Fox 29 News reporter Claudia Gomez accused this unidentified man of slapping her when she attempted to interview Councilman W. Wilson Goode Jr. [Photo: Fox 29 News]
The Fox 29 News Vs. W. Wilson Goode Jr. mess appears to have turned physical today. Here is video from the Fox 29 News web site of reporter Claudia Gomez chasing Goode after his comments in Council today. A man wearing a fedora -- no, really -- appears to step in her way several times. Gomez complains to Goode, who does not intervene. Several times, including once in a doorway, the man in the hat clearly blocks Gomez from approaching Goode.
Then we get this exchange:
Gomez to man in hat: "You just slapped me!"
Man in hat: "No I didn't. I put my hand up and you ran into it."
Posted by Chris Brennan @ 3:58 PM
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Despicable conduct by Goode and his bad-hat-wearing muscle. We should be ashamed to have elected him.
A week or so ago Goode threatened a reporter about disrespecting a black woman. Here he is doing the same, even worse to a Hispanic woman. What a thug! Nothing will be done. He played the race card so now all media sources will back off.
Why is Goode throwing away his career for a staffer?
I always wondered what Huggy bear was up to now that Starsky is gone
I always wondered what Huggy bear was up to now that Starsky is gone
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Hey...Leon Redbone has a new job breaking legs for W. Wilson Goode, Jr.
I'm glad to see that Huggy Bear is working again. Someone needs to get in Councilman Bomber Jr's face and wag a finger and say "Don't ever disrespect a Hispanic woman like that again!" It makes you long for the days of Rick Mariano-the only thing he was hustling was cookies. This guy's getting his jollies on our dime. I bet the beer goes on his expense account. Diversity in the media - please! The city government needs more diversity and a few less Goodes. One bombed neighborhood is enough.
If this doesn't expose the cronyism that is the Democrat Machine in Philadelphia, nothing will. From Fumo all the way down to this two-bit councilman, there is evidence of decay. This is another of the many reasons why we need LESS government. Do you think any private business could survive if an "aide" was paid $90G a year to be arrogant and accusatory to the media and then pulls the race card when the legitimacy of her job is questioned? Just exactly WHAT DOES SHE DO FOR THAT MONEY? OF course, it is racist of me to ask, right? None of the antics that routinely go on in city government support efficiency. Nothing that is government-run can ever hope to turn a profit, and bedbugs like Goode and Ms. Leatrice are perfect proof why.
Why has he not been arrested for assault? AND WHERE IS MAYOR NUTTER??????????????????????
LOL...this guy looks like a cross between Freddie Mitchell and the WWF's Doctor of Style, Slick!
Nutter is also playing politics and the race card. THIS is exactly why so many have either moved from Philly, or refuse to visit it. I could be wrong here, but, if a wht man in a bad hat dd to a blk woman what this guy did, they'd refer to the KKK.
OOOPS, they already did, even though KKK was responsible for far less deaths than blk inner city gangs.
Come on at some point people need to back off. Being a reporter does not give you right to keep trying to run someone down when it is clear they don't want to talk to you. Ms. Gomez made it worst because the man clearly was trying to block her from getting to Goode. Instead of backing off, she persisted, caused a confrontation, and then cried fowl because she was touched. At some point I think the news people need learn how to not act like the tabloid journalist.
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Isn't security intended to keep thugs like this OUT of City Hall????
Yea, but until he drops a bomb on somebody...
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Goode should resign and Huggy Bear should be arrested. Why do we elect these thugs to represent us?
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Is this Wilson Goode's or Shug Knight's office? What is going on in this city?
Freedom of the Press, yeah, but what freedom does she have harrassing. He has the freedom to to not answer her questions and his security has the freedom to protect him from a stranger. She was sooo annoying!
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From the look and the comments, Ike Turner is apparently alive and well.
Awesome! Way to go, Philly! Keep electing these fine, upstanding civil servants to leadership positions. As long as they have "D" after their names they have to be the correct ones to elect, right? What's the flushing sound? Oh it's Philadelphia's future swirling around and around and around....
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Mr. Nutter, Let us hope that your political aspirations ended with your term/s as mayor. What do you believe the rest of the state/country will think of your leadership ability as the local media is assaulted by the City Councel and they peel police officers bodies off this city's streets? Where are you????? Do you care??????
Just another scumbag philly politician, and they want to put Osama in the White House!!!! MCCAIN/PALIN '08
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Is that Robert Downey Jr? Goode's $90G aide is worth every penny..think about Wee Willie Junior expensing every visit to her, He's saving the taxpayers money. Dad must be proud and the Street brothers want to adopt Junior and his honey.
I agree with sirdude the cameraman should be fired..he was horrible Claudio could've done a better job by herself with a camera phone
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What the hell happened to this city? Where did it all go wrong?
This city is becoming Detroit East.
