Rep. Bob Etheridge of North Carolina, A democratic congressman has apologized for his actions towards a student which he grabbed by the arm and neck while he was being filmed with their mobile phones.
Video of Congressman Rep. Bob Etheridge grabbing the arm of a young man after he filmed him.
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Etheridge who issued a statement on Monday apologized for his actions against the “college student” who was filming the congressman walking towards them.
It all started well as the young men said “hi Congressman, how are you” in which Etheridge replied “thank you”.
However, after Etheridge was close to the camera, the young man who later introduces himself as a “college student, on a project” asked if he “fully approves the Obama agenda?”
Etheridge, then is seen asking “who are you? Who are you?” several times before forcing the phone in the young man’s hand towards the ground.
From the reactions of the “college students” they were very surprised by the actions of Etheridge who has been a congressman in the North Carolina state since 1997.
The angel of the video is then taken to the video recording of the other young man presumed to be a friend who witnessed the incident.
Etheridge is then seen snatching the phone in which the young man was filming the congressman from the young man in which he carried on asking “who are you?” in which the young man said that he was there “for a project”.
The congressman is then seen grabbing the young man who claims to be a “college student, on a project“ by the neck and pulls the young man to his side.
The video which was edited and uploaded on a website owned by Andrew Breitbart, a conservative Web entrepreneur, was then uploaded on other popular video sharing websites including Youtube where it has been viewed millions of times.
In the apology Etheridge made it wrote “I deeply and profoundly regret my reaction an I apologize to all involved,” … “No matter how intrusive and partisan our politics can become, this does not justify a poor response.”
In a news conference on Monday Etheridge also said “No matter how partisan and no matter how difficult things get sometimes, that’s no excuse for my response, I know better.”
Etheridge continued “I’ve been spat at, pushed on and threatened before, and that’s no excuse for the actions, for my not walking on by, just no excuse”.
The video which was uploaded on the Internet in an edit version with text writing “What happens when a US congressman meets a college kid on a street in Washington?” and “He goes BERSERK!” just before Etheridge takes the cell phone off the young man.
Write your comments and thoughts bellow. Do you think Etheridge overreacted or were the so called students out of order for shoving a camera in the face of the congressman and asking such questions?
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Jack booted college thugs from the Tea Party’s vicious Youth Video Projects department attacked innocent Congressman NC Rep Bob Etheridge (Dem) as he returned from conducting the people’s Pelosi business. Both thugs were able to escape from the victim after the poor congressman was able to overcome and detain one of the assailees for a short time and squeeze a gurgled epithet from the more brawny of the two skinny thugs. The congressman’s friends from the SEIU benevolence league have offered to protect the congressman from future random attacks by sacrificing other people’s rights to assure he is left unopposed in the business of raising taxes for the peoples own good of course. Keith Olbermann was quick to point out the obvious racial overtones that weren’t heard or seen during the altercation. Rosie O’Donnell also commented during her radio show on the blatant anti-gay rhetoric not being uttered during the attack by the pro life Catholic Church mob down the street during a church service. The congressman coming from a Pelosi fund raiser to repeal Arizona’s AB1070, was heard to yell “I have a right to know who you are” and “Vee haf veys ouf making you show zee papers” at the assailants, no admission by the attackers of belonging to any neo-type group was forth coming. After the congressman’s dust up with the hooligans, Janet Napolitano quickly declared the scene safer than it had ever been before and pledged to be even more vigilant for neo-anti taxpayers like these two youths. White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said the President will withhold any comments about whose @#$% ass to kick for at least a month or two. A full investigation of the assault by the top prosecutors in the US AG’s office has been promised by the US Attorney General. Mr. Holder said funds allocated in the next year’s budget for the persecution of the two youths will require billions to assure the American people this type of freedom of the press or speech behavior by youths running rampant with cameras and microphones cannot continue unchecked. Harry Reid has proposed massive tax hikes on the rich to fund the new legislation.