Posted on 05/13/2006 9:55:47 AM PDT by SandRat
The Tucson Police Department is asking for the public's help in identifying a female protester who kicked an officer in the face during the April 10 pro-immigration rally.
After closely reviewing video footage from the rally, police have been able to single out the female who they say intentionally kicked Officer Nathan A. Tullgren, 26, as he was on the ground making an arrest, said Tucson police Chief of Staff Capt. Brett Klein on Friday. Police say she could face a charge of aggravated assault on a peace officer.
According to Klein, Tullgren had just pulled a male off of another officer's back when he took the male down to the ground.
The woman, who is in her late teens to early 20s, then kicked Tullgren in the face, knocking off his hat. After she kicked Tullgren, Officer Douglas C. Musick pushed the young woman away to prevent her from further injuring the officer and she fell over a bicycle, a police report stated.
She ran into the crowd before she could be arrested. She was wearing a black or navy blue hooded sweatshirt, jeans, a black messenger bag and black-and-white Chuck Taylor Converse shoes.
At times, she had a red Che Guevara flag draped over her shoulders. She has black hair and a lip ring on her lower lip.
Meanwhile, the Tucson Police Officers Association said officers performed their jobs properly during the rally and a smaller counterprotest where a Mexican flag was burned.
Officers had to use pepper spray and arrested six people after protesters became angered by the burning of the flag. A man who is accused of burning the Mexican flag was arrested the following day.
Organizers of the pro-immigration rally and march have accused the officers of using excessive force and failing to perform their jobs. They have asked that an independent investigation be conducted into how police handled the rally and counterprotest.
Two reports this week by the Police Department said officers' actions, including several instances where force was used, were justifiable.
but,..we were a peaceful protest < / sarc
A che guevara flag. How chic.
Oh. A moderate Democrat.
Find the treasonous bitch and return the kick to the face.
I wonder what he was charged with...some fire code thingie?
When feet are outlawed, only outlaws will have feet...
I bet the Red Star was given a picture of the assaulter but didnt post it.
Surely not for that action. Why would the reporter write it that way?
If it's the same flag-burning incident I heard about, he snatched it from a protestor. So it might be a vandalism charge or something like that. They sure do try to make it appear that it's illegal in America to burn a Mexican flag though, don't they?
None released yet.
Could be.
They forget the picture?
Cause the Arizona Daily Star is derisively referred to here as the Arizona RED Star.
Probably an anchor kid assimilating.
I guess its OK to burn our flag, but don't you dare try burning the Mexican flag. "we'll lock your ass up for sure if we catch you".
What a sorry state of affairs our country is in.
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