Man charged with allegedly assaulting mail carrier delivering 'Harris for President' mailer

[groundloop]

Source: ABC News

A Michigan man was charged Friday with allegedly assaulting a mail carrier over a "Kamala Harris for President" mailer that the mail carrier delivered to his mailbox.

Russell Frank Valleau, 61, of Farmington Hills, Michigan, was charged by Oakland County, Michigan Prosecutor Karen D. McDonald with assaulting a mail carrier.

"The defendant was allegedly upset that he had received mail regarding presidential candidate Kamala Harris and allegedly said that he did not want that 'black b****' in his mailbox," according to press release from the Oakland County, Michigan prosecutor's office said. "He then called the mail carrier a 'black b****' and threatened the carrier. The mail carrier used pepper spray to stop the defendant."

Valleau was found nearby and taken into custody, according to the press release. He was charged with one count of ethnic intimidation, a felony, and one count of assault and battery, which is a misdemeanor, and was being held at the Oakland County Jail, the release said.

Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/US/man-charged-allegedly-assaulting-mail-carrier-delivering-harris/story?id=114302060

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This is a direct result of tRump and the MAGAT movement who've essentially told racist pieces of crap like this guy that it's ok to come out from under their rocks and use violence to silence whomever they disagree with.

[Deuxcents]

1. Isn't the mail carrier a federal employee? More charges for this MAGA

[dutch777]

3. Yeah Fed law it's at least a year and if they can prove intent of physical harm....

...its 8 years. If he touched her, gets even worse. LOCK HIM UP!

[Kittycatkat]

30. Hope he's locked up and can't vote.

[Clouds Passing]

8. And a hate crime

[kacekwl]

2. A federal crime

assault on a federal worker right. Hopefully he will suffer some harsh consequences.

[rogerballard]

4. Well this guy needs to get his mailbox stuffed with

Harris/Walz campaign mailers every day until the election.

[oasis]

51. MAGAnut will have to give his mailbox key to

a family member or friend because his racist ass is headed to the hoosegow.

[flying_wahini]

55. Anyone have an address?

[viva la]

5. That's a federal crime, and a serious one.

Add in the civil rights violation....

[viva la]

6. he probably thinks Trump's going to pay for his lawyer.

It's amazing how many crazies there are willing to ruin their lives for Trump.

[SomedayKindaLove]

27. Probably does. In 2016 Trump offered to pay the legal fees

Of MAGA who beat on protesters at his rallies.

We have a mental health crisis in this country. It’s why the race is so close.

[ReRe]

37. I call it a

National Mental Health Pandemic.

[ArkansasDemocrat1]

7. FAFO

They'll refuse to deliver to his home now since he is a danger to the carrier.

[tonekat]

10. He can schlep to the Post Office now

It would serve him right to lose home delivery privileges.

MAGATs can't engage in constructive conversation, their brains go right to verbal assault then physical violence.

[louis-t]

82. That's AFTER he gets out of prison.

[hatrack]

9. Dude's 61 freaking years old . . .

And he still can't tell shit from Chanel No. 5. Pathetic.

[mwb970]

14. There's no fool like an old fool.

[RVN VET71]

70. 61 isn't old. He's just a late middle aged a**hole with atrophied brain syndrome

Now 78. 78 is old.

And mixing that age with lifelong degeneracy, plus a lifelong addiction to self pity, rage, and lying, not to mention sexual predation and rape, you have exactly the kind of monster this 61 year old fool adores.

Yesterday I truly believed this Country was going to throw the bastards out -- all of them, to a man and woman -- on November 5th in a huge landslide of righteousness and awakened indignation.

Now I'm not so sure. Today, after listening to C-Span callers spout on about Harris's communism and the tens of millions illegal immigrants she's brought into the country to rape murder, riot, rape, and murder, and vote (!!!) I'm just not so sure at all. Don't get me wrong. I doubt these callers represent a groundswell of popular fascist support. But it sickens me to think of the millions -- tens of millions -- of Americans they do represent, as well as the millions of fellow travelers ready to vote with the hard core fascists for Donnie Fatso because they feel, heck, he ain't so bad, just a little mouthy, that's all.

