Assemblyman Van Tran (pictured) was so disruptive at the scene of the Andy Quach car crash investigation, the police had to threaten to arrest him to make him step back, the OC Register’s Deepa Bharath reported here.
That disturbing fact came from transcript of audio tapes from the scene, revealed by Westminster Police Chief Andrew Hall in his interview with Bharath.
The transcript showed that Tran came and claimed to be Quach’s lawyer. The police asked him to step back, so he complied.
But only briefly. A bit later, he stepped in again and a sergeant had to tell him one more time to stand back.
So he did. But then two minutes later, when a DUI expert was administering the field sobriety test to Quach, Tran distracted Quach and disrupted the field sobriety test.
The sergeant told Tran: “Sir, I’ve asked you to back up over there.”
“I’m his lawyer,” Tran told the officer.
“I don’t care who you are, you need to back up over there,” the sergeant told Tran. “I understand you’re his attorney but you are interfering. You need to stand over there. If you come back over here, I’m going to have you arrested.”
So Tran finally complied and did not interfere again.
Chief Hall confirmed that, contrary to rumors running rampant in Little Saigon, the assemblyman was not in Quach’s car at the time of the accident.
Van Tran in a written statement said that he was there because “my friend was involved in a very serious accident.”
“In attempting to get more information, the on-duty officer asked me to step back,” Tran wrote. “With respect, I disagree with the claim that my attempting to talk with the sergeant and asking him a simple question was ‘interfering’ in any way.”
Are you kidding me !
Calling commie is the only way Viet TV Network and Print media make money.
Kim Jung is commie , isn’t he ?
Bo, I do have to agree with you. A “communist” has a negative demeaner and it proves most of us are against communist ideology.
Like always there are some bad/or immature , naive and clueless sympathizers .
Let’s refrain from using commie words against good people who loves freedom.
commies are idiots who protest to close down newspapers. thats what a commie is. people who support idiots who try to close down newspapers are also communists.
jose. s., that is a poor definition of “communists”.
Can you look it up from the dictionary?
Folks, listen, here is my take on the commie mess:
I don’t like AQ, VT, I think they are dumb, they are also opportunists, power grabber, as soon as they get to where they are, they think they are above the law, but I would not call them communist.
I don’t like Jung Kim, he got the most idiotic comments ever, but it fun to read. His support for AQ is even outrageous, but I would not call him communist.
I do not like Ky Ngo, but I would not call him communist. I pity him.
I do not like my mother in law (sometimes), but I would not call her communist.
I do not like my ex boss, I did not call him communist.
Come on folks. Be creative, I think you guys are smarter than that.
Don’t give the communist the power they don’t deserve.
However, if you find a real commie, show us real evidence stuff to back up your claim, we all be with you.
Bo, I support Andy Quach because I’ve known him in person for several years and be clear on the fact that I am not defending his mistake here at all. However, I do believe he deserves forgiveness from our community/second chance. I know he is a good man with some faults like rest of us. That’s all folks.
Jung Kim;
You are either in love with him, it’s called blind devotion, unconditional love….or he pays you to defend him, huh?
almost everyone I know is a good man, I myself maybe a good man too, and I did not commit drunk driving, and did not try to pull a ‘Nixon’ ( I was just nodding off, tired from working hard) at the hearing.
Well, may be you are right, he is a ‘good’ man because you haven’t had a chance to see better man in you life….and yes, neither you or him is a commie.
Bo, I am sticking to my gun in supporting Andy Q. He deserves another chance period.
Next time if you ever make a mistake in the future…. you can expect the same treatment from me Bo. Yes, you are not a commie.
bo may, jung kim just might be a “groupie” too. there are many in the viet community who support certain elected officials/protesters who actually dont really know them personally at all and are just hanger ons. in other words sheep. thats what i believe jung kim is. he claims to know andy for many years but does he really know him? does andy want to know jung kim? does andy even want jung kim speaking up for him since jung kim is a racist swine? look at some of the things jung kim has said on this blog and you tell me would anybody want to be associated with him in any way? you also make a good point when you say maybe jung kim hasnt met many good men because he hasnt had a chance to see good men. he really is a sad pathetic little groupie.
Definition of groupie:
http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/groupie
JK fits the first definition but a male (g-y) version…
jose.s, did you get a right definition of “communist” at this time? Ask Bo!
jose s, so many questions but not enough answers?
You can only blame it on your bad fortune…. you were born idiot!
jose s., your butt must be sore…… but this guru travels alone.
You under- educated idiot. Go read your uncle Mao’s red book!