Bernie Sanders supporter threatened to cut out Seattle Dem.Rep. McDermott tongue

[riversedge]

Cracks pots all over the place. Here is an isolated case--like that isolated assault case by a Hillary fan.


Bernie Sanders supporter threatened to cut out Seattle congressman’s tongue

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/crime/article/Threatened-Rep-Jim-McDermott-armed-himself-7381914.php



Threatened, Rep. Jim McDermott armed himself – with a shovel
Charges: Bernie Sanders supporter threatened to cut out Seattle congressman’s tongue

BY LEVI PULKKINEN, SEATTLEPI.COM Updated 1:36 pm, Thursday, April 28, 2016



Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Seattle, pictured in a file photo. Photo: Alex Wong, Getty Images / 2013 Getty Images

Photo: Alex Wong, Getty Images
Image 2 of 8

Seattle police respond to reports of threats at Rep. Jim McDermott's Seattle office on April 22, 2016.
Image 1 of 8
Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Seattle, pictured in a file photo.

A Seattle man accused of threatening to cut out U.S. Rep. Jim McDermott’s tongue now faces felony charges.

King County prosecutors claim Jasper K. Bell made the threat because he was upset that McDermott, D-Seattle, was supporting Hilary Clinton for president. Currently jailed, Bell, 27, has been charged with intimidating a public servant and telephone harassment.

Bell had been fixated on McDermott for some time before the April 22 incident that saw him charged, Senior Deputy Prosecutor Susan Storey said in court paper. Bell is alleged to have made threatening calls to McDermott before arriving at his Seattle office that day.

“In one phone call he demanded the congressman’s home address and threatened to cut his tongue out,” Storey said in charging papers. “In another call he stated that the congressman would not be safe, even after he retires.”

McDermott, a long-serving liberal, announced in January that he would be retiring after 14 terms in Congress. A competitive primary contest is underway for the seat representing Washington’s deep-blue 7th District.

Witnesses at McDermott’s downtown Seattle office told police Bell was yelling and spitting, and banging his fists against the office windows. He was arrested hours after that 1 p.m. incident..................

[WhiteTara]

1. No wonder Lange is scared for her family.

[Walk away]

2. The FBI is going to be very busy up to and including the convention.

These Sanders people seem dangerous and mentally unbalanced to me.

[BobbyDrake]

3. Remember back when the oddest story was about someone with some kind of primary tattoo?

Like a campaign logo or a candidate's face?

Those were the days...