More On Patrick Kennedy
Earlier this evening (just about an hour and forty-five minutes ago), I commented on the late-night/early-morning incident concerning Re. Patrick Kennedy and a concrete barrier. I just found this on Captain Ed's site:
This calls into question a number of issues about law enforcement in the nation's capital. Just a few weeks ago, we hailed the Capitol Police when it pursued assault charges against Cynthia McKinney. Now it appears that McKinney may have had a point when she presumed that DC police would give her special treatment due to her position. They certainly appear to have done so with Kennedy, at least above the patrol level. So far no one has taken responsibility for giving the order to skip the routine investigatory practice of checking for alcohol influence when a driver has a single-car accident in the middle of the night -- especially when one of the officers insists that the Congressman appeared intoxicated.
Some will make inevitable comparisons to Rep. Kennedy's uncle and Chappaquiddick. This is not quite the same issue, as Patrick Kennedy did not run from the scene of the accident -- and no one died, although that came from sheer luck. It may not reflect on Rep. Kennedy at all, if he did nothing to initiate the favorable treatment, but may have more to do with an entrenched culture in DC which treats politicians significantly better than they treat the public in general. Questions need to be answered, but by the police department more than the Kennedys.
Michelle Malkin has a report that Kennedy had another accident just three weeks ago, this time in Portsmouth, RI, this one on a Saturday at 10:09 am. It's difficult to imagine alcohol being a factor in that accident, but the report indicates very reckless driving and Kennedy's handwriting looks very strange indeed. Perhaps the Kennedys should hire Patrick a driver for a while, for his safety and that of the public.
OK. Let's start this by concurring with Captain Ed regarding the complications this may cause in the McKinney affair from a couple weeks ago. It does look a lot like some serious preferential treatment in the incident involving Rep. Kennedy. And before our loyal readers start going nuts, let me explain ...
Both are House members. Both have a history with run-ins concerning police (McKinney's over-embellishment of incidents, and Kennedy's previous meetings in alcohol related incidents). Both have had confrontations with the police within a couple weeks of one another.
Cynthia McKinney wasn't recognized at a Capitol Security checkpoint in the House. She was confronted, and she hit the cop.
Patrick Kennedy was driving recklessly and hit a concrete barrier. When he emerged from his car, police state that it was clear he was intoxicated. His explanation (a vote at around 3 a.m.?) was completely inadequate for officers on scene. The signature on the ticket shows he's clearly not in full and responsible control of his faculties. Sergeants show up on scene, and dismiss the initial officers. Kennedy, it appears, was not only given a pass on this, but never even saw the inside of a police station. Hmm. Something's fishy here.
And we did applaud the DC police in the McKinney incident for doing their job. In the Kennedy incident last night, I find little praise for such above-board preferential treatment. I'm actually pretty hot over this. Not just because this would never happen in the life of an average Joe-Six-Pack, but because there clearly seems to be a bias at work here. Patrick Kennedy could have easily killed someone, or caused a severe accident in his position. What was McKinney's crime? Striking an officer after he stopped her for bypassing a security gate.
Ask yourself this question: Which crime is more serious? It doesn't matter that she committed an act of violence, nor does it matter that he didn't cause an accident. His crime, in my opinion, is the greater offense. Despite the somewhat hilarious/relatively cruel humor of some conservatives out there, Cynthia McKinney isn't going to kill anyone. Patrick Kennedy could have, and might have had he not had the accident. So, why didn't they arrest him? A quick call to the Capitol could have confirmed whether he was telling the truth about a vote (Please don't think I'm being stupid here. LEGALLY, if a member of the House states he is en route to a vote, law enforcement can't stop them or hold them.) So once it was confirmed that no vote was occurring, Rep. Kennedy should have been placed under arrest for a DUI.
Capitol police, thus far, chose otherwise. There is no booking report produced yet. There is no mugshot or fingerprints, as yet. So, if they arrested him, this is an arrest equivalent to the moonbat arrest of Pres. Bush for cocaine possession. The same arrest that mysteriously has disappeared. (Ask Fortunate Son author Jim Hatfield about that. To date, no evidence has been found of that arrest; even the MSM attests to that.)
Captain Ed is right: This is more about the influence that Kennedy has in DC than his skin color. I don't want to hear people screaming that McKinney was right, and it was all about race. It wasn't. More than anything his treatment has stemmed from the family name in DC. His uncle is Ted Kennedy. That family name still carries a great deal of weight there in Washington. And yes, it is thoroughly entrenched. In addition, I agree that the police need to answer some questions, not the Kennedys. We let the Kennedy clan start handling this story, it'll be "circle the wagons" CYA time in DC. We won't get to the bottom of this, and Patrick Kennedy will not have learned his lesson. Maybe being nailed, having to face the revocation of his license, and having to submit to a rehab clinic where he's given semi-regular urinalysis will help him realize that it's not smart to drive drunk.
Of course, one less Kennedy having the ability to drive ain't bad either.
