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Trailrider1951

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65. Hey, thanks for the clarification!

Reply to getagrip_already (Reply #63)

Sat Dec 14, 2019, 04:52 PM

Dec 2019

A lawyer I am not.

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Man videotaped slapping reporter's rear on live TV charged [View all] demmiblue Dec 2019 OP

most people just behave anyway, but for the rest, better start living like youre on camera KG Dec 2019 #1

Because volstork Dec 2019 #29

Good. K&R hlthe2b Dec 2019 #2

A lot of us locals wondered why it took a week for the arrest aikoaiko Dec 2019 #3

Youth minister. Boy Scout Leader. gibraltar72 Dec 2019 #4

No longer BSA member d_r Dec 2019 #18

Yep. Bet he considers himself a Good Christian bitterross Dec 2019 #28

Well deserved arrest. Accountability, pal. Start owning the criminality of entitlement assault. n/t Guilded Lilly Dec 2019 #5

Callaway has been contrite about the incident Dennis Donovan Dec 2019 #6

He's still denying he did it on purpose. CurtEastPoint Dec 2019 #8

I can't speak to his veracity in regards to that... Dennis Donovan Dec 2019 #14

I think it was on his lawyers advice to try to save himself irisblue Dec 2019 #16

Well yeah, he was caught on camera slapping a woman in the ass. tenderfoot Dec 2019 #66

I'm not defending his actions... Dennis Donovan Dec 2019 #70

I believe that depends on what the "one action" is whopis01 Dec 2019 #77

If he didn't do it on purpose I'm sure the camera shows defacto7 Dec 2019 #22

and the camera does not show him even slowing down... Raster Dec 2019 #24

Oh sure, like he tripped and fell and feels totally innocent IronLionZion Dec 2019 #39

He's not taking full ownership. cab67 Dec 2019 #15

He didn't hit her backside on purpose, his hand did. Merlot Dec 2019 #32

It will not ruin his life. WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2019 #17

Why care if this ruins his life? JonLP24 Dec 2019 #23

The question is... mwb970 Dec 2019 #36

More than once, he's said something to the effect that "this isn't my real nature." cab67 Dec 2019 #46

He's not contrite; he's lying and saying it's an accident. cwydro Dec 2019 #50

Apologist. flvegan Dec 2019 #75

And he's still lying about it. cwydro Dec 2019 #7

This is so different from what us 50-somethings grew up with in the 70s. lostnfound Dec 2019 #9

The fight for women's rights has been long and it's not over yet. Arkansas Granny Dec 2019 #10

In trumplandia.... getagrip_already Dec 2019 #11

I remember. defacto7 Dec 2019 #25

Well, one thing that hasn't changed is that if the victim was a man mr_lebowski Dec 2019 #31

If the assailant was another man they'd probably be ridiculed as well JonLP24 Dec 2019 #35

There'd at least be a few cops willing to take a case like that up ... mr_lebowski Dec 2019 #38

I think homophobia is why cops would ridicule a man taking a complaint against another man JonLP24 Dec 2019 #41

We're of the same generation. cab67 Dec 2019 #47

I LOVE that answer. lostnfound Dec 2019 #62

I recently bought an old copy of Life Magazine wnylib Dec 2019 #48

Great post, good story. Nt. lostnfound Dec 2019 #61

Thanks. i couldn't pass up that issue. Although wnylib Dec 2019 #71

Physically threatening, sex pest, imbecile. She should get to wack Callaway's ass on live tv Mc Mike Dec 2019 #12

He'd probably like it...n/m RhodeIslandOne Dec 2019 #19

Play stupid games The Animator Dec 2019 #13

Oh hellz yeah. Gloria Allred is the reporter's attorney. aikoaiko Dec 2019 #20

Sometimes it takes a crane to lift someones conscousness. marble falls Dec 2019 #21

Lock this idiot up Gothmog Dec 2019 #26

It was wrong but should be forgiven. gulliver Dec 2019 #27

Has he asked for forgiveness? has he taken full responsibility and acknowledged Merlot Dec 2019 #37

Sort of. gulliver Dec 2019 #44

I just think the reporter should be able to do her job without being sexually harassed JonLP24 Dec 2019 #45

I agree. gulliver Dec 2019 #49

She says he didn't just slap, but also grabbed and squeezed. nt tblue37 Dec 2019 #69

Should be forgiven because??? wnylib Dec 2019 #51

I agree. What he did is super serious. gulliver Dec 2019 #58

Nonsense. Of course there is a simple answer wnylib Dec 2019 #68

That wasn't a pun. gulliver Dec 2019 #72

It looked like one. wnylib Dec 2019 #73

Yeah, I see it, but it wasn't an intentional pun I promise gulliver Dec 2019 #74

He hit a person. We are not a society where a man can hit someone and walk away. Lexee Dec 2019 #59

He sexually assaulted someone. n/t whopis01 Dec 2019 #78

It is not my place to forgive him sarisataka Dec 2019 #64

Check out the comments after the article about this on The Hill. mwb970 Dec 2019 #30

The comments on social media were awful as well JonLP24 Dec 2019 #33

Would conservatives feel the same if the genders were reversed? Lonestarblue Dec 2019 #34

Yeah, they absolutely WOULD tell a man to get over it ... mr_lebowski Dec 2019 #42

Highly unlikely it would happen to a male reporter. cwydro Dec 2019 #53

Thanks for clearing that up ... mr_lebowski Dec 2019 #55

Say the man was black exboyfil Dec 2019 #54

Good. He deserves a punch in the face. Pepsidog Dec 2019 #40

In trumplandia, they would buy him a beer... getagrip_already Dec 2019 #43

I've seen the video, and the look an that A-wipe's face is enough to convince me it's battery. Hoyt Dec 2019 #52

Definitely premeditated Stargazer09 Dec 2019 #76

An apology is meaningless exboyfil Dec 2019 #56

Attacked was the expression on her face !!!! Prosper Dec 2019 #57

That was an ASSAULT! Trailrider1951 Dec 2019 #60

actually its battery... not assault getagrip_already Dec 2019 #63

Hey, thanks for the clarification! Trailrider1951 Dec 2019 #65

"First we weren't supposed to shoot brown and black people! And now it's not OK to smack women! struggle4progress Dec 2019 #67