[h=1]Police: 12 arrested after protester hits officer with frying pan[/h]
A protester charged with hitting a Chicago police officer over the head with a frying pan Wednesday night on North Michigan Avenue was ordered held today in lieu of $50,000 bond.
Gary C. Wagaman, a 30-year-old Michigan resident, appeared in Cook County bond court this afternoon wearing blue jeans and a dark blue T-shirt that was ripped open beneath his left shoulder.
Wagaman is one of 12 protesters who were arrested after a scuffle with police on North Michigan Avenue at Ohio Street that left five officers injured, including the officer Wagaman allegedly hit with the frying pan, authorities said.
Wagaman is charged with aggravated battery to a peace officer, a felony. The other 11 protesters, ranging in age from 18 to 38, face a variety of misdemeanors, police said.
Police initially said Wagaman threw the 8-inch pan at the bicycle officer, but prosecutors said in court today that he struck the officer with the pan, causing its handle to break off.
The officer had gotten off his bike to help with arrests when he was struck and suffered bruises and swelling on his head, prosecutors said. Police said he was wearing a bike helmet.
Police said some of the other people who were arrested allegedly tried to stop officers from arresting Wagaman.
Stuart Smith, an attorney who represented Wagaman in court today, told the judge that Wagaman graduated from Eastern Michigan University in 2005 with a double major in journalism and political science.
Wagaman moved to Chicago after having trouble finding work and is now working at Pizzeria Due at North Wabash Avenue and East Ontario Street, Smith said.
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/...enue-20120606_1_police-officer-protesters-pan
LOL
A double major in journalism and political science and cannot find a job, he must be a real fuckup not to be able to find a job in the liberal world of journalism. If MSNBC can hire the Rev. Al Sharpton as a political commentator, a man that cannot even read a teleprompter coherently, surely they should be able to find this asswipe a job.
A protester charged with hitting a Chicago police officer over the head with a frying pan Wednesday night on North Michigan Avenue was ordered held today in lieu of $50,000 bond.
Gary C. Wagaman, a 30-year-old Michigan resident, appeared in Cook County bond court this afternoon wearing blue jeans and a dark blue T-shirt that was ripped open beneath his left shoulder.
Wagaman is one of 12 protesters who were arrested after a scuffle with police on North Michigan Avenue at Ohio Street that left five officers injured, including the officer Wagaman allegedly hit with the frying pan, authorities said.
Wagaman is charged with aggravated battery to a peace officer, a felony. The other 11 protesters, ranging in age from 18 to 38, face a variety of misdemeanors, police said.
Police initially said Wagaman threw the 8-inch pan at the bicycle officer, but prosecutors said in court today that he struck the officer with the pan, causing its handle to break off.
The officer had gotten off his bike to help with arrests when he was struck and suffered bruises and swelling on his head, prosecutors said. Police said he was wearing a bike helmet.
Police said some of the other people who were arrested allegedly tried to stop officers from arresting Wagaman.
Stuart Smith, an attorney who represented Wagaman in court today, told the judge that Wagaman graduated from Eastern Michigan University in 2005 with a double major in journalism and political science.
Wagaman moved to Chicago after having trouble finding work and is now working at Pizzeria Due at North Wabash Avenue and East Ontario Street, Smith said.
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/...enue-20120606_1_police-officer-protesters-pan
LOL
A double major in journalism and political science and cannot find a job, he must be a real fuckup not to be able to find a job in the liberal world of journalism. If MSNBC can hire the Rev. Al Sharpton as a political commentator, a man that cannot even read a teleprompter coherently, surely they should be able to find this asswipe a job.