Australian prime minister suggests senator should be charged for hitting teen after egg attack

[DonViejo]

New Zealand shooting: Australian leader sides with teen who egged anti-Muslim senator

Sen. Fraser Anning has been widely condemned for blaming Muslim immigration for racist attacks on two New Zealand mosques that claimed at least 50 lives.

arch 17, 2019, 3:05 AM EDT / Updated March 17, 2019, 4:07 AM EDT

By Associated Press

CANBERRA, Australia — Australia's prime minister has suggested an anti-Muslim senator should be charged after he hit a teen who cracked a raw egg over the legislator's head.

Sen. Fraser Anning has been widely condemned for blaming Muslim immigration for racist attacks on two New Zealand mosques that claimed at least 50 lives.

The 17-year-old boy who egged Anning has become an online hero.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Sunday took the side of the egger, telling reporters: "The full force of the law should be applied to Sen. Anning."

Police allege the 17-year-old, who calls himself "Egg Boy" online, assaulted the senator with the egg.

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[comradebillyboy]

1. Egg boy deserved to get punched and he deserves to be charged with assault.

Why? Because he instigated the affair by assaulting the Senator. The Senator is a racist asshole, but one can't go around assaulting people because one doesn't like what they say.

[Dr Hobbitstein]

2. He's a teen. The senator is a grown ass man.

The teen is a hero and did a wonderful service. The senator is a vile piece of shit who deserves far worse than an egg in the face. Punching a kid? Not cool.

[comradebillyboy]

3. Despite the Senator being a terrible person, egg boy doesn't have the right

to physically assault him. The Senator's reaction is completely understandable. Consider your reaction if a MAGA hat wearing 17 year old hit your favorite senator with a rotten egg. Would that be ok?

[Dr Hobbitstein]

9. Was my favorite Senator spouting anti-Muslim rhetoric

After a bunch of Muslims were shot up?
He was encouraging more violence. That shit needs to be shut down post haste.

Just like punching a Nazi. It’s your civic duty.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

4. your justice is lopsided

The Nazi should be charged for assaulting the teen. He does not have the excuse of self-defense; there was no ongoing threat to him when he assaulted "Egg Boy".

[comradebillyboy]

5. The Senator's reaction is completely understandable. Consider your reaction

if a MAGA hat wearing 17 year old egged either you or your favorite progressive.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

7. the Senator is guilty of assault

He turned around, observed no threat, and attacked Egg Boy. That's assault and battery.

"Understandable" has nothing to do with it.

It's the same thing that causes road rage confrontations to turn deadly.

[blogslut]

11. No, it isn't understandable

It was an egg. A grown man, that tall, shouldn't have rage issues.

[obamanut2012]

10. You seem nice

[Quixote1818]

14. Well, the police in Australia seem to differ

https://www.pedestrian.tv/news/teen-egged-fraser-anning-released-without-charge/

[roamer65]

6. Being hit with an egg does not warrant reprisal.

He’s a racist. Being hit with an egg should be the least of his worries.

[ProudLib72]

8. Anning's goons who tackled the boy should be charged as well

Those guys were nasty, nasty brown shirts who had him in a choke hold and threatened him.

[Quixote1818]

13. They had him in a chokehold for a very long time

Choke holds can be lethal as Eric Garner's family knows all too well.

[ProudLib72]

15. If you listen carefully, you can hear someone telling the goon who had him in a chokehold to let go

These neo-Nazis don't care what happens.

[TheBlackAdder]

12. In NJ, that 17yo would have been arrested, the senator arrested, and his henchmen.

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Three separate assault incidents.

1) The boy-instigated one. Just because he's a minor, there are several youth prisons in NJ for lesser charges. The age thing gives him a little shielding, but not much, as he is probably a high school sophomore or senior, and probably has a driver's permit.

2) The senator instigated one. This jackass should have known better, and let himself lose control.

3) The henchmen, who were third-parties would be cited. They were just acting in groupthink, mob fashion.

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