51 Comments

• VonLiebenitz | Mar 05, 2012, 11:59 AM EST

  It was his son.I see no problem.Unless the state or the hospital intended on kidnapping the child.Or there were from medical grounds for keeping the child indoors.None of us know all the issues involved but his emotional response seems entirely justified from has so far been reported.Or is that the state requires a legal entity to be created in the form of a birth or "berth" cert to create a legal entity with the child,s name before letting natural born human leave their supervision.From what i see the nurses involved overstepped their mandate.And would we even be discussing this if he was not a Kennedy?He may have overreacted maybe he should have called his lawyer and started legal proceedings to remove his own child form the hospital?Once again the state over steps it,s boundries.This article raise a whole load of issues worth considering on of which would be common law vs maritine but i digress somewhat.It seems that the nurse,s assaulted Mr Kennedy and he was merely defending himself.The fact that they were women really changes nothing.I would imagine that he has a strong case against them and he is the one that should have brought charges in the first place.Not them.People see the headlines Kennedy. nurses and kick and automatically jump to sexist biased conclusions.Pathetic.

• seanomelb | Feb 29, 2012, 04:47 PM EST

  Red I'm ambivalent about the kennedy's and have no intention of placing them on a pedestal.In my opinion they wer "soft" Irish republicans. The demonising by some posters who post negatively about Kennedy (and others)needs addressing.BTW I have always claimed that JFK was a mediocre president.

• RedBranch | Feb 29, 2012, 05:44 AM EST

  Yes Sean, he deserves his day in court, innocent until proven... etc. My point is this; in 2005 Kennedy refused to meet the SF delegation to the States on St.Patrick's Day, his reason was their apparent complicity in hampering/covering up the murder of Robert McCarthy at the hands of Republicans. Up to that point Kennedy had been to the fore in welcoming SF into the US mainstream and yet one snub over a valid case led to Morrison being unleashed in full poison pen mode. Now Ted Kennedy has been dead these past years and yet nobody, but nobody has been convicted of his murder. His 4 sisters and former partner, all Republicans, all previous SF voters have been ostracised, some forced to move. Like you I believe in due process so I cannot see why you hold those who do not in such high regard....

• seanomelb | Feb 28, 2012, 05:26 PM EST

  I'm not sure what your point is Red,but there's no doubt that kennedy had a bad judgement day and if Morrison berated him well and good. Douglas Kennedy may have assaulted the nurses and there may be other issues involved. He,like all of us deserves his day in court.I find it amusing at the rush to judgement by certain posters who are obviously Kennedy haters. His guilt or innocence will be made public, or is it a beat-up by the press!!

• RedBranch | Feb 28, 2012, 03:58 PM EST

  Sean, who do you side with when SF attack a Kennedy? I am in possession of a great article where Danny Morrison clinically and effectively lays into Ted Kennedy over Chappaquiddick. Apparently Bush was prepared to cancel all SF visas as a result. So who trumps there Seano?

• Madeliene | Feb 28, 2012, 03:13 PM EST

  Rebelforce what if it were your child being kidnapped? Oh another democrat turned Republican bvecause they were mugged???

• Madeliene | Feb 28, 2012, 03:08 PM EST

  there is no new crop of Kennedy haters- only the ones who have had to put up with their narcissim and selfishness and entitlelment all these years - now they seem to be propegating another crop of them! no time to hate them they just disgust most people...

• seanomelb | Feb 27, 2012, 10:08 PM EST

  Rushing to judgement again by a new crop of Kennedy haters.

• emorstscr | Feb 27, 2012, 07:39 PM EST

  Boru Kennedy, poor kid. The very idea of taking an infant out of a hospital in the Winter for some air? This guy should have been tested for substance abuse, as the whole episode sounds insane. To add insult to injury to claim the nurses are after money!!!

• mzjudya | Feb 27, 2012, 05:39 PM EST

  I think that someone is either not really that bright or just thought they were above the law. I really am ashamed of the MD who is willing to throw those 2 nurses under the bus just to suck up to the Kennedy's. Oh bye the way I have been a nurse for 26 years and a grandmother who saw 2 of her grandson born at the hospital I worked at and I knew that I could not take them off the unit. I also find it quite strange that he actually did this maybe a psyche eval should be done before this little baby goes home. I am serious!!!!! Please MD's at this facility take a stand and support these 2 nurses.

