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Douglas Kennedy invokes father's death in court

In this image from surveillance video, Douglas Kennedy,

Photo credit: NBC New York | In this image from surveillance video, Douglas Kennedy, the son of Robert F. Kennedy is seen taking his 2-day-old baby boy from the maternity unit at Northern Westchester Hospital. Kennedy has been charged with harassment and endangering the welfare of a child for allegedly clashing with two nurses who tried to stop him. (Jan. 7, 2012)

The son of Sen. Robert Kennedy is invoking his father's assassination in a case stemming from his attempt to take his newborn son from a New York hospital.

Douglas Kennedy said outside a suburban courthouse Thursday that his own father was taken from him when he was a baby. Kennedy is charged with endangering the baby and physically harassing two nurses in the Jan. 7 incident. He has pleaded...

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