Etheridge Apologizes for On-Camera Confrontation

North Carolina Congressman Bob Etheridge (D-Lillington) apologized repeatedly Monday after a conservative blogger posted video on YouTube showing him in a confrontation with men carrying cameras on a Washington D.C. street.

The story by Breitbart.com contributor Mike Flynn says the men were students. In the video, they ask the congressman if he supports the Obama agenda.

Etheridge’s reaction was to demand to know who the photographers were. He then got physical – grabbing the camera from one man and then taking him by the wrist. In the edited video, the photographer’s faces are blurred and their identities aren’t given. They never identify themselves to the congressman other than to say they’re students working on a project.

When they continue to refuse to identify themselves, Etheridge grabs one around the neck and then the shoulders refusing to let him go. The man eventually slips Etheridge’s grasp and the video ends.

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