83-Year-Old Among Connecticut Delegates Assaulted Outside RNC
(NECN) - Authorities say Connecticut delegates were among the GOP members assaulted by anti-war protesters outside of the Republican National Convention.
They included former Congressman Rob Simmons, who tells The Hartford Courant that they were swarmed by dozens of protesters as they approached the Xcel Energy Center on Monday.
Simmons, state Republican party chairman Chris Healy and other Connecticut delegates were doused by a solution that smelled of bleach.
A hazardous materials team checked them afterward. No serious injuries were reported.
Paramedics also examined 83-year-old Stratford delegate Fred Biebel, who had trouble breathing after a protester snatched a delegate credential from his neck.
Protesters at the convention also smashed windows, punctured car tires and threw bottles Monday. Police used pepper spray in confrontations with demonstrators and arrested several people.
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Ok those responsible need to be jailed on attempted murder charges. Just because they were stupid and used bleach doesn’t mean they did not have the intent to kill or at the very least do permanent bodily injury.
September 1st, 2008 at 7:46 pmBreak out the tasers!
NOW.
September 1st, 2008 at 7:51 pmWell, well, well . . . The Far Left wants Constitutional protections for detainees in Guantanamo but denies fellow citizens their Constitutional rights to peaceably assemble and speak freely. This is just more gutless hypocrisy on display from the hollow, shallow Far Left. What a joke!!
September 1st, 2008 at 8:17 pmI hope we really do have the “crap cannon”!
September 2nd, 2008 at 4:53 amThe “Brown Note Sonic” gun Ross, that would be the shit… No, really.
Surprised the cops let a group past to the civilians, gota know those retards will do something stupid.
September 2nd, 2008 at 6:36 am