“Don’t Tread On Me”


Those were the words of Kenneth Gladney.  These words however were spoken by his lawyer since Gladney was under heavy medication as a result of the beating he took at the hands of SEIU thugs.

If you can’t see the video it is of a speech by St. Louis Tea Party’s Bill Hennessey and the attorney for Kenneth Gladney.

I’m hoping for a transcript of the prepared statement soon.

You can see some of the pictures of the “mob” here. Do these people look dangerous?



Full photostream here.

More on this at Gateway Pundit, Josh Schroeder’s blog, and Amir Kuritovic.


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Possible hate crime

WarEagle01 (Diary) Saturday, August 8th at 7:37PM EDT (link)

I wonder if the Justice Department is investigating this incident as a potential hate crime, since Mr. Gladney is black and his SEIU attackers were hurling racial slurs. Think I’ll call the Attorney General’s office (202-353-1555) to find out.

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hate crime investigation

LISA BULLOCK-HOCK (Diary) Saturday, August 8th at 8:35PM EDT (link)

I’m sure the Justice Department will get right on it. NOT!!! Obama’s union cronies will get away with this. Like they do everything else.

Cut, Cap, and Balance–Imagine that, living within your means. What a concept

 

How Long Before...

farstar99 (Diary) Sunday, August 9th at 2:04PM EDT (link)

How long before they do to this guy – the victim – what they did to Joe the Plumber?

How long before Americans do more than protest?

 
 

Brian, Thank You For Doing That

Repair_Man_Jack (Diary) Saturday, August 8th at 8:04PM EDT (link)

I know you changed your plans for the weekend. Those of us who have been trying to turn America’s latest detour into leftville around appreciate your dedication and hard work.

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My pleasure. -nt-

Brian Simpson (Diary) Saturday, August 8th at 11:10PM EDT (link)


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that was great

LISA BULLOCK-HOCK (Diary) Saturday, August 8th at 8:34PM EDT (link)

I think it is really important for everyone to see that. The left does not like getting a dose of their own medicine. hippocrits!!!

Cut, Cap, and Balance–Imagine that, living within your means. What a concept

 

Cool, you did it on Vimeo

Dave_in_Fla (Diary) Saturday, August 8th at 8:52PM EDT (link)

I’m going to add this to the Redstate channel

“If they were merely incompetent, then at least SOME of their actions would have been to the benefit of the country.” – Joe McCarthy

I like the TOS better. -nt-

Brian Simpson (Diary) Saturday, August 8th at 11:11PM EDT (link)


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Me too

Dave_in_Fla (Diary) Saturday, August 8th at 11:38PM EDT (link)

YouTube has become quite difficult to work with.

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Meeting Obama's Gestapo at their door

Hammer2008 (Diary) Saturday, August 8th at 8:53PM EDT (link)

Brilliant. This needs to keep up as the other side keep their thugocracy attacks up. Even if a hate crimes investigation began, our “we are a nation of cowards” AG would have it suspended.

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Amazing

jakescott88 Saturday, August 8th at 8:57PM EDT (link)

Amazing. Lets see how this pans out.

 

Smart move, bring it to them

johnt Saturday, August 8th at 9:04PM EDT (link)

I suppose the dopes never considered the possibility of front door, in your face, demonstrations.
And what happens if some one decides that prepared self defense is an option. Do these morons in the White House really want this? Can they think 24 hours ahead of where ever they are, can they see past their eyebrows?

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"can they see past their eyebrows?"

redneck_hippie (Diary) Saturday, August 8th at 9:09PM EDT (link)

In Axelrod’s case, certainly not.


Activists Taking Action: Unified Patriots

 

No one from SEIU appeared to be inside the offices in the Central West End, where the protest was held.

djemi (Diary) Saturday, August 8th at 9:24PM EDT (link)

Best line in the report from

http://www.fox2now.com/ktvi-tea-party-protest-apology-080809,0,4533560.story

Must take longer than 24 hrs for them to orginize an astroturf protest, ha ha.

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Actually, there were people there

Brian Simpson (Diary) Saturday, August 8th at 9:59PM EDT (link)

In the second or third window from the left on the second floor a video camera was spotted. The camera was essentially being held by the window. When people started shouting (which I think you can hear at one point on the video – a lady keeps yelling “cowards”) the camera is quickly pulled out of the window and the window closes.

My guess is that they had set up the camera to film across the street. Just behind where I was in the video, three (or four) kids showed up to counter protest. It was kind of cute really. They hadn’t thought beyond the Talking Points™.

The really frustrating thing was to see the Post-Dispatch reporter that was there go out of his way to make sure he got full and complete statements from all of the counter-protesters. But, then again, it is the P-D. I don’t expect anything else.


