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Rep. Foley arrested following fight at sporting event
House Minority Whip Dan Foley, R-Roswell, was arrested Sunday following a fight at his son’s basketball game.
Foley was charged with disorderly conduct, interfering with a police officer and resisting arrest, all misdemeanors, and was booked into jail before being released on bond. He said he’s planning to fight the charges and will be exonerated.
During the Gus Macker tournament game, Foley said, a fight broke out among the teens on the court. He said a man he believes was the coach of the other team “slammed my kid to the ground, I mean, shoved him to the ground.”
“He shoved him to the ground and squared up with him,” Foley said. “I didn’t get three steps onto the court when three cops slammed me.”
Foley, who, according to the New Mexico Courts Web site, has several speeding citations on record but no other criminal history, said he will “get this cleared.”
“We’re going to court, and I have no doubt we’ll be vindicated,” he said. “Any parent, if you saw an adult attack your 14-year-old son, you would step in too.”
The 37-year-old Foley’s temper has erupted on the House floor in the past, but he is a skilled debater who was instrumental in organizing House Republicans to become effective players during the 2007 Legislature. He helped lead the group to have influence on several topics, including capital outlay distribution and reform of the state’s housing authority system.
He has been a representative since 1999.
Update, 11 a.m.
Democratic Party of New Mexico Executive Director Matt Farrauto had this to say about Foley’s arrest:
“It appears the ex-Foley-ator strikes again,” he said. “It’s pathetic how Foley reinforces his reputation for erratic behavior that rubs people the wrong way. The people of southeastern
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The Republican Party of New Mexico had no comment.
Get more details on Foley’s arrest from the Roswell Daily Record.
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A more complete picture of Foley’s bad behavior, at the basketball game and prior, is in Wednesday’s Roswell Daily Record. For anyone who is Really interested.
Zealots prejudge, so enjoy your sack of stones while it lasts.
Sports and violence are intertwined, especially in a culture where we have elevated an activity as benign as dancing into an aggressive expression of hostility. Everyone who plays knows that parents and children occasionally get out of hand in pursuit of sport. Sometimes there is even video and people are charged for their transgressions. Most of the time it is broken up and they are kicked out of the game and given a Gatoraid while being instructed to chill out.
You could chalk this recent aggressive behavior up to an erratic wingnut, or a parent operating in protection of their child. Both are potentially correct, but the general consensus should and will be developed by his blood-alcohol content and the content and tone of the police reports. You don’t get to hit cops, but a shove or two on a basketball court falls under the “rubbing is racing” rule. It is why we have yellow and red cards in Soccer, fouls in Basket Ball, and dentures in Hockey.
Holding our representatives to a higher standard is acceptable, but holding them to an unreasonable standard where they can not act in their own defense or the defense of others is commie garbage.
Innocent until proven guilty. At the Las Cruces Gus Macker, my wife saw a parent/coach punch a youth player in the face. We’ve told our son he can no longer partipate in this state event due to the violence that is tolerated and actually expected. I know Foley has a temper, and I’m not a fan of us. But the previous comments are pure hatred and that person needs to know the facts before making such ridiculous statements.
this is not a surprise to anybody that knows Mr Foley unfortunately. He is a Tom Delay style, extreme Republican. New Mexicans need to band together to get rid of this fountain of right wing spewage. Im glad the public is finally seeing the true character of this virulent individual.