Today at the GOTV Rally for Ron Kind at the UW-La Crosse Campus, the LaCrosseWatchDog tried to ask our congressman why he wouldn't meet with us when we were in Wash DC last Oct, 2009 to protest the ObamaCare law. Ron Kind immediately becomes agitated and tries to grab and push the camera away from the LaCrosseWatchDog blogger. Ron Kind had the option of walking away. Instead, he crossed the line by creating a physical altercation. Watch Ron Kind Becoming UnKind below.
Message From Blogger Who Asked Ron Kind The Question:
As described in the video, I went to Washington D.C. last October to protest passage of the health care bill during the second of two rallies in opposition to this monstrosity. This event was the one spearheaded by MN Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann. I spent two days in the Capitol, with thousands of others, visiting various offices including my own Congressional Representative, Ron Kind. On both visits to the office, I was told that the Congressman was unavailable. Apparently, some of the elite in Congress are not too inclined to meet with those they purport to represent - even when this constituent travels half-way across the country to be heard on a major bill of great importance. Of course, the Legislature entirely ignored and dismissed the overwhelming popular opposition to this grotesque bill, along with other horrendous legislation. Let's be sure they NO LONGER HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO IGNORE US AGAIN !
You can clearly see from the video, I was NOT in Ron Kind's face at any point. I respected his personal space, and was even quite discreet, holding the camera close to my body below my left chest. He had to REACH OUT an arm's length to make contact with me and my camera. He did this only after being told that the health care bill was bad legislation - a policy disagreement. He attempted to enforce his request for "courtesy" with a very UNcourteous physical aggression.
This was NOT a matter of "gotcha journalism" or a fishing for 15 min of fame on you-tube. I had sincere and serious questions for my representative about his conspicuous unavailability and he refused to give any explanation for his elusiveness. We posted this video NOT to draw attention not to ourselves or lacrossewatchdogs, but to expose the elite attitude and hostility displayed from a PUBLIC SERVANT toward a constituent. Lacrossewatchdogs does not exist to seek fortune and fame, but to fill the void left by the main stream media in covering news and holding public officials accountable - the PRIMARY purpose and responsibility of the press. .
This is the latest example in a series of incidencts where Ron Kind and his supporters (UW-La Crosse Administration, League of Women Voters, and WXOW 19) have done everything they could to stop the LaCrosseWatchDog from filming him. They even went as far as to have one of us arrested for simply showing a video camera at a recent debate before it had started. Ron Kind had the option of walking away. Instead, he crossed the line by creating a physical altercation.
I think it's time to start investing in pocket cameras
ReplyDeleteHas this clown ever had a real job, or is he one of those political larvae who infest Capitol Hill as staffers for a few years before running for a pork barrel of their very own?
ReplyDeleteNo surprise to me. Several years ago, when Kind was politicking at RiverFest in La Crosse, I tried to engage him in issue-based discussion. He then put his hands on me and tried to force me to leave the area. (I am a senior-age female!)Totally inappropriate behavior ... and he was employed in the DA's office!! Oh my!!
ReplyDeleteWe need to resurrect some of the old American invention and ingenuity...why hasn't anyone taken webcam technology and made it portable? We should be able to do live audio/visual streams with something as small and portable as a webcam but with decent battery life and the ability to record information.
ReplyDeleteIt is important that the feed be live, because if it is record, the police can simply confiscate the device and destroy a record of what transpired, then say that you were resisting arrest so it was necessary to confiscate your material. If it's a LIVE feed, they can't do anything to you except detain you and beat you up. You still win because you've got them doing it on a live feed that can be broadcast to multiple feeds throughout the Internet.
So why has no one come up with this technology? I know nothing about electronics, but if I did, I'd sure as heck be investing HEAVILY into inventing such a device and then marketing it to oppressive regimes throughout the world, starting with our own and then possibly the poor people of the "Republic" of China.
payday.
ReplyDeleteYou seem to be confused, First anonymous: It is Scott Walker and Mike Huebsch that never got college degrees. Ron Kind has degrees from: Harvard University where he earned a bachelor’s degree, a Master’s degree from the London School of Economics and a Law Degree from the University of Minnesota
ReplyDeleteDid anyone press charges against this tool when he puts his hands on you? If someone videoed it I'd love to confront the guy then knock his block off (in self defense) when he put his hands on me.
ReplyDeleteNo charges were ever filed. Serious thought was put into it, but we remained satisfied with the amount of bad press he received from this.
ReplyDeleteThanks for an idea, you sparked at thought from a angle I hadn’t given thought to yet. Now lets see if I can do something with it.
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