verte76
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Good grief, this game has gone nuts. It's war out there. How depressing.
Man accused of trying to run down Rep. Katherine Harris
(CNN) -- Police in Sarasota, Florida, arrested a man accused of trying to run down Rep. Katherine Harris and her supporters with a car Tuesday, a police spokesman said.
A silver Cadillac "swerved off the road and drove up the sidewalk" heading "straight towards Ms. Harris," according to the police arrest report.
"Harris stated that she was afraid for her life," according to the police report, "and could not move as the vehicle approached her."
No one was injured in the alleged incident.
It happened as Harris and her supporters were campaigning in Sarasota, her spokeswoman said Wednesday.
A witness to the incident saw part of the vehicle tag before the car left the scene, according to the report. Police matched the tag to a car registered to Barry Seltzer, 46, of Sarasota.
After police tried to contact Seltzer, he came to to the Sarasota Police station where, according to a police report, he admitted trying to "intimidate" a group of Harris supporters.
"I was exercising my political expression," Seltzer told police, according to the report.
He was arrested on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. He is now in Sarasota County Jail, and is to have a court appearance Thursday.
Harris emerged as a controversial figure during her role as Florida Secretary of State during the 2000 presidential election recount.
She used that attention to fuel her campaign for the House of Representatives in 2002. In her bid for re-election, she faces Sarasota lawyer, Jan Schneider, who lost to Harris in the last election..
U2democrat said:i saw that story.
by the way i reported the guy who through the tennis ball at my car to the proper authorities at school today. busted!
stammer476 said:Wow, NBC. I have a degree in psychology, and I don't remember ever hearing or researching this type of disorder. (So natrually, I've spent the last hour doing quick "internet research.") This is really quite fascinating.
MissVelvetDress_75 said:My parent's Kerry-Edwards sticker was ripped off of their car. And signs supporting Kerry-Edwards have been stolen throughout my parents neighborhood. The police have been driving in and out of the neighborhood to prevent further problems. Not one Bush sign has been lifted. I think it is a shame that this is going on.
nbcrusader said:We will be no better off on Nov. 3 if either side continues harboring hatred in their hearts.
U2democrat said:if he had done any damage to my car i don't know what i would've done.
whenhiphopdrovethebigcars said:
That´s the best comment I have seen on FYM for quite some time.
U2democrat, I´m from Vienna, Austria. Yeah, that´s where the IAEA is located.
U2democrat said:
some bushies told me i had some points that made them think.
U2democrat said:grrr today as i was in my car waiting to pull out of the school parking lot some guy pulled up next to me and threw a tennis ball at my car. It bounce from my trunk to my rear window. don't you just love immature, stupid high school boys?
U2democrat said:wow anitram. was that english?
indra said:
Isn't immature and stupid the definition of high school boys?