Quote of the day
posted at 11:05 pm on February 4, 2010 by Allahpundit
“At the hospital, DC police officer John Muniz arrived to issue Medlock a $20 jaywalking ticket. Medlock was lying sedated on a gurney, so Muniz delivered the ticket to a Daily Caller colleague, who was at the hospital with Medlock. He looked embarrassed as he did so. Behind him stood a man dressed in a dark suit who identified himself as a ‘special agent.’ He said nothing but wrote in a notebook.
“Curiously, the ticket says that Medlock was struck at an intersection four blocks from where the accident actually took place. And it claims that Medlock was walking diagonally across the intersection at the time. In one of his strikingly short conversations with the Daily Caller, agent Mike McGuinn acknowledged that Medlock was not jaywalking at all, but walking ‘outside the crosswalk when the incident occurred.’
“The question is: Did the federal agent driving the SUV, faced with potential liabilities from the accident, encourage local police to issue some sort – any sort – of citation to Medlock, to establish his culpability?”
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Was this a Man-Made Janet Incompatano Thingy dry run
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Kini on February 4, 2010 at 11:54 PM
The Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man? Sorry Jim.
pfamis on February 4, 2010 at 11:55 PM
The Government Agent could have blamed it on the SUV if he was driving a Toyota.
portlandon on February 4, 2010 at 11:55 PM
Maybe they will send Treacher to room 101 to have a chat with O’Brien, ya know, to get the story straight.
Remember we are the proles:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1984_Social_Classes_alt.svg
But we outnumber them.
Geochelone on February 4, 2010 at 11:58 PM
Did anyone else happen to see the photos that Tucker had up earlier of Jim/Sean? It really pissed me off to see that. Someone changed out the close up picture. He has some lacerations on his cheek and there is a picture of his leg.
I hope Treach gets some justice out of this. I think his influence and friends could be ideal in getting to the bottom of this crap.
P.S. did anyone else know that Treacher was on SpaceGhost once?
carbon_footprint on February 4, 2010 at 11:58 PM
The word I’d use would get me banned. Pretend I wrote it.
obladioblada on February 4, 2010 at 11:58 PM
Ok. Some history. Apparently covering up and screwing up hit and run investigations is nothing new in D.C. Check out this WaPo article from 99.
Also, here’s the law in D.C. about the driver’s responsibility when pedestrians are crossing the street. According to Treach’s statements, even IF he was out of the cross walk, the driver’s still screwed:
Weight of Glory on February 4, 2010 at 11:59 PM
What a fuc#ed up story. Here’s to a quick and full recovery for Treach. Here’s to a sound ass-kicking followed by a dishonorable discharge of sorts for this self-important clown “special agent” McGuinn.
Jaibones on February 4, 2010 at 11:59 PM
Was that you at the hospital, snotnose?
Jaibones on February 5, 2010 at 12:01 AM
Lexington and Concord…?
Seven Percent Solution on February 5, 2010 at 12:01 AM
This is why I bought every member of my family an IFlip video camera for Christmas! We’re all journalist now. I hope Ed & AP have body gaurds.
TN Mom on February 5, 2010 at 12:02 AM
This administration has underestimated the US.
This crap may fly in the Russia or Venezuela, but not here!
The lying, the bulling, the slandering, the harassment and now assault of the American citizenry is going to backfire so bad they won’t know what hit them!!!
katy on February 5, 2010 at 12:03 AM
Sorry. You lost me at “Girls Gone Wild” and “Top Off”
hehe
alohapundit on February 5, 2010 at 12:04 AM
Obama has asked attorney General Eric Holder to check into the case and Holder in return promised not to ask for more than 20 years in federal prison for Treacher.
Basil Fawlty on February 5, 2010 at 12:06 AM
This is off topic, but I found a future “Dude” post for you guys: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2839824/Zoo-feeds-live-cows-to-tigers-as-tourist-attraction.html
SoulGlo on February 5, 2010 at 12:11 AM
If a tape surfaces, McGuinn will be all “Did I say jogging? I meant to say blogging…Yeah, that’s it; blogging”
hillbillyjim on February 5, 2010 at 12:14 AM
Maybe it’s open season on Conservatives?
