Current Events > New York State Senator shitposts on Twitter; tells staffer to kill herself

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https://twitter.com/lachlan/status/1075089820043616257?s=21

lmfao
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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]

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 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]

In December of 2018, Parker allegedly blocked a bike lane with a car using his official parking placard, but a different license plate. When questioned about the incident on Twitter, he replied "Kill yourself!"[10]
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What's the over-under that he has an anonymous twitter handle and forgot to switch accounts?
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""I used a poor choice of words while telling you to kill yourself" is WILD."
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"I apologize for using a poor choice of words when I said to go kill yourself. That wasn't funny and I shouldn't joke about it. I mean I wasn't joking but I have to pretend like I was for this apology."
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lol these dudes are fucked in the head
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i would have blamed it on an intern
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That is somewhat less than the minimum required standard of decency
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This guy is nuts. Why do people keep voting for candidates like this? Oh, right... That's what we do now, apparently.
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The NYS Democratic Party machinery is very protective/supportive of the people they anoint. To the extent that I'm sure this guy won't get a democratic challenge even when he's up for reelection.
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It's like if Dawkins became an elected official.
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This guy is ****ing nuts.
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A_Good_Boy posted...

It's like if Dawkins became an elected official.

Dawkins never apologizes for anything
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Doesn't seem great
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Antifar posted...

Doesn't seem great

Lol thats putting it mildly

Antifar posted...

Doesn't seem great

It's a state senator

Lots of weirdos get squeezed in in state legislatures
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