TAYLOR BICKFORD: Charged with ASSAULT? Why NOT? He KICKED protester

[jackstraw45]

ON CAMERA.

He should be at Pier 57

http://www.actupny.org/reports/rnc_nyc.html#update

Click see quicktime movie to see Taylor Bickford push a protester to the ground and KICK her.

This man should be ARRESTED NOW and in Pier 57 and charged with assault.

CALL the NYPD, Manhattan DA and Mayor Bloomberg and ask why Taylor Bickford has not been charged with ASSAULT!!!

NYPD: 212-266-1212 or 646-610-5000

Mayor Bloombergs office - 212-788-7418

Manhattan DA - 212-335-9000

Tell them you witnessed an ASSAULT on television. Tell them that Channel 7 in New York has the footage on their website and identifies and INTERVIEWS the suspect.

Taylor Bickford IS the name of a page from Alaska for the RNC:

The 2004 Republican National Convention today announced the selection of more than 155 youth from across the nation to serve in the Page Program at this year's convention in New York City.
http://www.gopconvention.com/contents/newsroom/events/p... /

He also was an INTERN to Senator Murkowski:

Taylor Bickford, the son of Ann and Frank Bickford of Anchorage. He is a graduate of West Anchorage High School.
http://www.senate.gov/~murkowski/Press%20Releases/5-13....

He should be in JAIL for assault!

[Renew Deal]

1. That might not be his real name.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x724681

[jackstraw45]

2. More info:

Taylor Bickford is a page from Alaska for the RNC:

The 2004 Republican National Convention today announced the selection of more than 155 youth from across the nation to serve in the Page Program at this year's convention in New York City.
http://www.gopconvention.com/contents/newsroom/events/pageprogram/

He also was an INTERN to Senator Murkowski:

Taylor Bickford, the son of Ann and Frank Bickford of Anchorage. He is a graduate of West Anchorage High School.
http://www.senate.gov/~murkowski/Press%20Releases/5-13.html

He should be in JAIL for assault!

[Mad_Dem_X]

9. His parents must be so proud...

:eyes:

[Cronus Protagonist]

45. true dat

werd

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[funkybutt]

3. I wonder if anything will happen to him.

We've got to spread the word on this. So many non-violent protesters have been arrested for speaking their mind while this young republican "gentleman" assaults a 100lb woman!

There is a previous post with the contact info of Senator Murkowsk who he is an intern for in Alaska! Lets take care of this. That young woman deserves justice but she's probably the one in jail!

[Cronus Protagonist]

4. Pic and direct link here

You know if this happened at the democratic convention, the election would be over.

Video:

http://www.actupny.org/reports/rnc_nyc-kicking.mov

Alternate Video location:

http://cronus.com/images/rnc_nyc-kicking.mov

Pic:


Bigger pic:

[sniffa]

17. it's dyLan kLeeboLd

i knew he wasn't dead.

[Warpy]

31. Well, it's certainly the face of the Hitler Youth

Gawd, the resemblance is really scary. Somebody arrest this little punk and throw him in jail and give him a reality check on why being a violent asshole isn't a good idea.

[Minimus]

29. back of his shirt says MONSTER?

I did a freeze frame. Is this what I saw?

[Snazzy]

37. Yep! No small selection of ironies there

Trying to figure out if they were a sponsor or something.

THere's a different guy also in a Monster shirt you can see for an instant in WABC vid.

[Snazzy]

39. Volunteers got free monster.com shirts

http://www.poe-news.com/features.php?feat=39371

Life As A Republican National Convention Volunteer - Part 2

...

The NYC host committee is, I believe, a creation of the Republican party meant to handle the convention on a local level. Monster.com is then contracted by the host committee to do all the webwork and paperwork. The staffers I dealt with that Saturday morning were neither Host committee or Monster, but from a different agency entirely. They were NYC municipal tourist bureau workers, local government, not specifically Republican-affiliated at all.

The woman who explained this to me said it was a necessity for them to take an active role as this is the biggest convention to ever hit New York. I half-jokingly asked why sci-fi conventions with potentially larger attendance numbers don’t get such special greetment from the city. She said it was the political and economic significance that mattered. I told her that Star Trek VI was a very politically significant movie, but she mistook it for the one with the whales.

Point is, New York taxpayer dollars are making the Republican convention happen, and probably even paying for my nice new Monster.com t-shirt. Did we vote for this shit? It’s simply not fair unless volunteer-herders are provided for all major conventions in New York. Where are my Klingon interpreters? I want an order of Gagh now!

Somewhere along the line between Monster.com and the NYC tourist bureau, many ID cards were lost. The official response?

“It’s not that easy to get those t-shirts, they’ll identify you to security.”

....

[Snazzy]

40. Monster Worldwide Named Primary Recruiter For RNC

Monster Worldwide Named Primary Recruiter For RNC

The New York City Host Committee has selected Monster as the primary recruiter for the more than 8,000 volunteers needed at the 2004 Republican National Convention. The GOP convention is the first ever to take place in New York City and will occur between August 30 and September 2 at Madison Square Garden.

The company will establish a Monster-sponsored Web site (http://nyc2004.monster.com) to serve as an online community for the volunteers by keeping them informed and connected throughout the sixteen days of their engagement from August 18th to September 3rd. The New York City Host Committee plans to use the site to streamline its communication with its large volunteer staff and more efficiently instruct, inform and mobilize them with schedule updates and other ongoing notifications.

http://www.mediapost.com/dtls_dsp_news.cfm?SubMatter=Online&newsID=247817

HOST COMMITTEE LAUNCHES NEW ONLINE COMMUNITY
- Exclusive Site to Help Volunteers Connect and Serve as One-Stop Training Resource-

NYC 2004 Host Committee Assistant Director of Operations Neil Giacobbi announced today that the Host Committee has launched a first-of-its-kind online volunteer community (nyc2004.monster.com) for the Republican National Convention.

