Justice & even a long time coming sanity prevails as the assault charge against a 79-year-old man called the “Patriotic Grandpa” was dropped this morning by Guilford District Attorney Doug Henderson, & dropped quietly in a closed court session.
We at the Dan Lee Report would like to thank Guilford District Attorney Doug Henderson for doing the right thing with this case, Pop’s attorney Seth Cohen, Michelle Malkin, Jeri Rowe & others at the News & Record for breaking the story, the entire blogosphere, the American people for responding, & last but not least Alexander “Pop” Kohanowich for being a great American.
When free speech & freedom of assembly are threatened, it’s everyone’s problem. We’re sure that Pop appreciates all of you as well.
Hopefully the Greensboro NC Police department with re-evaluate the way it handles senior citizens in the future.
Leviticus 19:32
“Stand up in the presence of the aged, show respect for the elderly and revere your God. I am the LORD.”
Now the Greensboro NC Police are saying that they were justified in how they handled asking Alexander Kohanowich to leave the median strip with his Pro US Troop/America signs at an Barack Hussein Obama rally. Barack, who by the way is AGAINST the Iraq war, & has been from the beginning, clearly doesn’t agree with God Bless America signs, or else he wouldn’t have attended a church for decades that promotes a message of “God Damning America.” The Police also state that “witnesses” corroborate that Al Kohanowich pushed Prescod. Well what color are these witnesses? Is there a racial component to these claims? Could these accounts be motivated by discrimination against a white man going against the grain at an Obama Rally?
Of course now I’m getting reports that the arresting officer, one Lester Prescod, is also an African American. So what we have is a young African American Greensboro N.C. Officer, arresting an old white man at a Rally for a man named Barack Hussein Obama, that hangs around with a Pastor who hates on white people, & says “God Damn America”, which is again the Opposite what Mr. Kohanowich’s signs said.. Starting to see a picture developing here?
Yes, this makes me as mad as hell! Because If this were a black man who was arrested by a white officer, with a bunch of white witnesses around testifying to what they saw? Jessie Jackson, Al Sharpton, & perhaps Reverend Jeremiah Wright himself, would be calling for the heads of the whole police department, & especially the firing of the white officer who discriminated against the poor black protester.
I guess maybe we need an organization for the protection of white people now, since I don’t see anyone at Jessie Jackson’s “Rainbow Push Coalition” screaming at the top of their lungs for a thorough internal affairs investigation of these officers & “witnesses”. No interestingly, there’s no mention of this story on the “Rainbow” site. I guess Alexander Kohanowich while being white & all, is not colorful enough to qualify for civil rights, or to be part of the “Rainbow”. Why should we trust that these blacks at this rally didn’t just arrest & then bear false witness against Kohanowich, for going against the message of the man we all know that most of them will vote for? Why!?
I want these questions answered, because if blacks like Obama can say things like:
“Black anger persists over injustice in America, and whites shouldn’t be surprised about the way it’s expressed in sermons”, then I guess blacks shouldn’t be surprised that white conservative bloggers are angry about the arrest of an 78 year old white patriot minding his business at a Barack Hussein Obama rally. They shouldn’t be surprised by the way my “white anger” is expressed in my blog, or any other then..
Question: Why did Prescod have to take a 78 year old to the ground to put cuffs on him? Is Prescod out of shape or something? If he is, it’s time to check the fitness policies in this department so that officers are strong enough to arrest elderly people without throwing them to the ground like ragdolls. Seriously, if he had to take a 78 year old man down & risk giving him a heart attack, maybe officer Prescod is at risk for one himself? This was clearly an unprofessional move, from an unprofessional police dept, (in my most humble & gentle opinion of course.)
Another question: Where in the constitution does it say that Police can force people off of a publicly owned median if they are citizens paying taxes to mow the grass on it, or keep it clean & paved?
He wasn’t obstructing traffic from any of the reports I’ve read.
What? Just because the Royal Barack Hussein Obama was coming through, Police can arbitrarily alter constitutional rights? Were they afraid he was going to beat Barack’s car with a paper/wooden sign or something?
Mr. Kohanowich’s question; “What are we becoming?” is a very good one.
The answer: We are slowly becoming a fascist Police State.. Time to wake up my friends, & push back, before Police & Goverment are telling you how long you can run the water when you brush your teeth.
Furthermore, this Police department is not known for it’s ability to “Self Police”. There should be an investigation independent of them.
Then there’s this Greensboro officer that was arrested recently for allegedly stealing from underprivileged children:
“To Protect & Serve”, is really starting to lose it’s ring for me with regards to the Greensboro NC police. There’s more, but I need space for other stories. The point is, this department didn’t need another scandal, but now they have one because of their actions against this peaceful old man. They clearly can’t be trusted to Police themselves.
I’m sure Doug Henderson will be glad to hear from you (sarcasm) as I would hope that the Attorney General is quite tired of dealing with these jokers by now..
I’d also like to note that I’m sure there are many good Greensboro NC police officers. My message to them? Don’t cover for thugs in your department, they’ll only bring YOU a bad name.
