More on little Jimmy's trip to the Iowa State Fair
Dear Diary:Well, that's a narrative, but it isn't exactly the narrative that Rapid City Mayor Jim Shaw gave to the Rapid City Journal about his recollection of the events of a couple of days ago. Scott Aust of the Rapid City Journal appears to have gotten stuck with that assignment as the Mayor gave his sugar coated narrative of what happened.
"The other day, I went to the Iowa State Fair. The beef judging and the 4-H exhibits were cool. Except for that part where I beat on a car window and got cuffed and stuffed. Then I was sad."
As he lay face down on the warm pavement, hands cuffed behind his back and blood seeping from a cut knee, Rapid City Mayor Jim Shaw wondered what the heck was happening. “It’s almost like being in a bad dream,” Shaw said during a Friday afternoon media briefing at city hall in which he explained the series of events on Aug. 11 that led to him being detained and ticketed by the Iowa State Fair Patrol for resisting arrest and disorderly conduct.Read it all here as the mayor speaks about himself in the third person. Being in the business myself, I can recognize spin when I see it. And it isn't particularly good. There's just a little too much "little angelic me" in this tale for me to swallow it.
Shaw doesn’t believe he did anything wrong — and certainly nothing that warranted being thrown on the ground and handcuffed.
“This incident, I would hope the people of Rapid City would realize, is totally, completely out of character for Jim Shaw,” he said. “I’ve never been arrested in my life. I’ve had a couple of traffic tickets, but I have never experienced a situation like this with any kind of law enforcement person.”
As the tickets he provided state:
"The tickets, copies of which Shaw provided to the media, indicate Shaw “engaged in fighting or violent behavior in a public place” and that he resisted a peace officer in performance of his duty."You know, somehow I don't think they issue those for a tap on a window as he's trying to portray it. I think he was mad, and might have done just a little bit more than a polite knock. And resisting arrest? Again, I think you have to be pretty unruly for the police to haul that one out as well.
So, sorry. I'm a doubting thomas on this one until I see the arrest report. And I suspect that goes double for many of the voters in Rapid City.
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I know some rent-a-cops like to throw their weight around when given authority, but I still find the mayor's version hard to swallow. I wonder if anyone bothered to write down the name of the woman who was driving the SUV. It would be interesting to hear HER side of the story.
And for your info, I have no idea what his political affiliation is.
He switched right before his first run for public office.
The only Repub event he shows up for is Lincoln day, and that's only for the free meal and the fact he gets a seat at the head table.
You must have been smoking some of that funny weed again.
Lee lost his re-election after that. But Shaw should borrow a page from Schoenbeck's book and move to a different place to run for office after people forget about this unseemly incident.
But
Parenting.
Now, that's a remark worthy of PP himself, known for attacking the messenger when he has no argument of refutation.
Schoenbeck/Shaw: Dream ticket for anybody with a lisp.
Campaign slogan: "Have whoop ass (for women and children only) -will travel"
I remember the incident myself, and if I recall the specifics from the media, it was a kid who was tearing through a residential neighborhood at high speed.
25 years ago, it would have never been questioned. But back 10 or so when it happened through the present, forget it.
Anymore, God forbid someone try to stop an idiot kid from tearing through a neighborhood.
In Yankton it got somebody killed.
As PDQ noted - "Sounds to me like Lee gave the kid something he was sorely lacking.
Parenting."
Why don't you ask the kids at the Children's in about your idea of parenting? Do you suppose Dennis Daugaard would agree? Perhaps Lee should have dialed 911 instead of punching the kid.