Being private property they can ask you to leave. Dragging you out is iffy. Punching them is definitely out. The best route would be to call the police and ask to have them remove someone.

Are we expecting assault charges?

he punched the cameraman with? That’s sad. I haven’t been in a while, but I don’t remember this as being a good missionary for God. This will blow up nicely around the blogosphere.

even if “open to the public”

think if this had been someone’s home

First Amendment is in public and publishing … you can’t come in to my home (or Church) and just say or do anything you like

I’m no lawyer … but that is what is proper and right (and just polite darn it!)

. . . now . . . the ridiculous punching/assault thing … really dumb

just my 2¢ (rounding up)

More Obama violence, remember Obama said: “Get in their face.” “Bring a gun.” The President advocates violence.

Why were they campaigning in a church?

Remember the two campaign staffers mauled in Louisiana for having the audacity to work for a Republican candidate, one of whom had a leg broken? Or the fellow beaten by SEIU thugs outside of the St. Louis event in 2009? The tool who bit off a man’s finger?

Now, put 2-3 million _patriotic_ (i.e., not “liberal”) Americans on the National Mall and there are how many violent incidents? To say nothing of all the trash, right? One of these days, some goon is going to attack the wrong person and have a short time to reflect on how the 1st Amendment is backed by the 2nd.

Okay, the guy who punched the guy with the camera was out of line.

However, the guy shooting the video is kind of a tool. I was with him right up until the end when he was showing his owie on his nose. For crying out loud! Learn to take a punch. It is a prerequisite for growing up in Wyoming.

I guess that’s the big difference between conservatives in the mountain west and on the coasts. On the coasts the reaction is to call the cops and try to get the two guys in the video arrested and make the claim that Kitzhaber is obviously a bad man because he didn’t do anything about it. He must have seen it, right?

In Wyoming we would just advise the guy with the camera to stop whining. He might consider turning off the camera next time as well.

Church is where my community gathers. As a child I smacked around without a camera when I disagreed. So if I am a member of the very community that smacked you well you can put two and two together.

since he didn’t stop his speech or do anything after the assault occurred. In a church. Odd behavior for an emergency room physician and (I assume) Christian.

IMHO, videotaping politicians is very close to the spirit of the First Amendment freedom of speech. Specifically, the founding fathers protected freedom of speech especially for political speech as a check and balance on government power. Videotaping politicians making political speeches in order to let others know their views is very much in the same spirit as talking or writing about a politician’s views. It does not matter where the politician is and I do not think they should have any right to stop someone from videotaping them if they are talking about political issues. I would not go as far as any liberal or activist judge and create a right to videotape in the Constitution as it is clearly not there. On the other hand, there is more support in the Constitution for this then there is for abortion or gay marriage.

that was so secret he didn’t want anyone recording his words?

I’ve been involved in politics for a long time and I can’t remember any rally, forum, or debate that the candidates didn’t welcome any and all publicity available to them from just about any source whatsoever.

Putting thugs in the audience to beat up people he couldn’t control might be a reason to shun the publicity.

All I can find is that they are another ACORN type housing organization. I they are the same, no wonder they are this violent.

Website: http://www.aaah.org/

John Kitzhaber Tomorrow, I will be participating in the Urban League of Portland and African American Alliance for Homeownership forum. We will be discussing the importance of early childhood education, solutions to confront the achievement gap, and career pathways. I’m looking forward to working with these groups as Oregon’s next go…

Clearly Kitzhaber endorses this behavior.

Want to write the organization responsible for beating this man? aaahownership@yahoo.com

Speaking of Kitzhaber and home loans: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZWpnf4EB1k

And, the “punchers” may have also had union connections… yeah, I know, big surprise.

The American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees gave $100,000 to Kitzhaber on Aug. 2, according to a report filed late Wednesday with the Oregon secretary of state. (The Kitzhaber campaign, it should be noted, is taking the full 30 days allowed by law to report contributions).

After watching that video, and thinking back over recent events (Colbert’s mockery appearance before congress… the comfortable biggotry of Loretta Sanchez and the embarrassing hubris of Russ Carnahan) I have come to an interesting conclusion regarding “First Amendment” rights….

Where some consider these freedoms a collection of American Life-Lines worth holding on to… others simply see them as a variety of ropes with which to hang themselves.

http://blogtown.portlandmercury.com/BlogtownPDX/archives/2010/09/24/video-man-ousted-from-candidates-debate

Looks like the first assaulter is Charles McGee III. No positive ID yet on the one who hit the guy, but how many would take bets that it is related to the AFSCME endorsement of Kitzhaber. Union.

Police are investigating, but it looks like the two jetted out before first responders got there.

President and CEO of Black Parent Initiative
http://www.thebpi.org/about.html

And his LinkedIn account with picture
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/charles-mcgee/5/488/48a

The other co-founder of Black Parent Initiative appears to be Johnell Bell.
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/johnell-bell/6/279/405

Johnell Bell, a former staff aide to Portland Mayor Tom Potter and Multnomah County Chairman Ted Wheeler, is co-founder of the Black Parent Initiative. As a high school senior, he served on the Portland School Board as the student representative.

Could the guy hitting the filmer be an aide to the Portland Mayor? This could get interesting.

And guess who is a Field Representative for Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR)?

mailto:johnell_bell@merkley.senate.gov

http://www.knowwho.com/old_site/misc/web_record.asp?type=mem&id=22262&q=

http://theportlander.com/2010/08/04/oregon-sustainability-center-moves-forward-in-portland/

“Portland has long been the green-building industry leader for the nation,” said Johnell Bell, representing Sen. Merkley at Council. “To stay the leader, we must continue to evolve. Senator Merkley remains committed to the Oregon Sustainability Center and to Oregon becoming the hub of the new clean energy economy.”

I’ve been the guy that has had to ask Democrat video guys to leave semi-private events before. Recently I held an event at a golf course and the event was well publicized. I politely asked the Democrat to leave and he did.

If we don’t want their cameramen at our events and we have the right to ask them to leave, then we need to repond the same way. Forcing both sides to cal the police to have video guys leave is just a waste of the police’s time.