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John Conyers III Was Arrested in February, Accused of Stabbing His Girlfriend
New York Times ^

Posted on 12/06/2017 3:56:58 PM PST by Sub-Driver

John Conyers III Was Arrested in February, Accused of Stabbing His Girlfriend

By YAMICHE ALCINDORDEC. 6, 2017

WASHINGTON — John Conyers III, who was endorsed by his father on Tuesday to succeed him in the House, was arrested in February after his girlfriend suffered knife cuts during an argument.

Mr. Conyers, in an interview Wednesday, tried to head off a possibly disqualifying scandal just a day after his father resigned from Congress amid multiplying allegations of sexual harassment. As issues of sexual harassment and abuse roil Washington, any violent altercation against a woman could doom his effort to take the seat that his father held since 1965.

The younger Mr. Conyers said that the couple began arguing around 3 a.m. the day after Valentine’s Day and that after a physical fight, police arrested him on suspicion of domestic violence.

The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office later dropped the charges, but the girlfriend got a restraining order against Mr. Conyers, which remains in effect until March of next year, he said.

“She says I stabbed her, which makes no sense,” Mr. Conyers, 27, said. “I didn’t do this. She and I had a verbal altercation and that escalated. She pulled the knife on me. She was chasing me. I tried to take it from her. There was a struggle. I pinned her to the wall. She kept swinging and she cut herself.”

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: conyers; conyersson; domesticviolence; stabbing
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To: Sub-Driver

Yo, mah man..! Dem honkies doin' dat, uh...CULTURAL APPROPRIATION an' sheet, nome sayin'...? DAT's what ahm talkin' 'bout..!!

21 posted on 12/06/2017 4:32:04 PM PST by gaijin (Basically Obama lawyers would blatantly make up some totally groundless allegation against a fat cas)
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To: Sub-Driver; SaveFerris; PROCON; FredZarguna; mylife; Lil Flower; Corky Ramirez; CopperTop; ...

Maybe she’s a bad breaker upper?


22 posted on 12/06/2017 4:34:06 PM PST by Gamecock (The greatest threat to humanity is not "out there" but "in here" in the recesses of the soul. TK)
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To: Sub-Driver
The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office later dropped the charges, but the girlfriend got a restraining order against Mr. Conyers, which remains in effect until March of next year, he said.

There was enough to get a TRO but not to prosecute the assault?! Who in the DA's office made that call??

23 posted on 12/06/2017 4:35:50 PM PST by mewzilla (Was Obama surveilling John Roberts? Might explain a lot.)
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To: Sub-Driver

“She pulled the knife on me. She was chasing me. I tried to take it from her. There was a struggle. I pinned her to the wall. She kept swinging and she cut herself.”

John III has some hard work ahead of him at Congressional Lying Boot Camp. “I pinned her to the wall...and she cut herself.” Can’t think of a snappier campaign slogan for a race to replace a jerk who harassed women.


24 posted on 12/06/2017 4:37:09 PM PST by Chewbarkah
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To: Sub-Driver

The Democrap Party is full of low-life’s. (Auto correct on my phone changed d & p to capitals.). They have no shame.


25 posted on 12/06/2017 4:48:22 PM PST by Dr. Scarpetta
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To: gaijin

Ebonics 101


26 posted on 12/06/2017 5:03:29 PM PST by jivin gene (Breakin' up is hard to do)
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To: Sub-Driver

So long, John Conyers III. We hardly knew ye.


27 posted on 12/06/2017 5:06:37 PM PST by LanaTurnerOverdrive ("I've done things in my life I'm not proud of. And the things I am proud of are disgusting.")
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To: Sub-Driver
"Perfect credentials for office......."

A few other reasons Daddy Groper chose him as his heir:


Source: MLive.com


28 posted on 12/06/2017 6:06:30 PM PST by drpix
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To: Sub-Driver

The nut doesn’t fall from the rotten tree...Resume builder for Democrats - getting arrested, killing someone, or creating fraudulent companies...


29 posted on 12/06/2017 6:10:58 PM PST by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is, too. :-))
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To: lgjhn23

My thought exactly which is why I looked first to see if someone already posted it since so many of our great minds think alike. :)


30 posted on 12/06/2017 6:13:56 PM PST by Boomer (TisOK2BWhite)
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To: Sub-Driver

Conyers, “My legacy will continue through my children.....”


31 posted on 12/07/2017 3:55:00 AM PST by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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