Labor & Employment Law

Rand Paul Supporters Attack Satirical Protester

By Mike Hall

Looks like Rand Paul supporters can?t take a joke, but they sure can stomp somebody in the head.

Last night before a debate between Paul, who has the strong backing of corporate interests and corporate money, and Democratic Senate Candidate Jack Conway, Lauren Valle attempted to present Paul with an ?Employee of the Month? certificate from ?Rebublicorp.

Republicorp is MoveOn.org?s “business,” a satire of an organization created by a merger of the Republican Party and Big Business.  Click here for a closer look at the site, Buying Democracy One Race at Time.

Vale was surrounded by Paul supporters who then pushed her to the ground and one man stomped on her head. You can see in this video from Fox41.com, that Valle is forced to the ground by a man as another man holding a Rand Paul sign steps forcefully on her head.

Valle told the New York Daily News:

They tried to grab me and chased me around Rand Paul’s car.  And once I’m in front of the car, they take me down?I remembered someone stomping my head in the ground.

She said doctors told her she suffered a concussion, along with a sprained shoulder.

The man was identified by the Associated Press today as Tim Profitt, who according to the blog Barefoot and Progressive, is Paul?s Bourbon County coordinator. The AP reported he was fired from that post following the incident. News reports say he has been issued a summons and charged with fourth degree assault.

Full post as published by AFL-CIO NOW BLOG on October 26, 2010 (boomark / email).