CHARGES WERE FILED TODAY IN THE KENNETH GLADNEY CASE!!
—6 Are Charged in Town Hall Disturbance and Beatings!
They were charged with “misdemeanor” violations for smashing a black man on the cement and calling him n*****.
The Post Dispatch just broke the news:
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 charges were filed Tuesday by the St. Louis County counselor’s office, which prosecutes misdemeanor ordinance violations in unincorporated areas. All are to appear in court Jan. 21.
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.
Post-Dispatch reporter Jake Wagman, 30, of University City, was charged with interfering with a police officer. The charges allege that he failed to obey repeated commands “to leave the site of an ongoing disturbance.”
Elston McCowan, 47, of St. Louis, and Perry Molens, 50, of De Soto, each were charged with assaulting a person and interfering with police. They are accused of scuffling with and injuring Kenneth Gladney, a demonstrator with the Tea Party, a group generally opposed to Democrats’ universal health care proposals.
By the way… Gladney was not a protester. He was selling merchandise at the event.
Kenneth Gladney was beaten and stomped on by SEIU thugs outside of the Russ Carnahan town hall meeting in August:
Dana Loesch has more on the charges.
24th State says the violent thugs were also HCAN volunteers.
Post-Dispatch writer Jake Wagman just tweeted the news that he was charged:
So do you think Jesse and Al will get involved now?
…Me either.
Happy Thanksgiving.
** This was cross posted at Big Government.
More… Michelle added this:
I love how they waited til late Wednesday before Thanksgiving. So typical, hoping it will all be forgotten by Monday. They don’t know us very well, do they!
UPDATE: John at Power Line adds:
It occurs to me that if these union thugs had been Navy SEALS apprehending a terrorist mass murderer of Americans, rather than agents of the Democratic Party trying to suppress expression of a political view with which the Democratic Party disagrees, they would have been treated far more harshly. Why do you think that is?
UPDATE: Drudge is reporting on the health care town hall beatings tonight.
UPDATE: Kevin Gladney’s brother Keith said tonight, “The charges should have been more serious.”
November 25th, 2009 | 4:15 pm | #1
Darn! I was just going to buy carbon credits for Christmas gifts…..
November 25th, 2009 | 4:19 pm | #2
Watch they will probably end up charging Kenneth.
November 25th, 2009 | 4:27 pm | #3
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November 25th, 2009 | 4:32 pm | #4
Col.Smeag
November 25th, 2009 | 4:19 pm | #2
i wouldn’t be surprised. breibart had a post about the document dump behind the acorn
office in san diego and a tape of the acorn head
talking at a meeting about jerry brown and the people doing the filming being the ones in trouble…….
http://biggovernment.com/2009/11/23/breaking-san-diego-acorn-document-dump-scandal/
November 25th, 2009 | 4:39 pm | #5
[...] to Gateway Pundit, charges have FINALLY been filed today in Kenneth Gladney case. For those of who forget this, or haven’t heard about this [...]
November 25th, 2009 | 4:44 pm | #6
Wouldn’t surprise me at all to learn they charged Gladney with something….mopery with the intent to gawk, or something similar, just to keep the union thugs from burning down city hall.
November 25th, 2009 | 4:52 pm | #7
So, let me get this straight.
In St.Louis, assaulting and injuring someone is a misdemeanor?
I think I have some people I would like to invite to meet me in St. Louis then.
November 25th, 2009 | 5:14 pm | #8
What did they charge Mr Gladney with?
/sarc
In this upside down world, who knows.
November 25th, 2009 | 5:17 pm | #9
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November 25th, 2009 | 5:18 pm | #10
Well, it’s about time! Happy Thanksgiving, Mr. Gladney, and may the thugs who assaulted you be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law!
November 25th, 2009 | 5:24 pm | #11
Misdemeanor charges?!?! After he was beaten, kicked and stomped on for simply exercising his first amendment rights? Outrageous!
