Representative Robert Filner Watch: Filner to Address American Legion Convention
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Remember California Democrat Congressman Robert Filner who was charged with Assault and Battery in an altercation last week at Dulles International Airport.
Filner is in Iraq now but will be returning to speak before the American Legion next week. Democrat Filner is the Chairman, Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives.
In the meantime, Fox News is reporting that this altercation at Dulles is not the ONLY brush-up Filner has had with the law.
Now the Copley News Service is reporting that Filner tried to bully his way into a California immigration detention facility four years ago and officers there called local police for assistance. A Justice Department incident report says Filner tried to push his way past immigration officers after being denied immediate access to a detainee. A supervisor quotes Filner as challenging detention officers by saying, “Are you going to stop me, big man? Are you going to shoot me? Are you going to arrest me?”
The supervisor adds that Filner also said, “I am a congressman and can do whatever I want.”
Is the incident at Dulles yet another Cynthia McKinney moment for Representative Filner?
Apparently so.
Flap looks forward to his explanation when he returns from Iraq.
Representative Robert Filner D-California
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5 Comments
Jenn
This is just like when the police beat up a girl at Reagan National Airport in DC. They assaulted this girl and gave her a serious brain injury and made her entire body black and blue.
Then they arrested HER and charged her with a made up crime. You can be beat up by police and then have them charge you with a slew of imaginary crimes to cover up the beating, even if you are a law abiding citizen.
I seriously doubt Congressman Filner, who has devoted his entire career to public service and was going to visit our troops in Iraq, assaulted anyone. Fly through Washington DC airports at your own risk!
Flap
I think I have seen this comment before.
Talking points?
The facts are different here and this is a different airport.
William
Whether Congressman Filner is a Democrat or Republican is irrelevant. The fact of the matter is, this man has dedicated his entire life to public service, and was visiting out troops in Iraq. The DC Airport Authority is making it a practice to beat up, harrass, arrest and place false charges on ordinary, non-criminal citizens. Its shameful that Congressman Filner can be arrested for bogus charges, girls can be beaten and have bogus charges against them (the girl who was beaten and given a concussion at Reagan National Airport), and even mothers and babies can be harassed and threatened with criminal prosecution (the sippy cup terrorist). There needs to be a major investigation into these illegal practices at the DC Area airports.
Flap
Wrong airport.
Gee, who is writing these same talking points?
And why so defensive? The Congressman can stop being an asshole and apologize. End of story. But apparently he doesn’t want to let it go.
He will be able to tell his story to the judge.
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