Kentucky Stomper's Attorney: Tape Shows 'My Client Is Justified

[DearAbby]

Tim Profitt, the former Rand Paul county coordinator who stomped on a MoveOn activist's head outside the final debate of the Kentucky Senate race in October, finally got his day in court yesterday. And though Profitt didn't say much, his lawyer told reporters that the notorious video of Profitt's foot crushing down on MoveOn activist Lauren Valle actually shows Profitt had been subject to a smear campaign.

Profitt appeared in a Lexington, KY court and pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanor assault charge stemming from the incident, which briefly defined the Kentucky Senate race before Paul, the Republican nominee, won in a landslide Nov. 2.

The court was packed with folks trying to catch a glimpse of the Kentucky Stomper, according to reports from the ground. And though Profitt's been willing to discuss the incident before (like that time when he blamed a bad back for stepping on a woman that was being held down on the ground,) in court and afterward he kept his mouth shut.

His lawyer, however, laid out a defense of the charges that he said hinged on the video that got Profitt in trouble in the first place.

More:
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/11/kentucky-stompers-attorney-tape-shows-my-client-was-justified-video.php

[Arkansas Granny]

1. I suppose he is going to say that she put her head under his foot and

forced him to step on it. Or will he use the "devil made me do it" defense?

[DearAbby]

2. It was gravity!

He just wanted to hover his foot over her head to protect her! GRAVITY is responsible!!11!

[flakey_foont]

4. or maybe her head was on fire

and he was just trying to put it out to prevent it from spreading

the Boy Scout Defense

[Control-Z]

7. Of course.

You know how women are. They make men do these kind of things to them. If they would just stfu it would never happen.

[Botany]

3. that tape will be awesome for the civil trail

i hope those two have deep pockets

[fascisthunter]

5. sick!

[walldude]

6. Two words...

Rodney King.