1992 NAB - Ex-President Reagan's Glass Statue Broken

I admit I didn't attend that luncheon. I was focused on the Trek event. This just showed up in the 4 hrs of feed we recorded from the TV in our room at the NAB hotel in Las Vegas. I was scanning for video of non-linear editing.

In that same playlist, you'll find the NAB Trek raw footage, as well as the NAB TV package of the event. I'm intending to put up another raw footage video of non-linear editor demos at NAB (National Association of Broadcasters), similar to the one I put up of SMPTE (Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers). It's interesting to see how the field has changed in 25 years. That video will end up in the Computer History Playlist.

1 posted on 09/14/2017 5:00:08 PM PDT by mairdie

I wonder what ever happened to the idiot heckler. Do you think he’s still around protesting or do you think he’s in a hole somewhere.

2 posted on 09/14/2017 5:07:07 PM PDT by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day")

To: The Antiyuppie

Rick Paul Springer

A federal judge Tuesday freed an anti-nuclear activist who walked on stage at a broadcasters' convention and smashed a crystal statue just awarded to former President Ronald Reagan, showering the former chief executive with shattered glass but not injuring him.

U.S. District Judge Lawrence Levitt ordered Rick Paul Springer, 41, Arcata, Calif., freed on his own recognizance and ordered him to appear May 4 for a preliminary hearing on a charge of assaulting a former president; -- a federal felony.

The government argued against freeing Springer, saying he is 'obsessive and could be a threat to the community' during a coming week of protests against nuclear testing in the Nevada desert.

The judge said Springer is 'not a man to lead a violent life and there is nothing to indicate he would be a danger to the community.'

Levitt also gave Springer permission to attend the final two days of protests by the anti-nuclear group, 100th Monkey, a walk to the Nevada Test Site Saturday and Sunday, said organization spokeswoman Sarah Seed

The bearded Springer ambled on stage Monday as Reagan was accepting an award from the National Association of Broadcasters, grabbed the crystal statue of an eagle in flight from the podium and smashed it. Shards of glass showered Reagan, but he was not cut.

Reagan appeared startled as Secret Service Agents tackled Springer and dragged him off the stage.

'As he slammed the figurine on the podium, a large piece of glass broke off (and) struck Reagan on the side of his head in the temple area,' Lt. Charlie Davidaitis of Las Vegas Metropolitan Police said.

'Springer has indicated that had he known that the breaking of Ronald Reagan's award would cause such breakage and shattering he would never have done it as apart of the civil disobedience action,' said Springer's attorney, William Carrico.

Asked as he was led into the courthouse if he had any regrets, Springer replied, 'None, other than maybe the glass flying and hitting the president.'

Reagan was on stage to receive the NAB distinguished service award commemorating his years as a sports broadcaster. He had left the crystal statue sitting on the podium to his left as he addressed the convention.

Photographer Jim Maidhof said the protester was casually dressed and looked like he was a stagehand.

'I thought he was going to fix a microphone,' Maidhof said. 'He shouted, 'excuse me, Mr. President' in a rather vehement tone and then picked the award up and smashed it.'

Reagan returned to the stage moments after the disruption and continued his speech.

'Was he a Democrat, by chance?' Reagan quipped to a standing ovation from more than 3,000 conventiongoers.

An NAB spokesman said the crystal award, broadcasting's highest honor given to an individual, had been handmade for Reagan and would be replaced.

Springer is among a contingent of anti-nuclear demonstrators who have gathered in Las Vegas to denounce nuclear weapons testing at the Department of Energy test site.

The incident happened during the NAB's annual four-day convention at the Las Vegas Hilton Convention Center.

3 posted on 09/14/2017 5:14:20 PM PDT by mairdie

To: The Antiyuppie

>>do you think heÂ’s in a hole somewhere

Died in 2010.

4 posted on 09/14/2017 5:16:32 PM PDT by mairdie

To: The Antiyuppie

I remember when that happened.

That damn dirty hippie really took a swipe at the glass statue.

Could have lacerated Reagan's face or eyes.

I hope they gave Reagan a new copy.

If that dirtbag protester is still alive, he's likely locked up in some rubber room, or living under a bridge somewhere.

5 posted on 09/14/2017 5:20:14 PM PDT by boop (I'd wish you luck, but you wouldn't know what to do with it if you had it!)

