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In reply to the discussion: 24-year-old man punches election judge in the face while waiting in line to vote: Police [View all]70sEraVet
(4,133 posts)36. There should be special protections for election workers.
Enhanced penalties for assaulting or abusing these people who stand at the vanguard of preserving our democracy.
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24-year-old man punches election judge in the face while waiting in line to vote: Police [View all]
riversedge
Tuesday
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"Schmidt was held overnight and transported to Bridgeview Courthouse for a detention hearing and the investigation is cu
riversedge
Tuesday
#7
.....approved (2) counts of Aggravated Battery to a victim over 60 (Class 3 Felony), (2) counts of Aggravated Battery in
riversedge
Tuesday
#2
I wish I could have found the one with the spray-on hair. I don't know if I want to punch that face ...
marble falls
Tuesday
#13
"He has such a punchable face" In German they have a word for that...'Backpfeifengesicht'
mitch96
Tuesday
#29
A 24-year-old white male -- "causing a disturbance in the voting line" and punching a judge?
Grins
Tuesday
#21
If MAGA can't win the vote, they cheat. If cheating does not work they get violent.
mitch96
Tuesday
#26
What a sad story - GOP/Wall Street hate propaganda caused him to engaged in a thoughtless act that
PatrickforB
Tuesday
#50
He probably thinks waiting in long lines to vote is only something Black people should be forced to do.
SunSeeker
Tuesday
#61
I just can't help thinking that all these incidents are designed to intimidate voters.
Jit423
Tuesday
#66
Imagine that future convicted felon screwing up the rest of his life because...
Justice matters.
Tuesday
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