‘Wire’ star Wendell Pierce arrested for attacking a candidates supporters in Atlanta hotel

[LiberalArkie]

Wendell Pierce, star of HBO’s The Wire was taken into custody late Saturday after allegedly attacking two Bernie Sanders supporters.

According to TMZ, the actor — who recently starred as Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas in HBO’s Confirmation — ran into a woman and a man at 3:30AM and struck up a conversation that turned to politics.

Pierce — who is a vocal Hillary Clinton supporter — reportedly became enraged when he learned the couple were supporters of Bernie Sanders.

The actor is accused of shoving the man then grabbing the woman by her hair before slapping her.

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http://www.rawstory.com/2016/05/wire-star-wendell-pierce-arrested-for-attacking-bernie-sanders-supporters-in-atlanta-hotel/

[7wo7rees]

1. You know, I've not heard of one Bernie supporter celebrity

physically attacking anyone. Did we miss it?

[NewImproved Deal]

2. Pig. The Clinton Machine draws the noblest of humanity...

"...grabbing the woman by her hair before slapping her."

[silvershadow]

3. wow. This primary is just ugly. nt

[JackRiddler]

5. Yeah, for the good old days...

What has become of our political culture, with its noble roots in the gentle discursive arts of high-flown debate and tarring and feathering your opponents and running them out of town on a rail? Ah for the friendly civil days of Jacksonian democracy, the teargas of '68, the decency and maturity with which Burr and Hamilton settled their dispute.

[silvershadow]

8. All of which deflect from the actual, legitimate grievances and

general indictment of the primary thus far.

[JackRiddler]

13. Not at all what I meant.

Just some color background that I'll reflexively invoke any time someone implies now is worse than whenever.

I agree with you completely if by ugly you mean this is a mess of nonsensical arbitrary changing impossible rules and procedures rigged to keep the longstanding corrupt establishment in place; plus a whole boatload of bad-news violations on behalf of producing fraudulent results in said establishment's interest.

[silvershadow]

15. Noted. And appreciated. nt

[Hekate]

23. Eloquently stated, Sir.

[JackRiddler]

30. But not that I don't see right and wrong in a lot of situations.

[JackRiddler]

4. Probably Bunk was drunk.

(Wire reference.)

[cui bono]

6. Hillary supporter who phyically assaulted a woman.

A woman.

A male Hillary fan physically assaulted a woman because she didn't support Hillary and supports Bernie.

.

[Lizzie Poppet]

10. In Georgia (a CCW state).

Lucky he didn't get shot...

[cui bono]

19. Yeah, seriously. n/t

[Hoyt]

29. True, a lot of yahoos carry gunz while drinking, and I they are often racists.

[Hekate]

25. Don't hold yourself back. Explain in detail just how Hillary is responsible for this drunk.

I would find this just as offensive if you made such a point of noting the assaulter's blackness. Hmm?

[cui bono]

26. Where did I say she is responsible in that post?

Don't hold yourself back. Quote in detail the exact words of mine where I said that.

You would find anything any Bernie supporter says about anything offensive based on this reply. And you're the one who brought race into this, not me. So there's that.

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[SFnomad]

7. This is like the third or fourth OP created about this incident already

I suppose this is all the BS cheerleaders have at this point ... sad.

(And this post in no way condones what happened)

[LiberalArkie]

12. I posted one and it got locked for off topic

[cui bono]

16. That's really more important to you than a man physically assaulting a woman for a difference

of opinion?



.

[SFnomad]

20. BS cheerleaders have turned this place into a sewer ... the incident only needs one OP, maybe a

second if there is updated information (but the first post seemed to cover the incident pretty well).

But the BS cheerleaders are posting it multiple times because BS has lost, the cheerleaders are angry, bitter and they're lashing out and they really don't have anything else other then topics like this to smear Secretary Clinton with by association.

(And as I posted the first time here, I do not condone the incident that occurred in the slightest)

[cui bono]

22. LOL. That's funny. Did you think Hillary fans did that when they posted all the faux outrage

and MADE UP MEME about Bernie abusing his wife?

Or when they kept posting lies about him being racist/for white males only?

Or when they kept posting lies about him not actually fighting for civil rights? Or when they said it really didn't matter that he did?

Or when they wouldn't shut up about Susan Sarandon?

Please... your bias is showing. This in 1/1000 of anything the Hill fans have been doing. This is a REAL incident, not a talking point that is a complete lie. You even betray your bias by using "BS" vs "Secretary Clinton". So spare me the lectures, you don't show any objectivity what so ever and you are completely wrong.

Dismissing violent acts by a man against a woman as non-important and as a "sour grapes" thing is beyond ridiculous and despicable.

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[Warren DeMontague]

45. "There's an app for that!"

[firebrand80]

9. .

[CobaltBlue]

11. Actor Wendell Pierce is a passionate supporter of Hillary Clinton…

in an unhealthy way.

