Madeline wrote
about the assault on Congresswoman Angie Craig (D-MN) last week. She
was attacked inside the elevator of her apartment building in
Washington, D.C. It’s a bizarre incident where the man who assaulted her
greeted the member of Congress, started doing push-ups, and then got up
and punched her in the face. Rep. Craig threw hot coffee on her
assailant, who later fled. Police were dispatched to the scene and
canvassed the area, but the suspect was nowhere nearby.
Kendrick Hamlin, 26, was arrested
the next day, though police were initially not forthcoming about how
they identified and arrested him. Hamlin is no stranger to authorities,
having been in jail two months before he allegedly assaulted
Congresswoman Craig (via Washington Free Beacon):
The
Metropolitan Police Department announced Friday the arrest of Kendrick
Hamlin, AKA Hamlin Khalil Hamlin, for assaulting Rep. Angie Craig (D.,
Minn.) in her apartment building’s elevator. Craig "suffered bruising,
but is otherwise physically okay," a spokesman said following the
attack.
Hamlin appears to be no stranger to the D.C. criminal
justice system. A man by the same name was arrested last September on
two charges of theft for stealing items from a Capitol Hill supermarket,
which resulted in a three month saga of stints behind bars and several
court appearances, records show. Court documents obtained by the Free
Beacon show a man named Kendrid Hamlin also pled guilty to two counts of
assaulting a police officer in December last year.
Though
there are slight variations of his name in records, a spokesman for the
D.C. Courts told the Free Beacon that the arrests were both of the same
man. He was ultimately released from custody in December with all
charges dropped following a plea agreement.
The
assault on Craig comes as Washington, D.C., revamps its criminal code in
order to show offenders more leniency for a litany of offenses,
including gun-related felonies. D.C. mayor Muriel Bowser initially
vetoed the bill to dramatically change the city’s penal code but was
overridden by the city council. Just a day prior to the attack, Craig
voted with Republicans to condemn the D.C. government's move.
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