November 25th, 2009 | 5:37 pm | #12
Will they try the LIBTARDS in NEW YORK so we can have a circus?
November 25th, 2009 | 5:47 pm | #13
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November 25th, 2009 | 5:50 pm | #14
Sick that a political beating has so little weight in the judicial system. A lack of justice will only make the civil society less civil.
November 25th, 2009 | 5:54 pm | #15
Gee, where are the hate crime charges?
November 25th, 2009 | 5:57 pm | #16
And our military troops are being charged for busting the lip of an admitted terrorist who murdered our troops.
Really.
November 25th, 2009 | 6:10 pm | #17
Nothing like dumping the news right before a big holiday. By the way, the Biz Journal is reporting the SEIU in STL just made a donation to raise taxes for the METRO bus system.
November 25th, 2009 | 6:10 pm | #18
Hate crimes can only be committed by WASPs and it is no longer a felony to assault a right winger, or anyone else for that matter, if done by union thugs.
November 25th, 2009 | 6:12 pm | #19
It should be felony assault. No question. Also, if the politics in this were reversed, the trolls would be screaming about federal hate crime charges. These guys need to get the max. Also, a sincere thanks to new media for not letting this case evaporate into the mists of time.
November 25th, 2009 | 6:28 pm | #20
What about the state Attorney General? Or the U.S. Attorney’s office?
Wonder if Kit Bond could look into this and put pressure on prosecutors for charges of felony assault?
November 25th, 2009 | 6:34 pm | #21
I love how they waited til late Wednesday before Thanksgiving. So typical, hoping it will all be forgotten by Monday. They don’t know us very well, do they!
November 25th, 2009 | 7:00 pm | #22
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November 25th, 2009 | 7:11 pm | #23
Looks like with these resume improvements the thugs can now get on at the White House.
roflmao
November 25th, 2009 | 7:14 pm | #24
Michelle, #21…
No, they don’t know us well at all. I am thinking this isn’t over by a long shot.
Anybody want to drop Patricia Redington a line wondering about these charges?
predington@stlouisco.com
Charlie Dooley, the County Executive?
cdooley@stlouisco.com
I am sure they would love to hear from you.
November 25th, 2009 | 7:45 pm | #25
Fascinating. How long did it take?
November 25th, 2009 | 7:46 pm | #26
crystal
November 25th, 2009 | 5:57 pm | #16
And our military troops are being charged for busting the lip of an admitted terrorist who murdered our troops.
Really.
=========================
Yea, aint’ that a dandy.!!!
But after all Crystal, the SEAL’s allegedly smacked a muslim terrorist murderer…
The SEIU pummeled a conservative, and a black conservative at that. And we know now that this administration considers the right wing a much more deplorable group of people.
So, God Bless our boys(and girls) in the TEAMS, and all branhes of the military(except the sleeper cell muslim nutbags wearing the uniform), and Happy Thanksgiving.
November 25th, 2009 | 7:49 pm | #27
[...] H/T GP [...]
November 25th, 2009 | 7:51 pm | #28
[...] KENNETH GLADNEY BEATING UPDATE: Charges filed against SEIU members, Post-Dispatch reporter. [...]
November 25th, 2009 | 7:59 pm | #29
Hmmm….I wonder what the left would do if the roles were reversed?
Do you suppose….they’d be protesting in front of the county prosecutor’s office?? Maybe a sidewalk sit-in? (wink, wink)
November 25th, 2009 | 8:10 pm | #30
Dixie, #29
I love the way you think!
November 25th, 2009 | 8:14 pm | #31
Charges Filed In Kenneth Gladney Case…
Jim Hoft reports that six people were charged in the St. Louis Town Hall disturbance and beating:
They were charged with “misdemeanor” violations for smashing a black man on the cement and calling him n*****.
The Post Dispatch just broke the news:
Six …
November 25th, 2009 | 8:27 pm | #32
[...] http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/2009/11/breaking-charges-filed-in-ken-gladney-case/ [...]
