23 year old Andrew Stone located the address of a random Republican on the Internet, one he hadn’t met before, promptly went there and after beginning a raucous political discussion attacked the bewildered Republican and his two roommates. Stone was arrested for assault and released without bond. The Free Lance Star reporter Keith Epps reports the incident this way: (Emphasis Mine)

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The resident and his two roommates engaged in a discussion with the suspect, though none of them had ever met or had contact with him before.

The argument got heated and the suspect learned that the young residents had not enlisted in the military and “put their all” behind the Republican-led war effort in Iraq, police spokeswoman Natatia Bledsoe said.

The suspect refused to leave the home after repeatedly being asked to do so, police said. The three roommates were hit multiple times each as they attempted to get the suspect out of the door, authorities said.

The suspect continued to be aggressive and disorderly even after a city police officer arrived, the report states.

Andrew Stone, 23, was charged with three counts of assault and battery. A magistrate released Stone on his own recognizance and he was ordered to have no further contact with the victims.

It was not clear in the report what political agenda Stone was supporting.”

It is clear to any observer what Stone’s political agenda, and persuasion, is. As the comments posted on the on-line version of the story point out, the reporter is either being disingenuous or is severely sheltered because this sort of threatening, frenzied reaction is par for the course nowadays unfortunately. That a 23 year old, who’s spent the last six or more years being told how evil Republicans are in the media, schools and at home no doubt, will be spurred on to violence cannot be considered surprising. The anti-War movement is rife with rhetoric extolling “direct action” and dehumanizing it’s political opponents.

Maybe Mr. Epps doesn’t know that, but I think like any good reporter he does. He just doesn’t want criticize his own.

h/t LGF