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**(CBS DETROIT) — **A 61-year-old Farmington Hills man faces multiple criminal charges after he allegedly assaulted a female postal carrier Thursday evening upon receiving a flyer in the mail featuring Vice President Kamala Harris. 

Investigators say Russell Frank Valleau was allegedly upset about receiving the particular piece of mail and told the postal carrier that he did not want that "Black b****" in his mailbox. He's accused of yelling derogatory, racist and sexual remarks about Harris and the carrier, calling the postal carrier a "Black b****" and lunging at her with a knife. 

The postal carrier used pepper spray on Valleau to stop the attack. Farmington Hills police later arrested him in a neighbor's yard.

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[–] [email protected] 85 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I wouldn't want to see the orange bitch in my mailbox, but if I did I'd just throw it away, like a normal human being.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 month ago (2 children)

What? You're a monster!

Recycle it instead.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Idk, I don't think you can recycle Trump. That little shit belongs in the trash.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Already happened once actually

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

I'd probably draw on his face first because I'm a bit childish but yeah. What the hell is wrong with people?

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[–] [email protected] 65 points 1 month ago (4 children)

In court: "It's my constitutional right to be racist, sexist, and derogatory!"

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It totally is, but it's not their right to try to stab people.

Bear arms, not knife arms

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Bear arms

The best he could manage was chicken arms.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So he could have ripped her apart with his claws but not with a knife? Seems a little nitpicky. What if he had just gotten his nails done?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

I don't know what he looks like. Maybe he's a bear, maybe he's a twink.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Idk, we need to ask the postal carrier if she'd rather be alone in the woods with him or a man.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

Dem are complicated words my friend, not sure he can muster...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

It certainly is; Otherwise that derogatory comment itself would be illegal.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Sounds about right

~6:3 Republican SCOTUS majority

[–] [email protected] 56 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Typical GOP publicity stunt to build a conservative fanbase. He must be planning to run for office.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Hopefully not for the post office

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[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Only a possible two years in prison for attempted murder?

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Valleau was arraigned Friday on one felony count of ethnic intimidation and one misdemeanor count of assault and battery. He pleaded not guilty and was issued a $25,000 bond.

If convicted of ethnic intimidation, Valleau faces up to two years in prison and/or a fine of up to $5,000.

That doesn't include the misdemeanor assault charge. He's not being charged with attempted murder, it sounds like he brandished a knife and yelled slurs but didn't attack her.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago (3 children)

The article language wry much makes it sound like attempted murder, "lunging at her with a knife" you don't hold a knife toward someone and rush toward them unless you're planning on stabbing them.

Neither I nor the article writer were there, so we don't know the exact motion, but the words of the article make it sound like attempted murder to me.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

Prosecutors can amend charges, they are probably still collecting evidence to determine if they can prosecute a higher charge, which is when they'd bring in something like attempted murder.

I'm sure there is some legally restricting element like "a clear intent to kill" which would have to be demonstrated in court to have that charge stick.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Police and prosecutors often use extremely hyperbolic language in order to bolster their case.

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Repubs are all lunatic terrorists in various stages of radicalization.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 month ago

Charged with assaulting? He tried to kill a government worker with a knife.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 month ago (2 children)

and told the postal carrier that he did not want that “Black b****” in his mailbox.

"That's okay, sir. I'm only authorized to put letters and packages in your mailbox. Bitches are forbidden to be put into mailboxes by federal law no matter what their color."

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Imagine being 61 and still having zero idea how the mail works.

Also not sure why it popped into my head, but the thought of this man doing community service (like picking up trash on the side of the road) while a guard blasted "U.N.I.T.Y." by Queen Latifah over and over would just be amazing.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

A bitch in the box is actually just a breaking bad themed jack in the box.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 month ago

Conservatives... a danger to humanity.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Wow what a big man. He sure showed Harris what for.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Here's hoping this fuckin guy loses his right to vote.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

No thanks. Disenchantment for convictions shouldn’t be the norm.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Took me a while, but I think you meant disenfranchisment

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

God damn autocorrect. Thank you.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

I like it the other way better.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Can we agree that until it doesn't happen to anyone, it should happen to this guy?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

And certainly to those who attack federal workers on the topic of elections. Seems like a nice ticket to the "no more politics for you" box

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago

Investigators say Russell Frank Valleau was allegedly upset about receiving the particular piece of mail and told the postal carrier that he did not want that "Black b****" in his mailbox. He's accused of yelling derogatory, racist and sexual remarks about Harris and the carrier, calling the postal carrier a "Black b****" and lunging at her with a knife.

Completely normal behavior.

I added a reminder on Oct 8 to check this piece of shit's sentence. Hopeful that he serves time. Political violence is bullshit.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago

Is that one exclusive case or are there a lot of people who take a knife for murder at the needle drop?

Seems like the world went insane, and insanely fragile.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

These are the people who call others snowflakes. And here is a guy who can't handle getting a piece of paper in his mailbox. Makes sense.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

In the thumbnail, the gavel looks like it was manufactured by Tony Stark.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

It's insane how these people can't tell the difference between a delivery person and a true believer.

Oh wait, they can't, because in their twisted little religious brains they're identical.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

I can't ... what the fuck?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I'd never really thought about this, but I know felons can't vote, but what about if you are in jail awaiting charges? How does that work?

Just getting access to a ballot seems like a challenge. Don't you have to request an absentee ballot in advance? If you are in jail, you don't go to the polls obviously.

Did this guy just screw himself out of a vote?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Possibly. He probably could vote by mail if he thinks to request a ballot, but he might think he'll be out by election day, or he might not trust mail ballots thanks to the Fanta Menace demonizing them.

BTW, the thing with felons voting is state by state, so it's not a universal thing. Some states allow felons to vote once they've completed their sentence, and I think there's even a couple that allow felons to vote from prison.

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