charges filed against town hall attendee for asking a Republican

>>175833
Regardless of what party you align with, that is a pretty awful question to ask and he deserved to be removed.

>>175833
Wtf kinda question is that

>>175835
qft
how dare he shed an unfavorable light on the congressman's platform with a frightening question.
town halls are for photo ops, not making people think and bring attention to pressing issues.
tbh people should pay a fine or go to prison for asking bad questions in public.

>“We’ve been here for a while. You probably haven’t seen the news. Can you confirm whether or not your daughter Bridget has been kidnapped?” Radecki asked the senator.
>After several seconds, Radecki then said, “The reason I ask is because that’s the reality of families that suffer deportation.”

This filthy commie reporter deserved to be executed on the spot for that question.

>>175847
Yeah there's absolutely nothing wrong with telling someone their kid has been kidnapped in the middle of other people actually being constructive and talking about their political beliefs rather than being needlessly provocative and essentially threatening a crime

>>175847
>"dude there is literally no way to talk about politics other than telling people their kids have been kidnapped"

it was a creepy thing to do but his intention obviously wasn't to threaten or incite violence and he was trying to argue a reasonable point.
So I've mixed feelings on arresting and removing him from the meeting. It would have been sufficient just to explain his question wasn't acceptable and ask him to sit down. Charging him with that stuff is definitely over the top though..

>>175852
>needlessly provocative
Who decides whether the provocation was needless? He was trying to provoke thinking on a policy question from a different perspective.
>and essentially threatening a crime
Oh c'mon, that's retarded.
There's absolutely no evidence to believe such a thing.

>>175853
why does it matter whether there was a different way to talk about it?

>>175848
Lol

>>175857
>reasonable point
>So I've mixed feelings o
Wrong

>>175858
>Can you confirm whether or not your daughter Bridget has been kidnapped?

Let's be honest, that was a direct threat. Implying his daughter was or would be kidnapped.

A better wording would be "Can you confirm whether or not thousands of Americans have had their children kidnapped/taken away/dissappeared in a black van/wrongly arrested/never see their families and communities again"

That person was not too bright

>>175847
>people should pay a fine or go to prison for asking bad questions
No, but they should be held responsible for what they say and can be escorted out of a private, ticketed event at the discretion of those running it. Handcuffs and pressing charges is a bit much though. I think specifically mentioning the daughters name is what really crossed the line and made it seem threatening.
>>175859
Sneak an airsoft gun into your local school and start waving it around while claiming we need more fun control to stop lunatics from shooting our children. Why does it matter whether there is a different way to go about starting a discussion on gun reform?

>>175861
>Let's be honest, that was a direct threat. Implying his daughter was or would be kidnapped.
Let's be honest. He wanted the congressman to feel the same thing that some families would because of the particular policy choices the congressman supports.
>That person was not too bright
and yet, he's got everyone's attention now.

>Sneak an airsoft gun into your local school and start waving it around while claiming we need more fun control to stop lunatics from shooting our children. Why does it matter whether there is a different way to go about starting a discussion on gun reform?
A nonsensical comparison. A fake gun can't be brought into a school because people can't tell the difference and presuming innocuousness places everyone in danger in the case a real lunatic with a gun shows up.

>>175869
>a nonsensical comparison
Are you daft? I was not trying to make a comparison. I was pointing out how retarded the statement here >>175859 is. There are ways to start a discussion with tact and what this man did was not one of them.

Also you may need to clean up the rest of your response. It makes absolutely no sense.

>>175835
Deserved to be removed, not charged.

Nobody would care if he was just removed.

>>175861
How the fuck is that a direct threat?
That's like me asking if your dog has gone missing, despite knowing full well that it's alright. There are so many levels between what was said and "I'm kidnapping your daughter".

>>175885
Have you called your family members recently and confirmed that they are alive? You should really be confirming that WINK WINK

Because it could be that they are chopped up in pink. Complete hypothetical to get you thinking you know. Let me bring up their actual names so you know I've done the research

>>175833
>“The reason I ask is because that’s the reality of families that suffer deportation.”
What a fucking tool.

Yeah that'll really convince people to change their minds on immigration. Infer a threat of abduction.
I hope mexican cartels slaughter the lot of ya.

>>175891
It was a creepy thing to do but if we judge from the context and how the question was framed, the intention was fairly obviously to be provocative, there's no more evidence to suggest it was anything more than that. At the very least it wouldn't hold up in a court of law as a threat.