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Horrifying Video Captures Man Chasing and Beating His Ex-Girlfriend in Ohio Courtroom — Who Was There to File a Protective Order!

Jan. 29, 2013 4:11pm Erica Ritz

A woman seeking a civil protection order against her ex-boyfriend in Ohio was attacked in the courtroom when the magistrate briefly left to take care of paperwork. And video captured it all.

NewsNet5 elaborates:

The victim was shoved to the floor and punched several times before the suspect was shocked with a Taser by a bailiff who is also a special deputy for the Summit County Sheriff’s Department.

Inspector Bill Holland said the attack happened on the afternoon of Jan. 25 after Magistrate Tracy Stoner left the courtroom to check on warrants for [suspects] Rashad Greene.

On the video, Greene appears to be agitated and is seen pounding his hands on a table. Suddenly, he jumps up from his seat and begins chasing his girlfriend around the table as chairs are knocked over.

The victim tripped and fell to the ground. Moments later, she stood up, but is almost immediately slammed back to the ground by Greene, whose grandmother is also seen on the video unsuccessfully trying to get in between the couple.

The deputy, who had seen the altercation on a video monitor outside of the courtroom, raced into the room seconds later and used his Taser to shock Greene who was still attacking the woman. [Emphasis added]

Here’s how the frightening scene played out in the Summit County Domestic Relations Court:

Video: Woman Attacked by Ex Boyfriend Rashad Greene in Ohio Courtroom While Filing for Civil Protection Order

(Photo: Screen Shot)

The victim, while happy to have no lasting injuries, is upset that she was left alone with the man in the first place.

“I went there, I told [the magistrate] I was in fear for my life and that I had children to take care of,” she said. “Once the judge walked out, I was in fear.”

The woman, whose name has not been disclosed, added: “He could have choked me out. He could have took any type of object and stabbed me anywhere with it. I was just thinking of my life.”

Thankfully, Magistrate Tracy Stoner has already granted the unnamed woman a civil protection order against her 30-year-old ex, which means he must stay 1,000 feet away from her and cannot make any attempt to contact or harass her for 5 years.

The woman was treated for bumps and bruises at a hospital, and the court ordered Greene to serve 30 days in jail for courtroom assault.

“We’re really looking at what happened and what we can put in place in the future to sort of safeguard everyone,” the court’s community outreach director commented. “This is the first time this has happened. We do thousands of hearings every year.”

Watch the stunning video of the attack via Ohio.com, below:

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Comments (135)

mikenorm21
Posted on January 29, 2013 at 5:51pm
How long till someone dubs Beastie Boy’s song “Sabotage” on this video then posts to you tube…..the clock is ticking

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- mikenorm21
  Posted on January 29, 2013 at 6:12pm
  Seriously, put youtube on Sabatoge at the 13 sec mark then play the video….and yes, I really don’t have anything better to do at this moment.
  
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- stopprintn
  Posted on January 29, 2013 at 6:28pm
  Maybe start a safety glass partition service? A tax based burden expantion. Think conservative bud!
  
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- dmerwin
  Posted on January 29, 2013 at 9:48pm
  Didn’t read the story but I’m guessing She got the order. Lot of good that will do her. As her paramour is assaulting her, she needs to get to a phone then the police are just 20 minutes away. Makes you feel warm all over.
  
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- ArchaicSEAL
  Posted on January 29, 2013 at 10:06pm
  No guns for you! Lose the weight and train really hard in running woman! Because your president surely won’t let you defend yourself from that crazy dude when he hits the streets.
  
  Good luck with all that…
  
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- Phattdad144
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 5:56am
  How the heck could you even see what was going on with the damn adversiment popping up every 5 secs. blocking the total screen. what a waste.
  
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- poorrichard09
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 9:25am
  Huh, a black guy. Who’d have guessed?
  
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- ChiefGeorge
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 10:14am
  OK! So now the law is in place….he will obey it correct?
  
  He showed a total disregard for the law and should now be in jail. Restraining order or not, she is now in his sights. She needs a superior means of defense now….do you know what that is liberals? Get a G-U-N lady. A shot gun will do.
  
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- VanceUppercut
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 10:42am
  This is today’s Black Foolishness Report, dutifully presented to you by The Blaze.
  
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- RRFlyer
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 10:57am
  First it would take someone who knows who the beastie boys are, or even cares. Why do people think we have to have crap playing in the background every time we see a video? I guess it’s people who don’t have the brains to even know what they are watching so they have to have some rapper in the background swearing up a storm to take their mind off the fact that life doesn’t always have a musical score.
  
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battles
Posted on January 29, 2013 at 5:40pm
That has to be the fastest judge in the east. The bad guy is barely out of his chair and the judge’s chair is already reversed and the judge is GONE!

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- strawberry411a
  Posted on January 29, 2013 at 9:50pm
  Obviously a Norwegian from the north of the country. Southern Norwegians are known for their calm rational behavior. Lucky there was no one in the room with a weapon to stop him. But they would have to speak Norwegian i suppose.
  
