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UCmeNdc

(9,589 posts)
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 06:09 PM Mar 2016

Texas Democratic Senator's Office Riddled With Bullets

Republican violence is escalating.

Reached by phone, Whitmire said his staff noticed the office had been damaged when they arrived at work Thursday morning and first thought the overnight weather had been to blame.

"There are bullet slugs everywhere. One lodged in a framed picture," Whitmire said. "It's pretty amazing."

"They told me the weather had harmed the office, but when you look at the damage, and start tracing it, there are bullet holes here in the office, and at least four slugs... a couple of them ricocheted around."


http://crooksandliars.com/2016/03/texas-democratic-senators-office-riddled
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Texas Democratic Senator's Office Riddled With Bullets (Original Post) UCmeNdc Mar 2016 OP
I wonder if the police will be very motivated to investigate this? gratuitous Mar 2016 #1
Oh, yeah, they'll retrieve the slugs and bag them Warpy Mar 2016 #2
Only caught a quick bit of it as i was busy 1939 Mar 2016 #3

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
1. I wonder if the police will be very motivated to investigate this?
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 06:18 PM
Mar 2016

According to the story at Crooks and Liars, earlier this month Sen. Whitmire intervened in a case where a mentally ill man shot a deputy, trying unsuccessfully to get the accused moved out of police custody into a mental health facility. While I'm sure nobody in law enforcement could possibly be involved in the shooting up of the senator's office, I am concerned about the local police's motivation to get to the bottom of this.

Warpy

(110,900 posts)
2. Oh, yeah, they'll retrieve the slugs and bag them
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 07:08 PM
Mar 2016

and then they'll be stuck in the evidence room until the end of time.

1939

(1,683 posts)
3. Only caught a quick bit of it as i was busy
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 07:18 PM
Mar 2016

On the evening news tonight, there was some kind of an incident at Sen Cruz's Houston office. Something about a mysterious substance.

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