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BETTER LATE THAN NEVER? Charges Filed Against SEIU Purple People Beaters…

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  November 26th, 2009 at 09:44 PM  | 

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It is said that the wheels of justice turn slowly.

In the case of the SEIU purple shirted thugs who beat a conservative black man (video) selling Gadsden flags (see right) at a town hall meeting in August, justice is coming more slowly than usual and the wheels?…Well, in St. Louis, the wheels of justice seem to be nothing more than that of a blue matchbox car.

The St. Louis Post Dispatch, which has a reporter among one of the charged, writes:

Six people arrested in August outside a raucous town hall meeting in south St. Louis County have been charged with misdemeanor ordinance violations.

The six, including a Post-Dispatch reporter, had attended a demonstration outside an Aug. 6 forum called by U.S. Rep. Russ Carnahan, D-St. Louis, at Bernard Middle School in Mehlville to discuss health care reform….

The maximum penalty upon conviction would be one year in jail and a $1,000 fine.

Some bloggers have been writing for months about the lag between the arrests at the politically-charged event and the filing of charges.

County Counselor Patricia Redington insisted it had nothing to do with politics, influence or pressure from any official.

“These charges are like the 90,000 other charges we file each year,” she said.

[Emphasis added.]

Interestingly, although the county counselor insists her delay has nothing to do with politics, she seemed much more interested in justice nine years ago when she filed charges against a Republican staffer for pushing a camera away from his face.

Redington was quick to file charges back in 2000, when a staffer for Democrat Richard Gephardt stalked serious contender Republican Bill Federer on a parade route. The staffer, James Larrew, tried to shove his camera into Federer’s face until Federer was forced to push the camera away. The staffer freaked, flagged down a cop and claimed that he had been assaulted. Larrew then called Gephardt’s office and spoke to Joyce Aboussie, Gephardt’s top political adviser, who then contacted Redington’s office. Two days later Redington filed assault charges against Federer, on Columbus Day, a national holiday; after which Redington, Aboussie, and Larrew conducted a media blitz, all arranged for by Gephardt’s office.

Something tells us that the wheels of justice are a bit off track in St. Louis.

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  • JadedByPolitics

    only get 1 year or a $1000.00 dollar fine but then it occurred to me that Kenneth could SUE them in civil court for lost income etc. This is the EXACT thing they would do to him. WE have to be willing to do things that as Conservatives WE would not normally do ie: sue people etc. because it is how the leftists go what they wanted over & over again. There needs to be someone who will SUE ACORN as well for all of their personal information being dumped in San Diego. It will be those items when you get these THUGS in court and FORCE them to reveal their CRIMES then the chink in the armor is gone and they start to implode!

  • leehedstrom

    When enough force is placed upon a square tire even though it is square it will at least move. Liberals always desire to have speedy trials except when it is they who are on trial. It will take a few jack hammers to shave off the corners of the tire to make this trial to speed up. Watch out for all the cowpies that will be spread out over the courtroom. That old man was beating up on all those poor SEIU men, you know.