Rand Paul assaulted at Kentucky home (UPDATE: 6 broken ribs)

[Danke]

Dang, that's really bad. I just bruised a rib once and it hurt to breathe for weeks.

TMI

 

[anaconda]

This was no minor attack.

The Latest: APNewsBreak: Paul recovering from 5 broken ribs - Nov. 5, 2017 5:28 PM ET
http://www.apnewsarchive.com/2017/A...-his-home/id-68fb5bbe2e0441489a4e0002f0edd754

How could the assailant break five of Rand's ribs? This seems technically challenging somehow.

 

[kahless]

NBC issued a correction last night about them being acquainted with each other, according to the police; it is not the case they had never met. What a nutter.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-new...ed-his-kentucky-home-suspect-arrested-n817591

 

[kahless]

How could the assailant break five of Rand's ribs? Render him unconscious and clobber his unguarded mid section repeatedly with a baseball bat?

Maybe or the way he landed on part of the machine.

 

[Krugminator2]

This was no minor attack.

I like how all the headlines say "minor injury." Possible death doesn't seem minor. And how the hell is this only a possible max one year in prison?

I wouldn't be surprised if the official reason is some property dispute. But after this guy's Facebook, there is no chance politics wasn't a huge motivator. The guy is an unhinged leftist. You don't attack a US Senator like that over a property dispute.

 

[Schifference]

Will Rand continue cutting the grass when he occupies the white house?

 

[euphemia]

I haven't seen a good source of news on this or anything that looks legit on what really happened so I am just going to keep imagining that the guy put up a bunch of Bernie Sanders 2016 posters in Rand's lawn.

You'd think something like that would upset the homeowners association...

 

[Danke]

Will Rand continue cutting the grass when he occupies the white house?

No.

 

[jct74]

he has lung contusions too

https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/05/rand-paul-assault-broken-ribs-244579

 

[William Tell]

Get well soon Rand.

 

[kahless]

I like how all the headlines say "minor injury." Possible death doesn't seem minor. And how the hell is this only a possible max one year in prison?

I wouldn't be surprised if the official reason is some property dispute. But after this guy's Facebook, there is no chance politics wasn't a huge motivator. The guy is an unhinged leftist. You don't attack a US Senator like that over a property dispute.

Apparently a correction was issued and they had never met. I am thinking the guy is probably mentally off and worked himself up into a frenzy for whatever political reason and took action.

Getting blindsided is not something a regular Joe would expect coming riding along on your mower with ear plugs. As a Republican public figure in a nation of this size they probably should have been thinking more about home security.

 

[ChristianAnarchist]

5 broken ribs is no minor altercation! What did the guy do? Beat him with a tire iron??

 

[tod evans]

5 broken ribs is no minor altercation! What did the guy do? Beat him with a tire iron??

I garnered both 'tackled' and 'mowing the lawn' from what's been written...

Slammed into from behind, or the side while on a riding mower could certainly break ribs.

 

[phill4paul]

he has lung contusions too

https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/05/rand-paul-assault-broken-ribs-244579

I would say the charges need to be bumped to assault in the second degree (class C felony) which carries a 5-10 yr. sentence.

 

[nobody's_hero]

4th degree assault?

$5k bail?

This is weird. Waiting for more details. Hope Rand is OK.

Bail is probably the most backwards, screwed up thing in our judicial system.

They do need to up the charges on this, possibly even to aggravated assault. It takes a lot of force to displace a rib (fracturing is fairly easy but the bone usually stays relatively in-line).

 

[Krugminator2]

From WAPO https://www.washingtonpost.com/powe...2_story.html?tid=sm_tw&utm_term=.2bbd4e7c2a57

Jeff Jones, a registered nurse who worked with Boucher at the Bowling Green Medical Center, described Boucher’s politics as “liberal.”

“He was active on social media and said some negative things about the Republican agenda,” Jones said.

“I think it was unfortunate that they lived so close together,” he added



Jim Bullington, a former member of the city commission, knows both men. He said Sunday that Boucher is divorced and lives alone. Bullington described Boucher as a socialist.


“He’s pretty much the opposite of Rand Paul in every way,” Bullington said in an interview.


The neighbors had been known to have “heated discussions” about health care, Bullington said, adding that Boucher is an advocate of a national health system.

 

[MRK]

This is upsetting. Broken bones cause a lot of lasting damage and discomfort.

Hopefully Rand will be able to get this guy out of his house so he can live in peace.

 

[nobody's_hero]

From WAPO https://www.washingtonpost.com/powe...2_story.html?tid=sm_tw&utm_term=.2bbd4e7c2a57

Lordy help me I clicked on the comments. Can we please write off the Left and just let the Right kick the shit out of them? Of all the Republican senators in D.C. they are celebrating and mocking Rand.

 

[r3volution 3.0]

Bail is probably the most backwards, screwed up thing in our judicial system.

Rand would be the first person to say that the bail system is unjust, as it stands.

Indeed, he has a bill pending on the subject.

Will Rand continue cutting the grass when he occupies the white house?

There's only one way to be sure.

 

[Matt Collins]

I would say the charges need to be bumped to assault in the second degree (class C felony) which carries a 5-10 yr. sentence.

Yeah really.

Hopefully Rand will be able to get this guy out of his house so he can live in peace.

Yeah, as in prison... and then an indefinite restraining order.