Posted on 10/26/2010 7:22:05 PM PDT by kristinn
Police have summoned Tim Profitt to appear before a judge to face an assault charge after a scuffle was caught on tape outside the KET Studios in Lexington before Jack Conway and Rand Paul's debate Monday night.
Today, Profitt says he fears for his safety and has received numerous death threats after others have watched the incident on tape. He says his actions were misunderstood.
'I feared for his safety," Profitt explained.
In the video, it appears to some that 23-year-old Lauren Valle is wrestled down to the ground by Rand Paul Supporters and then stomped on.
But to Tim Profitt, the the situation is much different. He says what the video doesn't show is Valle's aggressive behavior. Profitt says she rushed Paul's car three different times; each time refusing to stop. He says at the time, he didn't know what she was trying to do.
"We thought she was a danger; we didn't know what she was doing."
Profitt explained that he used his foot to try and keep her down because he can't bend over because of back problems. He also says police were alerted to watch her before Paul arrived because people in the crown recognized her as someone who may try and pull a stunt.
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He didn’t step on her head. He was clearly pushing her down on the shoulder as she attempted to get up. Not that it was a great thing to do, but stomping on her head he did not.
Never is an absolute that should not me used in this case.I do believe the men here were way out of line but there is a time and a place. You may think in your world there is no place to hit a woman buut there are times it can be very necessary.Work in a correctional facility or on the road as a Police Officer or Deputy Sheriff with that chivalrous or naive attitude and it may get you seriously injured or killed.NO person has the right to batter another individual and not expect reprisal.
I agree that she was baiting her opponents
She will charge them with assault now and it will get ugly for a few people
Never. I guess it’s a difference in upbringing.
Never. Even if a woman was about to shoot your in the head. Never.
I think we all get that you don’t do warm to woman generally but if you don’t accept that there might be some scenario, how ever far-fetched, that it might be necessary you have little credibility.
You’re not winning any awards for your honor here, and repeating “never” and taking shots at others upbringing kind of makes you sound like an ass.
P.S. There was no foot to the head...I guess if you somehow saw that I can understand why you are so set in your opinion, i.e. delusional.
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