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So thats tyranny 4 liberty 200

djemi (Diary) Saturday, August 8th at 10:35PM EDT (link)

I like those odds.
Thanks for the info and I’m sure that video they made had more to do with getting those filming the the “Don’t Tread On Me” protest rather than their four clowns. I’d also put a pound of my own flesh on it, that said recording has already made its way to flag@whitehouse.gov.

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Well then

Brian Simpson (Diary) Saturday, August 8th at 10:40PM EDT (link)

if they were sending the video to the White House, I guess I forgot to wave hello.


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LOL nt

djemi (Diary) Saturday, August 8th at 10:59PM EDT (link)

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This is the closest thing I've found to a current MSM report on this issue

smagar (Diary) Saturday, August 8th at 9:24PM EDT (link)

Check out the video clip.

Kudos to the St Louis Post Dispatch for posting that clip. I’m guessing that the employees who decided to run that clip won’t be working for a major market newspaper or TV station anytime soon. I’ll bet they’re marked people.

“Who will stand/On either hand/And guard this bridge with me?” (Macaulay)

 

Thanks You Friends for keeping up

bobojake (Diary) Saturday, August 8th at 10:55PM EDT (link)

obama, baghdad bob, raqhmbo the vulgar and xlehead can not be TRUSTED.

 

Where's the NAACP?

Husker (Diary) Sunday, August 9th at 12:08AM EDT (link)

Where’s the ACLU? Where’s Sharpton and Jackson? Where’s Obama?

I guess a white police officer peaceably detaining a Harvard professor warrants a national discussion, but a mob style beatdown of a citizen exercising his First Amendment right receives deafening silence.

Someone at the protest had the same question.

Brian Simpson (Diary) Sunday, August 9th at 12:15PM EDT (link)


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I should probably mention

Brian Simpson (Diary) Sunday, August 9th at 9:59PM EDT (link)

that this pic comes via Gateway Pundit. Mine only had the ACLU chair in it.


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Disgusting behavior

publiussteve Sunday, August 9th at 2:02AM EDT (link)

Barack Obama is The Great Divider

 

I'm trying to make sense of the video.

Moriah (Diary) Sunday, August 9th at 3:57AM EDT (link)

I can clearly hear this:

“You attacked that guy for nothing!”

Then, not so clearly, from the white guy in a blue “health care” shirt who is shown in the beginning of the video having an altercation with Kenneth:

“We didn’t attack him for nothing! He hit is a damn minister, idiot!”

“Just the two of you guys attacked him!”

Again from white guy in blue: ” a minister!”

A bit later you hear the same voice that was from the white guy in blue say “He attacked a minister!”

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At the beginning of the video it shows a black man in a blue shirt on the ground. A white guy in street clothes is standing very close to him, and backs up and is nearly on top of him when the white guy in the blue shirt mentioned above takes Kenneth to the ground.

When the black guy in the blue shirt gets up, he is holding onto his shoulder, walking slowly, and not being aggressive at that time. He does come close to Kenneth and you can hear Kenneth saying “Why did you hit my “.

Kenneth later approaches the person filming the video saying a black guy attacked him, and said he was just selling his flags.

If the black guy that was on the ground in the SEIU shirt at the beginning of the video is the one who Kenneth said attacked him, it looks like Kenneth gave as good as he got, at least to him, or someone else intervened.

… but who is the minister they keep talking about?

Blessings,

Moriah

oops, hate forgetting about Redstate not liking brackets...

Moriah (Diary) Sunday, August 9th at 4:01AM EDT (link)

Quotes above here:

“We didn’t attack him for nothing! He hit [unintelligible word]. [unintelligble word] is a damn minister, idiot!”

“Just the two of you guys attacked him!”

“[unintelligble word] a minister!”

And sorry for the curse in the above, but I was trying to quote accurately. If it had been a stronger expletive I would have censored it.

Blessings,

Moriah

I'm with you, Moriah...

firedup Sunday, August 9th at 10:31AM EDT (link)

Is this the video you’re talking about:

http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2009/08/tea-party-protesters-attacked-1-man.html

There must be another video out there of the attack on Kenneth, because this one seems to be mostly the aftermath (though it starts with the one guy in the blue shirt on the ground), and it’s at best inconclusive as to what happened.

Who’s got a link to a better video?

And who is this alleged minister?

Thanks.

 
 
 

Here is a video that needs to be reported

izoneguy (Diary) Sunday, August 9th at 11:10AM EDT (link)

Turn this traitor in at – flag@whitehouse.gov

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6 nt

redneck_hippie (Diary) Sunday, August 9th at 11:15AM EDT (link)

Activists Taking Action: Unified Patriots

Bill would have to negotiate with a terrorist to get her released - nt

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“One man with courage makes a majority.” – Andrew Jackson

Would that be with Bill Ayers? nt

redneck_hippie (Diary) Sunday, August 9th at 11:39AM EDT (link)

Activists Taking Action: Unified Patriots

 
 
 
 

I just love those Gadsden flags

clement Sunday, August 9th at 10:13PM EDT (link)

Beautiful.