Video: Campus police brutalize Coulter protester by, um, arresting him
posted at 3:33 pm on February 26, 2009 by Allahpundit
Via Gutfeld, driven to a fugue state of violent rage by a week’s worth of whining from college-aged progressives. Hot on the heels of the immortal “NYU Alamo” clip comes this harrowing vid of a protester at Coulter’s speech to the College of New Jersey being horribly … handcuffed and led out. To set the scene:
The police report from that night says that Tracey went onto the stage, where Coulter was signing books.
After being advised the stage area was for those with books only, Tracey said he had a piece of paper and wanted an autograph.
“When he was told no, he went around two police officers and approached the table where Ann Coulter was sitting,” Holt wrote.
Holt took Tracey off the stage and into the seating area, then told the student he was not allowed to go back to the stage and had to leave.
As Tracey walked back towards the stage, Holt grabbed Tracey’s coat in an attempt to stop him, but said Tracey spun out of the coat and ran towards the seating area.
Tackling Tracey toward the ground, Holt attempted to handcuff Tracey, but the young man would not put his hands behind his back.
Surprise: After initially threatening a lawsuit, he’s now decided against it. And surprise again: Apparently, he’s the vice president of the campus’s College Democrats.
Brace yourself. You’ve never seen police conduct like this before. Unless you’ve ever seen anyone arrested before.
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Has this guy shaved or taken a bath in the last few days?
faraway on February 26, 2009 at 3:58 PM
What a pussy.
carbon_footprint on February 26, 2009 at 3:59 PM
My apologies if I misunderstood you. :)
tickleddragon on February 26, 2009 at 3:59 PM
Nice line.
She is a huge thorn in their side. Poison indeed. DTMH said more then he meant.
Spirit of 1776 on February 26, 2009 at 3:59 PM
It’s a bad Monty Python skit
“Come and see the violence inherent in the system!”
Otis B on February 26, 2009 at 4:00 PM
I loved the applause at the end.
becki51758 on February 26, 2009 at 4:00 PM
Here’s the thing: I’ve seen numbnuts like this kid and his ilk waterboarding each other in Union Square so many times in the last year during lame protests that they should be impervious to it by now.
They even put on orange jumpsuits when they do it. Comedy gold, and they don’t even realize it!
Kensington on February 26, 2009 at 4:00 PM
mmmmmmm…Python.
tickleddragon on February 26, 2009 at 4:00 PM
You know, you just can’t make this stuff up. In his whiny-victim Daily Kos diary he links to his college paper’s story about the incident, which describes the event:
Imagine that!
Gilda on February 26, 2009 at 4:01 PM
Prior to that, I love the girl who giggles when a security guard asks her to keep back.
Dude got laughed at by a girl. I’ll bet that’s not how he envisioned it going down…
Kensington on February 26, 2009 at 4:01 PM
Yes we would. You do not mess with the president.
Bob's Kid on February 26, 2009 at 4:02 PM
Just goes to show that Libs sure enjoy their acting careers.
Navyret on February 26, 2009 at 4:02 PM
Little Twerp. Wish they’d roughed him up some more.
OmahaConservative on February 26, 2009 at 4:02 PM
pathetic that this individuals ‘service and bravery for his country’ will be on par with our military men and women in the minds of BIG Education and lefty thinkers everywhere
oh, and he screams like a little girl
gatorboy on February 26, 2009 at 4:03 PM
Irony is lost on the left, me thinks.
MDWNJ on February 26, 2009 at 4:03 PM
I’m sure the media will make out like these officers were doing Coulter’s bidding; that they had orders to put down protesters with “maximum force” or some ridiculous gibberish.
hawksruleva on February 26, 2009 at 4:03 PM
where’s the BART cop when we need him?
no no no no, not the one who killed the guy… sheesh!
gatorboy on February 26, 2009 at 4:03 PM
This line from this guy’s writing on Daily Kos (from IrishEi’s link above) tells me all I need to know about him and his upbringing: “They [the police] also denied my mother any information when she called this evening.” Are you kidding me? His MOMMY is still fighting his battles for him? That ended for me (and most people I know) in about 3rd grade.
fanofamerica on February 26, 2009 at 4:03 PM
Dumb ass. That’s the very definition of resisting.
Bwahaahaa. I thought that was funny as hell. Cops put up with all that verbage all day long but when the very people who spew it are on the receiving end it’s “not appropriate”.
Guardian on February 26, 2009 at 4:04 PM
Man, I bet his labia were swollen the next day.
CDeb on February 26, 2009 at 4:04 PM
This is awesome! I wish more conservative leaders and authors go to college campuses
youngO on February 26, 2009 at 4:04 PM
If he got too close to Ann, she could’ve spit vile poison in his eyes. What an ingrate.
