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March 25, 2008

Assault at Obama rally - deja vu, sort of

A 30 year old man booing Barack Obama at his Medford rally on Saturday was cited for assaulted a 53 year old woman who was there to see and support Obama. The woman doesn't appear to have been seriously injured but she was taken to a local hospital immediately afterward.

A new witness stepped forward yesterday who caught the incident on video which he turned over to police. You can see a copy of it here which was aired on the local ABC affiliate's local news coverage. It's obvious that he deliberately shoved her. He also appears to be a great deal bigger than she is too. Gotta love the courage it takes to pick on someone nearly twice your age and half your size...

The assault wasn't exactly vicious per se. But it does bring to mind a young woman who was accosted by a Bushite while protesting a George W. Bush event in Beaverton back in 2004 and which Carla wrote about here at the time.

What is it with conservatives and their need to take out their frustrations on other citizens with physical force?

The Beaverton City Attorney declined to file charges in the 2004 case. Whether this jackass in Medford gets charged is in the hands of the Medford City Attorney. The AP piece seems to suggest that whether he'll be charged is unknown. But the ABC affiliate's coverage seems to suggest that he will be charged with misdemeanor assault. I guess we'll have to wait and see what actually ends up happening.

Posted by Kevin at March 25, 2008 05:52 PM