Sonia Sotomayor's bodyguard shoots armed carjacker outside of justice's NW DC home

[Anonymous]

I'm all for vigilante justice. It's time to get the city under control.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m surprised Sotomayor is living in that area. The Hill would be safer and closer to work.

Unlike most of the pearl clutching biddies who post here, she's not afraid of living in an urban neighborhood.

She cleatly IS afraid, or she wouldn't have 2 armed men protecting her and her residence.

Troll. She's a Supreme Court Justice for crying out loud. Of course she has a security detail.

I guess no one remembers but Justice Souter was mugged while jogging 20 years ago. I think he gave up his wallet but they punched him. Since then the justices have Marshall protection pretty much all the time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm all for vigilante justice. It's time to get the city under control.

+1… criminals need to be made to fear their potential victims.

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Anonymous wrote:Was bound to happen sooner or later that an idiot carjacker would pick a VIP.

At least the second carjacker to be shot.

Sooner or later? Members of Congress. Diplomats, first family members, senior staff, and regular citizens have been at risk for two year. Where you been?

Ugh, so true. I can’t believe what this city has devolved to. Sad, but predictable given policies!

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Anonymous wrote:I’m surprised Sotomayor is living in that area. The Hill would be safer and closer to work.

Unlike most of the pearl clutching biddies who post here, she's not afraid of living in an urban neighborhood.

She cleatly IS afraid, or she wouldn't have 2 armed men protecting her and her residence.

Troll. She's a Supreme Court Justice for crying out loud. Of course she has a security detail.

Security for safety. Security out of fear that something bad could happen. Keep people and posessions safe.

[Anonymous]

The news is saying that the carjacker was pointing a gun at the Marshall and the Marshall shot him. Was the Marshall Timothy olyphant’s character from Justified?

If the Marshall was in a car and the carjacker was outside the car, rhars probably why he shot him in the face. Shooting up out the window from a gun in his lap.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m surprised Sotomayor is living in that area. The Hill would be safer and closer to work.

Unlike most of the pearl clutching biddies who post here, she's not afraid of living in an urban neighborhood.

please. the sad thing is that when she bought the condo that area was likely much safer and thought to be on a permanent upswing.

You don't know that at all

I’m just guessing she bought it when crime was at historic lows in DC and U St was getting exciting new developments.

Didn't she grow up in the Bronx? I doubt she's afraid of U Street especially since she apparently has federal Marshalls protecting her

She didn’t always have federal round the cock Marshall’s protection. That’s something that has come about in the last decade due to all the death threats.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’m surprised Sotomayor is living in that area. The Hill would be safer and closer to work.

Unlike most of the pearl clutching biddies who post here, she's not afraid of living in an urban neighborhood.

She cleatly IS afraid, or she wouldn't have 2 armed men protecting her and her residence.

They all have the protection now. Remember the SS arresting a man in front of Justice Kavanaugh’s home and charging the suspect with attempted kidnapping along with other charges.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m surprised Sotomayor is living in that area. The Hill would be safer and closer to work.

Unlike most of the pearl clutching biddies who post here, she's not afraid of living in an urban neighborhood.

She cleatly IS afraid, or she wouldn't have 2 armed men protecting her and her residence.

Troll. She's a Supreme Court Justice for crying out loud. Of course she has a security detail.

And she has one due to fear.

Well then they are all afraid.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m surprised Sotomayor is living in that area. The Hill would be safer and closer to work.

What neighborhood is this?

U Street. She lives in a nice condo building just north of U around 12th st

I used to live in her building. It's nice. U St is U St, but it's expensive and pretty comfortable.

Yes but... She's a supreme court justice. Ritz residences or even some of the noble apartments on CT Ave. Or the Westchester come to mind. U St? Seriously??

U street is perfectly fine. She is a public servant living off her one salary and not accepting bribes like two of her colleagues. Nor is she a trust fund recipient like two of her other colleagues. She earns approximately 275k a year and has always lived among the people without believing she was above the people. The Ritz PP, really.

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Anonymous wrote:Was bound to happen sooner or later that an idiot carjacker would pick a VIP.

At least the second carjacker to be shot.

This.

With carjacking out of control everywhere in the city, it had to happen.

And it will happen again.

[Anonymous]

The interesting thing here is that Sotomayor was not targeted in any way because of who she was, other than being a car owner.

Why did the Marshall intervene, and in such a violent way?

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The interesting thing here is that Sotomayor was not targeted in any way because of who she was, other than being a car owner.

Why did the Marshall intervene, and in such a violent way?

I promise you, if this had been Kavanaugh's detail, we'd be hearing how wrong it was that the Marshall shot the kid.

[Anonymous]

These takes are weird.

The Marshalls were sitting in a vehicle that almost certainly belongs to the US government (not Sotomayor) when a person approached the vehicle and pointed a gun at them through the window. We don't know if words were exchanged. At some point the Marshalls fired on him. He lived.

He wasn't trying to steal Sotomayor's car and they didn't shoot him to protect her. They shot him because he *was threatening them with a gun.* They shot him before he could shoot them. They were not going to give up the vehicle to him (and they aren't required to omg) and he was absolutely engaged in threatening behavior that justified the use of force.

What other outcome can you imagine that makes sense? Two armed federal Marshalls allow themselves to be shot by a carjacker while keeping guns holstered? They step out of the vehicle and let this idiot take it? Does either of those scenarios make any sense?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Gosh what a dumpy neighborhood... makes the Supreme Court look like a letdown.

It is government by the people not by the rich people