Christien on February 26, 2009 at 4:05 PM
Yup, he is a Jersey cop. LMAO
MDWNJ on February 26, 2009 at 4:05 PM
I hope he got poked with a toilet brush while in jail. Oh wait, he would probably enjoy it.
HornetSting on February 26, 2009 at 4:06 PM
I couldn’t help notice both earwax and nose hair issues, too. Definitely areas of concern.
Kensington on February 26, 2009 at 4:06 PM
Hell, she would’ve kicked his ass, and he would’ve ended up sounding like he did when he was cuffed and stuffed.
OhEssYouCowboys on February 26, 2009 at 4:06 PM
And he’d NEVER hear/see language like that on Kos.
IrishEi on February 26, 2009 at 4:07 PM
Obviously, it’s another girlie man liberal looking for a big lawsuit payoff so he never has to work or spend the rest of his life as a professional protester!
CrusaderPatriot on February 26, 2009 at 4:07 PM
All I needed to hear was someone yelling “I’ve got a camera and your being video taped…”
Why is it these people believe their ‘moral’ outrage trumps everyone else’s?
Bunsin on February 26, 2009 at 4:07 PM
But it was kind of fun the way they opened the door with his head.
Maxx on February 26, 2009 at 4:07 PM
I sure hope this kid is not getting a government loan to go to college.
And from Oabama’s Budget (a direct copyand paste):
I am sure will be seeing more of this type of incident once the above program is implemented.
WashJeff on February 26, 2009 at 4:08 PM
From the story about the punk not suing:
A couple points – 1) nice of the paper to provide an excuse for the low turnout. I guess there are no umbrellas in NJ? 2) Tracey apparently got more than he wanted. So he’s willing to fight for his convictions, up to the point of lying on the ground. What a trooper. I bet he’d almost be willing to take a paper cut for his party (but not for his country).
hawksruleva on February 26, 2009 at 4:08 PM
As a resident of NJ I apologize for our wussie students – and my tax dollar goes toward educating these twits. Hopefully he was an out-of-state student.
katiejane on February 26, 2009 at 4:09 PM
Thirty days in the hole. Wonder bread and corporate water.
Christien on February 26, 2009 at 4:09 PM
A screamer! fitting.
allrsn on February 26, 2009 at 4:09 PM
I’m convinced that she’s a member of NOW. You guys are making a mistake, using the masculine.
OhEssYouCowboys on February 26, 2009 at 4:09 PM
yeah, I’m pretty hard on police most time. . . but these guys were just doing their jobs.
ThackerAgency on February 26, 2009 at 4:09 PM
He sounded like Clarence when Burt the Cop was trying to arrest him in front of 320 Sycamore… “Oh! Help me Joseph!”
gridlock2 on February 26, 2009 at 4:09 PM
hahahahaha!
herrevery on February 26, 2009 at 4:10 PM
DON’T TAZE ME BRO!
Dr Evil on February 26, 2009 at 4:10 PM
haha yes..the whole thing was funny..and he was a little a$$hole.
becki51758 on February 26, 2009 at 4:10 PM
The sad thing is that this asshole will graduate from college and grow up to be Attorney General.
BacaDog on February 26, 2009 at 4:10 PM
It’s dudes like him that get nicknamed “Tinkerbell” right before they are booted from the 3rd day of basic training because they can’t handle the manliness of it all.
Guardian on February 26, 2009 at 4:10 PM
Wouldn’t it be finny if someone actually said that in the background?
upinak on February 26, 2009 at 4:12 PM
Oh – one more joke at this loser’s expense. If your wound is less severe than those received during a make-out session, don’t take photos of it. It screams pansy. Hell, I wouldn’t be surprised if that red spot on his face is just a zit coming on.
hawksruleva on February 26, 2009 at 4:13 PM
Imagine the comedy gold if there had been cell phone cameras during Barack Obama’s Columbia days…
Kensington on February 26, 2009 at 4:13 PM
Wasn’t there a thread a few days back about males going to extremes in order to impress females?
Count to 10 on February 26, 2009 at 4:13 PM
Definitely needs exfoliating.
Kensington on February 26, 2009 at 4:14 PM
LOL!!!
D2Boston on February 26, 2009 at 4:15 PM
They’re always trying to intimidate Ann when she shows up to colleges or universities. The guy got what he deserved, he certainly sounds like he was behaving in a bizarre, threatening manner. Maybe this will make the lil commies think twice about harassing Ann next time.
RepubChica on February 26, 2009 at 4:15 PM
I was initially drawn to the prominently pimpled forehead but you make a good point.
