Tancredo Aide Pleads Guilty to Karate Chopping Pedestrian, Calling Her ‘Nigger’

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Remember how Tom Tancredo went on CNN last week and called Sonia Sotomayor a racist, accusing her falsely of being a member of a “Latino KKK”? Well, if racism so offends him, how does he explain this?

On July 7, 2007, at approximately 7:15 p.m. at Jefferson and M Street, Northwest, in Washington, D.C., defendant was walking down the street making offensive remarks when he encountered the complainant, Ms. [REDACTED], who is African-American. The defendant uttered, “Nigger,” as he delivered a karate chop to Ms. [REDACTED]’s head.

That defendant is named Marcus Epstein–a former Tancredo speechwriter who now works as executive director of Tancredo’s political action committee.

Epstein pled guilty to the charge, but, according to Dave Weigel of The Washington Independent, he’ll remain on the job “until he leaves for law school in the fall.”

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