• merefalow | Feb 27, 2012, 04:22 PM EST

  irihpjk,answer,because they censor,

• irishpjk | Feb 27, 2012, 03:22 PM EST

  Not all comments are shown Why?

• RedBranch | Feb 27, 2012, 02:41 PM EST

  There is an algerbraic formula that states...'Take a Kennedy {in an affulent area} and multiply by assualt on a member of the fair sex (to the power of 2 or more as in this case) and the result is always (=) acquital.

• Edward McDonald | Feb 27, 2012, 12:59 PM EST

  Good Lord, the Kennedys are about as shanty trash as you can get. They just don't stop with their entitled, ill mannered shenanigans. They perpetuate the old axiom of my granny Shanahan's saying that..."You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear...".

• divajeannie2012 | Feb 27, 2012, 12:15 PM EST

  As a nurse 20 yrs-Since the rules of the hosp. were too strict; instead of exposing danger to other newborns-In home birth would have been better-no rules and there was plenty fresh air at any given time. Nurses should be compensated for hazardous duties.No one is above the law-the safety of all patients is the responsibility of the medical facility/medical md/nurses/all hospital employees.

• DrSheilahere | Feb 27, 2012, 10:46 AM EST

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• jamieLM | Feb 27, 2012, 09:14 AM EST

  @tullamore, as an RN I think your post was spot on. Well said. Also agree with manhattan.

• manhattan | Feb 27, 2012, 07:52 AM EST

  We can bash the Kennedy's which has nothing to do with this story. The facts are you cannot remove a baby from the maternity ward unless the baby is being discharged. " To take a newborn out of the nursery to get some fresh air?" Something is very wrong with this guy.

• Starlet | Feb 26, 2012, 10:55 PM EST

  Let's think for a moment if the situation were reversed and it was the Kennedy baby somehow - even momentarily - being switched or heading in the wrong direction even by someone taking him out of maternity ward. Can you imagine how fast the Kennedy family would be ready to sue the Hospital back into the stoneage, financially speaking? Yet, they begrudge the nursing staff for doing their job.

• cillowen | Feb 26, 2012, 08:57 PM EST

  there's gold in them thar ills - freaks salivating at the potential.

• tullamore | Feb 26, 2012, 05:14 PM EST

  Was this guy drunk? As an OB nurse I can shed some light on protocol. We are responsible to keep every baby safe from abduction,hence the sensor(not GPS) on the bracelet.The father seemed smart enough to take it off because the doors would automatically lock and he wouldn't be able to escape. An ER Doc has no right to say it was OK for the father to leave with the babe. That's like an OB doc going to the ER and letting the patient with a suspected heart attack to go out for a breath of fresh air!! Why does this family think that they are entitled? If some Dad at my hospital tried that, he would be met by hospital security,local police and lastly Child Protective Services. Those brave nurses should be honored for what they did not vilified.

• lee01702 | Feb 26, 2012, 04:52 PM EST

  If this unfolded quickly, there may not have been time to even call security. I'm sure the nurses were trying to stop him WHILE keeping in mind that he was holding a baby. They're not stupid! Props to the nurses! I think of the wonderful, wonderful nurses I had when our daughter was born. I appreciate them to this day. They would protect any baby with their lives.

• seanomelb | Feb 26, 2012, 04:33 PM EST

  A rush to judgement by the kennedy haters.

• pattbaa | Feb 26, 2012, 04:28 PM EST

  At present , this is a uncertain incident ; what is not uncertain; brother Robert Jr. was a heroin addict -- brother David died of a drug addiction --- because brother Joseph was reckless with a motor vehicle , Pam Kelly is paralyzed for life-- brother Michael was de jure guilty of statutory rape

• mgster1 | Feb 26, 2012, 04:16 PM EST

  I think I will wait and see what the REAL truth is before I condemn Mr. Kennedy and his entire family as people here are doing.

• irismonkey48 | Feb 26, 2012, 03:36 PM EST

  Unreal. But without having been there I cant really judge the situation. We will see what happens in court.

