Comments for Update on Stewart’s brutal attack on publisher’s daughter at http://www.theind.com , comment 1 to 49 out of 20 comments http://www.theind.com Thu, 20 Jun 2013 06:18:03 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/9949-stewart-arrested-on-felony-battery-of-local-woman#comment-26091 A real "turd in a punchbowl" moment for "Dr" Stewart. Good to see he already has a prison uniform ready to go... Purchased with money he saved the taxpayers!! - Reeves Hicks Sat, 03 Mar 2012 06:19:25 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/9949-stewart-arrested-on-felony-battery-of-local-woman#comment-26083 Would someone please tell me: "Who is this Joe LeBlanc guy and why does he defend the creep Stewart?" - Robert Willmer Fri, 02 Mar 2012 23:22:49 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/9949-stewart-arrested-on-felony-battery-of-local-woman#comment-26075 Stewart seems to have taken issue with the publication of true information about his using a loophole for a tax dodge. The wealthy typically get furious when questioned about their chicanery in getting permits, licenses, avoiding taxes, getting special favors and such. His grudge is ill founded from the start. His behavior ever since has been churlish, tacky and childish. Now he violently attacks a woman and coldly photographs her? He could've killed her, and for what? He's a total jerk. - Michael H Johnson Fri, 02 Mar 2012 21:01:00 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/9949-stewart-arrested-on-felony-battery-of-local-woman#comment-26057 Mike, dogs with fleas have no problem with laying with other dogs with fleas, this couillion Stewart is a mealy mouth sorry excuse of a human being, reallY this mangy cur is heading for an ass kicking, as Marc said drop him in his tracks, head on throw though, would'nt want to miss those small beady eyes. Be looking at him face to face would want him to know his lights were to be put out.....I say this is a Heinz 57 mongrel, who deserves a kick in the ass, and having his 8x10 glossy suitable for hanging in the mens room at the local bus station . I distinctly a comment from a reader about crossing Stewarts eyes in a post last year here in the Independent, I hope that stud is still in the area and I prayyy I get to see it, I'd like to be the photographer on site. I bet a hundred to a meche's donut that this will Happen in 2012. - chano leal Thu, 01 Mar 2012 05:50:17 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/9949-stewart-arrested-on-felony-battery-of-local-woman#comment-26011 Fox 15 played a role in all of this by not taking proper and responsible action to bar the float from being in the parade to begin with. Mike Mitchell's feeble excuse that there were loopholes in the regulations was absurd. It's their damn parade! Lafayette Mardi Gras has always been lighthearted and fairly easy going. Did they really think this float's inclusion wouldn't cause problems? What they accomplished with their administrative irresponsibility, I'm afraid, was to ruin a nice event and add themselves to a potential defendents list. - Carl Coussan Fri, 24 Feb 2012 15:41:07 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/9949-stewart-arrested-on-felony-battery-of-local-woman#comment-26004 Michael you are correct I feel quite bad for the for the leaseholders in Parc Lafayette, this could be end game for a lot of hard working local businesses. I would withhold rent in an escrow account and sue that prick tomorrow. I would want to be the first in line. When people told me today they would never go there, they were forceful and they used ear-burning profanity. Personally I never would have considered signing a lease in this guys property,his behavior has been outrageous since 2010. What a shame.......... - Marc Isaac Fri, 24 Feb 2012 02:57:56 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/9949-stewart-arrested-on-felony-battery-of-local-woman#comment-26003 Striking to me that some in our community would still toss out the "she asked for it" line. That same logic has been used to blame shift to women when they are raped by male-aggressors because of the clothing they wore. Lafayette, we need to have a real conversation about our old attitudes, prejudices, hate, power-mongering, proud-ignorance, oppressive thinking and behavior, and anything that is holding us back as a community, or that would allow this man or any other man to rise in stature and power in this community. As children, we aren't born this way, but somehow folks are being rewarded in life for their bad behavior. That needs to stop. - Jason Faulk Fri, 24 Feb 2012 02:53:28 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/9949-stewart-arrested-on-felony-battery-of-local-woman#comment-26002 Joe, I Read all the post. Your off the mark man. Probably have the same problems,like degrading women who are asking for it, or your Glenn's patient. Either way you really need to get out more and off your soap box. You lack critical thinking skills and do not know the whole story before you comment. Glenn posted a Lie on the outside of his float, Ms. May was not the driver. Thats called slander. He also put her picture up after her DUI 2 years ago on Billboards around Lafayette. Joe,Go! - Jacob Landry Fri, 24 Feb 2012 02:38:21 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/9949-stewart-arrested-on-felony-battery-of-local-woman#comment-25997 Marc, the sad thing is the folks who do have a lease are not part of the problem. It is their landlord who is the problem. He is causing these people monetary harm and I believe they have cause for a lawsuit!! - Michael A. Moss Fri, 24 Feb 2012 02:20:14 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/9949-stewart-arrested-on-felony-battery-of-local-woman#comment-25995 Spoke to over 30+ people today about this violent act and each