Originally published at: Republican state Senate candidate arrested after punching woman in face at abortion rights rally. He's a cop, too. | Boing Boing
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It’s so blatantly obvious where the violence is coming from. Right there in front of everyone.
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ACAB. The amazing thing to me is that, despite knowing that recording devices are utterly omnipresent these days, they seem unable (or unwilling, of course) to exercise a minimal amount of self control. It’s almost like they assume they will face no consequences. Gee, wonder how that came about?
Oh, and welcome to BB!
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This pitch perfect little bit of snark makes the point that we all need to remember about men like this: it’s always part of a pattern and never an isolated incident.
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That the cop chose to assault Rourke, and not the man that punched the instigator, says a lot about who Lugo is. When they show you who they are, believe them. Hopefully Rourke wins the state senate election and he is convicted of assault
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Jesus loves the little children until after they are popped out…then it’s starve and die.
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Handsome is as handsome does.
Lugo bravely assaulted a woman smaller than him rather than one of the burly dudes nearby.
Only the finest people on the Reich wing.
@Scientist beat me to it. I owe you a beverage!
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Five gets you ten that he’s quietly shuffled off to another district/county/whatever so he can carry on being a fascist shithead elsewhere.
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I’m sure it’s pure chance that the woman he struck just happened to be his opponent, he was simply defending himself in a confused situation with a disorderly crowd, and no one was more surprised than he was when the very person that he’s running against just walked into his clenched fist. Twice! I mean, really, what are the odds?
I’m gonna go out on a limb here and say that there might just be grounds for suspecting that the assault involved, oh, I dunno, just a little bit of premeditation?
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I don’t know about the alleged Jesus you’re talking about, could be he still loves them in a hands-off sort of way. The nazi-repugs however are scared and angry with women and children because women and children get too much attention for no reason what-so-ever and a nazi just can’t put up with that. Women and kids act like they have rights and are due respect and that’s not gonna happen with them. I wonder if Mama Lugo is proud of her little boy or if she needs knocked around a little herself.
/s despite it’s being obvious
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I should have specified “republican Jesus”.
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Sadly, in some states this assault would virtually guarantee he’d be elected. Hopefully Rhode Island isn’t one of them, though.
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Somewhat off topic here, but I’ve always wondered… The news clip stated this nazi cop is a 3-year veteran of the local police force. What makes someone a ‘veteran’ cop? Is it just being a cop for more than one year? What are the criteria?
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He’s not, and he’s described elsewhere as “just” being an officer.
Recent update, he’s dropped out of the race: “Lugo, whose Twitter account was intermittently deactivated on Saturday, tweeted that he would no longer “be running for any office this fall,” following the incident.”
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The PPD is criminally investigating the behavior of an off duty officer last evening during a protest where a female was assaulted.
Oh, but why was he being investigated? Because this mealy-mouthed bullshit makes it sound like the two events are unconnected.
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Ladies and Gentlepersons, The Aristocrats! The Patriarchy!
That would effectively be the result if they fired him. So that’s really the best-case scenario.
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My thought when I heard he’s only been on the force for 3 years was…
Resume padder – someone who wants a short stint as a cop just to pad his resume for politics.
Don’t know the guy, haven’t looked up his bio, but that’s the first reaction I had.
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Amazing that Lugo lived 35 years without ever cold-cocking a woman in the face,
That we know of…
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Due to the great success of the first, Civil War II will soon come to a Divided States near you.