Still, I'm confident Harris/Walz will secure the popular vote. But they'll do it by a tighter margin than any genuinely caring American should feel comfortable with. And, sadly, key states seem to have placed in motion machinery to rig the electoral vote and refuse to confirm it, causing it to be sent back to the fascist run States -- and the Speaker of the House is ready to seize the vote and turn it over to the fascist State governments to give the throne to Donnie Fatso .

I'm 79 and a grandfather of the brightest and most delightfully funny and insightful 6 year old grandson in the world. I fear for his and America's future.

[OrangeJoe]

78. Pepper spray

"And he still can't tell shit from Chanel No. 5. Pathetic." But he is now an expert on the aroma of pepper spray!

[aeromanKC]

11. Double Bonus: There goes his voting and gun rights.

[TommyT139]

12. Too late - he's already a frequent flyer felon

Nice of the news article to give his full name. Ain't the internet sometimes not horrible?

In the event he still lives with relatives, hopefully they will take a look at the campaign mailers.

[Grokenstein]

22. Yikes. Looks like one of those Neanderthals in a museum diorama.

No offense to Neanderthals.

https://www.audacy.com/wwjnewsradio/news/local/farmington-hills-man-accused-of-assaulting-mail-carrier

The Farmington Hills Police Department says Valleau, who was allegedly intoxicated at the time, approached the woman’s delivery truck while “shouting racist, sexual and derogatory remarks about both the Vice President and the mail carrier.”

He then pulled out a knife and lunged at the mail carrier, according to the department. The mail carrier, "in fear for her life," retrieved her USPS-issued pepper spray and discharged it in the suspect’s face, causing Valleau to stop his attack and flee the scene, according to police.

DeJoy (WHYYYY) will probably try to take the spray away now.

[orleans]

29. booking photo from google images and cbs

[TommyT139]

34. Wow. Life leaves marks.

[usaf-vet]

65. Yellow tinge?

[kimbutgar]

36. Looks like a real LOSER !

[PedroXimenez]

40. behold the master race

[hatrack]

58. Yep.

"We must secure the existence of our people oh FUCK THIS SHIT I'm OUT Of Here!"

[Bernardo de La Paz]

64. Pinched face; I'm guessing small brain. . . . . nt

[LudwigPastorius]

53. It's too bad circus freak shows aren't hiring anymore.

[johnnyfins]

67. There aint no way to hide

your pepper spray eyes.

[birdographer]

71. Yikes, agree on the Neanderthal look

Put some hair on him and that looks like one of those models that are created from skulls. But yellow.

[Jilly_in_VA]

77. Definitely looks feral

You know what we do with feral cats? Trap, neuter and release. They can't breed any more and it makes them more peaceful. Although I think he's past breeding now.

[Diraven]

18. Trump will pardon him

If we give him a chance

[mwb970]

13. trump cultists are sick in the head.

If they weren't, they wouldn't be trump cultists.

[Figarosmom]

15. All this jerk needed

To do wss throw it away and he couldn't even do that

[forgotmylogin]

16. "The mail carrier used pepper spray to stop the defendant."

Play stupid games....

[Figarosmom]

17. Yeah

FAFO

[Botany]

25. My thoughts exactly ....FAFO

Btw mail carriers in a lot of cases are in really good shape and they have hyper sensitive
awareness about what is going on around them.

[forgotmylogin]

45. Yes, they walk long distances carrying heavy bags!

I wouldn't want to mess with a mail carrier!

And they can drive a truck with the wheel on the right side!

[DBoon]

52. Probably carries it in case of rampaging pit bulls

in this case, a rampaging republican.

The difference is that it is possible to train a pit bull.

[yardwork]

66. I get Trump mailers and I don't like them.

It's never occurred to me to attack the mail carrier. I guess that's why I can't be a MAGA.

[Figarosmom]

68. Yeah me too

I have a trash bin by the front door and they go in there with other junk mail

[niyad]

69. Our reycle bins are by the mailboxes. Unwanted material goes directly

into the bins. No big deal.

[twodogsbarking]

19. He sounds like a threat to society. No bail for you. Next.

[Aviation Pro]

20. In the last third of his life

And he just threw it away. Fucking moron.

[Klarkashton]

21. The guy looks cro magnon.

[rhiannon55]

48. He looks like he's related to Large Marge

[rhiannon55]

49. He looks a lot like Large Marge

Small dull eyes, long faces

Cro magnon ancestry, both of them.



On edit: I thought my first comment didn't "take". Oops!

