As we reported earlier, a man was arrested near the home of Justice Brett Kavanaugh who allegedly said he was there to kill him. The man was in his 20s and from California; he had a gun, a knife, and pepper spray, according to reports. Now, he has been IDed.
A man was arrested with a knife and a gun outside Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s home. He said that he was intending to kill Justice Kavanaugh. pic.twitter.com/PrSvXZPpYP
— Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) June 8, 2022
Nicholas John Roske was arrested by the Montgomery County Police Department at about 1:50 a.m. near Kavanaugh’s home in Chevy Chase, a tony suburb a few miles outside of Washington D.C., police said.
Roske was armed with a black tactical chest rig, a tactical knife, a Glock 17 pistol with two magazines, pepper spray, zip ties, a hammer, screwdriver, nail punch, crow bar, pistol light, duct tape, hiking boots with padding on the outside of the soles and other items, prosecutors said.
New: Here's the unsealed arrest affidavit for Nicholas Roske — the man arrested near Justice Kavanaugh's home. He had a Glock 17 pistol w/ two magazines, tactical chest rig and knife, a pistol light, pepper spray, zip ties and other tools. https://t.co/jqF2B6p9Ml pic.twitter.com/dcwJGPhh9g
— Alex Mallin (@alex_mallin) June 8, 2022
Roske allegedly made threats against Kavanaugh, citing the leak of the Supreme Court opinion, which probably tells you everything you need to know about motivation.
A man with a weapon and burglary tools was arrested near Supreme Court justice Brett Kavanaugh's home last night.
The man told police he intended to assassinate Justice Kavanaugh, sources tell the @washingtonpost https://t.co/5xQVCmATdv pic.twitter.com/KBHPILCZOw
— John McCormack (@McCormackJohn) June 8, 2022
Is there any surprise this would happen, when folks on the left were whipping up anger against the justices, even doxxing them and going to their homes? The White House never condemned the protests at the justices’ homes. They never condemned the leak itself. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi even endorsed such protests as a way of making the justices change their opinions, a blatant attempt at judicial intimidation. It’s against the law, but Attorney General Merrick Garland hasn’t been enforcing the law. The House was asked to increase the protection for the justices after the leak. The Senate passed a bill unanimously, but Pelosi has stalled it, trying to add things to it.
Mitch McConnell calls on Democrats to pass Supreme Court security bill after man arrested outside Brett Kavanaugh's home
“House Democrats must pass this bill and they need to do it today. No more fiddling around with this, they need to pass it today …before the sun sets.” pic.twitter.com/pRDqnPPvK2
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) June 8, 2022
While most of the media outlets, including MSNBC, seem to be treating it in a straightforward manner and reporting he had a gun/knife/pepper spray, CNN’s Whitney Wild was amorphous on the weapon that the man had. She tried hard to “both sides” it and downplay the fact he had a weapon; she talked about the “emotions.”
CNN's Whitney Wild tries to deny that the man arrested trying to assassinate Justice Kavanaugh had a weapon "at all."
She also tries to blame right-wing extremists for possibly trying to carry out the hit, claiming "the risk truly comes from both sides of this abortion debate" pic.twitter.com/fFYKYTA46G— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) June 8, 2022
“The risk truly comes from both sides of this abortion debate,” Wild claimed. Yeah, no. The reports already were identifying the ‘side’ that the guy was on, so this is downplaying that.
Meanwhile, the folks who doxxed the conservative justices and put the information out on the internet were also trying to downplay that he had weapons. They didn’t condemn the man’s actions either.
We are committed to non-violence.
Fundamentalists will talk non-stop about how our peaceful protests inspired this, rather than the daily mass-murders in America. 😏
Oh, what was this “weapon” the “California man” had? If it was a gun or even a knife, police would say so. 😏 pic.twitter.com/tTDk2OFxVN
— Ruth Sent Us 🪧 (@RuthSentUs) June 8, 2022
Not only that, but they continue to make false claims against Kavanaugh and one of his former aides, Zina Bash, citing the debunked and ridiculous “white power” symbol they claim she was making with her hand.
Abuser Kavanaugh’s abusive groupies are delighted the man had a gun, a knife and pepper spray. 😏
Why’s the gun listed first? Everyone knows the gun is the problem — it’s the most dangerous weapon the lost attacker had.
Oh, Kavanaugh is a white supremacist & Zina Bash is too. pic.twitter.com/TN2dZSnqnt
— Ruth Sent Us 🪧 (@RuthSentUs) June 8, 2022
They also tweeted–yet again–the towns and the zip codes of the justices, as if to say: We don’t care what you say, saying we refuse to go high.
I’m not going to link to that because it might help people locate the justices. They don’t care at all about the justices being endangered.
It’s more than since time that they enforce the law against these people and shut down the threats.
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