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To: HPilot who wrote (556988)	3/25/2010 1:19:58 PM
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I think he wasn't in a wheelchair before he was beat up. It was in St Louis. And a fingertip was bitten off by a MoveOn affiliated lefty in CA: Protester's pinky finger bitten off at health care reform rally BY Lauren Johnston DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER Thursday, September 3rd 2009, 12:30 PM KTLA.comDrops of blood remained at the scene were a man's pinky finger was bitten off during a health care reform protest that turned violent. Related NewsArticlesObama to deliver address to joint session of CongressYou have to help us, President Obama, say 9/11 survivors Murder down the freewayPetraeus ad nets Giuliani big $$Former Dodgers GM Bavasi is dead at 93He 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. Read more: nydailynews.com