• weeknocky | Feb 26, 2012, 03:23 PM EST

  It runs in the Kennedy family. Like his Uncle Ted, he cannot accept that his actions were wrong.

• borefield | Feb 26, 2012, 03:18 PM EST

  Another arrogant Kennedy making bad news. This family is so convoluted that one wonders if there is a real bad gene there. Now, there is another Kennedy running for office. This family has done enough harm, disgrace and plain bad behavior to this country. We should all run the other way when we see them coming. Who ever heard of a Dad arrograntly taking his son out of the nursery, no common sense. He should be arrested instead of blaming the nurses who were doing their job. What if some other wingnut tried to take this child and the nurse paid no attention, then there would be ri ra and ruleabula on the part of the Kennedys, nurses would be fired, heads would roll, hospital security investigated. He will get away with it like all his cousins and uncle who broke the law from rape to murder why, because they can afford the best attorneys who will cut deals. If Mayor Blumberg had any guts he would make an example of this case for the protection of all newborns in NY.

• alisaann | Feb 26, 2012, 02:50 PM EST

  when did they start using GPS on babies?....i've NEVER heard of that....let's WAIT and see....i agree, the nurses should have called security....and NOT put their hands on him. alisa

• eileen murphy | Feb 26, 2012, 02:42 PM EST

  I am a nurse from Massachusetts and knowing what Iknow about nurses for 28years they were defiantly protecting this infant.The hospital administrator couldn't get away with taking this baby. Kennedy was absolutely Wrong and thought he was above the law. I know the nurses more than likely called security but I believe the local authorities Should have been called also. To many times these events are hidden under the rug because hospital administrators don,t want to rock the boat. So nurses when you are Abused while on duty Call the LOCAL POLICE.It will then be documented correctly and unable to be swept under the rug. I am so sick and tired of the abuse we nurses put up with on a DAILY bases. I don,t know why there is this unspoken knowledge that nurses can be abused. Call the cops they like ,appreciate and respect nurses. They will protect us more than our own hospital.

• johhnyb | Feb 26, 2012, 02:13 PM EST

  If the lawyer says it's a money grab, you have to pay attention. He would know.

• manhattan | Feb 26, 2012, 01:40 PM EST

  What was he thinking that he could take a newborn baby out of the Hospital for a walk? He is lucky he wasn't arrested. How dare he accuse the nurses of anything other then trying to protect the baby from this nut. Also, it's going to be hard enough for that baby to go through life as Boru.

• NYCFiredog | Feb 26, 2012, 01:16 PM EST

  Does this family make any normal decent people? One that might even be (gasp) a Pro Life, decent, kind person? A bunch of rich entitled A holes. They kick nurses, rape bar maids, and have waitress sandwiches and are held up as champions of women. Not to mention passing. Women around to the others. If there are any good ones, they must be in a state of continuous mortification. How much you want to bet there was a mind altering substance involved? Time for the Kennedy women to have an emergency family meeting.

• Rebelforce | Feb 26, 2012, 01:05 PM EST

  I hope Kennedy sues this hospital for assault and emotional distress. Employees are trained NEVER to put their hands on anyone in a threatening manner---especially if they are carrying a young child. Thank goodness the child was not harmed. If the nurses were concerned they should have called security not tried to be wannabe cops.

• Cahtie483 | Feb 26, 2012, 12:46 PM EST

  Nurses are there for the patient, the child. Do you know how cold it is in New York in January. Was he drunk trying to take a new born out for a walk? He removed the GPS bracelet from the baby because he knew that he couldn't go out with it on. Another democrat who thinks the rule don't apply to him. I pity the baby!

• Murph46 | Feb 26, 2012, 12:35 PM EST

  jamthecat -No! for TOO long the Kennedy's have been put on a pedestal in America as to be revered.In truth they were common,some nice,some nasty ,but they have been long portrayed to be what they weren't .Camelot was a joke thought up by one of JFK's writers.Do you sincerely think Jackie thought she was in Camelot when every time she left JFK had some bimbo in to do?That's fact!

