Recall Supporters Violently Attacked by Gray Davis Thugs (Update)

www.RecallGrayDavis.com ^ | 12 August 2003 | Howard Kaloogian

[CounterCounterCulture]

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Recall Supporters Violently Attacked by Gray Davis Thugs

Women and Children Among Those Victimized

Above: Recall Gray Davis Committee supporter, Shawn Cubbage – wearing a baseball cap – is attacked by union thugs wearing dark “NO ON RECALL” t-shirts paid for by the State Building & Construction Trades Council. Another Recall Gray Davis supporter, Donald Lacomb, is immediately behind Cubbage and had attempted to help protect Mr. Cubbage but was then assaulted himself.

UPDATE TO ALL
RECALL GRAY DAVIS
SUPPORTERS

FROM: The Honorable Howard Kaloogian
Chairman, Recall Gray Davis Committee
www.RecallGrayDavis.com

Several Recall Gray Davis Supporters
Kicked, Beaten, Punched, Tackled to the Ground as They
Protested Taxpayer Funding of
Anti-Recall Workshops.

Recall Gray Davis supporters and volunteers were violently attacked by thugs supporting Governor Gray Davis on Saturday and have filed a criminal complaint. Our top-notch legal team is also exploring possible civil action.

On Saturday, several peaceful Recall Gray Davis protestors were brutally beaten, kicked, punched and tackled to the ground by union workers who were attending a taxpayer-funded workshop, WAR - “Workers Against the Recall.”

The violent “WAR” union workshop attendees rushed across J Street in downtown Sacramento – through traffic! – in several waves and attacked the pro-recall protestors.

A 20-year-old woman and a 7-year-old boy were among those who were terrorized.

One of four incidents where recall supporters were physically beaten was caught on video by Fox News Channel and the Recall Gray Davis Committee has uploaded a clip of this footage to our website. For video and photographs of part of the attack please CLICK HERE.

PLEASE – I need your help.

As the chairman of the Recall Gray Davis Committee, I am sickened by the sights and sounds of my staff and recall supporters and volunteers being beaten by thugs.

Several of our people were victimized in four attacks – one of which is captured in the Fox News Channel video and photographs shown at this special page on our website.

We cannot tolerate this behavior from the thugs who Gray Davis and his political team have hired to fight the recall effort. Make no mistake – Davis and his hired guns are determined to frighten and intimidate the people of California from supporting this recall.

When they tell you that the recall is a “circus atmosphere” or “risky” they are trying to strike fear into your soul.

And now we see they are going even further by trying to scare people from actively and publicly working on behalf of the recall campaign through the use of violence.

We must not let them defeat us with fear.

I need you to call your local talk radio stations and voice your outrage over this revolting incident. I need you to send the pictures and video file to reporters at major newspapers, television stations and radio stations.

DEMAND THAT THEY SHOW CALIFORNIANS THE TRUTH ABOUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THOSE WHO DARED TO OPPOSE GRAY DAVIS.

If you can also continue to help fund our legal defense fund I would greatly appreciate it. So many of you sent in generous contributions to assist in our legal efforts to date. I never thought that I would have to raise money for the medical bills for recall supporters and legal bills to fight those who had attacked my dedicated and hard-working staff.

If I have to, I will pay these expenses out of my own pocket – my staff and our volunteers have become an extended family of mine who have made history thanks to their tireless efforts, determination, honesty, integrity and perseverance. I will not allow anyone to harm members of this great family without also going through me.

As you will recall, the reason we had organized our peaceful protest against these “WAR” workshops – on the OPPOSITE side of the street from where the workshops were being held – is because they used taxpayer funds to assist in the leadership and planning of the workshops.

The University of California Institute for Labor & Employment received $4,000,000 in taxpayer money from this year’s budget and was listed as one of the lead organizers of these workshops.

We were outraged and wanted to show the media and the people of California that we would not allow Gray Davis to get away with this unnoticed.

Apparently they decided to beat my staff, supporters and volunteers into silence.

But we cannot be silent, my friends.

The end is near for Gray Davis’ corrupt and failed administration and we must move forward undaunted – committed in our goal of restoring the California Dream for our families.

Please – make sure that every Californian hears the truth about what happened on this violent Saturday morning. We must not let those who endured the pain and physical punishment for standing up for their beliefs to have suffered in vain.

Sincerely,

Howard Kaloogian
Chairman, Recall Gray Davis Committee
www.RecallGrayDavis.com

[Chad Fairbanks]

Not really LOL... except having to explain it to my sergeant at the time... "Well, see, I was driving by the Boeing Plant, and you know how our cars look like Boeing Security? Well, the idiots on strike thought thats who I was and ran in front of me..."

[lainie]

FY -- I heard a KFI promo this morning (Wednesday) indicating that John and Ken are going to cover the union-thugs-attack-recall-supporters story this afternoon (3-6 p.m. pacific).

stream (if it works)

http://www.kfi640.com/interactive/streaming.html#

[nutmeg]

read later bump

[ChefKeith]

And the thugs wear steel-toed shoes. Hard to defend against that.

Bring a 5lb short handle sledge hammer and SMACK those steel toes about 2-3 inches back from the front of the toe and see how they like that!

