When #1) - you are a public figure and #2) - are walking on a public street in Washington, D.C. and someone comes up to you with a camera, do you slug the guy or do you just say no comment and keep walking. From Breitbart TV:
More on the story from ABC News:
Etheridge caught in on-camera confrontation
North Carolina Congressman Bob Etheridge (D-Lillington) is taking heat after a conservative blogger posted video on YouTube showing him in a confrontation with men carrying cameras on a Washington street.
The story by Breitbart.com contributor Mike Flynn says the men were students. In the video, they ask the congressman if he supports the Obama agenda.
Etheridge's reaction is to demand to know who the photographers are. He then gets physical. He grabs the camera from one man and then takes him by the wrist. In the video, the photographer's faces are blurred and their identities aren't given. They never identify themselves to the congressman other than to say they're students working on a project.
When they continue to refuse to identify themselves, Etheridge grabs one around the neck and then the shoulders refusing to let him go. The man eventually slips Etheridge's grasp and the video ends.
And of course:
ABC11 has left messages with Etheridge's office to get his side of the story about what happened. We're waiting to hear back.
Stay classy Congressman...