Kini on February 5, 2010 at 12:15 AM
The U.S. government isn’t big, impersonal, or unaccountable enough. Let’s turn the country’s health care over to them.
Hey! If the government currently controlled health care, they could have just come back to the scene of the accident and made a quick treatment decision – thrown Treacher into a ditch. Problem solved.
jaime on February 5, 2010 at 12:16 AM
Can anyone share this on facebook? I’m not being allowed.
Connie on February 5, 2010 at 12:18 AM
Did/does this
criminalfederal agent work for Blackwater? (Now Xe Services LLC. They changed their name. Gee, I wonder why?)MB4 on February 5, 2010 at 12:22 AM
Whoever was driving that SUV gotta be high on the totem pole. I can’t see how the driver didn’t get a ticket or fined. If they aren’t filing a police report something’s just not right. The panty bomber has more going for him right now than Sean does and that’s BS.
Brat4life on February 5, 2010 at 12:23 AM
Does anybody know if there is a term for the privileges of the elite to abuse commoners, such as with royalty in the past?
If so, is seems that we’re going to be needing it again.
FloatingRock on February 5, 2010 at 12:24 AM
It was probably a carjacked by Eric Holder afraid he’d miss another episode of Jerry Springer.
viking01 on February 5, 2010 at 12:34 AM
Considering that they apparently wont release the name of the driver or file a police report, it seems likely any video footage will be disappeared.
FloatingRock on February 5, 2010 at 12:35 AM
Democrat – elected, and in office
Kini on February 5, 2010 at 12:38 AM
Facebook….????
Kini on February 5, 2010 at 12:39 AM
Adding insult to injury. Literally.
I heard Medlock was willing to accept an apology before this. I hope this disabuses him of that notion.
I would have also hoped that he can find a really, really good lawyer and sue the SOB for millions, but I know who would actually end up paying the judgement, and it wouldn’t be the SOB.
Any day now they will put in special lanes reserved for Washington VIPs like they had in Moscow, or there will be a federal law that we must bow as the government bureaucrats drive by.
Socratease on February 5, 2010 at 12:42 AM
I wish that were true. This has been coming for a long time. Longer than Bush, Clinton, Reagen and Carter.
This is progressivism and collectivism combined.
Kini on February 5, 2010 at 12:45 AM
Treach is lucky. Check out the list of US security vehicle accidents they have over at Daily Caller.
eeyore on February 5, 2010 at 12:47 AM
Keep you eye right here on the flashy thingy, whap, now, you were four blocks away and you were jay walking…and take your girlfriend to the Philippines for lobster.
Speakup on February 5, 2010 at 12:48 AM
Absolutism and Divine Right of Kings.
For Taxachusetts the term Pulling a Kennedy can often directly substitute for making a killing and getting away with it. Being Itoed probably means the same thing in South Central L.A.
viking01 on February 5, 2010 at 12:50 AM
hehe. Now you know why the judge paid little attention to the other details of my story.
Geochelone on February 5, 2010 at 12:50 AM
Holy Frak!
Maquis on February 5, 2010 at 12:50 AM
Not knowing the facts of the matter, I’d just like to say that Treacher acted stupidly.
starboardhelm on February 5, 2010 at 12:51 AM
That was supposed to end “/sarc”. Sorry.
starboardhelm on February 5, 2010 at 12:52 AM
Can you hold two thoughts in that small brain, concurrently?
1. JT get well soon
2. The truth about what happened
Schadenfreude on February 5, 2010 at 12:57 AM
1. Agreed.
2. He was hit by a car.
crr6 on February 5, 2010 at 1:00 AM
The difference is the “Obama effect”. So many things have slipped under the radar for decades and things are changing fast. If the DC Caller gets on this, it will be one more chink in the armor of the movement and this is good for us and bad for them.
