{"id":815,"date":"2012-03-28T22:38:59","date_gmt":"2012-03-29T02:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fishandcheese.com\/wordpress\/?p=815"},"modified":"2012-03-28T22:38:59","modified_gmt":"2012-03-29T02:38:59","slug":"black-congressman-shot-for-wearing-hoodie-on-house-floor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fishandcheese.com\/wordpress\/2012\/03\/28\/black-congressman-shot-for-wearing-hoodie-on-house-floor\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Congressman Shot For Wearing Hoodie on House Floor"},"content":{"rendered":"
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What's that Black man doing in our House?<\/p><\/div>\n

(Washington, D.C.) Earlier this morning, Congressman and former Black Panther Bobby Rush was shot while wearing a “hoodie” jacket during a speech about Trayvon Martin.<\/p>\n

Although he has served in Congress since 1993, Rush apparently was mistaken for a thief and shot by a self-appointed Republican “neighborhood watch.”<\/p>\n

“We had no idea,” Sergeant-at-arms Dirk Diggler explained. “Who woulda thought a black guy in a hooded jacket belonged in the United States Legislature?”<\/p>\n

The shooting took place during morning remarks. Soon after Rep. Rush began to speak about the tragic shooting of unarmed Trayvon Martin in Florida, Rep. Greg Harper, R-Mississippi, who was presiding over the House floor banged his gavel.<\/p>\n

According to audio captured on CNN, a voice was heard calling out something that sounded like “Effing Coombs, they always get away!” and then a shot rang out on the House floor.<\/p>\n

It could not be immediately determined if “Coombs” referred to Bobby Coombs the baseball player, Nathan Coombs, the founder of Napa, California, or Ernie Coombs, host of the long-running Canadian TV series Mr. Dressup, nor what any one of these men had to do with the shooting of Mr. Rush.<\/p>\n

\"Dirty

"Do you feel lucky, Congressman?"<\/p><\/div>\n

After being treated for a minor flesh wound, Representative Rush was censured for violating clause 5 of rule 17 prohibits the wearing of hats in the chamber when the House is in session, and for violating clause 6 of rule 18, looking “too Black.”<\/p>\n

Speaking off the record, a prominent Tea Party House member told Fish and Cheese, “If someone looks suspicious, it’s best to shoot first and ask questions later. That’s what I always do. In fact, during the last State of the Union address there was a suspicious looking guy up at the podium. I felt my trigger finger itch. Then I realized it was the President.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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