{"id":3644,"date":"2010-10-30T14:31:33","date_gmt":"2010-10-30T18:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/?p=3644"},"modified":"2010-10-30T14:32:08","modified_gmt":"2010-10-30T18:32:08","slug":"wtf-candidate-files-criminal-complaint-over-firm-handshake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2010\/10\/30\/wtf-candidate-files-criminal-complaint-over-firm-handshake\/","title":{"rendered":"WTF? Candidate Files Criminal Complaint Over Firm Handshake"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just when I think things can’t stranger a story like this<\/a> comes along:<\/p>\n

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A firm handshake is usually seen as a good thing in business and even in politics.<\/p>\n

Not so much in South Florida. A candidate for the Broward County School Board wants the cops to lock up her opponent after what she claims was akin to battery after a recent debate.<\/p>\n

Jaemi Levine filed a complaint with the Broward Sheriff’s Office claiming David Thomas squeezed her hand so hard during a post-debate handshake Tuesday that it now hurts.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Let me guess, Ms. Levine is a Democrat?<\/p>\n

Anyway, the Broward Sheriff’s Office reportedly hasn’t decided what to do with the complaint yet… my guess, they’re still laughing at the sheer idiocy of Ms. Levine’s complaint.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Just when I think things can’t stranger a story like this comes along: A firm handshake is usually seen as a good thing in business and even in politics. Not so much in South Florida. A candidate for the Broward County School Board wants the cops to lock up her opponent after what she claims […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[534,1086,1085,241,1084],"class_list":["post-3644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-politics","tag-2010-elections","tag-broward-county","tag-david-thomas","tag-florida","tag-jaemi-levine","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfpI7-WM","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4272,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/19\/mother-shoots-kills-would-be-kidnapper\/","url_meta":{"origin":3644,"position":0},"title":"Mother Shoots, Kills Would-be Kidnapper","author":"Jeff","date":"October 19, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"I guess this guy didn't memo... 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