The giant is awakened and the push back has begun.
katy on February 5, 2010 at 1:04 AM
Why would Hillary hire Blackwater? They are trying to railroad the guys who were acquitted in that one incident. The Democrat branch of the War on Terror started handing out grievance checks at that scene before they even knew the story, and now they need to prosecute people who were defending themselves to defend their actions about handing out grievance checks to insurgents.
These leftists who have infiltrated our military should be the first enemy we deal with before worrying about Taliban and al qaeda. They are far more dangerous to the health of the nation.
Buddahpundit on February 5, 2010 at 1:07 AM
Lou Dobbs
Micheal Yon
James O’Keefe
Jim Treacher
I notice a trend….
macncheez on February 5, 2010 at 1:21 AM
Yeah, that’s shady.
CP on February 5, 2010 at 1:24 AM
What are the trolls doing here? This isn’t a Palin thread. I hope for their sakes they are not on the clock.
CurtZHP on February 5, 2010 at 1:26 AM
It sounds like the only conspiracy is for the driver of the SUV to be protected from his illegal actions.
Even if Treach WAS j-walking, the guy fled the scene. Innocent people don’t run in the eyes of the law. Doing so can get you convicted when staying would have resulted in no charges. The fact he got a ticket does sound suspicious and smacks of a coverup. It appears they are closing ranks behind one of their own.
Hard Right on February 5, 2010 at 1:32 AM
I wonder if there was a passenger in the SUV… and who it might have been.
onlineanalyst on February 5, 2010 at 1:53 AM
Hit and run.
Johan Klaus on February 5, 2010 at 1:54 AM
The State Dept has hired a lot of Blackwater.
Blackwater – the U.S. Army’s Millstone
Ten months later, however — after Blackwater guards shot and killed 17 Iraqi civilians in a Baghdad traffic circle on Sept. 16 — the State Department can no longer quietly manage the consequences of having its own private army in Iraq.
With State Department and FBI investigations underway, the military leaked its own report on the Sept. 16 shootings, finding no evidence that the Blackwater guards fired in self-defense, as the company has maintained. U.S. [Army] officers have publicly criticized the security contractors as out-of-control “cowboys” who alienate the same Iraqis the military is trying to cultivate.
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said last week that the contractors are at “cross purposes” with military goals.
Blackwater Guards Fired at Fleeing Cars, Soldiers Say
Blackwater USA guards shot at Iraqi civilians as they tried to drive away from a Baghdad square on Sept. 16, according to a report compiled by the first U.S. soldiers to arrive at the scene, where they found no evidence that Iraqis had fired weapons.
“It appeared to me they were fleeing the scene when they were engaged. It had every indication of an excessive shooting,” said Lt. Col. Mike Tarsa, whose soldiers reached Nisoor Square 20 to 25 minutes after the gunfire subsided.
His soldiers’ report — based upon their observations at the scene, eyewitness interviews and discussions with Iraqi police — concluded that there was “no enemy activity involved” and described the shootings as a “criminal event.” Their conclusions mirrored those reached by the Iraqi government, which has said the Blackwater guards killed 17 people.
Tarsa said they found no evidence to indicate that the Blackwater guards were provoked or entered into a confrontation. “I did not see anything that indicated they were fired upon,” said Tarsa, 42, commander of the 3rd Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment of the 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division. He also said it appeared that several drivers had made U-turns and were moving away from Nisoor Square when their vehicles were hit by gunfire from Blackwater guards.
Blackwater Is Soaked
The colonel was furious. “Can you believe it? They actually drew their weapons on U.S. soldiers.”
The colonel, who was involved in a follow-up investigation and spoke on the condition he not be named, said the Blackwater guards disarmed the U.S. Army soldiers and made them lie on the ground at gunpoint until they could disentangle the SUV. His account was confirmed by the head of another private security company.
