Posted on 02/10/2023 6:02:36 AM PST by Red Badger
Suspect in Rep. Angie Craig assault. (Images courtesy of D.C. Metropolitan Police)
Police in Washington, D.C., made an arrest after releasing a photo of the suspect in the alleged assault of Rep. Angie Craig (D-MN) in an elevator at her apartment building Thursday morning.
In sharing the surveillance camera image, the Metropolitan Police Department asked the public for assistance in identifying the suspect for a simple assault offense. According to the U.S. Capitol Police, the suspect is believed to be a homeless man.
Police later announced 26-year-old Kendrick Hamlin, “AKA Hamlin Khalil Hamlin, of no fixed address,” was arrested and charged in connection to the incident.
At around 7:15 a.m., Craig said she saw the suspect in the lobby area of her apartment building “acting erratic” as if he was under the influence of an unknown substance, according to a police report obtained by The Daily Wire.
The congresswoman told police that after she told the suspect “good morning,” the suspect followed her into the elevator “and began to randomly do push ups.” Craig told police the suspect then, “with a closed fist,” punched her on the chin area of her face, and later grabbed her neck. Police said Craig defended herself by throwing her hot coffee at the suspect.
Craig “defended herself from the attacker and suffered bruising, but is otherwise physically okay,” said her chief of staff Nick Coe in a statement. Craig called 911 and the assailant fled the scene, her office said. The statement said Craig thanked the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department for their quick response and noted the congresswoman “asks for privacy at this time.”
Hours after the alleged assault, Craig was back at work. She voted with fellow Democrats and Republicans to overwhelmingly pass a resolution to formally rebuke China over a suspected spy balloon that flew over the United States last week.
After losing a congressional bid in 2016, Craig was first elected to represent Minnesota’s Second Congressional District in 2018. Craig is married to her wife, Cheryl Greene, and they have four sons together, according to the congresswoman’s website.
“There is no evidence that the incident was politically motivated,” Craig’s office said.
That is when I run out of that elevator!
Angie Craig and Cheryl Greene have four adopted sons.
Perp arrested,but I’m sure was back on the street in hours and won’t show up for a court date. Craig supported BLM in Minnesota as well as supports defunding the police.
I sadly live in her district and the MN GOP again ran a lackluster campaign and a political novice against her. Nice guy but he lost to Craig two years before. Minnesota GOP candidates were blindsided by the abortion issue using slick ads that painted them as too extreme and Democrats swept the elections. With
Liberal Democrats in control of the Legislature and Governors office they are ramming through a leftist agenda that will turn Minnesota into California. Welcome to the Peoples Republic of Minnesota comrades.
I’m Irish by blood…and temper…
:)
Have they let Garrison Keillor out of Time-Out yet?.................
I have great knobby knuckles but I would still run like hell if I saw that creature.
moslem
Do we have enough room for all the Democrats?
We should give it a try anyway
I heard a democrat female congressperson had been attacked and I immediately thought it was a member of the Dumb Squad. Oh well.
ACLU hounded Reagan until he shut down the mental hospitals.
MonkeyPox!
A really big turkey Baster
Ding, ding, ding!! We have a winner!!
Better save the pic, it'll be scrubbed to push The Narrative.
It’s General Ursus!
Anyone with city smarts would not have gotten on an elevator with him acting strange like that. Turn around and walk out.
Yep. See Tagline.
Ooooh you better be careful, Roseanne Barr got cancelled for a similar comment.🤔
Sort of like the Cook Co., IL State’s Attorney, Kim Fox.
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