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I noticed this on the website for the Houston Chronicle, under the headline Baseball star among 8 held after scuffle with police at isle hotel: Houston Astros pitcher Brandon Backe was among about eight people arrested early Sunday after a fight at the San Luis Resort, police said. So far, just your basic sports fracas. But what REALLY caught my eye was this, the second para into the story: FEMA coordinator Jamie Forero was also placed in custody after the incident, which occurred shortly after midnight at the hotel's swimming pool bar. Aaaaannnd that's all the Chron has to say on that. The rest is just the usual -- tasering, fistfights, pepper spray, bloody cops and choppering a man to the hospital. Sounds like th' good times are back in Galveston!
And according to the Galveston Daily News:
[Galveston PD Lt. Joel] Caldwell said during the melee he saw Jaime E. Forero Jr. refuse an officer's order to leave the scene.
"He identified himself to me as the 'director of FEMA operations,'" Caldwell stated in his report.
Caldwell reported he removed Forero's identification with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and Forero continued to try to pull away from police before he was placed in a patrol car.
"Forero stated we were making a huge mistake, and we would both be without jobs in the morning," Caldwell reported.
Police charged Forero with failure to obey an officer.
(Seriously, though -- rioting FEMA coordinators? Anybody have a followup on this story?)
My first BOR post! Links below. Peace and stuff.
Link to the Chronicle story: http://www.chron.com/disp/stor...
(which FWIW originally spelled the man's name 'Ferrero.')
And more on it from the fabulous Galveston Daily News: http://www.galvnews.com/story....
I posted essentially this same nugget at Daily Kos as well: http://www.dailykos.com/storyo...
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