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A 24-year-old man, Daniel Schmidt, was arrested after allegedly disrupting a voting line and assaulting an election judge in Orland Park, Illinois.

Schmidt reportedly attempted to skip the line, ignored repeated instructions to wait, and punched an election judge who tried to stop him, knocking off their glasses.

Other patrons restrained him until police arrived, at which point Schmidt resisted arrest. He faces multiple charges, including aggravated battery against a person over 60 and resisting arrest.

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        The one prone to violence and has control issues, then wonders why no one likes them except dumb, or sociopathic people, so they make up false equivalencies and conspiracies to justify their own sad existence? Hopefully the voters wake up and do a purge. Especially in the midterms.

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    Is this the second elderly who got punched in the face this election by a magat? I think it’s the second elderly punched in the face by a magat.

    ❤️Family values❤️

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    Sounds like he won’t have to worry about voting for a long time, since I’m guessing theres at least one felony somewhere in those charges.

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      • 2 counts of Aggravated Battery to a victim over 60 (Class 3 Felony)
      • 2 counts of Aggravated Battery in a public place (Class 3 Felony),
      • 5 misdemeanor counts of Resisting Arrest
      • 1 misdemeanor count of Disorderly Conduct
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    Well on the plus side, if he gets convicted (likely) he’ll be a felon who won’t be able to vote again ever.

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      I’m usually not one for disenfranchising felons, but when the offense is attacking the elections process itself I can make an exception!

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      He may just be counting on a lifetime Trump dictatorship (complete with a pardon for his assault, since he did it for the “greater good”)

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    24-year-old Daniel Schmidt

    tch. Danny, Danny, Danny. You done fucked up Danny boy.

    Schmidt, huh? Good German name innit. Is that a tattoo on your neck there ol Danster? Hey - I hear in prison you can meet new people!

    Y’see Danny - what we have here is something we call an egregious crime. Can you say egregious? . . . very close! Anyway, you’ve got a room full of people who saw you act like a total MAGAt and punch a poll worker. They don’t like that Danny. They’re gonna testify, Danny. You’re fucked on this one Danny.

    But hey. Your demented rapist sociopath god will surely pardon you right? Good thing you didn’t make the national news with a big ol’ picture of your stupid ass face for - y’know - future gangs or whatever it is you may have wanted to do with your life or whatever.

    On the other hand - it’s a hell of an origin story for someone who never shows up in social media or the news again and spends their life helping others because they fucked up so bad. There’s some audacious hope!

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    The funny thing is agg. battery is a felony in Illinois which means he would lose his right to vote.

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    Now they will claim the election is rigged because someone was prevented from entering the voting area.

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    He was probably thought it was Paul Pelosi.

    These people are brainwashed. Should get years tacked onto any sentence for political violence against public officials. Treat it like he assaulted a cop.

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    Why does it makes a difference if the person is over 60? Shouldn’t aggravated battery be aggregated battery no matter who the victim is?

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      Same reason it makes a difference whether the victim is a child, an elderly person is more likely to suffer long-term and more adverse effects from an assault.

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          That’s reductive. Give them any definition you like but you have to accept that children and the elderly are different than people aged, say, 18-60.

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            As I mentioned in another comment you can hit a 30 years old in the chest not knowing they have a heart issue and they will die on the spot, you can hit a 60 years old that works security that will kick your ass. Hitting someone is wrong no matter who it is and should lead to the same consequences no matter who it is, if that means making consequences harsher if the victim is 18 to 59 then so be it.

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              Basically you don’t want to accept that some classes require protection under this odd “everyone is the equal” thing.

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                For something like that? Hell yeah everyone is equal and punishment should be the same, you hit someone you don’t know the damage you’ll do, you deserve all the shit no matter who you hit.

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                  But hitting an 85 year old or a 12 year old is just the same as hitting a 35 year old, per your argument.

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          I suspect the main purpose of those laws was to handle the increasing problem of elder abuse.

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      Personally I’m glad to see that so many states make a distinction (hopefully with harsher consequences) for battery against older people, because of all the stories I’ve seen this week about magats punching old people. I haven’t seen any stories about them punching the ones who would be able to put up a fight, funny how that works.

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        You can hit someone 30 in the chest and it turns out they have a health condition and they die of heart failure, you can hit someone 61 that works security that will then kick your ass. In the end hitting people is wrong no matter who gets hit and should come with the same consequence no matter who gets hit.