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Risking being dubbed a “Stomping Denier,” by Andrew Sullivan’s imprimatur, at Legal Insurrection, Prof. William A. Jacobson writes, “New Video Exposes The False Narrative of the ‘Stomping’ Victim”, who first appears to lunge at Rand Paul’s car:
As I suspected, provocateur Lauren Valle was not so innocent.
In an amazing videotape obtained by Redstate, Valle is shown rushing Rand Paul’s car and shoving something into the window before it had come to a stop and again charging him as he exited the vehicle – clearly provocative and threatening actions which should have alerted bystanders that she posed a danger.
This completely debunks the left-blogosphere’s narrative that Valle was an innocent bystander who just happened to speak out against Paul when she was attacked by “Brownshirts.”
Valle’s deliberately provocative and hostile actions led to her being pulled away from Paul. This does not excuse the foot to the shoulders after the fact, but it does explain how the scuffle developed, contrary to the over-the-top narrative.
My instincts also tell me also that the criminal charges against the “stomper” will not stick because he will claim (as he has) that he viewed Valle as a threat to Paul, and that he was trying to keep her down until the police could arrive.
Doug Ross has a Zapruder-style still photo sequence of the above clip.
Ann Althouse, who has been skeptical of the Official MSM Narrative of this incident since it first broke, rhetorically asks, “How threatening could a woman be?”
A: That’s sexist. You think women cannot be dangerous?
B: Squeaky Fromme, Sara Jane Moore. It happens.
6. Are we really going to elevate every prank and beating to a political event deserving analysis? That “stomping” had nothing do with anything worth thinking about in deciding who to vote for. If that counted as substance, it’s evidence of the extreme dearth of substance this week.
7. And let me say one more thing to those who delighted in what they imagined was the political usefulness of the “stomping” incident. There is a big rally in Washington this weekend that will draw many thousands of persons. Within that throng of presumed liberals and lefties, there will be all sorts of characters, with their diverse problems and motivations. You don’t know who will act up, what foolishly overstated signs they will carry, and what provocations will lead someone with clouded judgment or poor impulse control to do something that will look awful on video. That will happen 3 days before the election, leaving very little time to explain. If that happens, you will want to eat all the words you’ve been saying about the stomper.
As Geoffrey Dickens of Newsbusters writes, not surprisingly, MSNBC has red-lined the Godwin Meter since the story first broke:
Chris Matthews, on Wednesday’s Hardball, not so cryptically compared the actions of Republican volunteers to that of Nazi-style tactics from the 1930s as he claimed the restraining of a MoveOn.org activist by a Rand Paul supporter reminded him of what “we saw from hoodlums in the thirties in another country I will not mention” and added: “I mean it isn’t far from what we saw in the thirties, where all of a sudden, political parties started showing up in uniform.” Matthews who was joined by Salon’s Joan Walsh and the Washington Post’s Chris Cillizza, even went on to claim physical attacks against political opponents was something that existed exclusively on one ideological side as he asserted that it was “right wing by its very nature.”
Shhh, nobody tell MSNBC about this far-right tea-bagging neocon, who told a shocked college audience during the politically charged year of 1968 at Kansas State U. (and what is the matter with them, anyhow?):
‘If our colleges and universities do not breed men who riot, who rebel, who attack life with all their youthful vision and vigor then there is something wrong with our colleges. The more riots that come on college campuses, the better the world for tomorrow.’ ” …
Incidentally, Matthews’ freakout today was a follow-up to his remarks yesterday, when he blurted…
(As the cargo cult comes back down to earth, something tells me I’ll be getting lots of mileage out of that Photoshop over the next two years or so.)
Update: And again: “Violent Unhinged Leftist Wrestled to the Ground at Cantor Event (Video).”
MSNBC is unhinged and deranged. When James O’Keefe was pulling pranks and goofing on ACORN and Mary Landrieu…it was the stuff of federal import. And he was simply showing that she was ducking phone calls and the ACORN felons were willing to engage in the prostitution of underaged women.
Where was the hue and cry from the leg tingling, shuddering O-gasm groupies? Right, bent over.
So please, spare me the faux outrage. If the network with the bends isn’t faking a report about someone with foreknowledge of terrorist attacks by the ABM nutjob circuit (anyone but Muslims), they are breathlessly invoking Hitler…either in the O-gasmic “hardballs” of Matthews, or in the clipped and frothing ragings of Herr Olbermann.
