While the accusation of unequal enforcement of the law is absolutely something we need to solve...this incident is not something that should be held up as evidence.
To be clear, the dude is an asshole, and he should face legal charges, but this wasn't an attempted assassination, or even really an attack. For whatever reason, he didn't think Zeldin should be speaking, and tried to take the mic, it looks like.
Yeah, if that was an assassination attempt, it was the worst one I've ever seen (and Zeldin didn't seem to be noticing anything until the last moment). He could have stabbed Zeldin several times in the time he spent just standing there.
That said, the outrage is that they let him out the very same day.
Eh...
While the accusation of unequal enforcement of the law is absolutely something we need to solve...this incident is not something that should be held up as evidence.
Here is the "attack."
To be clear, the dude is an asshole, and he should face legal charges, but this wasn't an attempted assassination, or even really an attack. For whatever reason, he didn't think Zeldin should be speaking, and tried to take the mic, it looks like.
Yeah, if that was an assassination attempt, it was the worst one I've ever seen (and Zeldin didn't seem to be noticing anything until the last moment). He could have stabbed Zeldin several times in the time he spent just standing there.
That said, the outrage is that they let him out the very same day.
Dude, that is a clean shoot all day long.
Dude walks up to you with even brass knuckles and starts shouting "your done", you can assume lethal intent from that.
This guy grabbed him, and brandished stabbing knuckles. I'd 100% call that an attack, and a potential assassination attempt.
Did you not see the little blade he had. That alone makes it an attack maybe not an assassination attempt but an attack.
It was intimidation or a threat, plus possession of weapon. If he'd wanted to stab him, he had plenty of time.
Again, not excusing the guy. Just saying the actual incident is miles different than what it's being portrayed as.
Threat or intimidation is still an attack.