One military contractor, who spoke anonymously for fear of retribution in his industry, recounted the story of a Blackwater operative who answered a Marine officer’s order to put his pistol on safety when entering a base post office by saying, “This is my safety,” and wiggling his trigger finger in the air. “Their attitude was, ‘We’re f—ing security; we don’t have to answer to anybody’.”
MB4 on February 5, 2010 at 2:20 AM
Excerpts from “Blackwater: Hired Guns, Above the Law” by Jeremy Scahill:
“Colonel Thomas Hammes, the US military official once overseeing the creation of a new Iraqi military, has described driving around Iraq with Iraqis and encountering Blackwater operatives. “[They] were running me off the road. We were threatened and intimidated,” Hammes said. But, he added, “they were doing their job, exactly what they were paid to do in the way they were paid to do it, and they were making enemies on every single pass out of town.” Hammes concluded the contractors were “hurting our counterinsurgency effort.”
Brigadier General Karl Horst, deputy commander of the 3rd Infantry Division said of private security contractors, “These guys run loose in this country and do stupid stuff. There’s no authority over them, so you can’t come down on them hard when they escalate force…. They shoot people, and someone else has to deal with the aftermath. It happens all over the place.” Horst tracked contractor conduct for a two month period in Baghdad and documented at least a dozen shootings of Iraqi civilians by contractors, resulting in six Iraqi deaths and the wounding of three others. That is just one General in one area of Iraq in just 60 days.
The conduct of these private forces sends a clear message to the Iraqi people: American lives are worth infinitely more than theirs, even if their only crime is driving their vehicle in the wrong place at the wrong time. One could say that Blackwater has been very successful at fulfilling its mission–to keep alive senior US officials. But at what price?”
***********************************************************
They only thing worse than having State Department employed Blackwater running around loose in Iraq would be to having them running around lose in America.
MB4 on February 5, 2010 at 2:32 AM
Well, I can’t see any reason why there would be a conspiracy out to get Treacher. And if there’s no conspiracy, then it was an accident rather than a deliberate attack.
Which raises the very serious question: how often do accidents like this happen where the victim is charged with jaywalking four blocks from where the accident occurred, while the perpetrator sends an agent to monitor the victim as he’s served the ticket by the police?
Is this a commonplace occurrence? Does our wonderful government of the people, by the people, and for the people routinely
trample peasants under the noblemen’s carriages and throw them in the stocks for being in the waymake illegal turns while speeding through intersections and plow into pedestrians crossing the street, then give the victims of the accidents tickets for jaywalking?Because if so, I’m not really seeing how our government is less high-handed than medieval dictatorships.
Sorry, but I find this incident unusual, and even at its least interesting — that is, if it’s no more than a routine traffic accident — the government response to the incident is … weird. I would expect the bureaucracy, and the denial of liability, but what appears to be an attempt to falsify a hit-and-run incident in order to preserve their claim of non-liability is interesting, to say the least.
I strongly suspect this sort of thing has happened before, and the government has used this heavy-handed approach to make the incident disappear. In which case, only Treacher’s fame — notoriety? — prevents him from being similarly swept under the rug.
So I believe I’ll just ignore your plea to ignore the incident.
There Goes The Neighborhood on February 5, 2010 at 2:32 AM
Hopefully we’ll find out because not only would they have been a witness, they might also have ordered the driver to run after the hit.
FloatingRock on February 5, 2010 at 2:33 AM
The agent was trying to use the flashy thing to erase Treachers memory.
BDavis on February 5, 2010 at 2:46 AM
Maybe the passenger was Hillary out shadowing Bill.
MB4 on February 5, 2010 at 2:57 AM
Ok besides the girl in Seattle, struck by Biden’s SS detail, and Treach, how many “joggers” and/or wild-ass jaywalkers have been struck down by Government agents??
CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS NOW GOD DAMN IT !!!
silverfox on February 5, 2010 at 2:58 AM
So, Treach got run over by Hillary? Or did Bill swipe a DoS vehicle for a little “late night rendezvous?”
