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(152,717 posts) Sat Feb 19, 2022, 02:21 AM Feb 2022

Senator Rand Paul's son charged with assaulting flight attendant [View all]

Put this asshole on a no fly list

Link to tweet

. - The son of U.S. Sen. Rand Paul is accused of assaulting a flight attendant during a trip from Kentucky to North Carolina.

The Charlotte Observer reported over the weekend that 19-year-old William Paul was charged with misdemeanor assault on a female by aggressive physical force. The paper had previously reported that he also was charged with underage drinking, disorderly conduct and being intoxicated and disruptive.

The newspaper quoted Lt. Shawn Crooks as saying all the charges against Paul were filed the day of the incident, Jan. 5.

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Senator Rand Paul's son charged with assaulting flight attendant [View all] LetMyPeopleVote Feb 2022 OP

MISDEMEANOR??!! madashelltoo Feb 2022 #1

Right? I thought interfering with a flight crew was a felony. SunSeeker Feb 2022 #16

Not All ProfessorGAC Feb 2022 #30

Physically assaulting a flight attendant is, of course, a felony. Why did he get off lightly? SunSeeker Feb 2022 #31

Ya Got Me! ProfessorGAC Feb 2022 #33

It happened in 2012 Dorian Gray Feb 2022 #34

No wonder Paul is against the no-fly list. LOL. ificandream Feb 2022 #2

I am also amused by this fact LetMyPeopleVote Feb 2022 #5

No kidding - - no shit. Talitha Feb 2022 #11

lol yes.. btw! Cha Feb 2022 #20

I thought of thaat, too.. also Cha Feb 2022 #19

Dickishness is the Paul family's dominant trait Blue Owl Feb 2022 #3

Trash raised by trash dalton99a Feb 2022 #4

... raised by trash. RockRaven Feb 2022 #7

Charges filed on Jan 5th... And kept quiet for 1.5 months. RockRaven Feb 2022 #6

Look at the year of the article, though. Grokenstein Feb 2022 #8

That's my fault for assuming the tweet date matched the article date. RockRaven Feb 2022 #10

Way back in 2013 Dorian Gray Feb 2022 #35

The apples aren't falling far away from that tree. Lunabell Feb 2022 #9

Looks like little Billy Paul is a chip off the old blockhead! ShazzieB Feb 2022 #12

He's got that same dumb look as his father, like no one is home! Emile Feb 2022 #32

He's exactly the punk I would have expected Rand Paul to have raised. nt SunSeeker Feb 2022 #13

9 year old article! kirby Feb 2022 #14

This happened in 2013 left-of-center2012 Feb 2022 #15

But Rand Paul opposes disruptive passenger no fly lists NOW. SunSeeker Feb 2022 #17

'cause look at his role model or Cha Feb 2022 #18

like power & think their crap don't stink ! monkeyman1 Feb 2022 #21

It appears he was charged by the State of North Carolina jmowreader Feb 2022 #22

I wonder what the statutes of limitation are. 9 years is along time ago. jimfields33 Feb 2022 #28

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree. Joinfortmill Feb 2022 #23

Caste of a pall? czarjak Feb 2022 #24

The apple 🍎 doesn't fall far from the tree. secondwind Feb 2022 #25

#LockHimUp Trueblue1968 Feb 2022 #26

The fact that it happened 9 years ago is somewhat worse Norbert Feb 2022 #27

How proud Rand must be! Emile Feb 2022 #29

Too bad Rand Paul's never met Rand's son! Sounds like the son also needs a good asskicking. madinmaryland Feb 2022 #36

The OP doesn't bother to inform how old this article stopdiggin Feb 2022 #37

FFS, this is a 10 year old story, self delete or update your title! USALiberal Feb 2022 #38