Don Beason loses.....

his mind apparently. You thought I was going to say another lobbying client didn't you? Well, it looks like Jim Black won't be the only person going to jail - IF THE CHARGES BELOW ARE TRUE. Put that little disclaimer in, becauses as we are reminded by the death of Richard Jewell, things are not always as they seem.

Ryan Teague Beckwith, Staff Writer
The former lobbyist who loaned former House Speaker Jim Black $500,000 is facing a misdemeanor charge related to a confrontation with another motorist in July.

Don Beason, 68, was charged with assault by pointing a gun in an incident last month about a mile and a half from his Raleigh home.

Beason, who quit his lucrative lobbying practice this month, is under investigation by Wake County prosecutors for the loan, which Black revealed at his sentencing in late July.

The incident involving the gun happened July 6. Prosecutors say they do not think it was connected to Beason's political activities.

The confrontation happened in the parking lot of a gas station off Oberlin Road near Cameron Village shortly before 1 p.m. July 6. Jason Batten of Raleigh had pulled into the store to get some Excedrin for his fiancee, Chrisy Tellis, according to their lawyer.

Beason, who was in a Toyota pickup at a stoplight, began honking at the couple, attorney Steve Glass said. When they walked to his truck to talk with him, Beason pulled a silver revolver from the truck's console, Glass said.

"The gun was still in its holster, but he was waving it at them," Glass said.

Could one of the lawyers in the house tell me how this is a misdemeanor? Could you see an 18 year old African-American male getting a "misdemeanor" for honking at another car then waving a gun at them and taking off? Maybe I'm wrong, maybe waving a gun at an innocent person is just:

1 : a crime less serious than a felony
2 : MISDEED