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Woman threw egg salad at Secret Service agent, police say
www.statesman.com ^ | 02/25/08 | Tony Plohetski

Posted on 02/25/2008 11:20:02 AM PST by 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.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: freepun; obama; obamamania; secretservice; tx2008; usss
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1 posted on 02/25/2008 11:20:03 AM PST by TornadoAlley3
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To: TornadoAlley3

Don’t get between a girl and her messiah!


2 posted on 02/25/2008 11:22:30 AM PST by rockrr (Global warming is to science what Islam is to religion)
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To: TornadoAlley3
"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.

3 posted on 02/25/2008 11:22:39 AM PST by OKSooner
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To: TornadoAlley3

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


4 posted on 02/25/2008 11:23:22 AM PST by Red Badger ( We don't have science, but we do have consensus.......)
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To: TornadoAlley3

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


5 posted on 02/25/2008 11:23:34 AM PST by hometoroost (...the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual. Galileo)
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To: TornadoAlley3

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


6 posted on 02/25/2008 11:23:45 AM PST by DoughtyOne (We've got Tweedle Dee, Tweedle Dumb & Tweedle Dumber left. Name them in order. I dare ya.)
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To: TornadoAlley3

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


7 posted on 02/25/2008 11:24:22 AM PST by A_Former_Democrat
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To: OKSooner

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


8 posted on 02/25/2008 11:24:23 AM PST by weegee (Those who surrender personal liberty to lower global temperatures will receive neither.)
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To: TornadoAlley3
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.

9 posted on 02/25/2008 11:24:29 AM PST by billorites (Freepo ergo sum)
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To: TornadoAlley3

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


10 posted on 02/25/2008 11:25:04 AM PST by Reagan79 (Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys)
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To: TornadoAlley3
You’re going to have to arrest me

Well it looks like they did

11 posted on 02/25/2008 11:26:41 AM PST by LukeL
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To: TornadoAlley3

Maybe the SS officer egged her on?


12 posted on 02/25/2008 11:27:08 AM PST by rawhide
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To: TornadoAlley3

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


13 posted on 02/25/2008 11:27:44 AM PST by TomGuy
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To: OKSooner
Depends — was it real mayonnaise or Miracle Whip? That should make a big difference at sentencing.
14 posted on 02/25/2008 11:28:51 AM PST by USFRIENDINVICTORIA
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To: Reagan79
"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?

15 posted on 02/25/2008 11:28:55 AM PST by Redbob (WWJBD: "What Would Jack Bauer Do?")
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To: TornadoAlley3

Another Obama supporter that shows her true colors.


16 posted on 02/25/2008 11:29:31 AM PST by DallasDeb ((a.k.a. USAFA2006Mom!))
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To: TornadoAlley3
She is a masseuse. I guess she really wanted to give Obama a massage.
http://www.austinmassage.org/contact.html
17 posted on 02/25/2008 11:29:36 AM PST by mnehring ("Ronald Reagan has made Jimmy Carter look like a conservative..."- Ron Paul)
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To: TornadoAlley3
The salad was good but needed a salting.

18 posted on 02/25/2008 11:29:45 AM PST by I see my hands (_8(|)
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To: OKSooner

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.


19 posted on 02/25/2008 11:29:49 AM PST by GovernmentShrinker
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To: Reagan79
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.

20 posted on 02/25/2008 11:30:13 AM PST by TChris ("if somebody agrees with me 70% of the time, rather than 100%, that doesn’t make him my enemy." -RR)
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