PittsburghAfterDark
06-07-2006, 04:51 AM
Treat me like I'm black, sez Teddy's son
BY MICHAEL McAULIFF and CORKY SIEMASZKO
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS
Fresh from rehab, Rep. Patrick Kennedy said yesterday he wants to be treated like an African-American from Washington if and when he gets charged for crashing his car on Capitol Hill.
Denying that he was drunk and or that he asked the Capitol Police for preferential treatment, Kennedy, a Rhode Island congressman, said he's prepared "in terms of bookings, in terms of mug shots, fingerprints, whatever they might have me do."
"It's what anyone else would have done to them if they were an African-American in Anacostia," Kennedy said in a shaky voice, referring to the mostly minority neighborhood in southeastern Washington.
Later, Kennedy fretted that "there are probably people who want to throw the book at me a little more to prove that they're not treating me special."
It's still not clear whether Kennedy will be called to account for smashing his Ford Mustang into a barrier near the Capitol building at 2:45 a.m. on May 4. He was driving without headlights and nearly collided with a police cruiser.
"The attorney general is still reviewing the events of that night," said Traci Hughes, a spokeswoman for the D.C. attorney general's office. "I can assure you that if any charges are brought in this case, he will be treated the same as anyone else in similar circumstances."
The son of Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) was given a ride home after the wreck by Capitol Police and charged with three minor traffic violations. But he wasn't given a sobriety test, angering some police who complained he was getting kid-glove treatment.
"If you are suspected of driving under the influence, you get arrested," noted Officer Quintin Peterson of the Metropolitan Police Department.
Kennedy, who has a history of substance abuse and depression, said that "10 of the 12 police officers said they did not smell any alcohol on my breath."
But Kennedy also said he should not have gotten behind the wheel after taking Ambien, a popular sleeping aid prescribed to 26 million Americans last year.
"It says on the directions: Do not operate heavy machinery under this drug," he said. "So whether it's alcohol or drugs, any impaired driving is wrong."
Shortly after the accident, Kennedy announced he was seeking treatment for painkiller addiction because he could not remember crashing his car and being driven home by police.
Link (http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/424089p-357769c.html)
Every now and again a liberal lets the world know what they truly think of those the claim to love, embrace and represent.
In this case one of the Royalty of Hyannisport has shown the world, well, the world that was in denial, that the Kennedys view the poor, the black, the less than privledged as inferior to them.??Translation of this???"Damn boys, if I slip up just treat me like a n*gger with a rap sheet.".
The only good thing I can say about this thing with Patrick is that, unlike daddy, he didn't kill someone with his car, leave them for dead and go home to sleep it off before reporting it to the police.
I was going to let this one slide because chemical dependency issues are truly not fodder for political issues.??Just like you wouldn't campaign against other medical conditions.
However his follow up is as disgraceful as his lies that were swept away by the media as soon as he shed a tear and yelled "REHAB"!
Once a Kennedy, always a Kennedy.
BY MICHAEL McAULIFF and CORKY SIEMASZKO
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS
Fresh from rehab, Rep. Patrick Kennedy said yesterday he wants to be treated like an African-American from Washington if and when he gets charged for crashing his car on Capitol Hill.
Denying that he was drunk and or that he asked the Capitol Police for preferential treatment, Kennedy, a Rhode Island congressman, said he's prepared "in terms of bookings, in terms of mug shots, fingerprints, whatever they might have me do."
"It's what anyone else would have done to them if they were an African-American in Anacostia," Kennedy said in a shaky voice, referring to the mostly minority neighborhood in southeastern Washington.
Later, Kennedy fretted that "there are probably people who want to throw the book at me a little more to prove that they're not treating me special."
It's still not clear whether Kennedy will be called to account for smashing his Ford Mustang into a barrier near the Capitol building at 2:45 a.m. on May 4. He was driving without headlights and nearly collided with a police cruiser.
"The attorney general is still reviewing the events of that night," said Traci Hughes, a spokeswoman for the D.C. attorney general's office. "I can assure you that if any charges are brought in this case, he will be treated the same as anyone else in similar circumstances."
The son of Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) was given a ride home after the wreck by Capitol Police and charged with three minor traffic violations. But he wasn't given a sobriety test, angering some police who complained he was getting kid-glove treatment.
"If you are suspected of driving under the influence, you get arrested," noted Officer Quintin Peterson of the Metropolitan Police Department.
Kennedy, who has a history of substance abuse and depression, said that "10 of the 12 police officers said they did not smell any alcohol on my breath."
But Kennedy also said he should not have gotten behind the wheel after taking Ambien, a popular sleeping aid prescribed to 26 million Americans last year.
"It says on the directions: Do not operate heavy machinery under this drug," he said. "So whether it's alcohol or drugs, any impaired driving is wrong."
Shortly after the accident, Kennedy announced he was seeking treatment for painkiller addiction because he could not remember crashing his car and being driven home by police.
Link (http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/424089p-357769c.html)
Every now and again a liberal lets the world know what they truly think of those the claim to love, embrace and represent.
In this case one of the Royalty of Hyannisport has shown the world, well, the world that was in denial, that the Kennedys view the poor, the black, the less than privledged as inferior to them.??Translation of this???"Damn boys, if I slip up just treat me like a n*gger with a rap sheet.".
The only good thing I can say about this thing with Patrick is that, unlike daddy, he didn't kill someone with his car, leave them for dead and go home to sleep it off before reporting it to the police.
I was going to let this one slide because chemical dependency issues are truly not fodder for political issues.??Just like you wouldn't campaign against other medical conditions.
However his follow up is as disgraceful as his lies that were swept away by the media as soon as he shed a tear and yelled "REHAB"!
Once a Kennedy, always a Kennedy.