Gilda on February 26, 2009 at 4:16 PM
Who wants to bet this kid’s done water-boarding dramas’s too?
shick on February 26, 2009 at 4:19 PM
The dangerous thing about rushing Coulter on stage is that she’s typically surrounded by conservative men. That is, men men, not liberal men.
Crusty on February 26, 2009 at 4:20 PM
He will probably at least get nominated for an Oscar..
DL13 on February 26, 2009 at 4:20 PM
He definitely should consider a Mary Kay beauty consultant.
Kensington on February 26, 2009 at 4:21 PM
Clarence and his flaming rum punch were more masculine than our victim du jour acted here.
Snowed In on February 26, 2009 at 4:22 PM
The cop closest to the camera needs a little excercise! I missed most of the action because his belly was in the way!
I’m going to see Ann at Radio City and hope some lib shows up!
Wine_N_Dine on February 26, 2009 at 4:24 PM
OT, but related to this comment, I saw a psych patient yesterday who, when asked about his poor hygiene, said, “I don’t bathe because I have to smell myself to know I’m alive.” I mentioned that to a friend who retorted, “I stink, therefore I am.”
mikeyboss on February 26, 2009 at 4:25 PM
How brave of him.
Of course, the goal of asswipes like him is not to get themselves thrown in jail to punish conservatives for speaking, but to have conservatives thrown in jail to punish them for speaking.
Akzed on February 26, 2009 at 4:26 PM
Why aren’t all of the people who were bent out of shape over Helen Thomas making a Jindal/Slumdog joke upset that Ann Coulter made one in her column?
SnarkVader on February 26, 2009 at 4:26 PM
Wonder if he is going to be the “husband” or the “wife” when he goes to jail???
I think he will be the “wife”.
Dire Straits on February 26, 2009 at 4:26 PM
But that’s what was going on, don’tchasee.
Vile, vicious Coulter noticed that the gink was approaching without having bought a book and so ordered the goon squad to dispatch him with extreme prejudice.
God only knows how much innocent, youthful blood would have been spilled had some brave soul not been there to tape it!
MrScribbler on February 26, 2009 at 4:27 PM
LMFAO…spewed water on my keyboard reading that one!
Yeah, this “brave patriot” who has the nerve to somehow in his little pea liberal brain equate his civil disobedient actions as being on par with truly brave military me and women..what a POS PU**Y!!
He even had to call his momma to bail his azz out…as Hanz and Franz would say, “we will make you poop your pants and go running home to mama…”
Liberty or Death on February 26, 2009 at 4:28 PM
thevastlane on February 26, 2009 at 4:29 PM
Did they slam his head into the door jam on the way out, like the keystone cops, and tell him to watch out or don’t hurt yourself?
PappaMac on February 26, 2009 at 4:30 PM
I hadn’t read her column till you mentioned it. No, I’m not thrilled to see the joke there, either.
Snowed In on February 26, 2009 at 4:30 PM
Hehe good one! However, all liberals (especially the hippies) stink and for that reason and many more I wish they weren’t!!
Liberty or Death on February 26, 2009 at 4:31 PM
I’ll give the Cliff’s Notes version of his blog of the arrest:
“Waaaaaaaahhhhh! Waaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh! (sniff sniff) Waaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh!”
Chuckie on February 26, 2009 at 4:31 PM
Will you at least explain it to me? Frankly, I don’t get it (the reference in Ann’s column).
Kensington on February 26, 2009 at 4:32 PM
I think the thud at the end when people in the background say “ohhh”, was from the cop’s gunbelt hitting the door.
Durham68 on February 26, 2009 at 4:33 PM
Yep, this little lib-tard ingrate needs a little tune-up for sure, nothing serious but just enough to make him realize the true meaning of the words suffering and brutality so that way in the future he won’t go throwing around those words so casually!
Liberty or Death on February 26, 2009 at 4:34 PM
Yeah, totally NOT buying into it AT ALL.
What a pansy.
YoungAmerican on February 26, 2009 at 4:35 PM
If he were my son…I’d take him home and beat some civility into his ass.
PappaMac on February 26, 2009 at 4:37 PM
Attempt to post failed, take 2:
Of course, the actual goal of these morons is not to have themselves jailed because of conservative speech, but to have conservatives jailed for it. But that will take some time. Months perhaps.
Akzed on February 26, 2009 at 4:37 PM
FIFY
Liberty or Death on February 26, 2009 at 4:37 PM
But then again…my sons know better.
PappaMac on February 26, 2009 at 4:37 PM
I don’t get the joke for one. I’m not even sure if she’s making a joke, or projecting a joke. And for two, no one would care if Ace made that joke, so it seems to be a author/context joke. Hence, no outrage.
