Justice Souter Attacked, Beaten While Jogging in DC

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he's OK (thank god)

http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/05/01/souter.assaulted/index.html

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Saturday, 1 May 2004 18:19 (twenty years ago) link

and before the usual suspects pipe up, i'd be upset if justices thomas, rehnquist, or scalia were also attacked and beaten.

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Saturday, 1 May 2004 18:20 (twenty years ago) link

< insert gabbneb conspiracy theory here >

good that he's ok. evidently a big jogger. was running near the water in SE, presumably along the bikepath, and two guys assaulted him.

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Saturday, 1 May 2004 18:22 (twenty years ago) link

Was it the same guy who got Kevin Spacey???

― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Saturday, 1 May 2004 18:23 (twenty years ago) link

Kevin Spacey didn't get attacked. Just "conned."

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Saturday, 1 May 2004 18:23 (twenty years ago) link

<<tries hard not to presume sexual motivations for either attack>>

― Layna Andersen (Layna Andersen), Saturday, 1 May 2004 18:30 (twenty years ago) link

I'm surprised that the Justices don't have some kind of Secret Service protection post-911.

― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Saturday, 1 May 2004 18:35 (twenty years ago) link

Milo, you beat me to it. But I naively assumed that they'd have some sort of security detail even pre-911, given their standing.

― the krza (krza), Saturday, 1 May 2004 18:38 (twenty years ago) link

Layna actually said EXACTLY what I was thinking when I first read this. I've heard rumors floating about Souter for a while, but I'm not sure it's the conservative machine trying to soil one of their enemies.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Saturday, 1 May 2004 18:55 (twenty years ago) link

Wouldn't be the first time, but I doubt you would really stoop to beating down an opponent just to get your name in the paper. That wouldn't improve the conservative image

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Saturday, 1 May 2004 19:10 (twenty years ago) link

Oh no, I was talking about them spreading the rumors of sexual piccadillos, not them beating him.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Saturday, 1 May 2004 19:16 (twenty years ago) link

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