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- brigott
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 4:13pm
  Kinda slow on the uptake, aren’t ya?
  
  The judge was out of the room BEFORE the attack even started, and she came running back into the room very quickly when she heard the commotion.
  
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hempstead1944
Posted on January 29, 2013 at 5:28pm
Perfect example of Obama voters…..they are both probably unionized public school teachers….

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Obamainpeepee
Posted on January 29, 2013 at 5:26pm
Is it just me, or was everyone in that video a little on the heavy side? Maybe it was just the angle….nope. Watched it again…just fat.

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- Flagstaff
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 10:42am
  There must be a requirement for court officers to be about 50 pounds overweight. Even the judge looks chunky.
  
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mikenorm21
Posted on January 29, 2013 at 5:20pm
“He could have choked me out”, somewhere in America Joe Rogan is critiquing this video

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- badswing
  Posted on January 29, 2013 at 5:30pm
  and in nj today a man had a 75,000 bail set for having an ar 15 because it had some nefarious looking handle on it and a flash suppressor. also had a 30 rd magazine. . who do you think is more likely to kill.
  
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- SaturdaysWarrior76
  Posted on January 29, 2013 at 8:01pm
  @Badswing: You got that right.
  
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Nicholson William R
Posted on January 29, 2013 at 5:14pm
I bet this so-called judge is just another idiot serving the loony left and it’s puppet leader. Had this judge have any sense at all she would’ve had the sheriffs deputy in the courtroom when leaving the room . To leave a victim defenseless in the same room as her antagonist is showing a profound lack of judgment for this court. I wish the judge had rendered a more severe penalty ; this violent A-hole deserves a contempt of court conviction and the assault should have been dealt with as a severe penalty , as if the fool had attacked the judge ! Which in this instance he did , considering the courtroom was supposed to be under the jurisdiction of the said , judge.

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The Big Mick
Posted on January 29, 2013 at 5:09pm
ahhh, such a Gentle and Abstemious People your GangsaHoodin Homies. Van Jones’ “People”, Der Schwarzen Fuehrer’s “People” Jesse Jackasson’s “N…..”term of endearment.”

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Capdaver
Posted on January 29, 2013 at 4:58pm
What was this? Obama’s Job Council?

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- mikenorm21
  Posted on January 29, 2013 at 5:14pm
  Made me spit out my drink….hilarious comment.
  
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- LoneStar50
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 9:58am
  Started my day with a laugh!!
  
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- BigPawz
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 12:04pm
  no, no jobs counsel. Just an Ohio court… Typical. The judges are spineless and the defendants get railroaded. It is that same way in Ohio domestic court. Ask any Ohio father paying child support.
  
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Chuck7884
Posted on January 29, 2013 at 4:55pm
Shuck’s 30 days for assault and battery. Depending on the state that would be a automatic sentence or 10 to 20 years!.

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dvaughn1155
Posted on January 29, 2013 at 4:55pm
Too bad the Officer didn’t kill the SOB, the victim and her children would have been better off.sd

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thibx
Posted on January 29, 2013 at 4:55pm
they should have thrown him in jail, he will end up killing her if she don’t get a gun and defend herself.

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WillG
Posted on January 29, 2013 at 4:48pm
There is a Lawyer locally just rubbing his hands together right now.

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M13
Posted on January 29, 2013 at 4:40pm
If Obama had a son who was in domestic court,would he look like that girls ex-boyfriend?

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- Gonzo
  Posted on January 29, 2013 at 6:28pm
  Nah, Moochelle would never let her son get that fat.
  
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jas7751
Posted on January 29, 2013 at 4:33pm
And she was left with him in the same room without security why?

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- spirited
  Posted on January 29, 2013 at 5:31pm
  Notice that the second guard/officer put what looked like a tazer on the table?
  The magistrate looked really confused…. and only left the room (?) when told to.
  
  As for the animal chase, –pathetic.
  
  ~~>This made Barney of Mayberry look like a reeeal professional. (sadly)
  
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- sndrman
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 9:40am
  as with all liberals/socialists they live in lala land……they don’t see dander where there’s danger and they see danger where there is none……………
  
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chips1
Posted on January 29, 2013 at 4:30pm
It’s nice to know that Iran brought him safely back from space.

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columbus_tony
Posted on January 29, 2013 at 4:27pm
I can’t believe they don’t have bailiffs for these events! If there is a need for a restraining order in the first place, it doesn’t sound like they are on good terms to begin with. Stupid.

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- DREDGE
  Posted on January 29, 2013 at 6:08pm
  Gee, they don’t make enough money to actually do their job!!!
  He was probably taking a smoke break with the overworked judge.
  
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- dietrdeb
  Posted on January 29, 2013 at 11:08pm
  Man judges will believe anything, now this poor guy is branded some kind of stalker because some woman says he threatened her. (sarcasm)
  
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13th Imam
Posted on January 29, 2013 at 4:27pm
Is that an assault weapon I see? How dare they aim a weapon at that man. It might have discharged all by itself and hurt him..