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justmy2cents: are you a complete lawless moron? yes, the press has every right to follow politicians, even if slugs like wilson and latrice don't feel like talking about their ridiculous and shameful behavior, including stealing from the hardworking (unlike them)taxpayers of this city. and an assault is an assault, it is illegal. attitudes like yours are the reason why wide swaths of the city remain dangerous. it is not okay to assault somebody. it is okay to defend yourself, but does anybody believe that SHAFT here was feeling threatened by itty bitty Ms. Gomez?? What a guy.
Where's Nutter while this clown is running around out of control ? Busy trashing Sarah Palin while Rome burns.Just keep voting D folks.
KensingKing: maybe in your neighborhood it's okay to hit women but in the rest of the civilized world it is not. Even if she is annoying.
When did good hire "Bub" from the Wire?
I apologize Get, but not before noticing this guy's uncanny resemblance to Billy Crystal's version of Sammy Davis Jr crossed with Zoot the sax playing muppet.
What do you expect? His daddy was the Mad Bomber of Osage. And for his actions he ends up with some cake federal job in Washington continuing to scam the taxpayers. Go get him Claudia Gomez. Don't back down one inch!!!! You got him right where you want him now and right where he can hang himself!!! He's certainly not smart enough to spintalk his way out of this one.
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Philly residents, you get the government you deserve by voting in these fools. No sympathy.
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..but I'm talkin' 'bout shaft...now we can dig it!
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He's using the Ike Turner defense, I didn't slap the s out of Tina, she just kept running into my fists!!!! Nice going Ike!!!!
If everyone stopped disrespecting themselves, these scenarios would not be happening. Also Mr Nutter shoudl get involved. He is the mayor, right?
Maybe people in this sh**thole city will vote Republican now...
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Claudia Gomez looks too good to be treated like that. And tell my man the fedora look went out with the 50's.
why the f*** is everything so black and white with you idiots? "Oh, if that was a white man doing that to a black woman..." didn't philly elect this man for mayor? nutter too? bunch of scared a**, hidin' behind blogs, sorry bunch of hypocrites...so what if it was? f***in' always cryin' like little beeootches!!!! everybody's got a black joke...huggy bear, freddie mitchell...you freakin' people make me sick! racist as**s...i ask again, didn't you idiots just elect nutter? now all he is is a black s.o.b. supposedly playing the "race card"...give me a freakin' break! losers...
FINALLY!
THE BROTHAS AND SISTAS ARE IN CHARGE OF THE CITY!
It's Claudia's own fault for not offering "Bad Hat Harry" a Colt 45; you know , the 40 ouncer.
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I wonder how much Bubbles gets paid?
Just think - your city wage taxes are going to support these CLOWNS. If you voted for any of these Philly Dems - YOU Paid for Goode and his aide to booze it up during the middle of the day... lol. But people just keep on voting in the Democratic party. It must be fun as hell to be a Philly Democrat. You can do anything you want - we all know that minorities in Philly will never vote for a Republican.
Pushing a woman around, what a tough guy,I agree if you have half an ounce of sense left get out of there. neighborhoods that a few years ago were nice to live in are destroyed, crime is rampant and you've got thugs running the show. the hurricane is coming evacuate now before everything is destroyed.
When I was 5 I used to say that to my mom. "I didn't hit my brother I put my hand up and he ran into it.".
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Hasn't everyone wanted to have a reporter run into their fist with their face at least once. If not, you are a nobody.
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PATHETIC! You know what they say..the apple don't fall far from the tree.
saw fox 29 report on Goode another case of a old man being lead by wrong head. $90,000 a year for what she is doing occasionally on city taxpayer time and no investigaion really uprofessional at the least
I'll take that fifty Wilford.I saw the report & Goode gets a case of Coors Light from the back seat (or floor).Actually I stated that earlier on this thread but it got pulled about thirty minutes later.Guess I was too colorful in my description of Goode.
Movin on up to the the east side were I finally got a piece of the the pieiiiii. I believe it is time for a change of venue for our most honorable council person maybe a place called allenwood can you say FBI there you go I knew ya could.
I think I'm gonna have to agree with 2cents on this one. The reporter was obviously trying to do her job, while the muscle was trying to do his. He tried repeatedly to step between the two of them, but she kept trying to make the cut. There was bound to be physical contact and anything said by the politico would have been used against him, especially since he obviously didn't want to talk in the first place. Therefore, you can probably make a fair assumption that he would have been asking her to leave him alone. That said, he is still dead wrong for sexing his girlfriend on the clock. People on here really should wise up and stop assigning race/political affiliation to HUMAN failings...Last I checked, lecherousness wasn't racially exclusive. I'm just saying
To JFranklin: Really! Since that's how you feel, STAY in the suburbs where your disgruntled children make plans to blow up high schools and shoot as many students as possible with guns supplied to them by their mothers! And your stats on the KKK are WRONG. STAY in the suburbs, or where ever you live. Philadelphia doesn't need your kind.
