Fight (Assault) on Political Show Caught on Television

[Synnical]

http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060808/NEWS/608080412/1004

Published Tuesday, August 8, 2006
TAMPA
Fight on Political Show Caught on Television

Community television got spicy this weekend after one man threw a chair at another man on a political debate show.

Joe Redner and Tony Katz have exchanged verbal jabs before on "The Bleepin Truth," a show that airs on Tampa Bay Community Network. But the tension climaxed when Katz, who is a Republican and host of an Internet talk show, threw a stool at Redner, a Democrat who is running for a Hillsborough commission seat, hitting Redner on the head and back.

The two had been discussing Israel, but the debate turned personal when Katz called Redner a liar. Redner called him fat.

"That is assault!" Redner yelled repeatedly.

And thanks to the magic of TV, the whole fight was captured live.

Video is here:

http://www.tampabays10.com/video/news/?aid=31058&sid=36939




(Sorry if this is a dupe, I checked but didn't see where it had been posted.)

[bryant69]

1. Throwing a chair at someone is assault?

Damn Lawyers. I remember back when i was a kid we threw chairs at each other all day long, and nobody said boo! Another beloved child hood memory lost to our litigenous society.

Bryant
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com

[sgxnk]

2. yes, it's assault

assault with a 'silly weapon'

:)

(in some states it would be assault and battery, but my state only has assault. no such crime as assault and battery)

[Cleita]

3. Huh! I'm sure glad I didn't go to your school.

That can hurt innocent bystanders.

[im10ashus]

4. Hitting someone with a chair is assault AND battery.

By definition.

[porphyrian]

6. Well, technically, assault is the threat to do harm...

...and battery is actually doing it. I think the word of the law says something like "any offensive touch" for battery.

[Skidmore]

5. This was on Countdown the other night, and the two of these guys

sounded like a couple of middle schoolers. Ended with one guy demanding a retraction of the other calling him a liar, and then pointing out that it didn't change the fact the other guy was fat. That was so stupid!

[im10ashus]

8. This is politics in the 21st Century.

Our forefathers must be proud. :sarcasm:

[Synnical]

10. I agree, they both behaved like children

But, I have to admit, I still thought it was funny. My bad.

[Mr_Jefferson_24]

7. Wow, another graduate of the...

...Bobby Knight Debate Academy.

[zbdent]

9. Cleveland in the 70s

Legendary here in Cleveland ... Can't remember the guy (might have been in the 80s), but it was a city councilman ...