Senate Staffer Dies Days After Fight Outside Navy Yard Restaurant

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are some outlets using altercation and others saying fight?

Altercations are what white people have.

For black people, they call it fighting.

So true! Or, when black people are involved..they're called "riots" too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As some of you may already know, he was assaulted outside his neighborhood restaurant/bar (across the street from his condo - think of Cheers for Bud) by a group of individuals at 11:30pm on Wednesday night. Apparently the altercation started inside with arguing but the assault happened outside. We talked to the police and they have the puzzle almost finished, all assailants have been identified and they are just collecting more evidence. We expect them to make arrest in the next few days.

So the arrests are coming at least. Glad D.C. metro is on it quickly.

Also there's a Gofundme for his wife and teenage son (he had two older adult children as well) - https://www.gofundme.com/1n7nudzdxc

Why would there be a Gofundme? I would assume a well-paid Senate staffer would have life insurance.

Uh, "well paid" and Senate are not usually used in the same sentence. This guy is a civil servant working in the basement copy machine and document office. You really think he was well paid?

Yes. I also thing civil servants get at least some life insurance as a benefits package.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As some of you may already know, he was assaulted outside his neighborhood restaurant/bar (across the street from his condo - think of Cheers for Bud) by a group of individuals at 11:30pm on Wednesday night. Apparently the altercation started inside with arguing but the assault happened outside. We talked to the police and they have the puzzle almost finished, all assailants have been identified and they are just collecting more evidence. We expect them to make arrest in the next few days.

So the arrests are coming at least. Glad D.C. metro is on it quickly.

Also there's a Gofundme for his wife and teenage son (he had two older adult children as well) - https://www.gofundme.com/1n7nudzdxc

Why would there be a Gofundme? I would assume a well-paid Senate staffer would have life insurance.

Uh, "well paid" and Senate are not usually used in the same sentence. This guy is a civil servant working in the basement copy machine and document office. You really think he was well paid?

Yes. I also thing civil servants get at least some life insurance as a benefits package.

Wrong on both counts. I have no idea why people think this man was "wealthy." There are a lot of people who work for the Senate who have "blue collar" jobs. The maximum compensation for Senate staffers is capped by law at $172,500, and very few staffers make anywhere near that amount (usually limited to a Chief of Staff, or Staff Director of a Committee, and even many of those do not). Admin staffers are usually paid well less than $100,000, and it's not unusual to have young staff assistants who make $30,000 to $40,000. Copy room staff, etc are paid comparable to what they would be paid outside the Senate. Many of the non-partisan Admin staff stay for years for the same reason people work in other fed jobs -- a lot of them are under the "old" pension system (which has been dramatically scaled back for new hires) and it's one of the few places you can have a "blue collar" job and get a pension at all. Pure Admin staff (like the gentleman in question here) may have still been able to get government health benefits (FEHB), but almost all Senate staff are now on Obamacare, which means that their health care benefits are ridiculously expensive, as well. Going forward, you're going to see fewer and fewer people work on the Hill for an extended period. Trust fund babies, and people who have other means of support (spouses has a good job with health benefits) will do a stint on the Hill "get their ticket punched" and leave (which is a bad thing for many reasons). You can look up what any individual staff member makes on line on Legistorm, if you're really interested.

Senate staffers, like all federal employees, can choose to purchase life insurance through the federal benefits program (FEGLI), but it is pretty minimal coverage and not a good deal. Most Hill HR people will advise staff that they should buy life insurance from another source. The old saw that people go to work for the federal government because the benefits are so awesome is no longer true. I found benefits in the corporate world to be much better.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is poised to become a much bigger story.

Apparently the family is telling friends/family to not talk to anyone unless they identify themselves as MPD. They are concerned that private investigators for the assailants will be reaching out and trying to dig up dirt on the victim. The MPD already has identified the suspects.

Oh wow. Private investigators? Meaning he got into a fight with people of means. Interesting, interesting.

The restaurant/bar this was at btw is the Scarlet Oak restaurant. Not cheap but standard pricing for D.C.

Interesting photo choice with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in the booth.

[Anonymous]

Why no arrests yet?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why no arrests yet?

Good question...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are some outlets using altercation and others saying fight?

Altercations are what white people have.

For black people, they call it fighting.

What if a white person gets in a fight and the video is on world star hip hop?!

[Anonymous]

Is there a Reddit thread on this?

[Anonymous]

This is starting to make me think of Serial’s Sh!town podcast

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is there a Reddit thread on this?

No thread in the DC reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/washingtondc/

I'm surprised. Does someone want to make a thread? Let's see what happens. Like I said, this would normally be a lengthy thread on Reddit. I'm wondering if the family/Reddit is worried about conservative conspiracy mongers picking up on it and treating him similar to Seth Rich?

[Anonymous]

Has anybody seen any updates on this yet?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As some of you may already know, he was assaulted outside his neighborhood restaurant/bar (across the street from his condo - think of Cheers for Bud) by a group of individuals at 11:30pm on Wednesday night. Apparently the altercation started inside with arguing but the assault happened outside. We talked to the police and they have the puzzle almost finished, all assailants have been identified and they are just collecting more evidence. We expect them to make arrest in the next few days.

So the arrests are coming at least. Glad D.C. metro is on it quickly.