Michael Nutter in in a different branch of city government from City Council. He can't do anything about this (as he made clear in an interview). How do people not know this? Is it so much more important that you spew your bile than have an intelligent discourse?
DAG! Who is this Lateesha Bryan actin' the fool? She must be extremely talented to be pulling down 90K. DAG!
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It's time for Goode to step down, or be forced to step down. This situation can only get worse. The Mayor needs to speak up, and speak out. The people of Philadelphia have a right to know where their tax money is going, and to find THIS out is the ultimate slap in their collective faces. The Mayor, the rest of City Council, and anyone else allowing it are just spitting in the faces of the public, making the slap that much worse.
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I wonder if he's on the pay roll to? probably so since it's convient to get be on the city's payroll and not do work
After watching the video again, I have to question the hiring practices of the Councilman, and if this is not a paid employee, question the company Willie keeps. "Huggy Bear" is very well versed in ebonics, and in using such, also speaks to the intelligence of his boss/friend. Bryant should be canned, and forbidden to work in a municipal capacity ever again, Goode needs to step down or be removed, and his homie should be arrested for his handling of the reporter, butchering of the English language, and his choice in attire while protecting a public servant.
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Philly is such a toilet.
Glad to see FredX finally found another job.
Councilman Goode,Jr.
Leave Office ASAP, This is a black eye to the city once again and a disgrace. Mayor Nutter must act on this issue, The Corruption continues despite "Change"
And I hope The Female assistant that was on FOX NEWS loses her job, $93.000 and she can't even show up on time or not at all, GIVE ME THE JOB, I AM UNEMPLOYED....
Great Job Jeff Cole, Love your work......
And to the guy in the "fedora", I see you in town all the time..
This man is the biggest JOKE in the history of politics. HOW THE HELL CAN A TEACHER IN THE CITY MAKE $30K A YEAR BUT LATRICE BRYANT CAN MAKE $90K? Oh that's right, she goes to Goode's house at noon and leaves at 3, that's how...
yo I wonder how much Sammy Davis Jr. Jr. gets paid to be his bodyguard?
yeah, nutter came in to clean things up...it got worse. heck who hasn't been given more work to do...generally you don't get a 27% raise. i bet she is WORKING hard for the money.
Wow...not often you get corruption on film! What was that guys name?
Is that Ike Turner?? I thought he was dead.....
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DOES ANYONE NOTICE GOMEZ IDENTIFIES HERSELF AS HISPANIC AT THE START OF THE INTERVIEW? IF RACE SHOULDN'T/DOESN'T MATTER, WHY WOULD SHE DO THIS? Sloppy reporter, sloppy photography, and sloppy management of our city (atleast this part is nothing new). And does Cole have the day off? Why did they pawn the story off to the "hispanic"?
People better wake up and wake up quick! What do we need to do to see to it that this racist pig is removed from office and his croonies are sent packing with him?
Today the city of Philadelphia is in shambles becuase the brothers and sisters are "ruining" our city (not a typo)
Tomorrow our Country will be just as bad. Please think before you vote
Justmy2cents, you are an idiot. She was asking a straight forward question of an elected official who is covering for an employee who was caught stealing. She has every right as does every other tax paying citizen to expect an answer. Councilman Goode indicated he had nothing to hide, well answer the question.
I am how a difficult time she how SHE MADE it WORSE. Why should she back off? We have the right to know how our tax dollars are being wasted.
maybe it was obama in disguise.
Is this Atlantic City or Philadelphia ??? I thought this kind of nonsense only went on down there in AC and Philly Politicians at least hid their indiscretions better ... well I guess not .... Oh thats right I forgot - Goode Sr. was offered the AC Business Administrators Job a few years back but turned it down, I guess he sent Jr. for training in AC with these moronic endeavors .. what a disgrace ....
why is ok for african americans to just throw race around. if it were reversed, there would be such an uproar. I guess Nutter is just keeping up the Street regime's motto: "the brothers and sisters are running this city". i guess my white wage and real estate taxes get me nothing.
why is that woman not disciplined for putting up 3rd grade like hand drawn racist posters. C'mon Mayor Nutter, please represent ALL of the city residents.
btw, can I have a $90K job where i can wear inappropriate clothing, drink beer during the day, and work 3 or 4 hours?
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What a disgrace! We need a new mayor, council, and police commissioner. Thank God for Lynne Abraham. Can Ed Rendell come back and run both Philly and the state. The city is going to be the next Detroit and has not been the same since Rendell and Timmoney!
is it true that Flavor Flav and New York have just been hired to Wislon (too) Goode (to be true)'s staff at $100K a year!
yeah boy
only in Philadelphia!