Designed by Monster®, the leading global online careers site and the flagship brand of New York-based Monster Worldwide, the site allows screened volunteers to become actively engaged with planning for the Convention and a forum to exchange ideas and recount their personal Convention experiences.

“Through our website and volunteer application, the Host Committee has provided thousands of people from across the country with a way to be a part of the best of New York City and to connect and be a part the Republican National Convention,” said NYC 2004 Host Committee Assistant Director of Operations Neil Giacobbi. “Monster developed the sophisticated and unique technology for attracting and processing Convention volunteers and they have now created an innovative tool for the Host Committee to utilize the skills and enhance the experience of every volunteer.”

http://www.nyc2004.com/News/Read.aspx?ID=15

[NewYorkerfromMass]

5. Victim or witness has to press charges

nobody else can.

[jackstraw45]

6. She's probably in Pier 57 sitting in a pool of Diesel fuel

Bruised and silenced.

We have to get this story publicized and get this ASSHOLE charged.

How more obvious can it be?

This makes me SO angry that PEACEFUL protesters are in Pier 57 while this nazi scumbag ASSAULTS someone on TELEVISION and is free.

[Cronus Protagonist]

26. The whole nation witnessed it on TV

Does that count?


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[Goldmund]

33. That's not true

otherwise anybody could attack anybody on the street, and as long as the victim ain't pressing charges, they're cool.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

38. Then you need a prosecution by someone

police, or whoever can do it.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

44. IANAL, but I think prosecutor can press anyway. They usually don't.

I am not a lawyer, but I think the prosecutor can press charges even if the victim is uncooperative. It is only rarely done. If it is on video tape, then it is witnessed.

Think about murder cases with no witnesses. Charges can and are pressed. No victim, no witness to the act, but murderers are convicted in a court of law by a jury of peers based on evidence.

[Goldmund]

7. If he's not arrested by tonight,

let me see that bitch try to walk the streets of NYC.

[Mad_Dem_X]

12. Yeah, if someone recognizes him...

it'll be all over for this kid.

[Goldmund]

8. I actually got a response at the 212 NYPD number

and they promised they'd investigate... Whatever that's worth.

Please, keep calling.

[jackstraw45]

11. Same here...KEEP calling and let's get this guy CHARGED as deserved

I'm so SICK of these GOP spoiled brat THUGS protected by mommy and daddy.

[johnnie]

10. Typical

Young Republican, old Republican..they are all nasty, angry, warmongers. How come this "Young Republican" isn't sporting an Army uniform and helping to save Iraq? He seems to enjoy beating on defenseless people. Just another piece of shit.

[lapfog_1]

23. What do you mean

If he had courage he would enlist. But he is a republican.
Fighting wars is for the poor people.

And, should he find himself there by accident somehow, we would
still see his face on TV... at Abu Ghraib, practicing his
"family values".

[TheDonkey]

13. We all need to contact the media about this outrage

this is disgusting and this punk it a true example of what these FReaks truly represent.

[jackstraw45]

14. Anyone have a contact at Air America? Would be nice to get this over the

airwaves with Randi.

[TheDonkey]

15. great idea, i can't believe the nerve of this punk. no one seemed to mind

too, which is just about as disgusting as kicking this defenseless protestor.

[Catherine Vincent]

16. The same thing should happen to him. How disgusting!

If a protestor did that to a woman I would be just as pissed!

[Child_Of_Isis]

18. How very republican of him n/t

[Goldmund]

19. Self deleted.

Self-deleted

[Romulus]

20. Bickford may *NOT* be the right name

geez, how many times does it have to be said.


The video link in post #1 shows some other guy as "Taylor Bickford."

Even the picture in the thread starter says "*Note: name may not be correct."

[jackstraw45]

22. Regardless, the photo is enough for NYPD

EVERY person admitted to the convention has their photo taken for ID badges.

Should be that tough to find this guy in 15-30 minutes.

[Goldmund]

25. My bad

I apologize. :)

[Romulus]

30. no prob

I was PO'd, too-:hi:

[Cronus Protagonist]

21. I don't think his name is Bickford

The cameraman just interviewed someone prior to this and his name was Bickford, they probably just left the title on the screen or accidentally pulled it back up by mistake.

Not that this information diminishes the sordid life of the real Bickford.


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[zulchzulu]

24. If he gets off for assault and battery, then we have NO justice system

I bet someone down at the big house would like him to be his little loveslave.

[Neshanic]

27. I called the DA's office, line is " we can't until the police arrest"

[LoZoccolo]

28. We need as many Republicans in jail as possible.

Last night just reinforced it WELL for me: we need to destroy the Republican party by whatever peaceful and legal means are available to us. They must be made an example of history that you do not fuck with America the way they are doing.

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[Dookus]

35. Rose

please don't post that information. It's against the DU rules, AND it is very likely they are NOT the parents of the guy in question.

[genius]

36. She should sue. What is the ACLU doing?

[jackstraw45]

41. .

:kick:

[Christof]

42. That little fucker should be in jail.

And if he ever did something like that to me, I'd sweep his sorry ass all over the floor until he forgot who he was. :grr:

[HuskerDem]

43. Something should be done about the little prick, that for sure .......eom

[Moderator]

46. locking

The identity of the attacker is not certain. Also, posting personal info with the intent to harass the person or his family is a DU rule violation.