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| Rep. Meng robbed near Capitol Hill |
| 2013-11-21 |
| [THEHILL] Rep. Grace Meng (D-N.Y.) was hit over the head and robbed Tuesday night near the Capitol. An attacker knocked Meng to the ground with a hit to the head while she was walking back to her apartment after eating dinner. The attacker took her bag and bravely ran away near 6th St. and Pennsylvania Ave -- a little less than a mile from the Capitol building. "While this was a frightening ordeal, I fortunately was not seriously injured," Meng said. "Obviously, things could have been much worse. I thank the U.S. Capitol Police and the District of Columbia Police for responding quickly and professionally." Meng sustained minor injuries, including a bruise to her chin. She was taken to George Washington University Hospital where she underwent a CAT scan. Meng missed the first two votes on Wednesday but was present for subsequent votes. The New York Democrat is a freshman elected in 2012. U.S. Capitol Police, which is leading the "open" and "active" investigation, said no arrests have yet been made. Metro police directed questions to Capitol police. The politician told news hounds Wednesday evening that police are scrubbing for fingerprints on an old cell phone of hers that was found at the scene. The phone was in Meng's bag but was apparently discarded by her attacker. She said she was fortunate to be carrying her wallet and credit cards in her coat pocket at the time and not in the bag that was stolen. "I'm lucky," she said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 I've lived in DC for the past 14+ years. Up until 2009-10, crime overall was on the decline. But starting around 2011 sometime, I've noticed a significant uptick in these types of "hit and run" assaults/robberies (including the recently termed, "knock out game" types of assaults). As one might expect, the vast majority of these types of crimes appear to be black-on-white/asian/latino insofar as what gets reported to the police. Of course, I'm the racist for pointing out the obvious rather than the perps who clearly target non-blacks when it comes to victim selection. For the most part, I blame the 0bama admin for the way it's economically devastated urban minority communities like we have in DC not to mention the stonewalling of school choice that has gone on during this administration's tenure. The persistently high-levels of minority unemployment in this country, particularly for blacks, is beyond shameful. It is a disgrace, a travesty and deserves to be pointed out at every opportunity if only to prove the utter failure of this admin's anti-free enterprise and distributive economic policies which end up hurting the working poor the most. Of course, this is something POTUS will never be held accountable for and will only be blamed on fiscal conservatives for their "favor the rich" and "obstructionist" positions. What a topsy-turvy world we live in. |
| Posted by: eltoroverde 2013-11-21 11:56 |
| #4 If it's 6th and Penn NW, then it's right at the Canadian Embassy. Hmmmmm..... |
| Posted by: Bobby 2013-11-21 08:14 |
| #3 "I'm lucky," she said. ....and stupid. 6th Street and Penn, D.C. Who knew ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-11-21 08:07 |
| #2 Any relation to Ming the Merciless |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2013-11-21 07:37 |
| #1 while she was walking back to her apartment after eating dinner Umm...nobody walks after dark in DC. The New York Democrat is a freshman elected in 2012. Oh, that explains it. Naively she expected DC to be as safe as NYC. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2013-11-21 07:09 |