Did you read the story, or just the excerpt?
Mr. Kennedy had already received permission from the hospital to take the child outside. He advised the “nurses” in question of said permissions but they still lunged at him.
Besides that, the only way he could have gotten access to his son is if somebody in the hospital had given him access. Ever seen a maternity ward? Those places are locked down like a prison. The only way you can get access to your child is if they give it to you. So both of those nurses knew he was the child’s father.
The scenario you paint is total B.S.
There is more to this story than we are being told, but I’m on Mr. Kennedy’s side on this.
I agree with you. This seems to be another case of an institution elevating its own internal policy to the level of law whereas the legality of custody is the only determining factor.
I'm glad you asked Ernie, here is the entire article that we are commenting on:
Douglas Kennedy, Fox News correspondent and son of the late Robert F. Kennedy, has been charged with assault after a 7 January incident in a New York hospital.
2 nurses at the Mt Kisco hospital alleged that Kennedy became violent after they tried to prevent him from taking his newborn son Bo outside of the ward. Kennedy says he wanted to "get some fresh air" and had already received permission from other nurses on duty, Reuters reports.
The confrontation began after nurses issued a "code pink", an alert that someone is attempting to abduct a baby. The incident was partially caught on surveillance camera; although obscured by a doorway, nurse Cari Luciano can be seen falling to the ground.
L Luciano stated that Kennedy "raised his right foot and with tremendous force kicked [her] in the pelvis area". Another nurse, Anna Lane, accused the New York-based journalist of twisting her arm, although this appears off screen on the surveillance video.
Kennedy has been charged with harassment and endangering the welfare of a child.
Kennedy and his wife have labeled accusations "absurd" in an interview with NBC New York. His lawyer, Robert Gottlieb, called the altercation the result of "aggressive and grossly inappropriate behavior by two nurses".
"Whatever Douglas did came about only because the nurse was lunging to grab his child from his arms. What Douglas did was simply to protect his baby," he added.
A date for the hearing has not yet been announced.
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I'm kidnapping YOUR baby from the maternity ward and I'm confronted by several nurses who don't know me from Adam and I use the excuse "I was given permission from the hospital" to take "my" baby outside for some fresh air......
And YOU expect the hospital staff to accept that explanation carte blanche without any challenge whatsoever to me and a demand that I produce identification as to whether or not I am the true father of that baby?
Take your head out of your ass, the lack of oxygen is affecting your thought process.