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[Rush] Limbaugh baselessly blamed Seattle violence on "anti-war left"
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| Last Edited | ArmyDem Aug 30, 2005 06:31pm |
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| News Date | Wednesday, August 31, 2005 12:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Responding to a report that two U.S. service members who had recently returned from Iraq were badly beaten in Seattle, nationally syndicated radio host Rush Limbaugh baselessly blamed the violent incident on the "anti-war left." In fact, there is no evidence that the attack was politically motivated.
As Seattle TV station KOMO reported on August 25, police noted that the attack, which was caught on videotape, occurred after the three suspects allegedly "groped" the women who were accompanying the soldiers, and one of the women responded by "thr[owing] a hot dog at the suspects." From KOMO's report:
Two soldiers who just returned from a year in Iraq were badly beaten in an attack outside Pioneer Square. But believe it or not, someone caught the beating on videotape. Now, police are asking for your help identifying the suspects.
The brutality of it all was captured on tape outside of Larry's Nightclub on First and Yesler on July 31.
Police say the victims were with two women who'd been groped by the suspects. One of the women threw a hot dog at the suspects and walked away.
They didn't get very far. The three suspects ran after them and began attacking the two men -- two soldiers who'd come home from the war.
As the videotape indicates, the service members were dressed in civilian attire.
Other conservatives have highlighted the Seattle incident without suggesting that the suspects were motivated by opposition to the Iraq war. |
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