Police recommend charge against girl at Trump rally

[DesMoinesDem]

JANESVILLE, Wis. (AP) — Investigators said Thursday that they're recommending a disorderly conduct charge be filed against a 15-year-old girl who was pepper-sprayed after she punched a man at a rally for Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump in Wisconsin.

Video of the altercation shows a crowd of people in a parking lot outside the rally in Janesville on Tuesday. The girl can be seen holding an anti-Trump sign and arguing with a 59-year-old man.

The video shows the man turning away with his hands in the air. Seconds later, the girl punches him in the face. Another man wearing a red Trump hat then pepper-sprayed the girl and disappeared into the crowd.

The girl told police the first man groped her breast. But Chief David Moore told reporters during a news conference Thursday that additional video doesn't show any evidence the man groped her and that 12 out of 13 witnesses said they didn't see him do anything.

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/668901b477b24b6da498083af6d37f9c/cops-find-man-accused-pepper-spraying-girl-trump-rally

[abelenkpe]

1. 12 out of 13?

So one did witness the groping?

[840high]

2. I watched different videos on this. Did not see

any groping.

[abelenkpe]

3. Well that proves it then

[840high]

4. Did I say that? I like to know

truth before accusing someone. I guess you think it's ok she fist punched an old man.

[Initech]

5. Hey I would have reacted the same way if I was pepper sprayed.

[former9thward]

6. She was pepper sprayed after she punched the guy.

I guess you forgot that.

[Democat]

7. The article says she was pepper sprayed after she punched him

I doubt any of us would like to be punched.

[Warren DeMontague]

8. I watched the video, and it didn't match up with the narrative of her as the victim.

She punched someone, and then -blam- gets pepper sprayed. There's no evidence of her being assaulted before that. Without something like that, it sure looks like she has the primary blame.