It's the media's fault? Right. Goode is hiding behind his cronies, both with his recent scurrilous words ("don't ever disrespect a black woman"; as though disrespecting other people/women is okay?), and now this. I guess his 'good' reputation as intelligent is now past us and we can focus on his words and deeds.
Claudia Gomez,
you are my hero and your made my day by your relentless efforts.. Keep up the good work.
Claudia Gomez,
you are my hero and your made my day by your relentless efforts.. Keep up the good work.
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It's kind of sad that the people of Philadelphia cannot exchange thoughts on a subject without taking cheap shots, like for example referring to this man a "Huggy Bear". What does that have to do with anything. The fact that Wilson Goode, Jr, choose to let this happen is the real issue that should be debated and discussed. He could have controlled the situation by just stopping to talk in a friendly and professional manner, instead he chose to run and hide. Had he said to the Fox reporter that he did not want to discuss the issue regarding his staffer he could have been done with it. Instead he stoked the fire giving the city and himself a black eye. What a shame. If the guy with the hat actually hit her (Claudia), Goode as an elected official should hang the guy out to dry and distance himself from this person and offer an apology to Claudia.
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So if this woman in Goode's office mistakenly marked the wrong hours she will be forced to pay the money back right? Oh and since she makes $90,000 a tear she will be paying back the gas company too.
Flyers should sign this guy. He would be perfect on the checking line. In all seriousness, this is an embarrassment to the city. Something needs to be done about Goode and his female co-worker. Obviously they are stealing money from tax payers. Shame what this city has become.
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This has been going on for years in City Hall. Goode's not the only one. Patronage jobs and nepotism. Personally picked by an official. That's why the Phila Civil Service was necessary. Otherwise you would never get a city job. Its the same thing with the Phila Gas Works. Who turned him in? As a public figure Councilman Goode should know that someone is always watching. He's got himself to blame. Not smart!
Did anyone read the article? Wilson Goode didn't slap anyone, an "unidentified man" did.
Me thinks that Ms. Gomez should be in the DA's office tomorrow filing a private criminal complaint of simple assault against that sorry POS.
Keep voting Democrat!
If rick mariano was black, he'd be coucil president right now!
"Everything that says it's racism is not." Al Sharpton on Fox 29 Monday.
For all these people thats wondering where Al Sharpton is on all this...he's already commented on this issue and he's even staying out of this one because there is no proof of racism or anything discriminatory.....so yes, he's not even supporting this one!
"Don't you EVER disrespect a fat rich slimy black man ever again." SNIFF.
Whether it's thugs in the street or thugs in City Hall, it doesn't matter, because the city is falling apart.
and now all those brainwashed conservative white people will associate this piece of city scum with Barack Obama. "You [rich] people" need to STOP embarrassing yourselves on TV!!!
Mr Goode's phony populist antics seem eerily similar to how the repubs are handling Sarah Palin...blame the press. Like Palin, Goode won't be able to pull this off for long. Political martyr complexes seem to be genetic.
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Goode and his staff are a waste of my money.
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Claudia Gomez should be in the DA's office filing a private criminal complaint for simple assault against Wee Willy Jr's. posse.
Remember that Wee Willy Jr. is a councilman-at-large. Don't vote for him next election.
Oh my god I can believe that Jeffrey Weaver slapped Claudia Gomez,has he lost his mind city hall does not need thugs like this how unprofessional, didn't he get enough when him and his wife Jenavis Thompson Weaver were taken to court last February for being crooks.
http://www.narcworld.com/deference.html
WHAT WRONG WITH YOUR NECK? Wilson Good you never look back!
YOU did not know about the KKK signs now this she said you slap me you never turned around WOW if YOU do not see it, IT IS NOT THERE Oh I get it.
I do NOT see my lover's time sheet but I see HER SEXY CLOTHES!
It is really ashame that news reporter Claudia Gomez has to file criminal complaint for being man handled by a thug like that I saw the tape this guy just keep on shoving her out of Mr. Goodes way and then he had the nerve to slap her this really bothered me a lot. Claudia Gomez was only doing her job and earning her paycheck honestly unlike Latrice Bryant who is stealling time, Well Claudia the man the hit you his name is Jeffrey Weaver and you should really check out this websit about him. Also Goode needs to be kicked out of city hall, we don't need any more scandles you know this makes me wonder if this Weaver thug guy is related to Delores Weaver who is now in jail for the scandle with Shamsuddin Ali and his wife Faridah Ali who was suspected of being involved in a scandle at Community college of Phila concerning no teachers whose classes were to be held at Sister Clara Muhammad that story also came out came out of city hall about four years ago about.
Very concerned citizen
http://www.narcworld.com/deference.html
CHAUVINIST, BIGOT, RACIST, HYPOCRITE, TERRORIST!!!!!!!
Who killed more KKK or North/West Philly thugs?
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