Police say political dispute with stranger got physical

http://www.fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2007/022007/02202007/261345 ^

[zendari]

A Fredericksburg man was arrested Saturday on charges he assaulted three strangers at their home during a dispute over politics, police said.

According to a Fredericksburg police report, the suspect went to a home in the 900 block of Marye Street about 5:30 p.m. after finding one of the resident's name on a Republican Web site.

The resident and his two roommates engaged in a discussion with the suspect, though none of them had ever met or had contact with him before.

The argument got heated and the suspect learned that the young residents had not enlisted in the military and "put their all" behind the Republican-led war effort in Iraq, police spokeswoman Natatia Bledsoe said.

The suspect refused to leave the home after repeatedly being asked to do so, police said. The three roommates were hit multiple times each as they attempted to get the suspect out of the door, authorities said.

The suspect continued to be aggressive and disorderly even after a city police officer arrived, the report states.

Andrew Stone, 23, was charged with three counts of assault and battery. A magistrate released Stone on his own recognizance and he was ordered to have no further contact with the victims.

It was not clear in the report what political agenda Stone was supporting.

[zendari]

This is why we need those stronger self defense gun laws.

If some moonbat comes into your house and assaults you like that, you should be able to shoot him.

Wonder what this guy's name is on DU.

[BenLurkin]

"It was not clear in the report what political agenda Stone was supporting."

It certainly doesn't appear to be the patriotic agenda.

[Ghost of Philip Marlowe]

Hopefully they'll get his contact info from the police report and repay the visit. If we can't feel safe in our homes, neither should they.

[zendari]

Of course not. He's a liberal.

[JoeSixPack1]

Seeing as how you didn't bother mentioning which state, you must mean Fredericksburg, Denmark. RIGHT?

[43north]

Man, the lieberals and islamofascists in the USA just keep getting nuttier. The physical assaults and murders are starting to get more frequent. Time for a more than a little smackdown, I'd say.

[cripplecreek]

Do not retreat laws are a wonderfull thing.

[Archie Bunker on steroids]

A "useful idiot" brown shirt huh? Coming soon to a town near you.

[JoeSixPack1]

Do not retreat laws are a wonderfull thing.

You got that right! 911 calls are soon to be: pick-up only, dispute settled. :-)

[Fred Hayek]

For a minute I thought this might have been Fredericksburg, TX. But then the perp might have gotten shot.

[Pontiac]

the suspect went to a home in the 900 block of Marye Street about 5:30 p.m. after finding one of the resident's name on a Republican Web site.

This guy found his victims name on a Republican website and hunted him down.

I think this guy is a little unhinged. And some magistrate releases him on his own recognizance.

I would not be surprised if we hear that this guy shows up at this guys apartment again.

He sounds like a stalker.

[Captain Rhino]

The argument got heated and the suspect learned that the young residents had not enlisted in the military and "put their all" behind the Republican-led war effort in Iraq, police spokeswoman Natatia Bledsoe said.

Sounds like the suspect supports the war in Iraq and thinks young men should enlist in the military. It may just be me, but I don't read this sentence as referring to your typical Democrat.

May be the "young residents" were up on a Republican website (Free Republic?) talking sh** and he called them on it. Doesn't excuse assault and battery, though.

[enraged]

"got physical"

I was hoping to see some pics of Olivia Newton John in leggings and sweaty.... O well

[gcruse]

DU? This sounds more like a freeper to me.

"the suspect learned that the young residents had not enlisted in the military and "put their all" behind the Republican-led war effort in Iraq"

[Valpal1]

DU types are always getting hysterical at repubs that suport the war that don't enlist or have children that haven't enlisted (we're all hypocrits that support something, but won't fight ourselves, see?)

So the suspect finds their name on a Repub website, tracks them down and then attacks them for not enlisting in their Rebulican war.

[raybbr]

Let's get Physical!!!!

[RichInOC]

Pick the guy up and go, "Door or window, bucko?"

[Charlespg]

When moonbats go wild

[lndrvr1972]

Ah those peace loving dems. They love free speach only if it benefits them.

