Mike Stark/George Allen/fratboy pratfall video
Watch the Allen supporter take the Materazzi-like dive in the final frames. After that, Stark was taken away in handcuffs.
I'm going to Virginia to cover the last days of the Allen/Webb contest. I'll be updating the blog and sending dispatches to AlterNet.
I'm also hoping to sell some of my still photographs to newspapers. If anyone knows any contact info for photo editors in the D.C. or Virginia area, please let me know in a comment, or by email.
The PayPal button is operative, if anyone would like to chip in a few bucks to defray equipment rental costs/bail.
Don't do anything that will get you arrested. Seriously. I have very little faith in our government right now. Mike Stark has already been stirring the pot down there, so if any more assertive journalists show up they may detain you on trumped up charges.
I think you can do your job well without running afoul of Allen's brownshirts. Just cover your ass if you decide to do anything that might incur their wrath, i.e., have some witnesses, a videographer, etc.
Posted by: John Lucid | November 05, 2006 at 01:18 PM
This is very exciting... I've never been asked to help spring for anyone's bail before! Of course, I'll be very disappointed if I don't get some action-packed, two-fisted stories and/or pictures out of my contribution.
But seriously, my love, don't pay attention to that worrywart above. Stick to the "free speech zone", don't ask impertinent questions and under no circumstances brush up against any Allen campaign staffers; stick to these simple rules, and I'm sure you'll most likely be fine.
Posted by: Cass | November 05, 2006 at 01:45 PM
I'm in awe of you LB!
Posted by: mudkitty | November 05, 2006 at 01:47 PM
Thanks guys! I'm just kidding about the bail. (I hope.) I won't do anything illegal or disruptive. So, I don't expect any trouble. Cops love me.
Posted by: Lindsay Beyerstein | November 05, 2006 at 01:54 PM
I believe Mike Stark's account based on my assessment of Mr. Stark himself.
However, I can't tell from that video what happened.
Posted by: Eric Jaffa | November 05, 2006 at 02:59 PM
That video does not conclusively show ANYTHING.
But your boy Stark does have that serial killer look on him does he not? I mean its just us--doesn't he?
Fortunately, noone in London cares about this stuff.
It was all Saddam, all the time on the local media. Now there's a bad guy.
Posted by: The Phantom | November 05, 2006 at 03:46 PM
Mike Stark's a real-life friend of mine. He's a mensch who'd never hurt anyone.
He looks like what he is, a 38-year-old retired Marine. With Mike, what you see is what you get.
Posted by: Lindsay Beyerstein | November 05, 2006 at 03:58 PM
"It was all Saddam, all the time on the local media."
Well, I'm sure it beats the 347th installment of "To Catch a Predator".
Billmon, meanwhile, is reporting on this historic verdict over at the Whiskey Bar; please drop by and have a read.
Posted by: Cass | November 05, 2006 at 04:06 PM
Hmmmm.....couldn't tell much from that video. Can't say that I'm much impressed with Senator Allen or those he surrounds himself with either. Of course this is the same jackass that attempted to pass off as his something that was actuallly Sen. Durbin's back in, what, September.
Posted by: Kitt | November 05, 2006 at 08:47 PM
Remember Lindsay, your mother would rather pay for you to come home for Christmas than break you out of jail.
Posted by: suzib | November 05, 2006 at 11:29 PM
Oops, correction: I'd rather bring you home for Christmas than make your bail.
Posted by: suzib | November 05, 2006 at 11:30 PM
Phantom's repeated claims about Mike Stark finally have convinced me that Stark really is a danger.
I mean, his first name is Wilfred. That would drive anyone 'round the bend.
Posted by: PG | November 05, 2006 at 11:39 PM
Good luck with the Virginia trip. I'll be looking forward to that coverage.
Posted by: Lawrence Krubner | November 05, 2006 at 11:52 PM