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Major Obama Donor Avoids Jail Time After Brutally Beating Girlfriend

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  1. bigtexxx

    bigtexxx Contributing Member

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    Mozilla CEO forced out due to his campaign donations, yet this guy still is CEO? CCTV footage showed him kicking his girlfriend 117 times, including blows to the head...even tried to suffocate her.

    http://freebeacon.com/politics/major-obama-donor-avoids-jail-time-after-brutally-beating-girlfriend/

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    A high-dollar Obama donor who was caught on video brutally beating his girlfriend got off with 25 hours of community service last week after he pled guilty to domestic battery charges.

    CCTV footage caught Gurbaksh Chahal, the CEO of San Francisco tech startup RadiumOne, kicking his girlfriend 117 times, including blows to the head, and trying to smother her with a pillow during a vicious 30-minute assault.

    He faced 45 felony charges until the footage was deemed inadmissible. As a result, Chahal has managed to avoid jail time, the Daily Mail reported on Thursday.

    According to police reports, Chahal also threated to kill his girlfriend several times.

    Silicon Valley executives have come under scrutiny for their political activities in recent weeks. The CEO of web browser company Mozilla was forced to step down after it was revealed that he donated $1,000 to an anti-gay marriage proposition in 2008.

    Chahal’s political contributions indicate more liberal sensibilities. He has donated more than $100,000 since 2011, all of which went the Democratic Party and Democratic candidates.

    Those contributions include $81,600 to the Democratic National Committee and $5,000 to President Barack Obama’s reelection campaign.

    RadiumOne’s board of directors includes Steve Westly, a major Obama donor who came under scrutiny after four companies that he invested in received stimulus subsidies while Westly sat on an advisory board directing the disbursement of stimulus money.

    Chahal has visited the White House twice, on Nov. 30, 2011 to see the president, and on Dec. 14, 2012, to see the president and the first lady, according to White House visitor logs.

    Chahal also greeted Obama at a dinner in San Francisco in 2012.

    It was not immediately clear whether activists who boycotted Mozilla for its former CEO’s opposition to gay marriage would also target RadiumOne and other Chahal startups.
     
    #1 bigtexxx, Apr 25, 2014
  2. GladiatoRowdy

    GladiatoRowdy Contributing Member

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    A rich person was able to get off without jail time? In America? :rolleyes:

    Cool story, brah, I'm pretty sure this has to do with the fact that he is rich, not because he supported Obama, but carry on with your biased partisanship, that's all you have these days.
     
    #2 GladiatoRowdy, Apr 25, 2014
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    Horrible

    Not sure what this has to do with the President.
     
    #3 mc mark, Apr 25, 2014
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    Thank god that the koch brothers weren't involved. They are pure evil :mad:
     
    #4 rudan, Apr 25, 2014
  5. bobrek

    bobrek Politics belong in the D & D

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    That being said, the employees of RadiumOne should start a massive twitter campaign along with their Mozilla brethren to have him removed as CEO. Beating a woman has to at least be on par with supporting an anti-gay marriage proposal 5+ years ago.
     
    #5 bobrek, Apr 25, 2014
  6. GladiatoRowdy

    GladiatoRowdy Contributing Member

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    If they are outraged about this, I'm sure they will do so.
     
    #6 GladiatoRowdy, Apr 25, 2014
  7. bobrek

    bobrek Politics belong in the D & D

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    I think it is something employees who work for him should be outraged about as well as the Mozilla folks (even though they don't work for him).
     
    #7 bobrek, Apr 25, 2014
  8. GladiatoRowdy

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    That is up to the employees. If they believe in their leader, they may ignore his transgressions. If they don't, they won't.
     
    #8 GladiatoRowdy, Apr 25, 2014
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    30-minute assault? wtf
     
    #9 BigBenito, Apr 25, 2014
  10. bobrek

    bobrek Politics belong in the D & D

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    That seemingly wasn't the case at Mozilla since the employees didn't even give him a chance to lead.
     
    #10 bobrek, Apr 25, 2014
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    Obama.
     
    #11 HR Dept, Apr 25, 2014
  12. bigtexxx

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    Exactly

    Double standard -- typical liberal MO
     
    #12 bigtexxx, Apr 25, 2014
  13. GladiatoRowdy

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    But he had worked there for many, many years before he was hired as CEO, presumably the employees knew something about the guy already.
     
    #13 GladiatoRowdy, Apr 25, 2014
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    How is kicking someone 117 times over 30 minutes not attempted murder?
     
    #14 Baba Booey, Apr 25, 2014
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    This has nothing to do with Obama.
     
    #15 SacTown, Apr 25, 2014
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    How is stabbing two people to death not double murder?

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    #16 GladiatoRowdy, Apr 25, 2014
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    Indian?
     
    #17 percicles, Apr 25, 2014
  18. Duncan McDonuts

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    Start the Twitter campaign!
     
    #18 Duncan McDonuts, Apr 25, 2014
  19. Baba Booey

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    Money...gotcha.
     
    #19 Baba Booey, Apr 25, 2014
  20. Blake

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    Everything to do with money and nothing to do with donations to the prez
     
    #20 Blake, Apr 25, 2014
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