Republican directed campaign violence in Kentucky; GOPer campaign thugs attack, stomp unarmed woman

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YouTube.com: Raw Video: Rand Paul Supporter Stomps Protester
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rhjg2W7vlMc

Rand Paul volunteer faces charges for stomping on MoveOn.org activist
http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/10/27/1894031/rand-paul-volunteer-faces-charges.html

BY BILL ESTEP AND JOSH KEGLEY
THE LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER

A volunteer for Republican U.S. Senate candidate Rand Paul faces a fourth-degree assault charge after the man stepped on the head of a liberal activist when she tried to pull a political stunt on Paul Monday evening.

Police said Tuesday that a criminal summons would be served on Timothy Profitt, 53, of Bourbon County.

Profitt told the Herald-Leader that he was concerned the woman was trying to attack Paul and acted only to subdue her.

"The way she went after him it looked like something bad was getting ready to happen," Profitt said.

However, the activist with MoveOn.org, Lauren L. Valle, 23, said her rough treatment by Paul supporters was premeditated...

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1. Rand Paul's ex-county coordinator & head stomper Tim Profitt demands apology from victim : Yobie Ben

Rand Paul's ex-county coordinator & head stomper Tim Profitt demands apology from victim : Yobie Ben
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/ybenjamin/detail?entry_id=75576



Tim Profitt, the Rand Paul donor and fired Paul for Senate Bourbon County coordinator who stomped on activist Lauren Valle's head in Lexington, Kentucky tried to play down the importance of the incident Tuesday, and went so far as to ask the victim for an apology.

Tim Profitt, Rand Paul for Senate Bourbon County, Kentucky Coordinator with the candidate. Profitt has admitted to stomping his foot on Lauren Valle's head.

"I don't think it's that big of a deal," Profitt told WKYT. "I would like for her to apologize to me to be honest with you." Profitt added, "Well I'll just say it, if the police had done what they were supposed to do, it would have never happened."

Kentucky Senate candidate Rand Paul said Tuesday the rough treatment meted out by one of his supporters to a woman outside of his debate with Democrat Jack Conway was a consequence of passionate feelings on both sides and a "crowd control problem."

Profitt has many supporters including a Ms. Sherry Moss who posted on her Facebook, "...she got EXACTLY WHAT SHE DESERVED... a troublemaker and an instigator needs to be put in her/his place and that is the end of it ...plain & simple."


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