[pdsimdars]

50. IMHO they all are.

[JimDandy]

14. Hillary's supporters are getting violent, ugly and out of hand

Sander's campaign blocking HER coronation is really getting to them. Just imagine how they'll behave in the GE against Trump supporters if she becomes the Dem nominee. Close quarters, hair pulling fights coast to coast!

[LiberalArkie]

21. They probably have been told how Bernie will start taxing the money in their off-shore and

on-shore tax havens. Some on DU are worried about how their trust funds will go and probably have been told that Bernie will tax that sucker. The hedgefundies are probably worried that some single mom living on the street might get helped at their expense.

There are a lot of reasons for them to HATE Bernie, and they do indeed hate him as much as they hated other people who wanted to bring about change.

[NWCorona]

18. When keeping it real goes wrong

[berni_mccoy]

24. Hillary Bros

[valerief]

28. If this is true, I don't like him anymore. nt

[Hoyt]

31. I'd like to know what was said. If he assault happened just because theysupport Sanders, lock him up

On the other hand, if they started some crud about Clinton and her supporters, would like to know more. I'd also like to hear from other witnesses. Can't see assaulting anyone over politics, but I'm not sure we've heard the complete story.

[LiberalArkie]

32. Considering that the police booked and not the others, it is pretty clear who was at fault.

[Hoyt]

33. Police never get it wrong?

[LiberalArkie]

34. Probably did get it right isince all parties were alive, since 1 party was arrested and the other

parties were not probably indicated who was at fault. He may have even told the police that it was his fault.

[RufusTFirefly]

35. So you're suggesting that there are some legitimate reasons for assault?

If so: wow!

[Hoyt]

36. I thnk I made that clear. Still want to hear some witnesses.

[LiberalArkie]

39. Here is another article

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/wendell-pierce-arrested-allegedly-attacking-sanders-fan-article-1.2637752

Daily news said no further information until the PD offices open on Monday.

And there is the always reliable: http://www.tmz.com/2016/05/15/the-wire-arrested-wendell-pierce-hilary-clinton-bernie-sanders/

[vintx]

38. Is there any other way to read his post? nt

[pmorlan1]

40. I agree with you

that we haven't heard the complete story because it just happened. I also agree with you that people need to wait until all the facts come out before jumping on this. I've never been a fan of pronouncing people guilty before we've heard both sides of the story and yes the police make mistakes all the time. Having said that I am a little disturbed by what else I think you are saying. I don't agree that if they said something about Clinton or her supporters that it would justify a violent response from him. Maybe you aren't saying that and I've just misunderstood your comment? I hope you will elaborate on this point.

[Hoyt]

41. Reasonable. I clearly said, "can't see anyone assaulting someone over politics, " and

if story is true, lock him up. That's pretty clear to me.

[pmorlan1]

42. Good

Then we are in agreement. Thank you.

[JFKcrat]

43. He claims...

he followed them to their hotel room in argument and then they pulled him into their room. That really doesn't make sense.

[pmorlan1]

47. I would agree

Yeah, I agree. The description in the police report of what he said didn't make sense which is probably why he was arrested and not them.

I just ran across this piece that appears in Gawker that gives more details.

http://gawker.com/eyewitness-says-the-wires-wendell-pierce-charged-into-h-1777076559

[AzDar]

37. The Clinton Campaign Featuring: David "Baby Atwater" Brock...has spun a deceitful, hateful narrative

and this is the net result. Way To Go, Hillary!!

[pdsimdars]

51. Keeps coming back to JUDGEMENT . . . and that's one thing she does not have.

[Warren DeMontague]

44. See, we told you those Berniebros were violent!

Oh, wait.

[bobbobbins01]

46. Why aren't Hillary supporters denouncing this?

Why hasn't Hillary herself made any comment?

Personally, I couldn't give a shit who denounces what, but there is a huge double standard going on here. Bernie has to comment on fake violence, but Hillary gets a pass when it actually occurs.

[GreatGazoo]

48. It is not what happens so much as how it is spun

which is why we see such a split between Sanders and Clinton supporters media habits. The Clintons have heavily leveraged the WaPo, Jonathan Capehart, and CNN.

I see progress when I look at how easily they destroyed Howard Dean with a phony scream meme, yet Obama beat the 'Hillary is inevitable' narrative and now they can't stop Sanders, although CNN is in full Swiftboat mode:

[pdsimdars]

49. There was no violence from Bernie supporters at the NV convention. No violence. No video.

There was a whole line of police there but they didn't see any violence and no one was arrested.

But we DO have evidence of violence from Hillary supporters. We do have police arresting a Hillary supporter. And I did see the picture of that poor lady's face.

Isn't that just what the GOP handbook says to do? Blame your OPPONENTS for YOUR problems. Blame Bernie supporters for Hillary supporters misdoings, to throw haze on the whole thing, make their own bad behavior seem not so bad maybe.

[tularetom]

52. But but but somebody somewhere threw a chair...

So thi isn't really so bad is it?

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

53. ... and the chair frightened poor Nancy.

Oh, dear.