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20. They also have strict protocols to prevent baby theft.

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Sat Feb 25, 2012, 05:53 AM

Feb 2012

They have had too many cases of people dressed in scrubs wandering in and swiping a likely looking child...

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Exclusive: RFK's Son Arrested in Westchester Hospital Maternity Unit Clash, Police Say [View all] mia Feb 2012 OP

What an odd story! Suich Feb 2012 #1

You can be arrested for doing that? Harmony Blue Feb 2012 #2

For kicking a nurse in the pelvis? Nye Bevan Feb 2012 #30

No evidence that is conclusive Harmony Blue Feb 2012 #81

You are saying that "conclusive evidence" is needed to charge someone? jberryhill Feb 2012 #82

That's certainly what it looks like on the video. Nye Bevan Feb 2012 #86

Hospitals have strict rules on newborns. . . BigDemVoter Feb 2012 #37

Seems like he and his doctor friend thought they were above the rules. Darth_Kitten Feb 2012 #40

maybe he wasn't supposed to go in there himself and needed a nurse to bring the baby out ? JI7 Feb 2012 #3

Those Krazy Kennedys. Drunken Irishman Feb 2012 #4

I think that's the Skakel coming out. MADem Feb 2012 #43

Ambien? EC Feb 2012 #5

You're thinking of Ted's kid. MADem Feb 2012 #45

Or Johnny Walker Blue AngryAmish Feb 2012 #84

the nepotism/arrogance got to him? Guess you can't say he'd know better. alp227 Feb 2012 #6

Maternity units are absolutely terrified of infections - hedgehog Feb 2012 #7

They also have strict protocols to prevent baby theft. MADem Feb 2012 #20

from what I read, this was clearly not a baby theft magical thyme Feb 2012 #34

Do you work in a maternity ward? MADem Feb 2012 #39

not specifically...do you? I work in a hospital lab magical thyme Feb 2012 #47

Thank you for resting MY case for me! MADem Feb 2012 #52

You have no case. THE NURSE SHOULD NOT HAVE PHYSICALLY INTERVENED WITH HIM magical thyme Feb 2012 #54

So says you. I say otherwise. nt MADem Feb 2012 #77

RFKs son which one? YOHABLO Feb 2012 #8

The tenth child, born in 67. MADem Feb 2012 #24

Yes there is something really odd with this story Mojorabbit Feb 2012 #9

We took our daughter to. Brewer game at postulater Feb 2012 #10

I'll never forget the look on the nice lady's face at target who asked how old our son was... lumberjack_jeff Feb 2012 #13

At 8 am, no doubt! postulater Feb 2012 #15

If memory serves, the answer was 16 or 17 hours old. lumberjack_jeff Feb 2012 #17

This message was self-deleted by its author postulater Feb 2012 #14

But she had been discharged from the hospital by then! :) nt Mojorabbit Feb 2012 #16

No, she was born at home. nt postulater Feb 2012 #18

The hospital and the staff better contact their attorneys. AnotherMcIntosh Feb 2012 #11

They already have attorneys on the job. The staff did call a "Code Pink" on the guy. MADem Feb 2012 #21

he ALLEGEDLY kicked her in the pelvis magical thyme Feb 2012 #36

What, she flung herself backward out of that elevator for shits-n-giggles? MADem Feb 2012 #41

are you saying Kennedy fell on his ass with his baby in his arms for shits and giggles? magical thyme Feb 2012 #48

And the hospital, stating for the public record that they have video, are going to lie? MADem Feb 2012 #50

since the video is public, obviously the hospital has video magical thyme Feb 2012 #53

One more time, since you aren't getting it MADem Feb 2012 #78

Recommend reading story at link and watching video - lynne Feb 2012 #12

Couldn't Tell Much From Video DallasNE Feb 2012 #19

The doctor was a "friend" who didn't work there--he had no authority in the facility. MADem Feb 2012 #23

Not So DallasNE Feb 2012 #27

He was an ER doctor--NOT a "maternity ward" doctor. MADem Feb 2012 #29

you might want to update post 23-- "The doctor was a "friend" who didn't work there" snooper2 Feb 2012 #85

He was a friend who did not work on the maternity ward. MADem Feb 2012 #87

I can't toddle off I'm stuck on a conf. call- and you wrote "he had no authority in the facility." snooper2 Feb 2012 #88

I didn't say building or hospital complex. You have fingers, you know. MADem Feb 2012 #89

I didn't read it, wasn't that interested, but your back and forth was interesting... snooper2 Feb 2012 #90

He has been charged. The nurses he kicked and arm twisted are planning to sue. MADem Feb 2012 #22

the nurses he ALLEGEDLY kicked and arm twisted... magical thyme Feb 2012 #35

He said, she said, and the video said. MADem Feb 2012 #42

that someone could just as easily be the nurse herself magical thyme Feb 2012 #49

You aren't seriously suggesting that a maternity ward nurse was using a child as a tug of war rope? MADem Feb 2012 #51

you aren't seriously misrepresenting what I wrote? Maybe she grabbed his arm. Or are you suggesting magical thyme Feb 2012 #55

How nice for you that you left Massachusetts. MADem Feb 2012 #79

there will likely be more serious charges soon for the kick... IamK Feb 2012 #25

I've read accounts; greiner3 Feb 2012 #26

not with C-section. Hospital recoup is 5 days min. Devil_Fish Feb 2012 #28

When are either of these people running for public office? harmonicon Feb 2012 #31

The guy works for Rupert Murdoch--he'd have to run on the GOP ticket to keep his job. nt MADem Feb 2012 #46

But people would still say we should vote for him, because the Kennedy name is magical. nt. harmonicon Feb 2012 #56

Words and deeds, not pedigree. This is America. nt MADem Feb 2012 #76

Jesus, talk about arrogant entitlement.... vi5 Feb 2012 #32

Seems like it.... Darth_Kitten Feb 2012 #33

or a money grab magical thyme Feb 2012 #38

Video shows... vi5 Feb 2012 #57

oh, obviously he should have stopped and gotten the appropriate DRs permission. although, quite fran magical thyme Feb 2012 #58

The crime aspect is up to the jury. vi5 Feb 2012 #60

except it turns out they stopped by the nurses' station first for permission magical thyme Feb 2012 #64

I'm not even necessarily defending the nurses... vi5 Feb 2012 #65

I'm sorry for all you have been through magical thyme Feb 2012 #66

I legitimately don't think he broke any laws..... vi5 Feb 2012 #67

I don't see anything outrageous in a father magical thyme Feb 2012 #68

Hey vi5 Feb 2012 #72

Interesting, isn't it? mainer Feb 2012 #73

gee, my very own stalker magical thyme Feb 2012 #75

I must not be writing very clearly today magical thyme Feb 2012 #74

So effin what? jberryhill Feb 2012 #83

Maternity nurse Cari Luciano says she was stunned to be in scrap with Douglas Kennedy mia Feb 2012 #44

Ah... The arrogance of the 1%! FarCenter Feb 2012 #59

so Kennedy and the on-duty ER doctor stopped by the Nurse's Station first magical thyme Feb 2012 #61

Where is the off-duty doctor in the video? mainer Feb 2012 #70

+1,000 nt MADem Feb 2012 #80

Maybe working for fox has done it. Broderick Feb 2012 #62

Behold the power of the *FK Dreamer Tatum Feb 2012 #63

Does anyone see the "off-duty doctor friend" in the video? mainer Feb 2012 #69

Dr. Haydock, the family friend who "witnessed the whole thing" is a liar mainer Feb 2012 #71