To: The Antiyuppie

Failed to surrender for service of his sentence

Springer, who was opposed to nuclear bomb testing, felt called upon to interfere with a ceremony where former President Ronald Reagan was receiving a gift of a crystal eagle. Springer destroyed the eagle because he thought that would be an appropriate way to call attention to a nuclear bomb test scheduled for the next day. As a result, he was convicted of interference with the Secret Service and was sentenced to 120 days of incarceration for that offense. See 18 U.S.C. Â§ 3056(d). He was ordered to surrender on April 2, 1993, but that date was later extended to June 2, 1993.

Springer determined that he would not surrender because something more important held his attention. He was concerned that a moratorium on nuclear testing was about to end, so he decided that jail could not be permitted to interfere with his desire to engage in protests against that possibility. He also saw his action, his refusal to surrender, as a form of civil resistance. By June 27, 1993, he discovered that the President had extended the moratorium. He still did not surrender. As he said, he wanted his surrender to be a media event, and he had not quite figured out how to finance or accomplish that. He was finally arrested on August 9, 1993, and this prosecution for failure to surrender ensued. See 18 U.S.C. Â§ 3146(a)(2).

6 posted on 09/14/2017 5:38:01 PM PDT by mairdie

The liberals have always been in the business of suppressing free speech.

7 posted on 09/14/2017 5:38:02 PM PDT by Brilliant

To: The Antiyuppie

8 posted on 09/14/2017 5:42:44 PM PDT by Enchante

>>I hope they gave Reagan a new copy.

UPI

An NAB spokesman said the crystal award, broadcasting's highest honor given to an individual, had been handmade for Reagan and would be replaced.

9 posted on 09/14/2017 5:45:51 PM PDT by mairdie

I wonder what Trump would have done? No doubt come back with a statue that was twice as big.

10 posted on 09/14/2017 5:53:58 PM PDT by bigbob (People say believe half of what you see son and none of what you hear - M. Gaye)

To: The Antiyuppie

I was not in the US when this incident occurred but I don’t believe it was reported on CNN. I’d be curious to know if it was carried on the networks and covered in the papers in the US.

11 posted on 09/14/2017 5:54:30 PM PDT by InABunkerUnderSF (Dump Flake)

"By June 27, 1993, he discovered that the President had extended the moratorium. He still did not surrender."

So POTUS Clinton extended the moratorium and the pile of crap STILL thought it wasn't good enough for him?

He had protestin' to do!

Why would even Clinton allow this?

It should have turned from 120 days to 1 full year, just on general principles.

Really, you get to tell the President when you "feel" like showing up to jail?

12 posted on 09/14/2017 5:55:06 PM PDT by boop (I'd wish you luck, but you wouldn't know what to do with it if you had it!)

"Though initially believed to be the victim of a heart attack, the Washoe County Coroner’s Office said that Springer died of a self-inflicted gunshot to the head."

Wow, real great detective work there by the coroner.

I can't tell you how often a person comes into the ER with a possible "heart attack", and they just *happen* to have brain material leaking out of their head, too.

13 posted on 09/14/2017 6:02:02 PM PDT by boop (I'd wish you luck, but you wouldn't know what to do with it if you had it!)

To: The Antiyuppie

Security was slow to protect Mr. Reagan. That guy could have stabbed him or hit him.

14 posted on 09/14/2017 6:02:41 PM PDT by laplata (Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)

“Though initially believed to be the victim of a heart attack, the Washoe County Coroner’s Office said that Springer died of a self-inflicted gunshot to the head.”

I’m trying to wrap my head around the above. I’m not very familiar with medical forensics other than what I’ve seen on CSI, but it seems to me that a self-inflicted gunshot to the head would have symptoms quite different that some type of heart failure might have.

One way or another, it seems to have turned out OK in the end.

15 posted on 09/14/2017 6:03:22 PM PDT by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day")

To: InABunkerUnderSF

>>I'd be curious to know if it was carried on the networks and covered in the papers in the US.

LA Times

New York Times

16 posted on 09/14/2017 6:11:39 PM PDT by mairdie

To: boop; The Antiyuppie

Yeah, you have to really wonder about that one.....

17 posted on 09/14/2017 6:38:51 PM PDT by Enchante

To: The Antiyuppie

18 posted on 09/14/2017 6:52:57 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)

1992 NAB - Ex-President Reagan's Glass Statue Broken

Seriously confused thread.

What does this have to do with a glass statue???

19 posted on 09/14/2017 7:31:32 PM PDT by publius911 (Seriously??)

Though initially believed to be the victim of a heart attack, the Washoe County Coroner’s Office said that Springer died of a self-inflicted gunshot to the head.

Too bad he waited much too long. So many people are literally a waste of oxygen.
Clearly he waited 20 years too long. Good riddance!

20 posted on 09/14/2017 8:03:36 PM PDT by publius911 (Seriously??)

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