and everyone of them said the same thing...they would never step foot in Parc Lafayette for any reason....If I had a lease there I would be suing tomorrow to get out of the lease and for damages to my business.This truly is insanity. - Marc Isaac Fri, 24 Feb 2012 02:00:50 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/9949-stewart-arrested-on-felony-battery-of-local-woman#comment-25994 Joe Leblanc, you are such an Ass-Kisser! It makes me sick! - Michael A. Moss Fri, 24 Feb 2012 01:25:33 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/9949-stewart-arrested-on-felony-battery-of-local-woman#comment-25984 Let's step back and look at it. Since someone wants to say that had she not ripped the banner down, she would not have been punched. Well, if an individual hadn't commissioned a float attacking the womans family, then she never would have ripped the banner off the side. This all stems back from Glen Stewart's name appearing in an article about land owners abusing a loophole for agricultural tax credits. The billboards, the protests, and this float all appear to be the reaction of to that of a 14 year old high school kid, not that of a middle aged adult. Sounds like a sign of guilt to me. Had he not acted so childish over the situations, it would have been forgotten in six months. Do I blame Erin Fitzgerald for doing what she did? No, it was an emotional reaction to an ongoing attack on her family. Was it right that she was cited? Absolutely, as she did disturb the peace, regardless of the reason why she did it. No matter where this started, look where it ended up. A so called upstanding citizen and business leader struck a woman twice, knocking her out cold. Where does it equal out that Stewart was right in assaulting another human being (not to mention a woman on top of that) for pulling a banner off his float. Mr. Stewart's (yes, i know he is a DR. however he may lose that as one can lose a medical license if convicted of a felony charge) inability to treat the situation as an adult has turned him into a monster. This is a far cry from his claim of being the victim of yellow journalism. Glen Stewart is not the victim. He is the BULLY - Chad Klumpp Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:39:21 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/9949-stewart-arrested-on-felony-battery-of-local-woman#comment-25983 Joe I really don't know who is more pathetic ...you or Stewart...I can not let you off the hook as Walter did ,but he is a lot nicer person than I am...I truly feel sorry for you that you would even raise the argument that he had a position that you could defend...good luck with that...may God help you with enlightenment. I'm sure I must have misread your post..... - Marc Isaac Thu, 23 Feb 2012 08:08:27 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/9949-stewart-arrested-on-felony-battery-of-local-woman#comment-25982 this is very unfortunate I have witnessed this jerks behavior in the past very sad, I sure he is experiencing some frontal lode malfunction...I can assure all of the good people of my wonderful community that if this creep ever enters my place of business I will drop him at the front door,as I consider him a threat...I love the fact that he had a t-shirt on that said State Prison..there you go off to "give it up bitch land " he is going to love prison...... - Marc Isaac Thu, 23 Feb 2012 07:51:16 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/9949-stewart-arrested-on-felony-battery-of-local-woman#comment-25981 I can't believe the float rolled on, and with Stewart on it. After reading the initial reports, one could only assume that he was placed in jail. There are police everywhere, why didn't they know she was unconscious for 5 minutes? Why would anyone of less than sound mind be allowed to parade down the street hurling objects at citizens and their children? The story was disturbing enough, these pictures depict something far more disturbing than what was originally described. This man doesn't belong in a parade, he doesn't belong in lafayette. He doesn't have a place in society or "society". He is the leftover remnants of an age gone by. Everyone's actions are their own to be responsible for. No one was "asking" for it. No one was made to act any certain way. Stewart has made a habbit of cultivating bad thoughts and deeds, selfish, vengeful, spiteful deeds. He'll reap what he has sewn until he figures out how to change. In the mean time, is there no committee which approves floats? Dont they have to meet certain standards of safety and codes of decency? Shouldn't our parades be about "letting the good times roll," not defamation of character? - Dennis Skerrett Thu, 23 Feb 2012 07:00:50 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/9949-stewart-arrested-on-felony-battery-of-local-woman#comment-25980 If a man like Stewart punches a woman he doesn't know, in front of thousands of people, what do you think he does in private? I am ashamed of the bully he is, and how far he's been allowed to take this crusade. Shame on every person on his float. I spit in their general direction. - Kelly Clayton Thu, 23 Feb 2012 04:19:15 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/9949-stewart-arrested-on-felony-battery-of-local-woman#comment-25979 Send this SOB to jail. Doctors in Acadiana think they are the best. I was a victim of their medical malpractice and negligence and battery as a late teen and young adult. I later joined the medical community to attempt to make it a better place. He needs to go to jail, lose his license because an idiot like this is not fit to be a doctor much less to walk freely in society. - John St Clair Thu, 23 Feb 2012 04:05:18 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/9949-stewart-arrested-on-felony-battery-of-local-woman#comment-25978 Emotions are running