Man attacks 13 year old boy for refusing to remove his hat during the national anthem at a rodeo. Defense?:
MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — The attorney for a Montana man accused of throwing a 13-year-old boy to the ground at a rodeo because the teenager didn’t remove his hat during the national anthem said Wednesday his client believes he was acting on an order from President Donald Trump.
The president’s “rhetoric” contributed to Curt Brockway’s disposition when he grabbed the boy by the throat and slammed him to the ground, fracturing his skull, at the Mineral County fairgrounds Saturday, attorney Lance Jasper told The Missoulian .
Jasper said Brockway is a U.S. Army veteran who believes he was acting on an order by the commander in chief. He added that Brockway’s decision-making has been affected by a traumatic brain injury he suffered in a vehicle crash in 2000 while he was stationed at Fort Lewis, Washington.
“His commander in chief is telling people that if they kneel, they should be fired, or if they burn a flag, they should be punished,” Jasper said. “He certainly didn’t understand it was a crime.”
Brockway, 39, told a sheriff’s deputy that he asked the boy to remove his hat out of respect for the national anthem before the start of the county rodeo, Mineral County Attorney Ellen Donohue wrote in the document describing the attack. The boy cursed at Brockway in response, and the man grabbed him by the throat, “lifted him into the air and slammed the boy into the ground,” Donohue wrote.
Conduct during the playing of the national anthem has been an issue in recent years, with some NFL players kneeling to protest police brutality. Trump once called for NFL owners to fire players who kneel or engage in other acts of protest during the anthem.
“Trump never necessarily says go hurt somebody, but the message is absolutely clear,” Jasper said. “I am certain of the fact that (Brockway) was doing what he believed he was told to do, essentially, by the president. ... Everyone should learn to dial it down a little bit, from the president to Mineral County.”
Brockway, who is charged with felony assault on a minor, is a registered violent offender after being convicted of a 2010 charge of assault with a weapon.
https://apnews.com/7e2d562825ad4cc9bfe0cf74d2d3073f
A reminder:
President Donald Trump reignited his feud with the National Football League on Friday, blasting football players who protested during preseason games the prior evening for "taking a knee when they should be standing proudly" and suggested that protesters should be "suspended without pay."
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Trump has attacked those kinds of protests for more than a year, even saying at one point that players who don’t stand for the national anthem "maybe shouldn't be in the country."
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-rips-nfl-players-after-protests-during-preseason-games-n899551
Is Curt Brockway a patriotic American defending our values or a psychotic nut? Or maybe a bit of both?
@mott-the-hoople saidThat’s got nothing to do with the subject.
democrats have grown desperate...russia hoax got exposed...now they have shifted to racism...Joe biden is their front runner 😂😂😂
You really are a retard, aren’t you?
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@shavixmir saidsue me!
That’s got nothing to do with the subject.
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@earl-of-trumps saidWhen I was young there were serious discussions on whether we should stand, hand on heart and hat off, when present at a televised or filmed rendition of the pledge, whether at a sporting or government event. Of course this was about when “under God” was added to it.
There are indeed some whackos out there.
I was attacked by a woman once for refusing to take my cap off for the national anthem too. For a football game.... ON BLEEPIN' TV!!!
This was in a social club and "alcohol may have been a factor" 🙂 True story, nonetheless
In 1990 I was working on a Summer camp in Wisconsin with kids.
At night you had to put the flag to bed (load of old bollocks if you ask me, but hey, when in Rome and all that).
One evening it was my turn, and I dropped the bloody flag in the mud.
Everyone obviously knew my political views and there was a shocked silence.
But, they must have seen the horror on my face, cause all the adults started laughing and sorted the flag out (it wasn’t destroyed or anything crazy).
@mott-the-hoople saidRussian involvement in the election is not a hoax, and it was not "exposed" as a hoax, either.
democrats have grown desperate...russia hoax got exposed...now they have shifted to racism...Joe biden is their front runner 😂😂😂
Try actually reading the Mueller Report some time.
@shavixmir saidA person from another country might well be horrified at dropping the flag, thinking maybe the crazy Americans might kill him or something. You're lucky it was Wisconsin; try that anywhere in the south... or in the west, for that matter.
In 1990 I was working on a Summer camp in Wisconsin with kids.
At night you had to put the flag to bed (load of old bollocks if you ask me, but hey, when in Rome and all that).
One evening it was my turn, and I dropped the bloody flag in the mud.
Everyone obviously knew my political views and there was a shocked silence.
But, they must have seen the horror on my fac ...[text shortened]... use all the adults started laughing and sorted the flag out (it wasn’t destroyed or anything crazy).
@no1marauder saidWhen crazy people commit crimes because the voices told them to, do you blame the voices?
Man attacks 13 year old boy for refusing to remove his hat during the national anthem at a rodeo. Defense?:
MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — The attorney for a Montana man accused of throwing a 13-year-old boy to the ground at a rodeo because the teenager didn’t remove his hat during the national anthem said Wednesday his client believes he was acting on an order from President ...[text shortened]... Curt Brockway a patriotic American defending our values or a psychotic nut? Or maybe a bit of both?
@kazetnagorra saidIf a Christian kills because "the bible told me to" do you blame the millions of Christians who read the bible?
If the voices are put it in charge by 63 million people, do you blame the 63 million people - and the millions more who didn't oppose them?
@mott-the-hoople said“russia hoax got exposed”
democrats have grown desperate...russia hoax got exposed...now they have shifted to racism...Joe biden is their front runner 😂😂😂
I can understand if you’ve misspelled ‘hacking’ but I hope you weren’t trying to spell ‘collusion’.