[NJCher]

60. He really does

Imagine looking like Cro-Magnum man in a world where everyone else has evolved. I wonder if this might have something to do with his bizarre reaction to the mail carrier.

[Wednesdays]

23. If I got a Trump flyer in the mail

or even fifty, I wouldn't blame the mail carrier let alone assault him/her. I'd merely chuck them all into the trash and chuckle about how the MAGAts wasted their money trying to court my vote.

[Chellee]

33. I kind of like it when I get republican things in the mail.

Because they spent campaign money on that, and it was completely wasted. Every one they send to me, is one that didn't reach someone else. I delight in shredding them, and throwing them away.

[Jack Valentino]

79. I Love It when right-wing orgs send a return envelope with prepaid postage---

I always send it back with a 'personal message'

[UpInArms]

46. We always look for a prepaid envelope to return a heavy load of shredded paper

And are disappointed when there isn’t one

[DENVERPOPS]

59. LOL

We used to wrap a brick and attach the pre-paid envelope to the face of it...................

The other thing one can do is tape several layers across the front and back, top of the envelope. It screws up their letter opening machines........

[coprolite]

75. I love to do that also. My wife just rolls her eyes.

[Javaman]

24. Moron attacks the messenger

And a federal employee to boot.

This fucking idiot is in a world of hurt now

[Joinfortmill]

26. Threatening a mail carrier is a misdemeanor?

Really? Should be a felony.

[Skittles]

28. I agree

WTF

[RuralUrbanite]

63. Can this story be correct?

Ethnic intimidation is a felony and assault and battery a misdemeanor? Seriously?

[TBF]

72. Both should be felonies.

Most hate crimes are felonies, and because the assault and battery was part of that hate action I'd like to see it upgraded to felony also. We are never going to get past the racial issues in this country if we keep giving folks slaps on the wrist when they act out like this.

But I am not a lawyer ... so just an opinion.

[ArkansasDemocrat1]

73. Attacking anyone connected with health care is a felony

[unblock]

31. Overuse of the word "allegedly"

No, he was not charged with "allegedly" doing anything. He was charged with *actually* doing something illegal.

He allegedly committed a crime, he allegedly did this or that illegal thing, but he was charged with actually committing a crime.

Allegedly means he was accused of something. Charged means he was formally accused of something. You don't charge someone with being accused of committing a crime.

[Jack the Greater]

32. Correct usage of "allegedly"

CORRECT: "A Michigan man was charged Friday with assaulting a mail carrier"
INCORRECT: "A Michigan man was charged Friday with allegedly assaulting a mail carrier"

I doubt that one can be convicted of "allegedly assaulting a mail carrier".

[kimbutgar]

35. This guys life will be ruined

He committed a federal crime and I hope he faces the full consequences of his action. 5-10 years might be nice!

[Trueblue1968]

38. Lock him up !!!! I would give him 15 years in the slammer.

[Marcuse]

39. DeJoy will ask the court for leniency. "Good people on both sides."

[Joe Nation]

41. Looking at 10 to 15

Hopefully.

[orangecrush]

42. He got his dumb ass pepper sprayed

[33taw]

43. I consider it an honor to throw my trump mailers in the trash. Let them waste the money on me.

[Dem4life1234]

44. MAGAts being the violent thugs they are

[W T F]

47. Felons don't get to vote 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[Initech]

50. Ah, more of those "very fine people on both sides" that we've been hearing so much about.

[Hassler]

54. Enjoy lockup junior

[Major Nikon]

56. Totally not a cult

[Evolve Dammit]

61. "This is a direct result of tRump.." Yes it is. Lock his orange ass up.

[Bengus81]

62. Trump loses yet ANOTHER VOTER! Seems like I post this nearly every day. Who'd a thunk it?

Em....everybody??

Bet Fat NIXON will come to your jail cell real soon asshat to praise you for your actions. Sure he will..........

[Martin68]

74. The intellectual and emotional age of some of these people barely reaches the kindergarten level.

[ninjanurse]

76. Pepper Spray

They carry that for protection from out of control dogs.

[Jack Valentino]

80. Can't even safely deliver the mail anymore to magats ?! If there's a Trump sign in the yard,

perhaps mail carriers should by-pass them if they feel 'unsafe'...

[Rocknation]

81. He should lose his right to vote as well for a year

at the very least


Rocknation