Spirit of 1776 on February 26, 2009 at 4:38 PM
Taze’em Bro!!!..Please.
Speakup on February 26, 2009 at 4:39 PM
Is that Charles Johnson of Little Green Footballs that they’re arresting?
SmellsLooks like him!AntonK on February 26, 2009 at 4:39 PM
Oh for Christ’s sake, now Steel is making the Slumdog jokes.
SnarkVader on February 26, 2009 at 4:41 PM
To quote a couple lines from the movie Strange Brew:
Bob McKenzie to his brother Doug: “they’re gonna love you here in prison, they’re gonna be lovin’ you from dawn till dusk…”
Doug (in a concerned voice): “But where you gonna be?”
Bob: I’ll be in the cafeteria sellin smokes…”
Liberty or Death on February 26, 2009 at 4:42 PM
Yes, or HUD secretary.
Have you seen this guy?
He looks as if his appointment should come with a years supply of diapers. He’ll fit right in with the leftists in the WH, waaaahhhhhhhwaaahhhhhhhhhhwaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
kooziegirl on February 26, 2009 at 4:46 PM
Wow, are all Democrats this stinking wimpy.
Erik Doombolt on February 26, 2009 at 4:47 PM
Oh, that’s nonsense. Sliwa makes the joke, and Steele goes along.
I still don’t get the joke. Can someone explain it to me? I haven’t seen the film.
Kensington on February 26, 2009 at 4:47 PM
Coulter could whip his pu**sy azz with both hands tied behind her back, he’d be cryin for his ma-ma in no time!
Liberty or Death on February 26, 2009 at 4:48 PM
Well golly Jethro I didn’t know this here website number had turned into PettyPersonalNitpicksAboutCompletelyUnrelatedOtherBloggers.com. When did that happen?
Gilda on February 26, 2009 at 4:49 PM
Ann Coulter didn’t even mention this incident on her own site. I bet she’s used to nimwits trying to crash her party. It’s probably less offensive to her than having to “debate” the likes of Joy Behar…
hawksruleva on February 26, 2009 at 4:50 PM
And people went nuts yesterday over Helen Thomas when no one knew what was even said and still doesn’t.
SnarkVader on February 26, 2009 at 4:51 PM
It’s not much of a joke. See, Slumdog Millionaire is set in India (Mumbai, IIRC…I haven’t seen it, either), and Bobby Jindal is Indian-American, so obviously there’s something there. Get it? No?
Snowed In on February 26, 2009 at 4:51 PM
Not to be priggish, but is it too much to ask that the leader of the Republican Party refrain from publicly using terms like “friggin”?
patriette on February 26, 2009 at 4:51 PM
With that said, Helen Thomas’s views on things like “so-called terrorists” are not conducive to a healthy discourse (especially on this side of the aisle), and so she’s not well-liked anyway.
But you knew all that, right? Right?
Snowed In on February 26, 2009 at 4:54 PM
Yes.
Snowed In on February 26, 2009 at 4:54 PM
Because she was alluding to the comment Helen Thomas made.
IrishEi on February 26, 2009 at 4:54 PM
You’re missing the point. No one knew what Thomas said but it warranted posts here, on Michelle’s site and a dozen others with everyone yelling raaaacist. Coulter and Steele both joke about the same exact thing and there’s crickets. Raaaaaacism for me but not for thee.
SnarkVader on February 26, 2009 at 4:56 PM
You can’t be serious. No one knows what Thomas said so how the hell could Ann allude to it?
SnarkVader on February 26, 2009 at 4:58 PM
If nothing else, Snark, congrats on totally steering the conversation away from whiny liberal college kids who scream for mommy while being arrested for not following official instructions.
Snowed In on February 26, 2009 at 4:58 PM
IrishEi on February 26, 2009 at 4:54 PM
Oops.
Should read:
Because Ann was using something called allusion; she was alluding to the comment Helen Thomas made. Good writers make use of many literary devices.
IrishEi on February 26, 2009 at 4:58 PM
When the civil war comes..and it is coming soon you neo-con-Hitlerian-GOP-facist-racist-war-mongering-meat-eating-global-warming-denying-anti-intellectual-Rovian-religious-nut-right-wingers….what is going to protect you from the Micheal Traceys on the Left?
What? Your guns? Your precious military? Your Constitution.
Watch that clip again, Rightwingers. Watch it and tremble!!!
Kasper Hauser on February 26, 2009 at 4:59 PM
It’s a Coulter thread. I took my shot.
SnarkVader on February 26, 2009 at 5:01 PM
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