Recall Supporters Violently Attacked by Gray Davis Thugs (Update)

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

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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

[buffyt]

I nominate this one for QUOTE OF THE DAY!

"I love the pacifist left."

[sport]

Does the sun rise in the east?

[sport]

Boys and Girls, this incident is just a prelude to the '04 campaign.

The other side is losing and they are going to get nastier than anyone can imagine even their wildest dreams.

Since we have no other option than fighting them,you need to be prepared, both mentally and phhysicaly.

For us, it is either win or die. If you do not believe that,go back through history and read what happens when the communists consolidate their power.

[sport]

Wouldn't do any good. The police and prosecutors are controlled by the ones that these goons work for. [To wit] The democrat political machine.

[sport]

Actually , handles about three feet long are easier to swing and to use as a battering ram in the gut.

Boys and Girls, the other side is playing to win. Their only rule is: Win!

Their side controls the media, police, and prosecutor's office.

If you are going to play with them, play by their rules.

The alternative to doing so is hurt feelings and bruised heads.

[sport]

Use Easy Off Oven Cleaner, it is better than pepper spray.

Hit one of the bastards in the eye with pepper spray and he goes and washes it out, none the worse for the wear.

Hit the sob with esay off and each time he looks t something and all he sees is darkness and he will remember how it happened.

Sounds cruel but these are not nice people.

If you can't run with the big dogs, it is better to stay under the porch.

[Dante3]

bump

[SavageRepublican]

It's happening again.

[Cobra64]

Single action Ruger Blackhawk .357 7-1/2" barrel. Bang.

[adam_az]

Word to the wise: Carry pepper spray on future Freeps.

[adam_az]

I wear steel toed shoes, too - made by our allies in the UK, not in some Chinese forced child labor camp.

[Republicus2001]

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). guess I missed it but John had the quote of the day last Friday speaking to Art Torrez..."Ken-"better a circus than a whorehouse! you can take your kids to the circus!"

[Joy Angela]

EVERYONE must see TERMINATOR 3

The story is even more Exciting,
with Arnold Schwartnegger as the Future
California Governor!

The EVIL Terminator Chick = Hillary Clinton
(it's such fun to see Arnold KICK her butt!)

Appearances by lookalikes of Pete Wilson, and
also Gray Davis!

I had SO much fun watching this film, and wish
I'd had a notepad with me to jot down all of
Arnold's great one-liners!

Arnold VS The Democrat MACHINE!!

A MUST SEE Film
A MUST SEE Event!!!

[Fledermaus]

This is why I carry my gun to these type of "events". Legally of course.

Some thug try that with me they'll need a new knee.

[farmfriend]

ping

[Fledermaus]

Hey Ping Jockey....ltns

Remember when they called out the State Troopers during the horn honking? Most of them were laughing and telling us they were with us and not the jerks in the legislature.

Sure, a few got out of hand...typical storm trooping, left wing thugs. Those were good times. An entire legislature hiding because we brought our kids out and held signs and honked horns.

Imagine if we decided to show up next time with guns and equipment?

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

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

Nazi, liberal-- what's the difference? Liberals are worse. Rent-A-Thugs are one example. Abortion is another. It's slightly worse to support Mall-Gal's right to kill her unborn child, 100% innocent-- for the fifth time, because Mall Gal doesn't want to be out the money, to miss some parties, and to get stretch marks, than to be a full blown, oven-warming nazi. Such a flawed moral foundation will forever have its priorities messed up, along with its sense of right and wrong.

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

"Hit the sob with esay off and each time he looks t something and all he sees is darkness and he will remember how it happened."

There are some problems with that idea:

1. The thug next to him might snatch the easy-off out of your hand and use it on you.

2. In a stressful situation, it is very easy to point easy-off the wrong way and spray yourself.

A gun would be safer, if you really intend to get that extreme. Better range, it's easier to see which way you are aiming, and a thug would most likely run away, rather than try to get a gun out of your hand. But be ready for jailtime with a high bail set. Be ready for a nasty trial. Don't expect anyone to pardon you. Be mentally prepared to consider all the legal hoops you need to jump through before you know you are legally allowed to defend yourself.

[the tongue]

Why am I not ever in the middle of this stuff. I GUARANTEE that violence would have ended with bloody heads on those union thugs. GUARANTEE!! And it would be self defense too.