Something similar happened a few years ago around me. It’s kinda funny to me when people commit random crimes and they end up targeting high profile people in positions of power.
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It’s kinda funny to me when people commit random crimes and they end up targeting high profile people in positions of power.
Definitely a "Whoopsies!" moment, by the thief.
In particular with the carjacking example, where there was a tracker and a laptop full of confidential government info, I imagine they’d have a real “oh fuck me” moment when they got tracked down super fast
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Eh, not missing much after the headline. A dude carjacked a US Rep and her official govt shit was in the car. It was easily tracked and recovered.
The crime seems unrelated to who he is.
I doubt he feels the same way.
Someone stole luggage out of what would - to anyone - appear to be a random car in a parking garage. I don’t see how this could be framed as a politically-motivated crime.
It's random but still funny because everybody in the bay knows to NEVER leave anything in your car.
I left my suit in San Francisco: thieves swipe bags from Adam Schiff’s car. Representative running for US Senate forced to attend dinner in shirtsleeves after formal clothing taken from car parked in city garage
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/26/adam-schiff-san-francisco-car-burglary
Katie Porter secretly smiling somewhere.
Bipped in the Bay.