Anchorage Homeowner: The Palins Show Up, ‘And Now We’ve Got A S**t Show’

Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, right, husband Todd, left, and daughter Willow acknowledge the crowd during the first annual Founders Day celebration parade in Auburn, N.Y., Saturday, June 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Kevin Rivoli)
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All was going well at the party until the Palin clan showed up.

A homeowner in Anchorage, Alaska spoke to police on Sept. 6, not long after a house party he threw that night turned into a bloody brawl, and an audio recording of the conversation that became public on Tuesday made it clear just how angry he was at former GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin and her family for ruining his fun.

“These Palins running up here on my property acting like they own it is not gonna fly with me,” homeowner Korey Klingenmeyer told police. “I don’t give a fuck if their name’s Palin or fucking Obama, cause they don’t mean shit to me.”

The Anchorage Police Department on Tuesday released photos and audio recordings to supplement the official police report of the booze-fueled melees involving members of the Palin family.

Multiple eyewitnesses saw members of the Palin family involved in physical fights that night. Some said Sarah Palin’s daughter, Bristol, was seen punching Klingenmeyer multiple times. Bristol Palin later told the police that Klingenmeyer grabbed her by the legs and dragged her on the ground while referring to her as a “cunt” and “slut.”

Ultimately, prosecutors declined to press charges against anyone.

Klingenmeyer recounted to police how the Palins had stormed through a birthday party he was holding for his bosses, twin brothers Matt and Marc McKenna. In one of the recordings, Klingenmeyer began by using a racial slur and telling the officer he wanted to “to talk to the head nigger in charge.”

“First off, Korey, I understand you’re pissed off,” the officer said.

“I don’t need this,” Klingenmeyer said. “I’m here to have a good time, and this fucking drama Palin show shows up, and now we’ve got a shit show. Now we’re gonna fucking take the legal fucking side, because I know what’s coming tomorrow morning. And you and I both know what I’m talking about. So let’s get the paperwork fucking rolling right now. I want to press charges against Bristol fucking Palin.”

Despite his original comments, Klingenmeyer seemingly never pressed charges against Bristol or any of the Palins.

Klingenmeyer couldn’t be reached for comment about the decision not to press charges. But it’s worth nothing that a co-worker of his at McKenna Bros. Paving, Eric Thompson, was fired after coming forward with an eyewitness account of the brawls.

Listen to the audio:

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