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| Milwaukee mayor attacked by man with metal pipe |
| 2009-08-17 |
| (CNN) -- The mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was in stable condition Sunday at a Milwaukee hospital after he was attacked by a man with a metal pipe at the Wisconsin State Fair on Saturday night, police said. Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett was attacked at 10:45 p.m. at the state fair in West Allis, Wisconsin, as he was leaving the event with his family, according to Milwaukee police. Barrett heard a woman crying for help, according to a police statement and Patrice Harris, spokeswoman for the Wisconsin State Fair. When Barrett began calling 911, the man who had been attacking the woman charged at him and began battering him with a metal pipe, the police statement and Harris said. "It's our understanding it was just a domestic disturbance and he had replied to someone's cries for help when he was attacked," Harris said. Barrett was alert and talking when he arrived at the hospital for treatment, according to police. The woman involved in the incident was not injured. Milwaukee police are assisting West Allis authorities in trying to track down the suspect. The bad boy's in custody, described by cops as a "knucklehead" who's a regular customer at the calaboose. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 One could be assured that there's a "D" after his name in some media outlets. Some of his 'adventures' rank an "I" for idiot, though. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2009-08-17 10:53 |
| #3 Plumbing supply control NOW! |
| Posted by: mojo 2009-08-17 10:37 |
| #2 MR, since you don't like his politics and the article doesn't reveal his political affiliation, should I assume he's of the mulish party? |
| Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 2009-08-17 10:33 |
| #1 I understand that Mayor Barrett got between the 'knucklehead' and the woman (a grandmother accompanying her granddaughter to the fair - AND an ex-girlfriend of said 'knucklehead'). Probably not the wisest action, but it saved the woman and her granddaughter from getting injured. One thing about mid-westerners, we tend not to 'walk away'. I may not agree with his politics, but my hat's off to Mayor Tom for this one. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2009-08-17 08:34 |