A JeffCo school board member Vince Chowdhury repeatedly slaps and chokes his daughter for apologizing to him, then threatens his wife that she'll be next, and he gets off with a misdemeanor harassment plea, on a one-year deferred sentence. Did I mention this guy is also running for a seat in the Colorado House of Representatives? Mount Virtus has an interesting take on who is asking him to resign what.
A protective order was supposed to keep Vince Chowdhury away from his family after he assaulted his daughter. The next day, he started emailing his wife, and was arrested again. The charges have been dropped as part of the plea agreement.
Chowdhury claims that the charges and conviction have no impact on his school board position or on his House campaign. This throws up a red flag for me - I would think that if this were the first time Chowdhury had assaulted his daughter, it would be so life-shattering for someone who's supposedly such an upstanding citizen that he would immediately step down - if he were the man he has pretended to be, he would recognize that he's not fit to be in a position of authority over anyone, let alone the children of Jefferson County.
Chowdhury has asked for a second chance - I would hope that he would recognize that he threw away that second chance when he continued to harass his wife in violation of the protective order and was allowed to plea out.
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