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by MAX RIVLIN-NADLER
A drunken Goldman Sachs employee, apparently angry over both his job and his dissolving marriage, started shouting racial slurs at a black couple yesterday evening in the West Village yesterday, before he was knocked out cold by a man who was trying to help him.
The unidentified man was passing a black couple eating at a burrito shop shortly before 6 P.M. when he stumbled into their table. Douglas Reddish, 25, tried to help the man regain his balance, when the drunken man lashed out at him.
This nigger wants to fight me! police say the drunken man yelled. "You niggers are why I lost my job."
Reddish then clocked the racist, drunken man.
The man then fell back and smacked his head on the pavement, knocking him out.
He was out cold. I thought he was dead, said a worker at the burrito place. Reddish, seeing the extent of the injuries to the unconscious, drunk, racist man, fled the scene, only to be arrested a few minutes later by police and charged with assault.
The drunk, racist Goldman Sachs employee remains in serious condition.
http://gawker.com/racist-goldman-sachs-employee-gets-punched-in-face-bla-769148234
probably not drunk anymore.
byeya
(2,842 posts)dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)How many tv shows have shown that same scenario as a plot device?
brush
(53,784 posts)That's why I still can get over the zimmerman supporters who believe zimmy had his head repeatedly bashed 20-30 times on concrete with no concussion or skull fracture or being knocked cold like this guy with only one head bash.
leftyohiolib
(5,917 posts)the 1st amendment gives people the right to be a-holes.
OutNow
(864 posts)The First Amendment to the Constitution provides protection from GOVERNMENT action for people who exercise their right to free speech. I hate it when people like Dr. Laura cried about her right to free speech when the LGBT community protested her awful TV show. No Dr. Laura, your right to free speech means that the government can't cancel your show. It DOES NOT prevent people from working to get your show off the air. Likewise in this case, the First Amendment offers no protection against getting punched in the face because you are a drunken asshole. There are laws against assault however.
leftyohiolib
(5,917 posts)thankyou for correcting me.
mattclearing
(10,091 posts)Not sure what the law are there, but this case would seem to qualify.
ceonupe
(597 posts)Think travon was right to punch and beat Zimmerman for confronting him.
brush
(53,784 posts)Martin might have gotten in a defensive punch or two when zimmerman accosted him, but this case makes zimmerman's lies even more transparent.
That's why I still can get over the zimmerman supporters who believe zimmy had his head repeatedly bashed 20-30 times on concrete with no concussion or skull fracture or being knocked cold like this guy with only one head bash.
And his supporters think he just got up, after killing Martin of course, and just walked away from 20-30 times on concrete.
Zimmerman got away with murder and I hope his supporters are rethinking the whole racist story and verdict.
Ecumenist
(6,086 posts)after suffering MUCH less trauma than zimmie. THERE'S NO WAY what he said happened ...DID!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023254619#post1
Cooley Hurd
(26,877 posts)Sparkly
(24,149 posts)JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)Safetykitten
(5,162 posts)Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)leftyohiolib
(5,917 posts)tularetom
(23,664 posts)He informs us 6 times in that brief story that the asshole was drunk.
And 4 times that he was a racist.
I was convinced after the first time.
kelliekat44
(7,759 posts)panzerfaust
(2,818 posts)muntrv
(14,505 posts)mstinamotorcity2
(1,451 posts)what gets me is that this is happening on a daily basis. And everyone acts like its the New Deal.
GoneFishin
(5,217 posts)meow2u3
(24,764 posts)Last edited Sun Jul 14, 2013, 02:50 PM - Edit history (1)
It should have been Lloyd Blankfein.
alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)meow2u3
(24,764 posts)Lloyd Blankfein deserves a punch in the noggin so severe it puts him out of commission. Not that I'd advocate assault....
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)And you will be investigated by the Department of Homeland Security. Seriously.
Rex
(65,616 posts)Our justice system discriminates against minorities.
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)the idiot will walk.
ceonupe
(597 posts)Bloomberg has made sure of that.
But also SYG would not apply seeing as the witnesses say there was no physical confrontation or attempt to physically assault the guy who was arrested.
You can't hit someone no matter how offensive what they say is.
I know a woman convicted of assault for fighting a man who called her a bitch. (She picked up a tray and hit him causing a nasty scar. Monthly about $200 of her check goes to restitution and she has a record for life)
flag flagit
(1 post)there is a legal defense fund setup for him,
http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/legal-defense-fund-for-douglas-reddish/x/3943753?c=home
bullwinkle428
(20,629 posts)for Goldman-Sachs boy.
Nope, sorry...I'm not finding a thing.
backscatter712
(26,355 posts)Don't want to get punched? Don't use racial slurs like that!
I've got no sympathy at all.