# Bill O'Reilly crashes barrier, assaults staffer at Obama rally

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-oreilly-crashes-barrier-assaults-staffer-at-obama-rally/432485>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [January 6, 2008, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-oreilly-crashes-barrier-assaults-staffer-at-obama-rally/432485 "2008-01-06T07:03:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2008, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-oreilly-crashes-barrier-assaults-staffer-at-obama-rally/432485/61 "2008-01-09T00:30:20Z")

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Don’t we mace or taser people who act like that.? The student who got tasered a couple weeks ago wants to know why not him.

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**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2008, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-oreilly-crashes-barrier-assaults-staffer-at-obama-rally/432485/62 "2008-01-09T23:58:24Z")

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[QUOTE=gonzomax]  
Don’t we mace or taser people who act like that.? The student who got tasered a couple weeks ago wants to know why not him.  
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Maybe they’re afraid that electricity would only make him more powerful, like some evil comic book villain?

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