What We Are About To Do Here Is What The Good Lord Would Call A Cleansing of the Wicked. I Call It A Good Old Fashioned Texas Ass Kicking.
Posted on 02/02/2006 6:52:42 AM PST by Angus MacGregor
Colo. man arrested for punching 16-year-old on ski slope
By Associated Press
Wednesday, February 1, 2006 - Updated: 07:22 AM EST
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. - Police said a man accused of attacking a teenager after she collided with his daughter at a ski resort told authorities that he lost control.
Randell Berg, 52, of Littleton, punched the 16-year-old girl in the head and neck and yelled profanities after Sunday’s collision at Steamboat Ski Area, said police Capt. Joel Rae.
The teen was not seriously injured in the alleged attack, but told police she was sore afterward.
She was snowboarding near the base of the mountain when she ran over the girl’s skis, knocking both of them to the ground, Rae said.
Berg told police that after he made sure his daughter was OK, “he just lost control when his daughter got hit,” Rae said.
Berg was taken to Routt County Jail, where he was charged with third-degree assault and disorderly conduct. He was released Monday on $1,000 bond and is scheduled to appear in court Feb. 14.
Those snowboarders are a menace.
If a grown man punched my 16 year-old daughter, he'd be safer in jail than out on bond.
"She was snowboarding"
Ditto!
Probably a Kerry voter.
Setting aside what the father did, if somebody runs over my skis get ready for a beat-down. Running won't help I'll catch you.
I understand how a father could loose his control. I watched a large out of control male snowboarder slam into a 6 yo. girl. The father was livid.
Slopes must adhere to their "control" policies.
He made sure his child was ok and when he saw she was he attacked another child.
Sorry, no defense for this guy.
Who said it was the snowboarders fault? Maybe his kid was the idiot. Or maybe they were both at fault. And frankly, wanting to beat up a teenaged girl for a ski slope collision is pretty lame. Guess you're a real tough guy.
Ski Rage.
I wish they'd ban snowboarding. I was skiing and one axehole came from behind me out of control and knocked me down. I was livid. I don't blame the father at all. In fact, I completely identify with his actions; if a snowboarder knocked my daughter down, I'd be livid too.
...wonder of Neal Boortz uses an alias....
From the headline I thought it was Kerry.
Agreed. Has anyone on this thread ever been skiing? This stuff happens all the time. With skiers and snowboarders alike. The slopes are packed with people of varying skill levels. If it was an accident, which I'm sure it was, then why are you advocating a grown 52 year old man beating up on a 16 year old girl??? Very weird.
And the price of admission for this circus is an $81/day lift ticket!
Under alpine skiing rules-of-the-road, the above is impossible.
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