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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It?

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To: TideGlider who wrote (71520)9/4/2009 7:44:21 AM
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Hope he has insurance! Protester's pinky finger bitten off at health care reform rally
BY Lauren Johnston
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

Thursday, September 3rd 2009,
nydailynews.com

He raised his fist in protest, and lost a finger.

A 65-year-old man's pinky finger was bitten off Wednesday night during a California health care rally that turned into a bloody brawl, Ventura County law enforcement officials said.

The trouble began soon after two opposing groups met for demonstrations on opposite sides of the same street, according to a report from the local TV station KTLA.

About 100 protesters for a MoveOn.org rally met to support the Obama administration's proposed health care reforms while an anti-reform group assembled nearby to bash it.

Things turned ugly when a man passing through the anti-reform group to join the MoveOn.org rally got into an altercation with the 65-year-old man – who opposed the reforms.

The 65-year-old took a swing and hit the man, who fought back by biting off his assailant's finger, according to a witness at the scene.

The man retrieved the severed digit and fled to a local hospital, where doctors were able to reattach it to his hand.

Neither man has been identified.
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