Publius II
Earlier this evening (just about an hour and forty-five minutes ago), I commented on the late-night/early-morning incident concerning Re. Patrick Kennedy and a concrete barrier. I just found this on Captain Ed's site:
This calls into question a number of issues about law enforcement in the nation's capital. Just a few weeks ago, we hailed the Capitol Police when it pursued assault charges against Cynthia McKinney. Now it appears that McKinney may have had a point when she presumed that DC police would give her special treatment due to her position. They certainly appear to have done so with Kennedy, at least above the patrol level. So far no one has taken responsibility for giving the order to skip the routine investigatory practice of checking for alcohol influence when a driver has a single-car accident in the middle of the night -- especially when one of the officers insists that the Congressman appeared intoxicated.
Some will make inevitable comparisons to Rep. Kennedy's uncle and Chappaquiddick. This is not quite the same issue, as Patrick Kennedy did not run from the scene of the accident -- and no one died, although that came from sheer luck. It may not reflect on Rep. Kennedy at all, if he did nothing to initiate the favorable treatment, but may have more to do with an entrenched culture in DC which treats politicians significantly better than they treat the public in general. Questions need to be answered, but by the police department more than the Kennedys.
Michelle Malkin has a report that Kennedy had another accident just three weeks ago, this time in Portsmouth, RI, this one on a Saturday at 10:09 am. It's difficult to imagine alcohol being a factor in that accident, but the report indicates very reckless driving and Kennedy's handwriting looks very strange indeed. Perhaps the Kennedys should hire Patrick a driver for a while, for his safety and that of the public.
OK. Let's start this by concurring with Captain Ed regarding the complications this may cause in the McKinney affair from a couple weeks ago. It does look a lot like some serious preferential treatment in the incident involving Rep. Kennedy. And before our loyal readers start going nuts, let me explain ...
Both are House members. Both have a history with run-ins concerning police (McKinney's over-embellishment of incidents, and Kennedy's previous meetings in alcohol related incidents). Both have had confrontations with the police within a couple weeks of one another.
Cynthia McKinney wasn't recognized at a Capitol Security checkpoint in the House. She was confronted, and she hit the cop.
Patrick Kennedy was driving recklessly and hit a concrete barrier. When he emerged from his car, police state that it was clear he was intoxicated. His explanation (a vote at around 3 a.m.?) was completely inadequate for officers on scene. The signature on the ticket shows he's clearly not in full and responsible control of his faculties. Sergeants show up on scene, and dismiss the initial officers. Kennedy, it appears, was not only given a pass on this, but never even saw the inside of a police station. Hmm. Something's fishy here.
And we did applaud the DC police in the McKinney incident for doing their job. In the Kennedy incident last night, I find little praise for such above-board preferential treatment. I'm actually pretty hot over this. Not just because this would never happen in the life of an average Joe-Six-Pack, but because there clearly seems to be a bias at work here. Patrick Kennedy could have easily killed someone, or caused a severe accident in his position. What was McKinney's crime? Striking an officer after he stopped her for bypassing a security gate.
Ask yourself this question: Which crime is more serious? It doesn't matter that she committed an act of violence, nor does it matter that he didn't cause an accident. His crime, in my opinion, is the greater offense. Despite the somewhat hilarious/relatively cruel humor of some conservatives out there, Cynthia McKinney isn't going to kill anyone. Patrick Kennedy could have, and might have had he not had the accident. So, why didn't they arrest him? A quick call to the Capitol could have confirmed whether he was telling the truth about a vote (Please don't think I'm being stupid here. LEGALLY, if a member of the House states he is en route to a vote, law enforcement can't stop them or hold them.) So once it was confirmed that no vote was occurring, Rep. Kennedy should have been placed under arrest for a DUI.
Capitol police, thus far, chose otherwise. There is no booking report produced yet. There is no mugshot or fingerprints, as yet. So, if they arrested him, this is an arrest equivalent to the moonbat arrest of Pres. Bush for cocaine possession. The same arrest that mysteriously has disappeared. (Ask Fortunate Son author Jim Hatfield about that. To date, no evidence has been found of that arrest; even the MSM attests to that.)
Captain Ed is right: This is more about the influence that Kennedy has in DC than his skin color. I don't want to hear people screaming that McKinney was right, and it was all about race. It wasn't. More than anything his treatment has stemmed from the family name in DC. His uncle is Ted Kennedy. That family name still carries a great deal of weight there in Washington. And yes, it is thoroughly entrenched. In addition, I agree that the police need to answer some questions, not the Kennedys. We let the Kennedy clan start handling this story, it'll be "circle the wagons" CYA time in DC. We won't get to the bottom of this, and Patrick Kennedy will not have learned his lesson. Maybe being nailed, having to face the revocation of his license, and having to submit to a rehab clinic where he's given semi-regular urinalysis will help him realize that it's not smart to drive drunk.
Of course, one less Kennedy having the ability to drive ain't bad either.
Publius II
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