Police Reject Request for Kennedy Video
Police rejected a plea Thursday from Rep. Patrick Kennedy to release a videotape of his confrontation with an airport security guard.
Police said detectives were still investigating the March 26 incident at Los Angeles International Airport and there was no decision on whether charges would be filed.
Guard Della Patton says Kennedy shoved and grabbed her when she told him his bag was too big to fit through an X-ray scanner.
In a letter to Police Chief Bernard C. Parks, the Rhode Island Democrat’s lawyer asked that the surveillance videotape be made public. Kennedy attorney Abbe Lowell said the video would clear the congressman.
Police have said the video shows “physical contact” between Patton and Kennedy.
“It is still being investigated by our robbery-homicide detectives and they are proceeding. They are treating this as they would any investigation,” Lt. Horace Frank said.
At an appearance Wednesday in Washington, Kennedy admitted, “I lost my temper.” But he said he never hurt the woman.
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