I guess it’s just a good thing he wasn’t anywhere near Ft. Marcy Park….
notropis on February 5, 2010 at 3:07 AM
My best wishes for Treacher’s speedy recovery. I hope he has very.good legal representation (if not already) because reading updates on Daily Caller, and here, there’s obviously been irresponsible if not worse behavior by the guy who hit him.
Good luck, Treacher, for a speedy recovery.
Lourdes on February 5, 2010 at 3:09 AM
Sounds like Obama was the one behind the wheel. After all, he’s always complaining about being isolated in the WH, not being able to get out and such. Suppose he was the one who was behind the wheel of the black SUV. Suppose he was the one who made the illegal left turn. Suppose he was the one who struck Treacher … and did not stop. Think about that, If the POTUS had been behind the wheel of a SUV by himself, would he stop … if he did not wish to be discovered?
How else to explain the song and dance, the lies, the cover up that’s going on? Why would an agent not stop and take a ticket—possible loss of job in an Obama economy, true—not stop and see to the man whom he struck down?
I don’t like how this whole thing sounds, especially the cover up of it. The story is that some Fed agent was behind the wheel; how do we know? Where was Obama? No, I’m not being neurotic, but I’m looking at the lies, the cover up, the manipulation of the police to blame the victim. Would a mere agent have that kind of power? I don’t know. If you know, do tell.
THe whole thing reeks, IMO. So, the big questions: who was really behind the wheel of the black SUV? Where was Obama, Barack or Michelle?
SilentWatcher on February 5, 2010 at 4:33 AM
+2
ted c on February 5, 2010 at 5:05 AM
Weight, but this is DC, and the most peculiar police department EVAH. Corrupt??? On a much less serious note, I got a parking ticket for parking my car illegally three blocks away from where it was actually parked. Recourse??? None. I was just Jane Q. Public…
chai on February 5, 2010 at 6:16 AM
Our Government at all levels is completely unaccountable in all matters great and small.
This is the core reason for the anger we have these days I think. At least it’s true here in MA. The founding fathers would recognize our grievances.
TheBigOldDog on February 5, 2010 at 6:33 AM
get well soon buddy!
cmsinaz on February 5, 2010 at 6:48 AM
crr6 is either an idiot, or a troll. Ah, but I repeat myself. Coffee, now!
Yoop on February 5, 2010 at 6:48 AM
It’s a good thing for the attacker that Treacher isn’t black. That was a close-call.
GET WELL SOON TREACHER!!
JiangxiDad on February 5, 2010 at 6:52 AM
Treach is damn lucky this wasn’t an IRS agent armed with one of their new shotguns.
Better to have a broken knee than to be made to look like swiss cheese!
Seriously though, where’s any reporting on the search for the hit and run driver? This is like something out of a grade d Hollywood movie.
Best wishes to Treach and to the wheels of justice over there in “O’Chavez town”.
Sweet_Thang on February 5, 2010 at 6:56 AM
“They send one yours to the hospital, you send one of theirs to the morgue”
drjohn on February 5, 2010 at 6:57 AM
If a citizen is walking outside of the cross walk, does this give federal authorities the right to run them over and leave them on the street?
JellyToast on February 5, 2010 at 7:03 AM
That’s what I think too. :)
petefrt on February 5, 2010 at 7:04 AM
We’ll run you down, leave you in the street and fine you for breaking the law.
JellyToast on February 5, 2010 at 7:08 AM
From now on I’m calling Obama “President Akbar Zeb”.
Coronagold on February 5, 2010 at 7:09 AM
Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.
powerpro on February 5, 2010 at 7:11 AM
People close to Holder report he is planning to hold the Treacher trails at Gitmo.
petefrt on February 5, 2010 at 7:14 AM
Please. It doesn’t matter if the guy who drove the vehicle is working for a Democrat or Republican administration, the fact is the government employee screwed up and is now engaged in a MASSIVE case of CYA, adding insult to injury.