Also there's a Gofundme for his wife and teenage son (he had two older adult children as well) - https://www.gofundme.com/1n7nudzdxc

Why would there be a Gofundme? I would assume a well-paid Senate staffer would have life insurance.

There was a GoFundMe after that White House staffer got run over as well. The wife got $430K.

https://www.gofundme.com/jakebrewer

https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/dc/gofundme-goal-reached-for-wh-staffer-killed-in-accident/203083215

Life Insurance will pay off the mortgage, but every day expenses and a college fund (or help the older children with a good start in life) no.

The large amount got me curious. Gofundme doesn’t say this, but a news article says this of his death:

The staffer, identified as Jacob Thomas Brewer, 34, of Alexandria, died after his bicycle went out of control at a sharp curve, crossed the double yellow lines and collided with an oncoming vehicle in the Mount Airy area around 3:40 p.m., according to Howard County police. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As some of you may already know, he was assaulted outside his neighborhood restaurant/bar (across the street from his condo - think of Cheers for Bud) by a group of individuals at 11:30pm on Wednesday night. Apparently the altercation started inside with arguing but the assault happened outside. We talked to the police and they have the puzzle almost finished, all assailants have been identified and they are just collecting more evidence. We expect them to make arrest in the next few days.

So the arrests are coming at least. Glad D.C. metro is on it quickly.

Also there's a Gofundme for his wife and teenage son (he had two older adult children as well) - https://www.gofundme.com/1n7nudzdxc

Why would there be a Gofundme? I would assume a well-paid Senate staffer would have life insurance.

There was a GoFundMe after that White House staffer got run over as well. The wife got $430K.

https://www.gofundme.com/jakebrewer

https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/dc/gofundme-goal-reached-for-wh-staffer-killed-in-accident/203083215

Life Insurance will pay off the mortgage, but every day expenses and a college fund (or help the older children with a good start in life) no.

The large amount got me curious. Gofundme doesn’t say this, but a news article says this of his death:

The staffer, identified as Jacob Thomas Brewer, 34, of Alexandria, died after his bicycle went out of control at a sharp curve, crossed the double yellow lines and collided with an oncoming vehicle in the Mount Airy area around 3:40 p.m., according to Howard County police. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

He was also riding the bike at the time for a charity race. Just fyi.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As some of you may already know, he was assaulted outside his neighborhood restaurant/bar (across the street from his condo - think of Cheers for Bud) by a group of individuals at 11:30pm on Wednesday night. Apparently the altercation started inside with arguing but the assault happened outside. We talked to the police and they have the puzzle almost finished, all assailants have been identified and they are just collecting more evidence. We expect them to make arrest in the next few days.

So the arrests are coming at least. Glad D.C. metro is on it quickly.

Also there's a Gofundme for his wife and teenage son (he had two older adult children as well) - https://www.gofundme.com/1n7nudzdxc

Why would there be a Gofundme? I would assume a well-paid Senate staffer would have life insurance.

There was a GoFundMe after that White House staffer got run over as well. The wife got $430K.

https://www.gofundme.com/jakebrewer

https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/dc/gofundme-goal-reached-for-wh-staffer-killed-in-accident/203083215

Life Insurance will pay off the mortgage, but every day expenses and a college fund (or help the older children with a good start in life) no.

The large amount got me curious. Gofundme doesn’t say this, but a news article says this of his death:

The staffer, identified as Jacob Thomas Brewer, 34, of Alexandria, died after his bicycle went out of control at a sharp curve, crossed the double yellow lines and collided with an oncoming vehicle in the Mount Airy area around 3:40 p.m., according to Howard County police. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

He was also riding the bike at the time for a charity race. Just fyi.

You’d think they would have closed the road to oncoming traffic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As some of you may already know, he was assaulted outside his neighborhood restaurant/bar (across the street from his condo - think of Cheers for Bud) by a group of individuals at 11:30pm on Wednesday night. Apparently the altercation started inside with arguing but the assault happened outside. We talked to the police and they have the puzzle almost finished, all assailants have been identified and they are just collecting more evidence. We expect them to make arrest in the next few days.

So the arrests are coming at least. Glad D.C. metro is on it quickly.

Also there's a Gofundme for his wife and teenage son (he had two older adult children as well) - https://www.gofundme.com/1n7nudzdxc

Why would there be a Gofundme? I would assume a well-paid Senate staffer would have life insurance.

There was a GoFundMe after that White House staffer got run over as well. The wife got $430K.

https://www.gofundme.com/jakebrewer

https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/dc/gofundme-goal-reached-for-wh-staffer-killed-in-accident/203083215

Life Insurance will pay off the mortgage, but every day expenses and a college fund (or help the older children with a good start in life) no.

The large amount got me curious. Gofundme doesn’t say this, but a news article says this of his death:

The staffer, identified as Jacob Thomas Brewer, 34, of Alexandria, died after his bicycle went out of control at a sharp curve, crossed the double yellow lines and collided with an oncoming vehicle in the Mount Airy area around 3:40 p.m., according to Howard County police. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

He was also riding the bike at the time for a charity race. Just fyi.

You’d think they would have closed the road to oncoming traffic.

Probably not a race then. Races generally are done on courses where traffic is managed. Rides generally just have marked routes and supported rest stops.