• murphy666 | Feb 26, 2012, 12:31 PM EST

  The last time I had an encounter with a nurse's pelvis, I wound up marrying it.

• jjkleprechaun | Feb 26, 2012, 12:21 PM EST

  Just another example of how all the Kennedys feel they have privileges no other American has. Bad tempers seem to run in the family along with total disregard for rules, regulations, fidelity and the list goes on. The baby I feel sorry for, that's all. When will this Country stop paying homage to the Kennedy name which no longer is held in high regard by true Irishmen? Soon I pray.

• beaumax99 | Feb 26, 2012, 12:13 PM EST

  I agree with all except ciaradexy who sounds like a troublemaking Kennedy.

• Mairin67 | Feb 26, 2012, 12:06 PM EST

  As for the ER doc who assisted Kennedy, he should be disciplined but will probably ony get a slap on the wrist, if that. For people not in healthcare, doctor's do not rule the roost and dictate what goes on especially outside of their own department. He was completely, utterly and totally wrong!

• Mairin67 | Feb 26, 2012, 12:03 PM EST

  In order to remove a security band, you have to cut it off not just simply remove it...wouldn't that be so easy and defeat the purpose? I would have loved to seen him make it outside with the baby and have the nurses discover that the child is missing and call the code that signifies child abduction...then see what would happen. This is a huge breach of hospital security and the nurses were correct in trying to prevent him from leaving. As the saying goes..."Nurses are there to protect your ass...not kiss it!"

• jamthecat | Feb 26, 2012, 12:02 PM EST

  Sounds like Douglas Kennedy went way over the line, no question. No one but the hospital staff should remove the GPS device, period. As for him kicking the nurses, I haven't seen the video so I don't know it if was deliberate or accidental, but his behavior was appalling, nonetheless, and should be answered to in court. Of course, this brings out the Kennedy-bashers with their high-pitched screams who only appear when a liberal does something wrong. When W was shown to be just as spoiled and obnoxious a rich brat, dead silence from that crowd. I don't mind critiquing people when they do screw up like this; I get irritated when either side picks and chooses what it will get outraged over. That reeks of hypocrisy.

• CroughPatrick | Feb 26, 2012, 11:45 AM EST

  Without question he is another Kennedy who plays by his own rules. You do not take a new born baby out of a maternity ward without signing the proper papers. Ever. If you saw the video from the hospitals CCTV cameras, you will see the nurses are preventing him from doing what every one else knows is against the rules. This idiot will plea to a lesser charge. He knows he is guilty, there are other witnesses who will back up the nurse's story. and let the nurses sue him and get some of his trust fund money. Kennedy = rich inbred inebriated bullies

• jetsnoone | Feb 26, 2012, 11:40 AM EST

  Marie: a man has kicked a woman. Ordinarily you would be outraged. Ciardexy: The Kennedys are not really Catholic -- as they all support abortion.

• colkelley | Feb 26, 2012, 11:38 AM EST

  Just another Kennedy thug acting like a Kennedy thug.

• MaireCeannt | Feb 26, 2012, 11:05 AM EST

  While the Kennedys have earned an unfortunate reputation for arrogant behavior, let's look at another issue here: Medical personnel have become habitual bullies, especially in the last 20 years, provoking angry behavior in patients and then lying when documenting results. Let's hear from others who have noticed this. Patients do have the recourse of rebuttal to the false documentation but rarely even know what lies have been entered in their records.

• hughor2 | Feb 26, 2012, 10:25 AM EST

  What kind of a idiot would take a 3 day old baby wrapped in a light blanet out into the January cold of northern Westchester County? The Kennedys never stop with their stupid behavior.

• ciaradexy | Feb 26, 2012, 10:14 AM EST

  Im just waiting for someone to pipe up that this article is somehow anti catholic!

• Rebelforce | Feb 26, 2012, 10:02 AM EST

  CBS News is reporting that the violent, pushy nurses are named Leeona Oswald and Sirhana Sirhan.

• Murph46 | Feb 26, 2012, 09:57 AM EST

  Gee -What a surprise a Kennedy and bad behaviour!

• Getlin2 | Feb 26, 2012, 09:45 AM EST

  Another spoiled rich Kennedy living up to the family's bad reputation.