Alexander Kohanowich, the son of a Russian immigrant, has held up patriotic signs at busy intersections and events across town for the past five years to show his support for American troops overseas.
In a news release Thursday, police said they decided to review the arrest after receiving numerous inquiries about the circumstances.
Yes, good idea! & I promise they’ll keep getting “numerous inquiries” until the obviously bogus charges are dropped. I expect they will drop these charges, & the “investigation” language is PR speak to save face. Whatever, as long as they drop the ridiculous unfair assault charge, I’ll be satisfied, but they owe the man a public apology as well.
Officer Lester Prescod approached the grandfather to ask him to leave.
“As I turned — and, as I always do — I put my left hand out on the officer’s right shoulder,” Kohanowich recalled, who said he’s hard of hearing and wanted to get closer to the officer.
“This is what I intended to say: ‘Excuse me, sir, but I have permission from an officer to stand here.’ I didn’t get that far,” he said. “The next thing, I was laying face down with my arms behind my back.”
Putting your hand on someone’s shoulder isn’t “assault”. My message to Officer Lester Prescod is this:
Check out the 9th commandment in the Holy Bible Lester, it’s interesting.
Exodus 20:16 “Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.”
You Sir owe Mr. Kohanowich an apology, & as we’ve said before, drop the bogus charges!
Earlier today I told you about the story of Alexander “Pop” Kohanowich.. Since we haven’t gotten immediate results, even after having this go national on Michelle Malkin’s site, I’d like to suggest that Greensboro residents buy any Greensboro police officer a can of soda “Pop” every time you see one, & thank them for taking that rabid old Tasmanian Devil of a American flag wearing, troop supporting madman off the street, before he put his hand on anyone else’s shoulder. Tell them “this Pop is for you, since you didn’t like the other Pop..”
Some suggestions for what you could hand them would be, a can of any of the following:
“Mug” (Root Beer) Will help keep their strength up next time they need to take a wild old cop mugging man down.
“Moxie” (because it took so much courage to bust that crazy old madman)
“Crush” (because that burly brave officer sure did crush that wily old man.)
“Barq’s Root Beer” (Cops like this are good at “barking” commands at people like they’re some kind of Gods. Perhaps this will help them.)
“Royal Crown Cola” (Cuz hey, if you’re gonna start enforcing for an Oligarchy, you might as well drink a soft drink that sends the right message right?)
& Finally, you could buy them a “Cherry Coke” Pop. I’m just assuming the officer who took down “Kohanowhich the terrible” was probably a rookie, & they deserve a pat on the back too..OOPS! Oh I mean, a salute sir.. Please don’t arrest me..
It’s sad that we have to shame them into dropping the bogus charge isn’t it?
Now, Pop has been branded a criminal because as he often does when he’s trying to hear someone better, he leaned into a Greensboro Police officer & put his hand on their shoulder to both acknowledge them, & hear them better since he’s hard of hearing these days.
Here’s what I think. This was idiotic, & an abuse of power.
I have sent a letter to the department, asking them to drop the charges.
If they do not, I will of course proceed to find out what motivated this poor judgment.
I am generally a Police advocate, but there’s nothing I hate more than a Robocop who beats up on people just because he can.
Some good questions that will be explored by this journalist if these charges aren’t dropped, & since it was a completely irrational reaction to have to a 78 year old man with no violent past, would be;
Since this was an Barack Hussein Obama rally, what is the Political affiliation of the officer(s) involved, & are the pro Iraq War, or against?
I mean the Police like to do investigations, & so do we journalists, so lets really dig into this.
Was it Racially Motivated? I’m not sure what race the officers involved are, so we’d have to look into that.
Do you wonder why I’m saying all this? Well it’s because an irrational reaction by Greensboro Police leaves a lot of questions unanswered. I want them answered, because if we allow this to happen, we will become immune to it eventually, & we’ll be living under Oligarchy for sure. In the country I grew up in, Police don’t normally wrestle down 78 year old men armed with only a few home made paper signs, & an American Flag T-Shirt, & bend his arms behind his back. I have personally never been arrested in my life. (Maybe that will change if I where an American Flag shirt & support the troops in the streets?) If this happened to me, I’d certainly be going to court against the officer involved.
If they do the right thing, which would be to drop the charges & apologize for over-reacting, I will update this post appropriately, & with that response, as well as thank them for doing the right thing.
But for now I say: Deplorable… Absolutely deplorable..
More here Oh & here.
Then there’s this little discrepancy.
There’s more, but I need space for other stories. The point is, this department didn’t need another scandal, but now they have one because of their actions against this peacful old man. They clearly can’t be trusted to Police themselves.
I’m sure Doug Henderson will be glad to hear from you (sarcasm) as I would hope that the Attorney General is quite tired of dealing with these jokers by now..
I’d also like to note that I’m sure there are many good Greensboro NC police officers. My message to them? Don’t cover for thugs in your department, they’ll only bring YOU a bad name.
