Woman threw egg salad at Secret Service agent, police say

www.statesman.com ^ | 02/25/08 | Tony Plohetski

[TornadoAlley3]

A Texas state Capitol employee who police said wanted to go in the building Friday before a rally by presidential candidate Barack Obama threw a bowl of egg salad at a U.S. Secret Service agent who denied her access, according to an arrest affidavit.

Tracy Firsching, 47, is charged with assault on a peace officer, a third-degree felony for which she faces up to 10 years in prison.

According to the affidavit, Firsching started to go around police barriers when she was stopped by Secret Service agent Brian Sanders, who told her that she could not go in the secured area without an escort.

The affidavit said Firsching told Sanders that, “You’re going to have to arrest me” and attempted to go past him. Sanders grabbed her by the arm to turn her around when she threw a plastic bowl of egg salad at him and struck him in the face with the bowl, the affidavit said.

According to the affidavit, Sanders received a scratch that was “red and visible from several feet away” during the incident.

[rockrr]

Don’t get between a girl and her messiah!

[OKSooner]

"Tracy Firsching, 47, is charged with assault on a peace officer, a third-degree felony for which she faces up to 10 years in prison. "

This sounds rather severe for the crime, except in cases involving egg salad which oughta be life with no chance of parole.

[Red Badger]

http://www.austinmassage.org/contact.html

[hometoroost]

Looks like Austin is really rolling with their “Keep Austim Weird” campaign.

[DoughtyOne]

People don’t use very good common sense sometimes. Crossing the Secret Service isn’t a very bright move.

[A_Former_Democrat]

Why did I know this was a NObomba cultist just by reading the headline?

[weegee]

In such an instance, “no habla engles” and you’ll be home in time for dinner.

[billorites]

Sanders received a scratch that was “red and visible from several feet away” during the incident.

Which he can parlay into early retirement, a political career and a bid for the Presidency.

[Reagan79]

Just like the Pharisees & law lovers who tried to deny access to Christ. Shameful!

[LukeL]

You’re going to have to arrest me

Well it looks like they did

[rawhide]

Maybe the SS officer egged her on?

[TomGuy]

If she is the same one who showed up in a google search, she is a self-employed chiropractic therapist.

http://www.austinmassage.org/contact.html

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

Depends — was it real mayonnaise or Miracle Whip? That should make a big difference at sentencing.

[Redbob]

"Just like the Pharisees & law lovers who tried to deny access to Christ. Shameful!"

Christ tried to get into the Osamabama Rally too?
Who knew?

[DallasDeb]

Another Obama supporter that shows her true colors.

[mnehrling]

She is a masseuse. I guess she really wanted to give Obama a massage.
http://www.austinmassage.org/contact.html

[I see my hands]

The salad was good but needed a salting.

[GovernmentShrinker]

ANY assault on a Secret Service agent should draw a heck of a long sentence. If random PITAs are allowed to get away with a slap on the wrist for this sort of thing, they’ll be doing it constantly, diverting Secret Service officers’ attention away from serious threats to the people they’re protecting. It could easily be used as a strategy by serious threats. Incite a bunch of stupid college kids to engage in some “harmless civil disobedience” by doing things like this, distracting officers while the serious threat successfully proceeds with his/her plan, thanks to the help from the unwitting college kids.

[TChris]

Just like the Pharisees & law lovers who tried to deny access to Christ. Shameful!

Huh?

This officer did the job he is paid to do, and has sworn to do, and that makes him a Pharisee?

A law enforcement officer should be a "law lover". It's his job.

Your comparison between the civil law and the Pharisees' perverted interpretation of the Law of Moses is entirely baseless.

[Revereee]

There are dumb people everywhere. That lady, she tried to play a yoke, and lost. Bummer.

[Constitution Day]

I do believe the poster’s tongue was planted firmly in cheek. :)

[Reagan79]

Sorry, I thought the sarcasm would be obvious enough without the tag.

