By Antonio D. French
Filed Thursday, February 16 at 12:35 PM
PUB DEF EXCLUSIVE
Last week, State Rep. Rodney Hubbard got into a shouting match with the brother of State Rep. Amber Boykins over his support of her opponent in her state senate race, Yaphett El-Amin.
On Wednesday, Feb. 8, Luther Boykins, Jr. forced himself into Hubbard's office and confronted him about his support of El-Amin. According to one witness,"He was irate." He began to shout loudly at Hubbard, who tried unsuccessfully to calm him. Hubbard later called the State Capitol Police.
According to a police report obtained by PUB DEF, Hubbard reported that Boykins screamed and yelled obscenities at him. Boykins said he would "not let anyone fuck with his sister," the report says. Hubbard told Boykins that it was "not personal but political."
Hubbard did not file charges but said he wanted the Capitol Police to be aware of the situation. Hubbard nor Boykins could be reached for comment on this story.
2 Comments:
Looks more and more like the northside has a clearer front-runner for the 4th state senate seat (El-Amin over Boykins) than the southside has (Smith getting hit harder by Gambaro than many think). If the runners clock-in as El-Amin, Smith, Gambaro, then Boykins, the northside could be well on its way to winning back this seat.
12:14 PM, February 17, 2006
A state senator from north St. Louis is definitely something I'd like to see. But I'm still on the side that believes Boykins and El-Amin are killing each other's chances of making that a reality.
Though, I am interested in your observation that Jeff Smith is getting hit harder by Derio Gambaro than many think.
How so?
12:56 PM, February 17, 2006
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