The "steel" will fold down and lock the foot in the shoe.

DO NOT hit the front of the toe as that is the strongest part of the shoe.

[comwatch]

Thanks for the heads up... I set the p.c. to record it and will review it when I get home from work. I think we still need answers from Shawn Cubbage who seems to be exploiting this media opportunity for all it's worth. (Don't take that as necessarily a negative comment) Last time I checked there were still no "Crime Reports" on file with SPD. "Incident" reports yes, but that's not the same as an arrest warrant(s) or charges filed with the DA. Some "I-Reports" go nowhere... some are sent to detectives if a suspect(s) can be identified and the elements of the crime established in the mind of detectives. If only misdemeanor charges seem appropriate, the victim must make the arrest since it didn't happen in front of an officer. If a felony can be established (that's where the statements made to the seven year old is critical) or a weapon was used (steel toed shoes may qualify if sustained by the injuries) detectives can file for a warrant and arrest the suspect without the victim having to use a citizen's arrest.

If victims can't or won't step up to press charges, this could all be viewed as a publicity stunt. For once, it was great to see Mulholland have to eat crow for the "real bullets" statement. I'd hate to see recall proponents made to look like whiners instead of the winners we know they are.

[comwatch]

I'm sure your kidding... "Bring a 5lb short handle sledge hammer and SMACK those steel toes about 2-3 inches back from the front of the toe and see how they like that!"

Hope you'll put up the bail for felony assault with a deadly weapon. Break the skin and you're looking at aggrevated felony ADW with serious state prison time.

[lawdude]

"This was an unprovoked attack, and the victims have had their civil rights violated."

Sorry but no civil rights violated per se. That requires it be done by someone operating under color of authority. These people were assaulted criminally and the perps should (must) be dealt with accordingly.

Oh, if any were cops or??, then maybe there is a valid rights question but that is unlikely.

[cricket]

"Is this the work of the Clintonistas again?"

. . .it is the mentality and pathetic MO of todays 'Clintonista style/Left-wing' radicalized, anti-representative-Democracy, Democrat party. . .

[mt tom]

how about a 5 cell mag-lite

[mvpel]

The reason the Nazi brownshirts fought with the Communists in Germany prior to Hitler's rise is because they were competing for the same people as members, as Hayek pointed out 25 years ago.

Really? News to me .... where can I read about that?

Get yourself a copy of F.A.Hayek's "The Road to Serfdom," available at Amazon or other book retailers. They released a 25th anniversary reprinting a couple of years ago.

[comwatch]

Lainie... thanks again for the KFI link... We listened to the interview after work. Again, it raises more questions now than answers. There's a few conflicting statements from what's been published and stated in interviews since Saturday. I'll invite any of you whom I've addressed this post to, to e-mail me (webmaster@crimewatch.us) for an audio copy of that interview. You seem to be taking this matter more seriously than most or have had constructive input.

In reviewing the call numbers I cited in my first post, I did find a report for 245 p.c. felony assault with a deadly weapon that was likely filed at the hospital and the complaint wasn't from Shawn as far as I can tell but I don't feel comfortable citing the name. The alleged felony charges mentioned on KFI today are new to the mix of conflicting information and there was no reference to the 245 p.c. report.

I'd sure like to see one of the victims come forward and tell us what they are being told by authorities that differs from what I'm getting. If there are felony charges being considered, the District Attorney needs to be advised that there is a compeling community interest in this case.

I did learn today, that shortly after the call for service was closed, Associated Press called Sacramento Police dispatch and asked to speak to the watch commander. That was one of the call numbers I cited earlier (the second if I recall correctly).

For any media type lurking here, the pending crime report's number is SPD# 03-68924

[He Rides A White Horse]

I seems that the founding fathers foresaw Democrat/ Communist goons when they wrote the second amendment.

[Republicus2001]

what did happen to the 7 year old that Davis's union thug beat? was he hospitalized?

[ought-six]

"Sounds like the Mexification of California is continuing."

A violent confrontation between Mexicans and Americans is drawing closer and closer. The $hit is getting ready to hit the fan, folks.

[ought-six]

"Screw boxing lessons. We have the 2nd Amendment for a reason."

Yup.

[CounterCounterCulture]

Don't believe he was beat...just scared s***less as his folks were terrorized. Somebody can correct me if I'm wrong.

[ought-six]

"A 158 grain jacketed hollow-point lead injection is a defense mechanism."

Sounds like you have a .38.

[Saundra Duffy]

Comwatch - On top of this story - Yahoo! Go get 'em!!

[ought-six]

Me, I'll take a .30-06, 165-grain Nosler ballistic tip. I like the mushroom.

[buffyt]

"....attacked by union thugs wearing dark “NO ON RECALL” t-shirts..."

We saw that last year at the Simon/Davis debate. The union thugs showed up in matching T-shirts with matching signs. They are loud and intimidating and they are just as rough on females as males. They are RENT A MOB and they don't care whom they hurt or injure and neither does Davis! He can't be recalled soon enough for me. I live in LA all last year, I still have my DUMP DAVIS sign on my frig! LA is my adopted hometown.