Winkler
Posted on 03/09/2005 4:21:07 PM PST by dukeman
South Tampa, Florida - On Tuesday evening, Michelle Fernandez was driving down Armenia in South Tampa with her two children in the car, when another driver tried to run her off the road. The man had a sign over his passenger window that said 'Never forget Bush's illegal oil war murdered thousands in Iraq.'
Fernandez has a Bush/Cheney bumper sticker on her car. Fernandez called police from her cell phone when the driver began yelling, blowing his horn, and following her.
9-1-1 Dispatch
Dispatch: Where are you on Kennedy?
Caller: Right now I'm on Kennedy and Arrawana. Look, he just pulled over next to me, he's stopping the car, it's ridiculous this man! Look he's running after my car, Oh my goodness, he's a fanatic, he's in the middle of the street!
For nine minutes Fernandez stayed on the phone with dispatchers, turning on busy streets, hoping to lose the other driver. The dispatcher heard a horn honking in the background.
Dispatch: Is that him blowing his horn at you?
Caller: No I was blowing my horn at somebody 'cause I'm running stoplights and everything else to get away from him.
Fernandez was finally able to throw the driver off her trail. She ended up going to a near-by little league ball park and waited for police to file a report. They arrested Nathan Winkler at his home. They found the sign in the car.
Joe Durkin, Tampa Police spokesperson
"When we contacted him, his indication to the officers of why he was upset, was because he says 'the victim flipped him off, and that's why I pursued her.' But this is taking political views to an extreme."
Winkler is now charged with aggravated stalking/road rage, which carries a five year sentence.
I love it, Another Rat Arrest!
Yeah, sure it does. I'll believe it when I see it.
Maybe he'll end up cellmates with the guy who tried to run over Katherine Harris just before the election.
Ooops! Gonna miss the next biennial and quadrannual elections.
Hey, wait a minute! That was in Florida and those are felonies. One less Gorebot messing up the ballots for the rest of his life.
I couldn't help but notice that he was a real tough guy when he was chasing down a woman with her children in the car. He needs to try this crap on another guy and see what happens.
Florida is a packing state. I can think of some other (better) ways it might have ended.
That was in Florida and those are felonies. One less Gorebot messing up the ballots for the rest of his life.
***Not if Hillary has her way, the felons would still be allowed to vote. Maybe she's more far-sighted than we imagined. At the rate things are going, that's where her largest voting bloc will be.
One more lib. who won't be allowed to vote after he's convicted! I love it! Keep committing felonies Bush hating loonies! It's fewer votes towards whatever useless Demo. runs in 08.
Yeah, sounds like wunna them DUers who enjoys posting how he yelled at a conservative earlier that day. Big tough guy....yawn
He looks like typical liberal trash. I love seeing a Bush hating mental case having his life totally screwed up. Hopefully homelessness will ensue his felony conviction.
I love the sign in his car window about Bush's "illegal war." Bush broke no laws, certainly not US law, in taking out a security threat in Iraq and thus helping to get the winds of democracy blowing in the region. However, this low life loser Winkler, he DID break US laws and committed illegal acts.
Proud graduate of the Teddy Kennedy Driving School.
Even if the woman flipped him off (which I highly doubt since she is a conservative with two children in the car) there was no justification for his insane behavior that might have caused a serious accident. Besides, flipping people off is a lefty trademark. I've seen it over and over again aimed at myself at peaceful conservative protests.
This jerk is probably a hero over on the DUmmie forum.
Liberals love violence if it is directed at conservatives and innocents. That's why terrorists and terrorist-supporters get along so well with each other.
I hope this guy gets serious jailtime and the woman sues his miserable behind.
Caller: I oppose him.
Ha! Kennedy is one of the main drags in Tampa, but thanks for putting the weird image in my head.
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