Tennessee

SheltieLover

(59,599 posts) Tue Oct 25, 2022, 10:33 AM Oct 2022

Tennessee [I] governor candidate arrested after disturbance call at voting site

https://www.wate.com/news/tennessee/tennessee-governor-candidate-arrested-after-disturbance-call-at-voting-site/amp/

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WATE) — An independent Tennessee governor candidate was arrested at a Hamilton County voting site Monday, according to the Chattanooga Police Department.

Charles Van Morgan, of Knoxville, was charged with resisting arrest, disorderly conduct and intimidation of voters.

Police said they responded to a call from the Hamilton County Election Commission stating that someone was causing a disturbance on the 700 block of River Terminal Road. The report stated, “A man was screaming about politics, cursing, getting into people’s faces and harassing the voters.”

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Van Morgan was also a former Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper who was fired in 2012 after driving past a fatal wreck.

More at link, including that he was carrying a handgun at the time of his arrest.

Good 'ol TN, always a disgrace.

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Tennessee [I] governor candidate arrested after disturbance call at voting site (Original Post) SheltieLover Oct 2022 OP

Ought to get him some votes out of the Republican pile. He should have done this a week ago. marble falls Oct 2022 #1

Hahaha! SheltieLover Oct 2022 #2

You can blame some of it on some of my Whig/Know Nothing politician family from 1840s - 1850s ... marble falls Oct 2022 #3

Well, this potentially dangerous stunt likely gains this guy honor points. SheltieLover Oct 2022 #4

I looked up the article about his driving past a fatal accident. He had been trying to stop a ... marble falls Oct 2022 #5

This guy has no shame! SheltieLover Oct 2022 #6

There's a lot of that lack of shame going around. marble falls Oct 2022 #7

Heheh blm Oct 2022 #8

marble falls

(62,047 posts)

1. Ought to get him some votes out of the Republican pile. He should have done this a week ago.

Reply to SheltieLover (Original post)

Tue Oct 25, 2022, 10:35 AM

Oct 2022

SheltieLover

(59,599 posts)

2. Hahaha!

Reply to marble falls (Reply #1)

Tue Oct 25, 2022, 10:39 AM

Oct 2022

I'm sure they will release him & he will do a repeat, rinse, repeat..

Gawd this state is disgusting!

marble falls

(62,047 posts)

3. You can blame some of it on some of my Whig/Know Nothing politician family from 1840s - 1850s ...

Reply to SheltieLover (Reply #2)

Tue Oct 25, 2022, 10:44 AM

Oct 2022

... we messed in Kentucky and North Carolina politics, too.

SheltieLover

(59,599 posts)

4. Well, this potentially dangerous stunt likely gains this guy honor points.

Reply to marble falls (Reply #3)

Tue Oct 25, 2022, 10:46 AM

Oct 2022

Not familiar with the area in which this occurred, but guessing wooooomen or people of color were daring to vote.

marble falls

(62,047 posts)

5. I looked up the article about his driving past a fatal accident. He had been trying to stop a ...

Reply to SheltieLover (Reply #4)

Tue Oct 25, 2022, 10:58 AM

Oct 2022

... a driver chasing him at up to 80mph on residental surface roads, when the guy lost control going over a rise and hitting a tree and bursting into flame. The cop slowed down to 20mph and drove past him, radioed he lost the suspect and drove on - coming back after his radio called out an accident. He drove back and made a big deal of spraying an extinguisher all over the burning car, saying later he knew the guy was dead, and he was making a big show for news cameras.

This guy is exactly the guy we do not want in any sort of position of authority, all the way down to junior high school hall monitor.

SheltieLover

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6. This guy has no shame!

Reply to marble falls (Reply #5)

Tue Oct 25, 2022, 11:10 AM

Oct 2022

That is a horrible thing to do. Then to admit the extinguisher was just for media?

Always truth vs perception. I'll take truth every time!

Thx for sharing!

marble falls

(62,047 posts)

7. There's a lot of that lack of shame going around.

Reply to SheltieLover (Reply #6)

Tue Oct 25, 2022, 11:12 AM

Oct 2022

blm

(113,817 posts)

8. Heheh

Reply to marble falls (Reply #1)

Tue Oct 25, 2022, 11:41 AM

Oct 2022

Didn’t WANT to laugh, just HAD to.

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