But I doubt you, reliably liberal, would say the same thing if a member of the Bush administration had run over someone.
englishqueen01 on February 5, 2010 at 7:17 AM
JT, please take care!!!
yoda on February 5, 2010 at 7:18 AM
What are we, MEXICO or something???????????????
bridgetown on February 5, 2010 at 7:22 AM
If a Federal officer can gun down an unarmed woman fleeing from gunfire with a baby in her arms and get away with it, what makes you think a little hit and run is even going to phase DC?
After all, Treacher is just one of those Tea-bagging terrorists- right?
Browncoatone on February 5, 2010 at 7:22 AM
I can’t wait to see how the market is going to go today. What is odd to me, is that while the market was in free fall yesterday, Gold and silver were dropping like rocks also. The jobs report is due out this AM with the “unexpected” addition of the missing 800,000 jobs. That should liven things up. Especially after the vote yesterday to raise the debt limit.
Why do I have the feeling the Fed is operating like a family with 5 credit cards and they are just shy of their credit limit each month?
Johnnyreb on February 5, 2010 at 7:35 AM
Thank God he wasn’t killed like the man that was hit by Biden’s Secret Service detail a couple months ago.
This all sounds very squirrelly – it’s a good thing that his employer and friends have a large audience to get this out there and not let it go away.
tru2tx on February 5, 2010 at 7:37 AM
Ahhaa… now I understand why AP is a Palin basher. Protection.
CC
CapedConservative on February 5, 2010 at 7:40 AM
If you are referring to Ruby Ridge, the woman was NOT running away with a baby in her arms.
She was inside the house holding the baby and the special agent popped her from a distance.
Her 14 year old son was shot in the back by a special agent after the special agent shot the boys dog. The boy was running away from the scene, terrified by what had just happened. He never saw who was shooting at him.
Talon on February 5, 2010 at 7:46 AM
reuters and the AP will have some ‘expected’ headlines this am…no doubt
cmsinaz on February 5, 2010 at 7:46 AM
Has anyone called this “Treachergate” yet?
Shy Guy on February 5, 2010 at 7:52 AM
I saw Jim Cramer on Meredity Viera’s show today (at the gym couldn’t change channel). Cramer obviously has his head right now. He was doing the guardrail mission for the White House. He said, “don’t sell” and “companies will simply have to start hiring soon” and all kinds of net knitting for the 0ne today. If I weren’t so biased, I’d say that Cramer was fluffing the 0ne’s golden parachute.
ted c on February 5, 2010 at 7:52 AM
I’m placing my bet on 10.2%, the redhead, and for Scott Brown to become the next GWB.
$1 ?
ted c on February 5, 2010 at 7:57 AM
I recall Obama says people acted stupidly before he takes a story.
This case sounds like DHS style of acting stupidly.
seven on February 5, 2010 at 7:58 AM
Here’s hoping for a speedy recovery JT, and continued success at The DC.
Two quick points: 1) Clearly there are some un-answered questions about how a citation is issued, (inacurately–wrong location), and why “another agent” needed to be present while the DC Metro officer issued the ticket. 2)I’ve seen no written information either here or at The DC, that explains if there was any interview of/with JT prior to the issue of the citation. And, if there was no interview by the DC officer with JT, how did he arrive at the conclusion that there was a violation on JT’s part?
The “ANSWERS:” from the State Dept. posted in the Daily Call article, seems to raise more questions:
What’s with this JOGGER CRAP? Treacher’s WALKING to the CVS for milk and bread. No where in his statement posted by Ed, says ANYTHING that indicated he was jogging. Lastly, (for now), even if JT did give a statement to the DC Metro officers at the scene or at the hospital, I’m interested in how the officer arrived at the conclusion that JT be issued a citation, when the evidence presented leaves us to believe it was the SUV driver’s fault for running into the jogger.
Rovin on February 5, 2010 at 7:59 AM
Daily Kos Headline:
“Conservative Right-wing Racist Blogger Attacks Black State Department Vehicle. Criminal Charges Pending.”
