Anti-Obama Comments Lead To Attack
POSTED: Friday, November 28, 2008
UPDATED: 8:44 pm EST November 28,
2008
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- An attack on a Jacksonville woman began as an argument over President-elect Barack Obama, according to police.The incident took place Friday morning at a Westside apartment in the 4000 block of Confederate Point Road when a fight over politics turned into a physical battle.According to the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office, 46-year-old Lindsy Whitfield got worked up when his friend told him she didn't like Obama.Police said Whitfield slammed a picture frame on the floor of the woman's apartment, and then picked up the shattered frame, threw it and hit her in the face.The enraged man then began beating the victim with his fists before telling her he was going to kill her, according to a police report.The victim told police that after Whitfield stopped hitting her he grabbed her stun gun and ran out of the apartment.Despite patrol efforts, Whitfield could not be located by police. He is wanted on charges of simple battery, petit theft and making threats.
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