November 25th, 2009 | 8:49 pm | #33
Felony assault, for attacking the union members’ fists and feet with his body.
With special circumstances of Supporting a Conservative Cause while Black.
November 25th, 2009 | 8:54 pm | #34
Dems’ demographic must-haves
Besides SEIU thugs
November 25th, 2009 | 8:55 pm | #35
How about a civil rights violation and criminal charges by the feds; oh wait, can that happen when the attackers are miniorities too. Boy, I am I being foolish thinking that could happen.
I can tell you this, I’m not one who goes down too easily when attacked. But I doubt if these cowards would pick on someone who projects “bring it on”.
November 25th, 2009 | 8:56 pm | #36
So.
The cost of a busted lip outweighs the cost 6 thugs can incur by violently accosting non-violent protesters.
So where is the Love, SEIU.
I C U.
November 25th, 2009 | 9:30 pm | #37
This should be a Federal Civil Rights case.
November 25th, 2009 | 9:42 pm | #38
How is even possible as a ‘journalist’ to equate Americans gathered to hear and speak with their representative in Washington D.C. as “protesters”?
November 25th, 2009 | 10:42 pm | #39
[...] Gateway Pundit has more. [...]
November 25th, 2009 | 10:49 pm | #40
[...] to Jim Hoft, Gladney wasn’t even protesting. He was a [...]
November 25th, 2009 | 11:05 pm | #41
Why does an American have less American civil rights protection inside the United States of America than a terrorist apprehended outside the country?
November 26th, 2009 | 12:01 am | #42
[...] Gateway Pundit has more. [...]
November 26th, 2009 | 4:41 am | #43
Although the chance of winning mught be small, I’d like to see law suits against the individuals (small potatoes) and against the recalcitrant officials (big spuds) and include a federal civil rights suit as it includes the n word.
Thats what libs would do.
November 26th, 2009 | 6:08 am | #44
“Wouldn’t surprise me at all to learn they charged Gladney with something….mopery with the intent to gawk, or something similar, just to keep the union thugs from burning down city hall.”
Dell, why would the thugs burn down their own headquarters?
November 26th, 2009 | 7:09 am | #45
And Jake Wagman, who is a newspaper reporter, insinuates he qualifies for the services of the Public Defender? That is an income-based appointment. I guess the Post-Dispatch is really not doing so well these days…
November 26th, 2009 | 7:10 am | #46
Sent this a.m. :
Patricia,
Are you out of your mind? Misdemeanor? Please, dust off your law books and re-read the definition of felony assault. Also, please read the federal code for hate crime. This man was brutally beaten and attacked because he WAS BLACK. If you think this case is going away, you’re as crack-headed as the criminals you “prosecute”.
I eagerly await your reply,
November 26th, 2009 | 7:39 am | #47
Impunity for violence by union thugs was part and parcel of FDR’s “Labor Relations Act”. This is neither a novel nor an isolated incident. What makes it somewhat unusual is that most union violence is directed at workers who decline to support the union.
November 26th, 2009 | 9:08 am | #48
Open season on black men – no limit in St Louis. Permits $1,000, 1 year wait after hunting.
November 26th, 2009 | 9:58 am | #49
What about any hate crime charges? Did SEIU violate his civil rights?
Maybe Holder can investigate… oh wait he’s busy investigating the CIA … and defending..oops prosecuting the Gitmo terrorists that his firm used to defend…
The corruption in the legal system with encourage lawlessness on both sides
November 26th, 2009 | 10:41 am | #50
There should be a “bounty” on these thugs and a restraining order to keep them away from any town hall events in the future.
November 26th, 2009 | 11:16 am | #51
Agree it should be a hate crime. It’s only obvious…
November 26th, 2009 | 11:35 am | #52
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November 26th, 2009 | 11:42 am | #53
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November 26th, 2009 | 12:06 pm | #54
I can’t wait for Kennith to sue each of these thugs for $100m in damages. Watch all the people protecting these men scurry away from the light.
