Posted on 03/09/2022 10:06:41 AM PST by grundle
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) expressed his frustration on Wednesday after the Washington, D.C., government dropped charges against a Florida man accused of punching a police officer who was protecting Paul in 2020.
"Surprise, surprise. DC government drops charges against the thug who attacked and injured a DC policeman (a policeman who protected Kelley and I from an angry mob)," Paul wrote on Twitter. "And people wonder why violence is consuming our cities."
According to D.C. court records, the government gave notice of nolle prosequi on Jan. 27, effectively dropping the charges. Nolle prosequi is a Latin legal term that refers to "a legal notice or entry of record that the prosecutor or plaintiff has decided to abandon the prosecution or lawsuit."
On Aug. 28, 2020, Paul and his wife were surrounded by protesters in D.C. as they returned to their hotel from the White House. Brennen Sermon of Orlando, Florida, was arrested and charged with assault on a police officer after allegedly punching one of the officers protecting the couple, the Courier Journal reported. Video of the incident shows police officers using their bicycles to hold back the crowd. Demonstrators can be heard shouting "Justice for Breonna Taylor!" and "Say her name!"
At the time, Paul hailed the officers as "brave" for "likely sav[ing] Kelley and me."
Rand Paul just got chased by a crowd back to his hotel, after leaving the White House from Trump’s Republican Party Nomination #DC #DCProtests pic.twitter.com/h1kPcZG1jh — Brendan Gutenschwager (@BGOnTheScene) August 28, 2020
Two months prior to the attack, Paul introduced the Justice for Breonna Taylor Act, which would have banned no-knock raids like the one that resulted in Taylor's death.
Of course they did. Rand Paul is a Republican.
Did anyone expect anything different?
It is DC afterall.
Just another example of we cannot exist with these deranged thugs.
Like all fascist and communists the Democrats adore their own violence.
Mitch McConnell and the GOP won’t criticize this.
Big media won’t talk about this. Imagine if the politics were reversed and this happened in Alabama
Yeah no big deal - just a daily occurrence in D.C.
Our Just Us system is a joke.
Right after the Jan 6 guy is convicted.
Of course, mostly the charges they can come up with are minor, but it’s still a charge and he’s been held to it.
Bastard AmErica-hating violent rioters. get their way, most not even arrested or charged.
I hate these Dem communists. I hate them.
We don’t need no stinkin government.
There is no law only politics.
“And people wonder why violence is consuming our cities.”
People know why, but somehow it is deemed racist to acknowledge it.
Could the Cop who was attacked sue that plaintiff for anything?
Another reason to avoid going to DC.
Compare that to the treatment of nonviolent protestors who strolled through the capital at the capital cops invitation as they held the doors open.
This is no longer a government of the people or by the people - this is a totalitarian proletariat.
Yes its DC basically a foreign territory.
Not sure why the government backed away, but that type of filing allows for prosecution at a later time.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.