[TChris]

Sorry. The batteries in my sarcasm detector died this morning. :-/

[Allegra]

This officer did the job he is paid to do, and has sworn to do, and that makes him a Pharisee?

Psssst....I think Reagan79 was having a little fun...

[Hegemony Cricket]

The potential sentence would be somewhat stiffer, except that egg salad doesn’t become really deadly until it hits the digestive tract...

[vetvetdoug]

I don’t think the Secret Service agents get a preference as to who they are to protect and serve. If there were to be choosing by the Secret Service, from what I gather Hillary would be going it alone.

[Constitution Day]

You should check the batteries in your beeber just to be safe.
One can never be too careful...

[Richard Kimball]

In the Dem convention riots of 1968, most of the rioters were "useful idiots." There were some plants who ensured a violent confrontation with the Chicago police department, and then strategically withdrew to let the idiot college students take the beatings.

You're correct. The "harmless" disobedience is the beard for the more violent and dangerous actions.

[meandog]

This sounds rather severe for the crime, except in cases involving egg salad which oughta be life with no chance of parole.

Yup, and if she's convicted I guess the "yolk" will be on her instead of him.

[Reagan79]

Those oysters on your profile page look good. Nice! You ever have crawfish?

[Morgana]

"I have my egg salad, and I will use it!"

[Arkansas Toothpick]

I guess he’s really going to have egg on his face this time around.

[MD_Willington_1976]

Lucky she didn’t get shot... stupid should hurt!

[Constitution Day]

I live in NC so crawdads are a little tougher to come by here than say, Louisiana.
But I’ve had ‘em and I do love ‘em!

The oysters were from off Chincoteague Island, VA. They were just amazing.

[Designer]

received a scratch that was “red and visible from several feet away”

Not to mention his dry-cleaning bill!

I'd say ten years is not nearly enough punishment.

[Wurlitzer]

"ANY assault on a Secret Service agent should draw a heck of a long sentence."

But we sure did not see such a sentence give to a certain double minority type person who shoved a cell phone into the chest of LEO in Washington DC did we?

I wonder which of the minority cards kept her out of jail.

All that being said, people in government seem to be in a different class than the rest of us. I had a run in with a US Senator's security thug once when he tried to prevent me from entering a hotel elevator. I told the JBT that the Senator was just a public servant and pushed my way past him and took the elevator to my floor along with the JBT. He looked like a deer in the headlights that a peon like me would dare question the ruling class.

[Designer]

"In such an instance, “no habla engles” and you’ll be home in time for dinner."

Yup, with a free taxi ride, a bucket of KFC, and a coupon for a car wash.

[fish hawk]

Get the pink bunny.

[Wil H]

Maybe the SS officer egged her on?

She was charged with assault, pepper, and salad dressing...

[TChris]

You should check the batteries in your beeber just to be safe.
One can never be too careful...

Part of the difficulty is that there are some FReepers who would post just such a comment, with no sarcasm intended. It has become quite challenging to discern without knowing the poster. :-(

Perhaps a personal policy of "it's sarcasm until proven otherwise" would be prudent.

[microgood]

Tracy Firsching, 47, is charged with assault on a peace officer, a third-degree felony for which she faces up to 10 years in prison.

We cannot afford this. The Federal Government is bankrupt.

[Froufrou]

She really got herself into a pickle this time. I wouldn’t relish her predicament. I hope her celery was adequate to post bail. She got eggactly what she served.

[OKSooner]

Now you're really getting gross.

If it was Miracle Whip, death by dismemberment.

[Fiddlstix]

She was going to see obamassiah but took "SS lessons" from shillary before hand????
Things are gettin' weird.....

[Pharmboy]

Hold the mayo!

[rightwingintelligentsia]

Groan . . .

[CindyDawg]

She going to a dinner on the grounds?

[martin gibson]

dude - huge Dr. Ralph BUMP..!

[BigCinBigD]

Eggcellent!