BigAlSouth on February 5, 2010 at 7:59 AM
As soon as Gibbbs wipes the fried chicken grease off his chin, he will give us all the details. He comes thru like a champ.
seven on February 5, 2010 at 8:00 AM
Was Treacher on a gurney or waterboard….
right2bright on February 5, 2010 at 8:04 AM
Why no ticket at the scene? So a cop that was not there gave a ticket because he was forced to? Make the victum of careless driving and a hit and run the perp?
seven on February 5, 2010 at 8:06 AM
One glaring part of this story that tells me something is fishy is the part where the cop comes to the hospital and gives him a jay walking ticket. I mean come on, the man is in the hospital with a busted knee, cuts and scrapes and the cops take the time out to come to the friggin hospital to give him a ticket? I am tossing the BS flag on the entire thing. DC cops are some of the most over worked (and corrupt) cops in the country. They simply do not have the time to do this. Someone way the heck up the food chain ordered this to be done.
Johnnyreb on February 5, 2010 at 8:16 AM
This reeks… I just hope it turns out to be a true mishap and not something more sinister …What was JT working on this past week or so….ummm.
jerrytbg on February 5, 2010 at 8:17 AM
Even Vegas, where pedestrians DO NOT have the right of way, you have to stop when you hit someone.
Hit and Run drivers tend to get the book thrown at them in many jurisdictions, hope JT can find a wicked legal wizard to put this out into the light and hopefully someone in front of a pissed off judge.
Nathan_OH on February 5, 2010 at 8:19 AM
Tucker needs to go to Fox News with this. Sunlight is the best disinfectant. Get well soon, Jim!
kingsjester on February 5, 2010 at 8:23 AM
Jack Bauer would have stopped and called for an ambulance on his perpetual cell phone.
ultracon on February 5, 2010 at 8:41 AM
Is this the Chicago way of dealing with unfriendly bloggers?
Maybe one of 0bama’s buddies, from some backwards @$$ craphole of a country, flaunting diplomatic immunity?
I can’t think of any other reasons that this bizarre incident is unfolding, the way it is.
MNHawk on February 5, 2010 at 8:52 AM
That gets the case thrown out right there.
Hitting Treacher probably was merely an accident. But now there seems to be a cover-up. Are people that dense in DC? It’s not the crime, it’s the cover-up that leads to trouble. Don’t the names Nixon & Clinton have any resonance?
rbj on February 5, 2010 at 8:55 AM
Hey, at least it wasn’t as bad what happens in Moscow.
See the late editor of Forbes-Russia for further details.
Sometimes digging up dirt can earn you a dirt-nap.
Not that Jim was a ‘target’, mind you.
Things haven’t gotten that bad.
Not by a long shot.
CPT. Charles on February 5, 2010 at 9:01 AM
That is a common practice, particularly when the person who is going to be cited is seriously injured. What doesn’t make sense in what I have read is the fact that someone told Treacher that he was not jay walking, but outside the crosswalk. Does that make him fair game? A ticket to someone seriously injured is just not right, and no reasonable patrol officer would write it. Someone is trying to cover their a$$.
The fact that the DC reporter was told by the MPD that there would be no accident report has to be untrue. There is no way that a serious personal injury hit and run accident would not be documented. There is a report somewhere, someone doesn’t want it made public.
kam582 on February 5, 2010 at 9:10 AM
Here’s the ask the director portal – why dont we flood them with inquiries?
http://app.dc.gov/apps/about.asp?page=atd&type=dsf&referrer=ddot.dc.gov&agency_id=1051&ddotNav=|32395|
EricPWJohnson on February 5, 2010 at 9:12 AM
I think the term you’re looking for is “droit de seigneur” (the right of the lord). Supposedly, it meant the lord had, er, first dibs on all the virgins on his estate on their wedding night. Droit de seigneur is a source of the conflict in both the movie Braveheart and in the opera Marriage of Figaro.
CJ on February 5, 2010 at 9:12 AM
–Tale of Two Cities
dhimwit on February 5, 2010 at 9:26 AM
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