{"id":1702392,"date":"2022-10-19T12:18:07","date_gmt":"2022-10-19T16:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1702392"},"modified":"2022-10-19T12:18:15","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T16:18:15","slug":"democrat-councilwoman-accuses-republican-of-fracturing-her-wrist-police-report-seems-to-debunk-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-councilwoman-accuses-republican-of-fracturing-her-wrist-police-report-seems-to-debunk-claim\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrat Councilwoman Accuses Republican Of Fracturing Her Wrist. Police Report Seems To Debunk Claim."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrat-councilwoman-accuses-republican-of-fracturing-her-wrist-police-report-seems-to-debunk-claim%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1702392&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A Republican town supervisor in New York is calling accusations that he fractured a Democrat councilwoman\u2019s wrist \u201cbaseless\u201d following a police report seeming to vindicate the Republican.<\/p>\n<p>Irondequoit Town Supervisor Rory Fitzpatrick was accused this week by Democrat Councilwoman Patrina Freeman of slamming a door on her hand and fracturing her wrist following a heated discussion at a town board meeting on September 20.<\/p>\n<p>A police report investigating the matter found no evidence to substantiate Freeman\u2019s claims and announced \u201cno further action\u201d would be taken over the matter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSupervisor Rory Fitzpatrick got aggressive and angrily pushed his chair back from the table and walked in the direction of the door,\u201d Freeman claimed at a press conference Tuesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.democratandchronicle.com\/story\/news\/2022\/10\/18\/irondequoit-town-board-member-alleges-supervisor-rory-fitzpatrick-fractured-her-wrist\/69570965007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a> to the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. \u201cOnce behind where I was sitting, he threatened me by saying \u2018be careful.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSupervisor Fitzpatrick stormed out of the conference room with me right behind him as I was sitting nearest to the door,\u201d the board member continued. \u201cThe supervisor got to the door first, opened the door forcefully, walked through, and then slammed the door on me, effectively hitting my hand and fracturing my wrist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">\u201cWhat happened to me that evening and the behavior that led to it is categorically unacceptable, especially coming from an elected official,\u201d Freeman said.<\/p>\n<p>Freeman, who earlier this year <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestercitynewspaper.com\/rochester\/patrina-freeman-irondequoits-first-black-lawmaker-sues-the-town-for-discrimination\/Content?oid=14449281\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sued<\/a> the town for $1 million over alleged racial and gender discrimination,\u00a0filed a report with the Irondequoit Police Department the day after the alleged incident.<\/p>\n<p>Findings from the report were shared with the media on Tuesday. \u201c[Fitzpatrick] said he did not believe anyone was behind him at the time he left,\u201d an investigator wrote in the report, according to the Democrat and Chronicle. \u201cHe denied slamming the door and was never made aware of any injuries that Patrina had allegedly sustained.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The investigator added that the door allegedly slammed on Freeman \u201chas a self-closing door hinge making it difficult to slam shut.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">While no video cameras captured the door allegedly shutting on Freeman, footage from the board meeting following the incident showed no indication the Democrat was injured, the police report said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">No charges have been filed, the report said, adding, \u201cno further action will be taken.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a statement sent to the media this week, Fitzpatrick, a former professional hockey player, touted the police report and told his constituents he regrets that the \u201cbaseless accusation is distracting from the important business of the Town.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Supervisor categorically denies Councilwoman Freeman\u2019s baseless accusation. Councilwoman Freeman filed a report with the Irondequoit Police Department, which conducted an investigation,\u201d the statement <a href=\"https:\/\/13wham.com\/news\/local\/irondequoit-town-board-member-claims-supervisor-broke-her-wrist\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>. \u201cAfter interviewing witnesses and reviewing video recordings, the Police Department determined that there was no evidence to substantiate the claim.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Supervisor regrets that this baseless accusation is distracting from the important business of the Town, which includes finalizing the 2023 budget, allocating more than $20,000,000 in ARPA funds for Town projects, and responding directly to residents\u2019 concerns and inquiries,\u201d the statement continued.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire reached out to both Freeman and Fitzpatrick for comment but did not immediately hear back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Republican town supervisor in New York is calling accusations that he fractured a Democrat councilwoman\u2019s wrist \u201cbaseless\u201d following a police report seeming to vindicate the Republican. Irondequoit Town Supervisor Rory Fitzpatrick was accused this week by Democrat Councilwoman Patrina Freeman of slamming a door on her hand and fracturing her wrist following a heated &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1890498,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1702392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1702392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1702392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1702392\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1890498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1702392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1702392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1702392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}