie
Posted on 06/14/2010 11:00:57 AM PDT by Pyro7480
Rep. Bob Etheridge (D-N.C.) on Monday apologized for behaving aggressively during a confrontation on the street with a young man who claimed to be a student.
"I deeply and profoundly regret my reaction and I apologize to all involved," he said in a statement released by his office.
A video of the incident, in which Etheridge can be seen swatting at a camera and grabbing the young man by the coat collar, appeared online Monday morning.
"Throughout my many years of service to the people of North Carolina," Etheridge said, "I have always tried to treat people from all viewpoints with respect. No matter how intrusive and partisan our politics can become, this does not justify a poor response. I have and I will always work to promote a civil public discourse."
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TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: assault; chicagoway; dc; democrats; drunkdrunkdem; etheridge; expelthethugs; nc; northcarolina; typicaldemocrat
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To: Pyro7480
Yes, the student should press charges.
Etheridge did not grab the student “by the coat collar.” He grabbed him by the neck, more than once IIRC, and yanked me over to him as if he might put him in a neck hold.
Etheridge’s conduct is a crime and should be treated as such.
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posted on
06/14/2010 11:20:22 AM PDT
by
fightinJAG
(The Kenyan - short hand for "The Alien in the White House" by Rabinowitz)
To: Kartographer
Too bad no one among the Dems put the question to Obama, “WHO ARE YOU?”
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posted on
06/14/2010 11:21:08 AM PDT
by
fightinJAG
(The Kenyan - short hand for "The Alien in the White House" by Rabinowitz)
To: PhilosopherStone1000
From a Congressman who claimed to represent the views of the people of NC-2.
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posted on
06/14/2010 11:21:15 AM PDT
by
rod1
To: Pyro7480
“Behaving aggressively”
eh... no it was assault.
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posted on
06/14/2010 11:22:23 AM PDT
by
rod1
To: Huck
“People with all viewpoints”?
All the guy did was ask him whether he agreed with the Obama agenda. How is that expressing a viewpoint?
And, by the way, Rep. Etheridge: DO YOU AGREE WITH THE OBAMA AGENDA?
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posted on
06/14/2010 11:22:40 AM PDT
by
fightinJAG
(The Kenyan - short hand for "The Alien in the White House" by Rabinowitz)
To: Pyro7480
This imperious asswipe should be in jail for what he did.
The common Joe on the street would be.
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posted on
06/14/2010 11:23:11 AM PDT
by
reagan_fanatic
(Never trust anyone who points their rear end at God while praying.)
To: Pyro7480
is this yutz in a competitive district by any chance?
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posted on
06/14/2010 11:23:32 AM PDT
by
DM1
To: bolobaby
He needs to take lessons from the Master of Apologies, Obambi.
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posted on
06/14/2010 11:23:49 AM PDT
by
fightinJAG
(The Kenyan - short hand for "The Alien in the White House" by Rabinowitz)
To: fightinJAG
I love this guy. Who are you? Who are you? Dammit, where’s my highball? What the hell? Where am I? Come here sonny, you little..lol. That guy’s a riot. I want to meet him.
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posted on
06/14/2010 11:23:51 AM PDT
by
Huck
(Q: How can you tell a party is in the majority? A: They're complaining about the fillibuster.)
To: Pyro7480
Rep. Bob Etheridge (D-N.C.) on Monday apologized for behaving aggressively ... Congressman Etheridge did not merely "behave aggressively". "Behaving aggressively" covers everything from cold-blooded murder by a serial killer to a wife screaming at her husband that he left the toilet seat up.
Etheridge met the legal definition of simple assault. That happens to be a crime.
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posted on
06/14/2010 11:24:57 AM PDT
by
Polybius
To: Lurker
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posted on
06/14/2010 11:25:09 AM PDT
by
fightinJAG
(The Kenyan - short hand for "The Alien in the White House" by Rabinowitz)
To: Pyro7480
Average people can’t get by with apologizing for an assault and battery (a felony under DC law, I’d presume). If the DA and police won’t do anything about it a civil suit is most definitely “warranted”.
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posted on
06/14/2010 11:25:48 AM PDT
by
katana
(For what is an Irishman ? But a .......)
To: Pyro7480
My guess is that Renee Ellmers will be one of Momma Grizzlie’s cubs by the end of the week.
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posted on
06/14/2010 11:25:51 AM PDT
by
bwc2221
To: Pyro7480
Another dem - sorry he got caught...
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posted on
06/14/2010 11:26:07 AM PDT
by
GOPJ
(http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index2.php?area=dam&lang=eng)
To: Pyro7480
I have and I will always work to promote a civil public discourse." not true... his aggressive response to this student is proof...
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posted on
06/14/2010 11:26:07 AM PDT
by
latina4dubya
( self-proclaimed tequila snob)
To: Pyro7480
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posted on
06/14/2010 11:26:08 AM PDT
by
Balding_Eagle
(Women are natural socialists, since the 19th passed the US has been drifting Liberal)
To: Anima Mundi
Excellent suggestion! No doubt someone will take you up on it.
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posted on
06/14/2010 11:26:09 AM PDT
by
fightinJAG
(The Kenyan - short hand for "The Alien in the White House" by Rabinowitz)
To: CincyRichieRich
FWIW - not much - The DUmmies can't even spin the incident, LOL!
prisoner6
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posted on
06/14/2010 11:26:31 AM PDT
by
prisoner6
(Right Wing Nuts are holding The Constitution together as the Loose Screws of The Left come undone!)
To: Pyro7480
This is assault and battery.
Take his ass down.
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posted on
06/14/2010 11:26:44 AM PDT
by
Tzimisce
(No thanks. We have enough government already. - The Tick)
To: Pyro7480
Looks like there will be a news conf. by Etheridge in a few min. and it will be aired by FNC.
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posted on
06/14/2010 11:28:26 AM PDT
by
Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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