Frau Midol can invent fake news and Chris Tingle can have all the groupie O-gasms he wants…but please, please…please spare me the drivel, spittle-flecked faux rage about the Soros funded, blonde-wigged loser who had someone’s foot lightly on her shoulder for a nanosecond.
The leftists have had their feet on our throats for 40 years. Leftists, I like this slogan…get ready to bend over.
Remember when seconds count the police are only minutes away. If you have to safely restrain someone until the police arrive then try to do so using the minimum force that will ensure your safety. If you can prevent them from causing harm and allow them to escape without having reason to believe that they will continue to be a threat then let them go and give the police a good description. Of course if you reasonably fear that they may come back with a gun if released then you may need to restrain them. If you are not a trained and credentialed Law Enforcement Officer then how can you be held to their standards of professional conduct? That cannot mean that private citizens have no right to defend themselves or others. At least that is true in America. In England your mileage may vary. I am not a lawyer, I know both my parents, and I am not giving legal advice here. How you perceive the situation and more import how you articulate what you perceived is crucial. It would help if more proactive training was offered by the police to concerned citizens. The legal community should also be better at offering training as to people’s rights and responsibilities.
The guy in the video that stomped on that woman when she was on the ground in the fetal position was WRONG. I’m a 35 year veteran police officer, conservative, and a Tea Party supporter. He was wrong and his actions were immediately evaluated by others on scene when they yelled “hey, hey”. I don’t know the man nor do I automatically think he’s a bad guy but he overreacted. In my world we don’t step on women or anyone after they have succumbed. I’m plugged in to the mood of the country especially when dealing with these nutjobs, but I also know that we’re better than that. Grab your local police officer, show him or her that video and I’ll guarantee he or she winces. You can stop a perceived threat and that is honorable and brave. You don’t stomp on a woman when she’s already defenseless and under control. I hope we don’t fall into the trap that is being set for us… defending a large man while he was stomping on an opponent of his position while she was defenseless. Wouldn’t it be better to say that this woman was naive and stupid in her actions and that she caused a natural reaction by people in the crowd but one man overreacted and there’s no defense for HIS actions and it was wrong? That woman was an American citizen and she didn’t deserve to be roughed up after she was under control. NOTHING the Left does to others justifies that type of behavior from US.
“I’m a 35 year veteran police officer,” & “In my world we don’t step on women or anyone after they have succumbed.”
Yeah you do, and it almost always has no consequences for you what-soever. We need to replace most of our “ruling class”, and we need to replace a good many of our “police officers” too.
I hope Mr. Proffitt’s defense works as well for him as it would for the rare police officer who has to justify his actions after the fact.
We are in general agreement. The hard question to me is, what standard should we hold civilians to? The public needs the right to respond to misdemeanors and felonies. We also must prevent vigilantism. His restraining her after she was subdued is probably wrong but is it as wrong as an improper use of force by a LEO would be? Is this a “teachable moment?”
I suggest charging at Chris Matthews’ car and trying to shove something in the window and see what happens. Then get yourself a good lawyer.
You know what’s REALLY crazy about this video? That between this incident and the stomp, Lauren Valle changed signs, put on a pair of glasses, and went from being a long haired blond to a short-haired brunette.
So was this video doctored to give the perp a red hoodie? Is this a different time and place altogether? Who knows, but go ahead and watch the stomp – see the hair and glasses, look at the size of the word “Paul” on the sign and the size of the surrounding red block. Compare to this new “bombshell” video. Pretty cut and dry fake, not even close. Come on guys.
At the top center of the sceern she reappears at the :55 mark moving from the rear of the car towards the front along the drivers side. She is intercepted at the front of the car just as Mr. Paul steps towards the building.
I tried very hard to see an object that was allegedly shoved into the car but couldn’t. Is faith in Tea Partiers required? Maybe highlighting is called for.
Regardless of possible leafletting and pushing forward to see someone (which is exuberance demonstrated in many rallies) the idea that somehow she was engaged in criminal behavior and that the citizen felt compelled to try, convict, and instantly sentence her is ludicrous. If she were deemed a threat to someone’s security there is no reason why the *paid security* should not have dealt with it.
To minimize acts of violence by saying there is no link to the candidate and imply there’s nothing related to the politics is intellectually dishonest and dangerous.
If you’re really looking to erect a Left v Right Scoreboard and figure out who is more violent in this country I would gladly contribute incidents. Even starting with national leaders in the past 100 years, leftist have FAR more to fear from violent right wingers.