RFK son accused of fighting nurses at hospital

Douglas Kennedy, a son of the late Robert F. Kennedy, is facing misdemeanor charges for allegedly fighting with nurses at a N.Y. hospital's maternity ward. / CBS/AP/Fox News

NEW YORK - A son of Robert F. Kennedy is facing misdemeanor charges after fighting with nurses at a suburban New York hospital while trying to carry his newborn son out of the maternity ward.

WNBC-TV reported Friday that nurses at Northern Westchester Hospital say they tried to stop Douglas Kennedy because he wasn't allowed to take the baby from the ward.

Instead, they say, Kennedy argued with them while holding the baby and then became violent during the Jan. 7 incident.

One nurse says Kennedy twisted her arm; another says he kicked her in her pelvic area.

Kennedy and his wife call the allegations "absurd.''

He was arraigned Thursday on child endangerment and other charges.

Kennedy is a reporter for Fox News and the 10th child of Robert F. and Ethel Kennedy.

[meejoa]

seriously,how many people would take their new born from the nursery in febuary for a "walk". Does that sound a little strange to anyone els?.If he wanted to do that so badly then ask for discharge and he,his wife and baby could go home and walk to heir hearts content.
The nurses could have lost their jobs if they had allowed someone to take his child out of the hospital without following protocol.If anything happened to that child,thr hospital would have been responsible.We have rules for a reason and in this case it's for the protection of the baby.Physixians who are "family friends " do not have the authrity to change hospital protocol.The physician should be reprimanded for getting involved and not following protocol.

[meejoa]

sorry, my last comment had the middle sentence left out.I meant to say we all know doctors have little to do with the safety of hospitals.

[erpicferl]

lil tipsy are we?

[meejoa]

Nice to see all my fellow RN's , but we all know they have little to do with the safety of running a hospital.

[chroniccomplainer]

The old Kennedy twisted Chromosome is back.

[cbsblogger]

What actually happened should be well documented with video.

[LauritzHeinze]

I do not find it hard to believe in any way that yet another bloated ego Kennedy thinks they can just do as they very well please, since they are after all demi-gods. I hope the staff he abused haul him into civil court whether the bought and paid for criminal courts do their job or not. We should probably just all be glad he isn't a philandering male ***** like his uncle JFK; or then again, maybe he is!

[thechooch1]

LauritzHeinze guilty until proven innocent in your mind?

[MonRN]

Wow. Not just about the story, but some of the comments against nurses. I am an RN, have been for 25 years, 13 of those in labor and delivery. Babies are NEVER allowed to leave the unit with ANYONE, not just as someone wrote "white females who can't have babies" That's a subject all in and of itself, but not my point here. Violence against nurses is an increasing problem. I personally have been punched, kicked, hit with a cane. One of my co-workers once got kicked in the abdomen and had to have surgery. We should not have to go to work wondering what harm will come to us from our patients or their families. I absolutely believe the nurse's claims. I've seen it too many times first hand. Wake up people.

[berlinfoto-2009]

Violence against nurses is an increasing problem. This is a symptom, showing that the United States is moving towards Fascism. As the society marches more and more towards the tune of Fascism, authority figures, who are are unarmed will be attacked more and more. While those who are armed are somewhat more feared and for that appear to be respected, in reality they they are not respected at all.
Fascism is not really where society should go, however those who hold police power always want more and they want Fascism.
In the United States, today there are those who watch you and when they see something they do not like, even though it is not illegal, they will attempt to entrap you into something that is illegal. They even use Hollywood movies to deceive people into being entrapped.
Adof Hitler had he lived would love the United States as it is today.

[JRC_903]

The decline in basic civility is quite evident. It appears that people in the country today are closer to their biological/genetic roots then ever before. Meaning that humans are basically animals--- and animals are sometimes violent when you get between them and what they require to survive. I know for some folks it liberally took the entire history of the earth(6000 years for some---6 billion for others..) to get mankind bred and educated to the point were they could resist killing someone over a piece of bread.. now this..

[Cajunflair]

You can't take infants from the ward...anywhere. Most hospitals put those braclets on them with tags that set alarms off if you do. It's for the infant's SAFETY! If they'd allowed this, the nurses could, probably would have, been fired. I don't care who he's a reporter for. The fact that this happened over a month ago and we're just now hearing about it tells me what kind of power the Kennedy's must STILL wield to covered up what the insanely rich probably call 'unfortunate' incidents. I mean, really. I saw it on the news, opened up Yahoo.com and saw every other headline front and center, but had to do a SEARCH to get this story.

[nor-one]

It's not the Kennedy name, it's that Murdoch name!!

[FormerUSMCSergeant]

There's a good chance there's security tape.

If so, and if true, this one's toast as a reporter. Even FAUX won't be able to keep on a reporter who get's physical with women.

[urajackass]

There is video indeed:
http://video.today.msnbc.msn.com/today/46522873#46522873

Hope he get's crucified for this. Sick of all of these elite gangsters getting away with crap like this all the time.

[Dreadnut]

Kennedy & baby were accompanied by a physician.

[nor-one]

So what???

[littlesis69]

Whooptie doo! An ER doctor, NOT a pediatrician. Plus, the jackass is siding with the Kennedy's, proof the SOB has NO RESPECT FOR NURSES! Just because a doctor tells me something doesn't mean I'm supposed to do it - we have rules in hospitals in part to keep dumb butt doctors from breaking those rules. Hope the ER doc gets his butt in trouble too, because even he knows baby can't leave the ward unless her OB/GYN and the pediatrician have released BOTH OF THEM (mom & baby). This is just the arrogance of someone thinking they can do whatever in Hades they want to without consequences. Hope they all get in trouble.