November 26th, 2009 | 12:24 pm | #55
If it had been the other way around, white guys beating up a black liberal, I bet the charges would be a lot worse…. I’m still waiting on Al Sharpton to condemn the racist SEIU thugs.
November 26th, 2009 | 1:23 pm | #56
SEIU top boss Andy Stern went to the white house 22 times in Obama’s first 6 months.
more than anyone else by a good ways. Why?
Was it about Card Check? No, that’s a big deal to the unions. But it was about healthcare.
The SEIU needs new union members which it can get via backdoor legalese in the healthcare. They desperately need the members to support their ponze scheme pension fund which is only 65% funded.
November 26th, 2009 | 2:41 pm | #57
[...] Hoft reports that six people were finally charged for the beating of Ken Gladney at Russ Carnahan’s August town hall by Obama’s SEIU thugs, but not [...]
November 26th, 2009 | 2:54 pm | #58
Mr Gladney MUST File a Civil Racketeering lawsuit in Federal Court naming the Union Local as well as the International as defendents. Linking their condinuity of the “Union” with the present Presidentual Administration’s statements of ….We’ll hit them back harder”…… paraphrasing Obama while Andy Stern was sitting in his lap or visa versa.
Also possible Hobbs Act Violations: for the proposition “in the name of labor” as in picket line violence and “mob action”.
Remember CIVIL RICO victory equals “Terbble Damages plus Attorneys Fees & Costs Mandated By Statute!
Hey what about federal hate crime[s] charges being filed like those passed by Polosi not to long ago including others already on the books pertaining to white people beating African-Americans.
Funny thing Black on White hate crimes defined as thuggery, voter intimidation, threats of violence billy-clubs “Default Judgement” “Vacated”
Push the Feds into a corner. Make flyers with outlandish but true serious questions and opinions of the US Attorneys failures and/or refusals to do their job of prosecuting hate crime[s] if this occurs, and pass them out at the Federal building, while screaming at the media to cover it. You can make a mockery out of “equql justice for all”, as we already know under Obama in everything he does and doesn’t do.
November 26th, 2009 | 3:23 pm | #59
We know “Obama doesn’t represent black people”
Zero is for Zero.
November 26th, 2009 | 9:16 pm | #60
[...] direct terms, this means that when SEIU thugs beat up a black conservative at a health care town hall meeting, the whole world gets to see it via the [...]
November 26th, 2009 | 11:41 pm | #61
[...] direct terms, this means that when SEIU thugs beat up a black conservative at a health care town hall meeting, the whole world gets to see it via the [...]
November 27th, 2009 | 1:40 pm | #62
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November 27th, 2009 | 6:53 pm | #63
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November 29th, 2009 | 12:09 pm | #64
[...] Kenneth Gladney’s beatdown at the Russ Carnahan town hall in August, cannot believe that only misdemeanor charges were filed against the SEIU thugs last week. The Russ Carnahan supporters beat, stomped on and [...]
November 29th, 2009 | 2:59 pm | #65
[...] Kenneth Gladney’s beatdown at the Russ Carnahan town hall in August, cannot believe that only misdemeanor charges were filed against the SEIU thugs last week. The Russ Carnahan union supporters beat, stomped on [...]
November 29th, 2009 | 4:52 pm | #66
[...] direct terms, this means that when SEIU thugs beat up a black conservative at a health care town hall meeting, the whole world gets to see it via the [...]
November 29th, 2009 | 8:14 pm | #67
[...] Kenneth Gladney’s beatdown at the Russ Carnahan town hall in August, cannot believe that only misdemeanor charges were filed against the SEIU thugs last week. The Russ Carnahan union supporters beat, stomped on [...]
November 29th, 2009 | 11:42 pm | #68
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November 30th, 2009 | 10:51 pm | #69
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December 1st, 2009 | 2:19 am | #70
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