In watching the video Padina starts harassing Nome while she was speaking. This was not a debate or congressional discussion. Padina just starts interrupting her while she was speaking. This was very out of order. He was acting no different than any other person who might go to one of these events to disrupt and antagonize the speaker.
The security team reacted to a disruptor exactly as they should have. They called him sir and commanded him to put his hands up. He announces who he is and starts talking to them. This happens very fast and they have no idea who he really is. They push him out of the room and its obvious he is pushing back. They are doing EXACTLY what they should do in this situation. Staying in the room and causing continued interruption of the meeting is not acceptable. The proper thing to do was to get, whomever it was, out of the room and deal with it outside. Leaving him in the room was a recipe for further disruption and harassment. Go outside and figure it out there. Its patently stupid for anyone here to think it should have gone any other way. Just because some guy says he's Padina, doesn't mean he is.
The foolishness to expect the security team to leave a disruptor in the room, especially when they dont know who he is, is astounding.
Nome has her hat on, she's looking at her notes and gives no indication at all that she recognized him at any time. She doesn't acknowledge him at any time.
We've seen this at congressional events where people came in who were allowed to be there, start to disrupt the event.
So spare me the fake indignation over being forced out of the room.
Should he have been taken down and handcuffed? Maybe, maybe not. Depends on what's going on. If once outside the room and he is STILL trying to force his way past, then yes, its entirely appropriate. If he has stopped, is cooperative, and is just trying to speak to them and they grab him and take him down, then no thats not appropriate.
But I haven't seen any video on that, so I dont know what happened. But based upon what I saw in the above video, I have a suspicion that Padina continued to try and force his way in shouting his name as if thats supposed to make the agents just let him do whatever. That would be false. Take him down handcuff him and properly ID him. And if he is who he says he is then release him with a lecture on proper decorum in a situation like that. Thats the right way to deal with an agitator.
The security team reacted to a disruptor exactly as they should have. They called him sir and commanded him to put his hands up. He announces who he is and starts talking to them. This happens very fast and they have no idea who he really is. They push him out of the room and its obvious he is pushing back. They are doing EXACTLY what they should do in this situation. Staying in the room and causing continued interruption of the meeting is not acceptable. The proper thing to do was to get, whomever it was, out of the room and deal with it outside. Leaving him in the room was a recipe for further disruption and harassment. Go outside and figure it out there. Its patently stupid for anyone here to think it should have gone any other way. Just because some guy says he's Padina, doesn't mean he is.
The foolishness to expect the security team to leave a disruptor in the room, especially when they dont know who he is, is astounding.
Nome has her hat on, she's looking at her notes and gives no indication at all that she recognized him at any time. She doesn't acknowledge him at any time.
We've seen this at congressional events where people came in who were allowed to be there, start to disrupt the event.
So spare me the fake indignation over being forced out of the room.
Should he have been taken down and handcuffed? Maybe, maybe not. Depends on what's going on. If once outside the room and he is STILL trying to force his way past, then yes, its entirely appropriate. If he has stopped, is cooperative, and is just trying to speak to them and they grab him and take him down, then no thats not appropriate.
But I haven't seen any video on that, so I dont know what happened. But based upon what I saw in the above video, I have a suspicion that Padina continued to try and force his way in shouting his name as if thats supposed to make the agents just let him do whatever. That would be false. Take him down handcuff him and properly ID him. And if he is who he says he is then release him with a lecture on proper decorum in a situation like that. Thats the right way to deal with an agitator.
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