Summary

A 24-year-old man, Daniel Schmidt, was arrested after allegedly disrupting a voting line and assaulting an election judge in Orland Park, Illinois.

Schmidt reportedly attempted to skip the line, ignored repeated instructions to wait, and punched an election judge who tried to stop him, knocking off their glasses.

Other patrons restrained him until police arrived, at which point Schmidt resisted arrest. He faces multiple charges, including aggravated battery against a person over 60 and resisting arrest.

  • @Sam_Bass
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    204 hours ago

    according to the article he didnt wait in line. thats the punch line

  • @Gammelfisch
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    53 hours ago

    Another trump turd who will not vote.

  • @CharlesDarwin
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    265 hours ago

    Let me guess who he was planning on voting for.

  • @[email protected]
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    356 hours ago

    Magats PUNCHING elderly people is JOE BIDENS fault because Joe Biden NEVER told Republicans NOT to Punch Elderly People! Family Values!

    • @ripcord
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      32 hours ago

      If Trump claimed it was Joe’s fault because he punches elderly people in the face every day, 30+% of the country wouldn’t just believe it without question but would start claiming it immediately.

    • @bitchkat
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      15 minutes ago

      That means Kamala is to blame because apparently she’s been running the Biden administration.

  • 【J】【u】【s】【t】【Z】
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    44 hours ago

    He was probably throught it was Paul Pelosi.

    These people are brainwashed. Should get years tacked onto any sentence for political violence against public officials. Treat it like he assaulted a cop.

  • @Treczoks
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    367 hours ago

    Let me guess: registered as Republican, yes?

      • @tee9000
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        -26 hours ago

        Breaking news: we have confirmed he was republican based on a misunderstanding in Lemmy comments.

  • @[email protected]
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    11510 hours ago

    That’s one way to stop a trump vote, ask them to follow the rules and be curtious to others till they punch you in the face and get ejected from the voting location.

    We need more people that can take a punchat voting locations. We only have so many old people.

  • @StopTouchingYourPhone
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    25 hours ago

    People are saying the wound-up violent douchecanoe was reportedly overheard saying, “Lineup?! NO! ME first! FIRST!”

  • Stern
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    279 hours ago

    Sounds like he won’t have to worry about voting for a long time, since I’m guessing theres at least one felony somewhere in those charges.

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      • 2 counts of Aggravated Battery to a victim over 60 (Class 3 Felony)
      • 2 counts of Aggravated Battery in a public place (Class 3 Felony),
      • 5 misdemeanor counts of Resisting Arrest
      • 1 misdemeanor count of Disorderly Conduct
    • @Valmond
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      15513 hours ago

      It’s crazy, it’s always the party you’d most expect.

      • @ChowJeeBai
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        The one prone to violence and has control issues, then wonders why no one likes them except dumb, or sociopathic people, so they make up false equivalencies and conspiracies to justify their own sad existence? Hopefully the voters wake up and do a purge. Especially in the midterms.

  • Optional
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    2410 hours ago

    24-year-old Daniel Schmidt

    tch. Danny, Danny, Danny. You done fucked up Danny boy.

    Schmidt, huh? Good German name innit. Is that a tattoo on your neck there ol Danster? Hey - I hear in prison you can meet new people!

    Y’see Danny - what we have here is something we call an egregious crime. Can you say egregious? . . . very close! Anyway, you’ve got a room full of people who saw you act like a total MAGAt and punch a poll worker. They don’t like that Danny. They’re gonna testify, Danny. You’re fucked on this one Danny.

    But hey. Your demented rapist sociopath god will surely pardon you right? Good thing you didn’t make the national news with a big ol’ picture of your stupid ass face for - y’know - future gangs or whatever it is you may have wanted to do with your life or whatever.

    On the other hand - it’s a hell of an origin story for someone who never shows up in social media or the news again and spends their life helping others because they fucked up so bad. There’s some audacious hope!

  • @rustyfish
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    11713 hours ago

    Is this the second elderly who got punched in the face this election by a magat? I think it’s the second elderly punched in the face by a magat.

    ❤️Family values❤️

    • @just_another_person
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      6313 hours ago

      It’s like the fifth or sixth. All Trump psychos doing the attacking, of course.

      • @[email protected]
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        27 hours ago

        I really hope I’m wrong, but I fully expect at least one shooting incident at a polling place today. I’ve seen multiple posts by redcaps claiming they plan to go armed, and they seem to be spoiling for a confrontation. I really hope everyone can stay safe.

      • @frunch
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        1912 hours ago

        The day is young, so many elderly out there for a young MAGA to assault!

    • Beacon
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      Nowhere in the article does it say anything to suggest who he was voting for. In a population of 300 million there are gonna be some number of crazies in every demographic

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      y’all are loopy. I’m 100% team Harris, i even phonebanked for her - did you? All i said is that there’s nothing in the article about whether he’s a trumper or not, and there are some number of insane non-trumpers out there. If you think literally all people who aren’t voting for trump are sane, then you’re the one who’s insane. It doesn’t matter whether this particular person turns out to be trumper or not, the point is we shouldn’t jump to conclusions or else we’ll eventually wind up with egg on our face

      • @tee9000
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        Agreed.

        Ive put so much time into lemmy but im realizing it may be best to start looking elsewhere.

        The amount of people that are fanatically ignorant is almost suspicious. How can this be a representation real people? Is this place just a magnet for no-lifers? Surely people dont want to spend their time reading or discussing articles like “Musk is realizing how dumb he is”.

        Its like looking at the dumbest possible representation of my beliefs to make me question if my beliefs themselves are dumb lol.

      • @Bertuccio
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        209 hours ago

        This is a good example of keeping your mind so open your brain falls out.

        No. The article doesn’t explicitly say what party he planned to vote for. That’s right.

        Almost all instances of election violence have been committed by the same party - even the attempted assassinations. I’m sure there could be examples of violence from the other party but I’m genuinely struggling to think of any.

        So if a reasonable person hears someone in an election line was violent they’re not going to think “well there are crazies on both sides, so yaneverknow.”

      • @Moops
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        4111 hours ago

        Political violence is pretty party-specific.

      • @Voyajer
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        2611 hours ago

        He follows Trump’s Facebook page at the least

        • Hominine
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          1711 hours ago

          Ew, a Facebook user, I knew it!

      • Optional
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        1110 hours ago

        Let’s wager then. 10:1 odds, one millyun dollars.