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- civilwarcometh
  Posted on January 29, 2013 at 4:39pm
  He must be part of the 2% that voted for Romney HUH!??http://weaselzippers.us/2013/01/29/hillary-clinton-compares-gop-to-jihadists-who-carried-out-benghazi-attack/
  
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Eastinfection
Posted on January 29, 2013 at 4:26pm
“He could have took any type of object and stabbed me anywhere with it.”

She’s right. There may have been a pencil on the desk.

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- txannie
  Posted on January 29, 2013 at 4:36pm
  And a pencil 6″ long couldn’t hurt someone if it was put through their rib cage into their heart that is only 3″ from the surface?…what did you mean? It sounds like you are telling her to stop complaining and get over it. Did we misread/misunderstand your statement?
  
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- 13th Imam
  Posted on January 29, 2013 at 4:40pm
  Assault Pencil’s should be banned.
  
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- Eastinfection
  Posted on January 29, 2013 at 4:47pm
  TXANNIE…
  I’m referring to the other Blaze story about the kid that got stabbed through the eye with a pencil…
  
  http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/01/29/this-happened/
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on January 29, 2013 at 5:35pm
  @13th Imam
  “Assault Pencil’s should be banned.”
  
  And hot lead danced from the shooters 6″ pencils….
  
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- spfoam1
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 7:42pm
  @13th Imam….The pencil is nothing without the pencil sharpener. Ban them both.
  
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chips1
Posted on January 29, 2013 at 4:25pm
I’m happy she got that protection order. That should make her feel safe. At least until February 26th. At that point, she should have completed her NRA training course and background check.

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- 00100111
  Posted on January 29, 2013 at 4:38pm
  Me too! That protective order will put up an impenetrable force field around her. He’ll never be able hurt her again. They should use the same technology for gun free zones…
  
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- thibx
  Posted on January 29, 2013 at 5:00pm
  if someone wants to hurt you a restraining order does nothing.
  
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- Mil Mom
  Posted on January 29, 2013 at 8:16pm
  @00100111
  Posted on January 29, 2013 at 4:38pm
  
  Me too! That protective order will put up an impenetrable force field around her. He’ll never be able hurt her again. They should use the same technology for gun free zones
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  Boy that comment needs a Nuclear “Like” Button, to be able to count that high!
  This whole story shows the idiocy of OH court system employees, there’s never been anything like this before! Did I read that right? You notice OH courtrooms have security like you’d never believe, then a woman comes in asking for a restraining order and they leave her alone with the person she fears and his grandmother. ” Grandma won’t bake you any cookies if you’re not a good boy in court”! Must be what the judge thought that precourt conversation went like.
  
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jakartaman
Posted on January 29, 2013 at 4:23pm
This country needs to do a whole lot better in protecting women and especially children.
Child molestation death or castration – victim parents discretion.
Women assault and battery – 10 minutes with Bubba in closed padded cell.

I think you would see the crime rate in these areas go down drastically!

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- katzkiner
  Posted on January 29, 2013 at 11:08pm
  First step, send 240,000 known illegal alien sex offenders back to Mexico.
  
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- kaydeebeau
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 5:35am
  Here’s a better thought – women need to do a better job of protecting ourselves and learning to think with our heads instead of those “lady parts” that seem to get so many in trouble.
  
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SquidVetOhio
Posted on January 29, 2013 at 4:23pm
Should have shot that cowardly POS.

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Cavallo
Posted on January 29, 2013 at 4:22pm
Obama voters.

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Thundergod
Posted on January 29, 2013 at 4:19pm
no safety or surprise

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RoDogg
Posted on January 29, 2013 at 4:18pm
Barry’s cabinet will hire him. They’re on the same page with respect to women right? Maybe he has been learning Sharia compliance?

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LakeHartwellSailor
Posted on January 29, 2013 at 4:18pm
This guy only got 30 days? Man, if I was this woman, I would get the heck out of town in those 30 days. This guy is a violent freak, and a protective order saying he has to stay 1000 feet away from the woman isn’t going to do jack-diddly. Of course, if she lived in a gun-free zone, she would be perfectly safe.

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- LakeHartwellSailor
  Posted on January 29, 2013 at 4:24pm
  My advice to this woman….go take a firearm self-defence class and buy a gun. She may very well need it.
  
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- jakartaman
  Posted on January 29, 2013 at 4:26pm
  Gun and lessons is a great comment
  
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- CatB
  Posted on January 29, 2013 at 4:30pm
  Too bad he used a Taser … a gun and problem would have most likely been solved. Yes .. a piece of paper will NOT protect you … period.
  
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- LakeHartwellSailor
  Posted on January 29, 2013 at 4:35pm
  @jakartaman
  
  I bought my 78 year old mother and my wife a firearm self-defence class. My mother lives alone, and I travel. Sherriff is about 10 minutes away at best, so therefore, the lessons. The lessons gave my wife and mom incredible confidence; and to be quite frank, I’m glad my mother did not have this knowlege back when she was raising me. She would have shot me…..accurately and justifiably. I was a real PITA growing up.
  
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