Posted on 07/08/2008 3:52:35 PM PDT by george76
Chowdhury Got Angry When Garage Door Didn't Open Quickly.
A state legislative candidate from Jefferson County accused of slapping and choking his 16-year-old daughter pleaded guilty Tuesday to third-degree assault.
Vince Chowdhury, 48, got angry when his wife and daughter didn't open the garage door quickly enough when he honked his car horn in their driveway on June 17, according to an arrest affidavit. The document said Chowdhury, a Jefferson County school board member, sat in the driveway several minutes honking his horn.
His wife and daughter apologized for making him wait but he thought the apology insincere so he slapped his daughter's face and then began to choke her with both hands when she backed away, the girl said.
Chowdhury said after his courtroom appearance Tuesday morning. "I feel that I should have used better judgment. And the three minutes of anger ... I felt that I could have done a better job of handling the situation."
For the misdemeanor, he was given a one-year deferred sentence and ordered to take anger management and parenting classes.
"The intent was to discipline my child who I felt was being disrespectful to her father. I know now there's a better way of handling the situation, I should have done that," Chowdhury said. "And I want to move forward with this...
Chowdhury, a Democrat, is running for the House District 22 seat ...
When asked if he planned to resign from the school board or quit the race for the House seat, Chowdhury replied that he is taking it one step at a time and will address those issues at a later date.
(Excerpt) Read more at thedenverchannel.com ...
Saddam used to do that. The Left says that the American occupation of Iraq is a failure, that Saddam kept order.
maybe we need to adopt some of his policies stateside.
“In this class, this young woman can break out of any choke hold this guy puts on her, in less than 2 seconds, sometimes less than 1 second. Every. Single. Time.”
Is that before or after the guy starts squeezing her neck shut for real?
Hopefully not for long. At the link, it says that they had a special session and asked him to resign.
He told her once already. Sheesh....
His new campaign slogan is
“Don’t Make Me Ask For Your Vote Again”
Vince Chowdhury
Treasurer
District 5
303-982-6549
Besides his Board of Education duties, Vince is a Board member for Jefferson County PTA, Grant Ranch Master’s Homeowner’s Association and the Grant Water and Sanitation. He is a former co-chair of the Jefferson County Cultural Council and a graduate of Wichita State University. Vince is self-employed as an insurance agent.
Could be either. But if she wants to break free, you can’t stop her.
You know I left the /sarc tag off.... :)
Just trying to show how all the lib tired gun arguments wouldsound if they used them for this guy using hands to choke his daughter.
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