[Doc-Joe]

A dirty liberal assaults three conservatives and walks away from it? They have better self control than I could ever muster.

[ezoeni]

buy more ammo

[OCCASparky]

I'd love for some moonbat to come and tell me I didn't give it my all while I was in. Please, oh please, call me a friggin chickenhawk.

[Lancey Howard]

Hopefully they'll get his contact info from the police report and repay the visit.

Hate to say it, but if these THREE guys were too weak to get this assclown out of their house and beat the dog feces out of him, then they probably shouldn't pay him a visit.

[gcruse]

Radioman, I presume?

[Lancey Howard]

You guys are joking, right?
Obviously this DUer hunted down these three Republicans to look for a fight and then tried to paint them as hypocrites when he found out that they had not served in the military.

[OCCASparky]

Nope--nuke. I have a LITTLE pride, dammit.

[gcruse]

I don't think I'd want to work around a nuke tech nicknamed SPARKY!!! ;)

[zendari]

Absolutely true. Hopefully they have friends who could teach this liberal some manners.

[OCCASparky]

Actually, I was an RO--I didn't adopt the "Sparky" nickname until after I got out and working for a utility in Southern California which shall remain nameless.

And no, I never dropped a bus while I was doing EO/SEO quals or proficiency.

I DID lose shore power on my very first SRO watch, tho.

[Northern Alliance]

It was not clear in the report what political agenda Stone was supporting

Of course it is.

..after finding one of the resident's name on a Republican Web site.

[TalBlack]

"I'd love for some moonbat to come and tell me I didn't give it my all while I was in. Please, oh please, call me a friggin chickenhawk."

Won't happen. These cowards are very canny about who they get tough with. I have some experience with them in protests in NYC (abortion)and they choose who they will assult (or even mildly diss) very carefully.

[Captain Rhino]

Limited facts are presented in the story. What I offered was my opinion based on the the one sentence in the story that contained some vague facts relating to the motivation of the suspect. A sentence that, BTW, was at least three levels removed from the source since it came via the arresting officer, the police PR representative, and the reporter.

Your posting is obviously another take on those facts. And you may be right. In fact, I hope you are right since it would cast negative light on the Democrats. But, as I noted, there are not a lot of facts revealed in this story yet and ALL the possibilities in this story should be considered - including the possibility that the suspect is a young Republican with a short fuse.

However remote, may I assume that you do at least concede it is a possibility? When we take that possibility off of the table, we are starting to lie to ourselves about the nature of human beings. Occasionally, even the good guys will have among their numbers people whose springs are wound just a little too tight. And, because of that possibility, we must guard against automatically assuming we are always in the right when incidents like this occur.

The truth will out.

[Sister_T]

DU types are always getting hysterical at repubs that suport the war that don't enlist or have children that haven't enlisted (we're all hypocrits that support something, but won't fight ourselves, see?)

Exactly. I've had the misfortune of listening to one of these moonbat types on the bus some months ago, ranting and raving about how those who support the war won't sign up.

[Rb ver. 2.0]

Disagree with me on FR, find out where I live and come over to forcibly continue the debate and I'll kick your ass to teach you a lesson in manners.

[mupcat]

Seeing as how you didn't bother mentioning which state

Neither did the article, but if you looked at the bottom of the page you'd see it's Virginia.

[Kneedragger]

**sigh** Nothing fun like this ever happens to me.

The MSM would have had a field-day misrepresenting the aftermath had this occured at my house.

[nina0113]

ping. Guess we have a clue who ripped out all the Bush signs around Fredericksburg now. Was it 1500 or 5000?

[JoeSixPack1]

Posted on FR, shouldn't need to click anything. I guess it was too much trouble to check the state box when posting.

Must be Denmark.

[mupcat]

I guess it was too much trouble to check the state box when posting.

Oh, I'm sorry, I thought you were referring to where the story took place, as in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Misunderstood completely.

[Steve0113]

ping. Guess we have a clue who ripped out all the Bush signs around Fredericksburg now. Was it 1500 or 5000?

I thought it was around 2,000.

[RaceBannon]

:)

Just be careful, defending yourself against a liberal can get you sued for assault!!

...at least in Connecticut it can...