high with this incident so lets all take a deep breath, clear our heads and look at this for what it is: Mrs Stewart was wrong and did not have a "right" to tear down and destroy a banner that she found offensive regarding her family. Dr. Stewart does have a right to make a banner about whatever he wants to. If Mrs. Fizgerald didn't approve of it she could have sued the Dr. for libel, slander, or defamation in court. I would like to remind readers that Mardi Gras tradition includes satire, criticism, and poking fun of people in the public eye. Publishers and journalists are not excluded. Dr. Stewart was wrong and had no "right" to commit assault and battery on Mrs. Fizgerald and violated ethical codes involving being a doctor. Both parties are wrong. One behaved as a violent idiot who should have known better and the other as an idiot who should have known better. This is not how a doctor or an elementary teacher should act. They both need to end the feud and not continue to put Lafayette in a bad light. - David M. Bruce Thu, 23 Feb 2012 03:59:52 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/9949-stewart-arrested-on-felony-battery-of-local-woman#comment-25977 Perhaps her actions were not well thought out HOWEVER!!! It's mardi GRAS and people and children of all ages grab at floats for beads and other stuff, so does this support some kind of corporal punishment for those as well. I believe this has really gotten out of control and in the previous words from "doctor" Stewart, how about "a little dose of their own medicine". I wonder if cold cocking him to unconsciousness would satisfy his own continuation of "dosing of medicine" back and forth.. - Julz St Martin Thu, 23 Feb 2012 01:10:48 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/9949-stewart-arrested-on-felony-battery-of-local-woman#comment-25976 First, the duty of a journalist (print or broadcast) is to bring things to the public's attention that they may not be aware of happening that could impact upon them. Beleaguering Mrs. May's arrest for TWO years thru every venue possible is nothing short of bullying a journalist (in this case the publisher of the Independent) for doing that job with something extraneous to the issue of what they reported. We tell our children NOT to bully...lots of news / emphasis on that...but how in the world do you expect children to listen to that, if we allow the same type of tactics in a Mardi Gras parade (which is supposed to be about having fun and making merry)? I am appalled that this float was allowed into the parade, b/c 1) it's bullying a publication for doing their job, and a poor example to the children. 2) It's BAD for the image of Lafayette / Mardi Gras here in general b/c people come here to have a good time and enjoy the fun, not to attend the Jerry Springer show and watch women be hit. 3) If we condone / allow our tv/radio stations, newspaper journalists to be bullied into 'submission', i.e. NOT report on things that can impact us all, we lose by NOT knowing. We also lose in a freedom of speech venue b/c we are effectively allowing journalists to be bullied into quietude, or censored. Who is next after them to be bullied into submission??? BIG LOSSES...all of those. As for this very large man who happens to be a physician striking and abusing a woman versus reporting the incident to the police...well, don't get me started. NOTHING justifies what he did. Even more macabre and chilling is him standing over her, having taken the Hippocratic oath, while she is unconscious from the blow(s) he delivered, coldly and calming photographing her unconscious body w/o delivering any assistance to her while he is 'trophy taking'. It gives me the frissons for sure. I am also chagrined that once this happened, that float was allowed to roll at all b/c in all the photographs shown, I didn't see one person in an orange shirt from that float near her, trying to give aid and that's so very sorry. There but for the grace of God go any one of us...whipped down to the ground while others don't offer help. For years, I've read about things like that happening elsewhere, never thought I'd see it here. I think everyone should contact those who govern what types of floats may roll in the parades and stress we don't want bullying floats in a parade. We don't want floats where riders have struck parade goers...no matter what they did short of striking the float rider. We don't want what are bad examples for our kids and equally bad publicity for our area that could deter people from visiting here. It's NONE of my concern, nor anyones whether Mrs. May is guilty or innocent...that's between her and the law. EVERY person is entitled to be considered innocent until proven beyond the shadow of a doubt as guilty. Mr. Stewart's actions should, IMO..be construed as bullying someone to NOT report things to the public and I find that wrong...and all of us should find it very disturbing. Now that he's struck a woman with very little provocation...well, I'm sure he'll be held accountable legally for his actions as well. To those in these comments who keep implying this young woman 'brought this on herself'...I'm am ashamed. No man should strike anyone else for something so trifling...let alone a woman. Having struck her, he has no business lurking over her taking trophy pictures and then getting back on a float, as if no harm had been done. I hope you don't have daughters... That, my friends, to me is shameful..not just to him, but to anyone who didn't help, to those who allowed this float to roll, to those who think she 'provoked' and got what she deserved...and that brings more shame to all of the rest of us. We can hang our heads...or we can do something to make a difference. The choice is all ours. - Teri Welch Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:32:08 +0100