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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 901282" data-attributes="member: 1246"><p><a href="http://weaselzippers.us/2011/11/14/ex-marine-owns-hippy-occupier-trying-to-disrupt-swearing-in-ceremony-for-ny-gop-rep-bob-turner/" target="_blank">Ex-Marine Owns Hippy Occupier Trying To Disrupt Swearing-In Ceremony For NY GOP Rep. Bob Turner…</a></p><p><em>Feel good</em> story of the day.</p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/queens/take_out_the_trasher_TuMpvuv7PYzeL0vKMOjS4H#ixzz1dj6oJQ5l" target="_blank"><span style="color: #990000">(NY Post)</span></a> — Meet New York’s newest hero.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Kevin Hiltunen, a former NYPD officer, yesterday grabbed an Occupy Wall Street demonstrator by the collar and dragged him out of a Queens school where he’d been heckling US Rep. Bob Turner at the congressman’s swearing-in ceremony.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">“I guess you could say I sorted him out,” said Hiltunen, 48, his jacket and tie barely mussed after dragging the scruffy protester out on his rear end.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">“All I was doing was trying to stop this historic occasion from being disrupted. There is a time and place to exercise your First Amendment rights,’’ said Hiltunen, of Bergen Beach, Brooklyn, who was identified by people at the ceremony as an ex-Marine.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">“This was not the time or the venue,” Hiltunen added.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Adam Weissman, 33, of Astoria, was one of three demonstrators to disrupt Turner’s local swearing-in ceremony at Metropolitan HS in Forest Hills.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Turner won the congressional seat once held by disgraced ex-Rep. Anthony Weiner by defeating Assemblyman David Weprin.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">“Bob Turner has only been in office for two months and . . .” was all that the bearded heckler could blurt out before he was taken down by Hiltunen.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Holding a sign that read, “Rep. Turner [heart] the 1%,” Weissman remained seated and quiet until Turner, who was there with his wife, Peggy, took the stage about 1:30 p.m. and began to speak.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">“He was close by to where I was standing, and he started yelling something about Bob Turner,” said Hiltunen, who described himself as a Turner supporter and a volunteer for his congressional campaign.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">“So I grabbed him by his sweat shirt and escorted him out. I just had to do what was right. I was just here to witness this historic occasion</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 901282, member: 1246"] [URL='http://weaselzippers.us/2011/11/14/ex-marine-owns-hippy-occupier-trying-to-disrupt-swearing-in-ceremony-for-ny-gop-rep-bob-turner/']Ex-Marine Owns Hippy Occupier Trying To Disrupt Swearing-In Ceremony For NY GOP Rep. Bob Turner…[/URL] [I]Feel good[/I] story of the day. [INDENT][URL='http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/queens/take_out_the_trasher_TuMpvuv7PYzeL0vKMOjS4H#ixzz1dj6oJQ5l'][COLOR=#990000](NY Post)[/COLOR][/URL] — Meet New York’s newest hero. Kevin Hiltunen, a former NYPD officer, yesterday grabbed an Occupy Wall Street demonstrator by the collar and dragged him out of a Queens school where he’d been heckling US Rep. Bob Turner at the congressman’s swearing-in ceremony. “I guess you could say I sorted him out,” said Hiltunen, 48, his jacket and tie barely mussed after dragging the scruffy protester out on his rear end. “All I was doing was trying to stop this historic occasion from being disrupted. There is a time and place to exercise your First Amendment rights,’’ said Hiltunen, of Bergen Beach, Brooklyn, who was identified by people at the ceremony as an ex-Marine. “This was not the time or the venue,” Hiltunen added. Adam Weissman, 33, of Astoria, was one of three demonstrators to disrupt Turner’s local swearing-in ceremony at Metropolitan HS in Forest Hills. Turner won the congressional seat once held by disgraced ex-Rep. Anthony Weiner by defeating Assemblyman David Weprin. “Bob Turner has only been in office for two months and . . .” was all that the bearded heckler could blurt out before he was taken down by Hiltunen. Holding a sign that read, “Rep. Turner [heart] the 1%,” Weissman remained seated and quiet until Turner, who was there with his wife, Peggy, took the stage about 1:30 p.m. and began to speak. “He was close by to where I was standing, and he started yelling something about Bob Turner,” said Hiltunen, who described himself as a Turner supporter and a volunteer for his congressional campaign. “So I grabbed him by his sweat shirt and escorted him out. I just had to do what was right. I was just here to witness this historic occasion [/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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