Town hall meetings dealing with Democrats' health care reform plans started to turn violent Thursday, with a meeting in Tampa, Fla., descending into shouting and one in St. Louis ending in arrests.
Close to 1,500 people came to the Tampa suburb of Ybor City to attend a session on health care and insurance reform Thursday featuring Democratic State Rep. Betty Reed and U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor before the event exploded into a near riot.
According to local media reports, the larger-than-expected crowd gathered outside the Hillsborough County Children's Board building, where several hundred people, mostly in opposition to government health care, began to loudly chant and scuffle with organizers posted at doorways after the auditorium filled to capacity.
A freelance videographer was roughed up in an altercation, which damaged his camera equipment and glasses, and at least one man was treated for minor injuries after a scuffle left his shirt partially torn from his body.
"That's the most violent anyone has been towards me," Mark Bishop told WTSP-TV. "It was surprising to say the least."
In Mehlville, Mo., St. Louis police reportedly arrested six people, some on assault charges, outside another forum that was billed as a meeting on aging but attended by activists on both sides of the health care debate.
According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the police showed up toward the end of the forum held by Democratic Rep. Russ Carnahan. One conservative activist, interviewed at a local emergency room where he was being treated for injuries, said he was attacked by some of the individuals who were arrested as he passed out "Don't tread on me" flags. - FOX News Story
That is what you get when you have a President and Democratic Legislature that doesn't want to listen to the Public. If you disagree and voice your opinion, then you are an organized effort by the Right Wing.
So what does Obama do? He sends out emails and posts to get organizers to get in there and mix it up. So now instead of upset and angry Americans addressing their Representatives, we have riots and fights between Angry Americans and the Obama Army.
What kind of BS Leadership is this?
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