October 31, 2006
Allen Assault
Like all news video, this starts about 30 seconds too late, but I still have to disagree with Michael here.
Getting asked rude questions is part and parcel to the whole political thing. Having your campaign members wrestle a person to the ground because of it is:
Now, I admit there is a 10% chance that the 30 seconds before, the questioner was doing something which could be viewed as threatening, and which called for keeping him away from Allen.
However, if you watch the video – it’s after the staffers had already gotten him into another room, that they actually throw him to the floor - well after he asked the question, and well after he had been moved away from the Senator.
Watch the second half, when they’re in the second room. The questioner tries to take the staffer’s hand off his shirt, when he is tackled from behind. Then he is behind moved away by two staffers, one of whom then seems to throw the questioner to the floor – even though he seemed to be under control.