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| Two women charged with beating Wisconsin lawmaker during protest |
| 2020-07-29 |
| [NYPOST] Two women accused of assaulting a Wisconsin state senator as he took photos of a crowd that toppled two statues during a protest last month have been arrested, police said. State Sen. Tim Carpenter, a Democrat from Milwaukee, was attacked in Madison on June 24 as he pointed his phone at a group of protesters who tore down two statues on Capitol grounds. He was repeatedly punched and kicked in the head and later required surgery for his wounds, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports. "I don’t know what happened ... all I did was stop and take a picture ... and the next thing I’m getting five, six punches, getting kicked in the head," Carpenter told the newspaper last month. Two people within the "angry mob" that allegedly attacked Carpenter, identified by police as Samantha Hamer, 26, and Kerida O’Reilly, 33, both of Madison, surrendered to cops Monday. Both are now facing charges of substantial battery as a party to a crime and robbery with use of force as a party to a crime, police said Monday. "Thanks to help from the community, the case detective was able to identify the two persons of interest," police said in a statement. "Both turned themselves in today." Monday’s statement did not identify Carpenter by name, but Madison police said a politician reported to cops that he decided to use his phone to capture the protests just before he was assaulted. "As he did, three people rushed toward him, saying something about his phone," police said. "One knocked it out of his hand. He said he was then sucker punched. He fell to the ground and was battered by several people." A nearby news hound told police roughly 10 people proceeded to kick and punch Carpenter as he "tried to explain" that he was an ally to the demonstrators, police said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #10 Not gonna' "dox" 'em, but... Although Ms. BlueHair is identified as a Madison resident, she is licensed in IL to perform physical therapy in a couple of IL practices. She has also caused me to expand the upper level of my Fugly-meter. The other goof is a school counselor in the Mt. Horeb system. Something about family violence or some such truck... Google can be your friend! |
| Posted by: Anomalous Sources 2020-07-29 18:23 |
| #9 Does that make me a bad person? Well, you're here - where the evil meet & plot. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-07-29 15:04 |
| #8 While I generically disapprove of people being beaten in the streets, I admit I snickered a bit that the vic was a Dem senator who was there as a 'protestor'. Does that make me a bad person? |
| Posted by: SteveS 2020-07-29 14:57 |
| #7 No one told Timmy it was Hamer Time |
| Posted by: Snakes Schwarzeneggar1950 2020-07-29 14:37 |
| #6 They figured Mr Carpenter needed some physical therapy. Or help dealing with emotional distress. |
| Posted by: Lumpy Mussolini7603 2020-07-29 11:56 |
| #5 And Mr. Carpenter is a BLM protest supporter. He was just 'too white' for these harpies. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2020-07-29 11:40 |
| #4 Two women... ... but one identifies as a wildebeest |
| Posted by: Mercutio 2020-07-29 09:51 |
| #3 "Hamer works as a social worker for the Mount Horeb School District in suburban Madison. Hamer as of Tuesday afternoon was still listed on the district's website as a resource for high school students and their families who need help dealing with emotional distress, anxiety, depression, extreme irritability, changes in behavior or acting out. "O'Reilly is a licensed physical therapist in Madison who graduated from Marquette University's Doctorate in Physical Therapy program in 2011." |
| Posted by: Lumpy Mussolini7603 2020-07-29 08:59 |
| #2 Jerry Nadler's peaceful protesters. |
| Posted by: jpal 2020-07-29 08:55 |
| #1 Thanks for the visual. |
| Posted by: Cesare 2020-07-29 07:15 |