Democratic New York State Senator Tells Republican Aide To “Kill Herself”

How things would be if Alec Baldwin were a state senator somewhere. Most likely California or New York. TD

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"And he has a prior history of violent behavior, starting with punching a traffic agent in 2005, pushing an aide and breaking her glasses in 2006 and breaking the finger of a NY Post photographer in 2009.  Via Democrat and Chronicle:

ALBANY – A state senator pushing a bill that would require pistol-seekers to submit to a social-media search urged a Senate Republican aide to kill herself in a now-deleted Twitter post on Tuesday.

The verified Twitter account of Sen. Kevin Parker, D-Brooklyn, posted the violent demand Tuesday morning after the aide, Candice Giove, accused him of misusing a Senate-issue parking placard.

“Kill yourself!” Parker’s tweeted.

The tweet was originally posted at 11:25 a.m. It was deleted minutes later.

By 12:18 p.m., Parker tweeted an apology.

“I sincerely apologize,” Parker wrote. “I used a poor choice of words. Suicide is a serious thing and and should not be made light of.”

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Incoming Democratic Conference Leader, Andrea Stewart-Cousins, called Sen. Parker’s tweet inappropriate.

Other these little incidents, the man is a credit to the New York Legislature

In January 2005, Parker was arrested after punching a traffic agent in the face during a dispute over a traffic citation that he had been issued. He was subsequently charged with third degree assault, a misdemeanor. The charges were dropped after he agreed to take anger management classes.^[2]

In 2008, an aide filed charges against Parker, claiming he pushed her during an argument and smashed her glasses.^[2]

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On May 8, 2009, Parker was charged with felony criminal mischief for attacking a New York Post photographer and damaging the photographer's camera and car door. According to prosecutors, the photographer's finger was broken in the alleged attack.^[3] Parker was charged with a felony due to the value of damage to the camera and car door.^[4] As a result, he was stripped of his leadership position as majority whip and chair of the Energy Committee.^[5] Parker was convicted of a misdemeanor charge, criminal mischief, and on March 21, 2011 was sentenced to three years probation and a $1,000 fine.^[6] Had he been convicted of the felonies, he would have automatically lost his seat in the Senate, and the Senate had already expelled Hiram Monserrate for misdemeanor charges earlier in the year. The Senate Democrats expressed an unwillingness to expel Parker as they had Monserrate.^[7]

In February 2010, Parker was restrained by his colleagues during a profane tirade against Senator Diane

Democrats must have better 
people than these

Savino in which Parker referred to Savino as a "b****".^[8]

In April 2010, Parker launched into an outburst while colleague John DeFrancisco of Syracuse was questioning a black nominee for the New York State Power Authority.^[9] "Amid the nearly two-minute tirade, committee chairman Carl Kruger (D-Brooklyn) told Parker he would be removed from the hearing room if he didn't settle down."^[9]

Parker accused his colleagues of racism, and followed up in a radio interview by accusing his Republican "enemies" of being white supremacists.^[2] Following the tirade, Sen. Ruben Diaz (D-Bronx) was quoted as saying that Parker "need[ed] help."^[9]