[Love2Swim]

Ed McGinty, who is known as an anti-Trump protester, was physically attacked by one of the Trump supporters who hijacked the Blue Lives Matter parade, near Sumter Landing today. His picture was on Facebook, and showed him to be battered and bleeding. McGinty was on his way to his daily protest, and from the sounds of it was not at the actual parade. The attack took place near the Sumter Landing Winn Dixie.

This is outrageous and is a black stain on Florida's Friendliest Hometown. Whether you like his views or not, he certainly has a right to protest, and to face physical violence in this manner is just frightening. He has also received threatening letters. What is the matter with these people?

[Stu from NYC]

Hope the guy is caught and punished for the assault.

I hope he's alright and not seriously injured.

[beachman46]

How do you know it was a guy..

[davem4616]

ya wanna be an activist ...this stuff is gonna happen

very sad that anyone was assaulted...however...no matter how flat the pancake is there is always two sides to it
....his behavior may have egged it on, no way of knowing...but just saying

if he got into someone's face, he's the one at fault...and would have escalated it...maybe he crossed the wrong person, someone
that had had a lousy breakfast and had gas and was in a bad mood to begin with....who knows for sure

no one knows what someone leaves behind when they leave the house

but I wasn't there and I'm not passing any judgment on anybody

all I can say is:

"well this is certainly a fine kettle of fish that we've gotten ourselves into Ollie, isn't it"

we are a nation divided....what should we think is going to happen when two zealots from opposite sides of the spectrum come head to head?

[kathyspear]

The rally did not meet or drive near the Winn Dixie. Sorry to hear he was attacked but it did not happen at the rally.

kathy

[IndianaJones]

Florida’s friendliest hometown strikes again!!

[davem4616]

I also hope that he's not seriously injured

however, he's taking a big risk putting himself out there...not everyone has self control...and hello booze plays a factor...
who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of mankind, or what triggered the person that attacked him

yes he has the right to do what he's been doing....however, there are unintended consequences to everything that we do...and the police can't be there always 'on the spot'

[gatherer47]

he was quoted as saying the man was possibly "Italian"-isn't that ethnic profiling ?

[ColdNoMore]

Originally Posted by davem4616

ya wanna be an activist ...this stuff is gonna happen

very sad that anyone was assaulted...however...no matter how flat the pancake is there is always two sides to it
....his behavior may have egged it on, no way of knowing...but just saying

if he got into someone's face, he's the one at fault...and would have escalated it...maybe he crossed the wrong person, someone that had had a lousy breakfast and had gas and was in a bad mood to begin with....who knows for sure

no one knows what someone leaves behind when they leave the house

but I wasn't there and I'm not passing any judgment on anybody

all I can say is:

"well this is certainly a fine kettle of fish that we've gotten ourselves into Ollie, isn't it"

we are a nation divided....what should we think is going to happen when two zealots from opposite sides of the spectrum come head to head?

"This stuff is gonna happen?"

In other words, if you disagree with someone and have signs showing such, or even have a screaming match, physical violence is inevitable...and warranted?

Wow...just wow.

As far as "not passing any judgment on anybody," methinks most of the post belies the fact...that is exactly what is occurring.



Gee, let's everyone start using our real names and while we're at it...let's add our addresses and phone #'s.

[ColdNoMore]

This is what the news story said that the victim reported to the police.

"The Village of Hadley resident said he was driving through the Winn-Dixie parking lot at Lake Sumter Landing when a man jumped out of his cart and confronted him.

He said the man, who he described as possibly Italian, about 5-foot-11-inches tall and heavy set, grabbed him by the throat and pulled him from his golf cart, which was sporting a sign..."

[cypress]

I guess things are starting to get real.

[Aces4]

Originally Posted by ColdNoMore

This is what the news story said that the victim reported to the police.

"The Village of Hadley resident said he was driving through the Winn-Dixie parking lot at Lake Sumter Landing when a man jumped out of his cart and confronted him.

He said the man, who he described as possibly Italian, about 5-foot-11-inches tall and heavy set, grabbed him by the throat and pulled him from his golf cart, which was sporting a sign..."

The complaintant wasn’t going to report it but then thought he would get to the cops first in case the other guy claimed he was the attacker. That smells a little funny, do we have the entire story? Difficult to know at this point.

[beachman46]

Why does the guy look Italian.. Are we racial profiling..

[mamamia54]

Possibly Italian. Why, did he have dark hair, did he have a big nose, was he eating spaghetti and meatballs in front of Winn Dixie? Talk about profiling. All this craziness has caused a divide in the country that I pray can be repaired. The longer this goes on the worse it will get. Enough already!