U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, was carjacked Monday night by three armed attackers, his office said.
Cuellar’s chief of staff Jacob Hochberg released a statement saying: “As Congressman Cuellar was parking his car this evening, 3 armed assailants approached the Congressman and stole his vehicle. Luckily, he was not harmed and is working with local law enforcement.”
Hochberg said police recovered Cuellar’s vehicle.
So if you’re a congressman they recover your vehicle.
I had my stolen vehicle recovered by Metro PD 🤷♂️
It depends on your subscription level, as a congressman he has recovery premium plus: which includes a notification when the vehicle is retrieved, cleaning and detailing, and they'll bring it to your house.
Sometimes they really do recover it, depends on how soon the thief is caught. Cars get stolen from my work parking lot every week or two and a decent portion are recovered since the cops know where to go look. A lot of modern cars have tracking in them as well, I get gps coordinates of my cars location when I park through the manufacturer’s app
My friends' car was stolen and recovered after a high speed chase. They're both teachers fwiw
I got carjacked a few weeks ago. 0/10 would not recommend having a gun held to your head
That's terrifying. How are you doing now?
Bad. Fuck city life lol
A couple of months ago my car got stolen. It was recovered and spent 2 months in the shop for repairs. 2 weeks later this happened.
I'm moving to the place that the Internet seems to hate: the fuckin suburbs. Where I can go to sleep without hearing my neighbors and can wake up without wondering if I've been robbed.
Protip: your car is for driving. Don't sit in it parked on the side of the road even at 6:20am. And if you have to pull over, keep your doors locked and leave plenty of space to escape
Its a grass is always greener thing, man.
Suburbs arent a magic land of peace and fairies.
Suburbs is where most of my experiences like yours have happened. Assaulted by crackhead, Had someone threaten to go get their gun and shoot me (thankfully to drugged out of their mind to remember their task, but it made for a real great nights sleep), Neighbors who love to mix alcohol and firearms, who the police do nothing about, etc, etc.
Sounds like we're talking different kinds of suburbs, then. I'm moving to a place where minor vandalism would make the front page news
Ohh so you're moving to a wealthier neighborhood. Could have just said that. Capital is your problem, not city vs. non-city.
Funny that you're getting downvotes, but everyone here knows exactly what "the suburbs" OP is moving to look like.
Not owning a car in the city has worked well for me so far
Up until last year I worked in the trades. Public transportation is not a reasonable option when you carry 3 tool bags. And car theft isn't the only crime I'm trying to get away from. Two neighbors in my building got burglarized and a little girl was shot in the face not too long ago. This used to be a quiet neighborhood but in the past 5 years it's become pretty rough.
Being carless still isn't an option because part of the reason I'm moving is to take care of my parents and they live in the boonies.
Guess it depends on the city and how much you value your time. I live in a big city of 700k-750k people.
For the fishmonger, it's a 10 min drive vs 1 hour bus ride.
The closest Asian grocery store is a 6 min drive or 50 min bus ride.
The bar that I go to is a 20 min drive or 1 hr 45 min bus ride.
One of my coworkers does not have a car, so instead of a 15 min drive, they commute 1 hr 35 mins each way to work. That's a lot of hours used up on your work day.
These are all one way within the same city, so it adds up when you calculate the return time as well. Unfortunately, a lot of US cities are driving centric. Jealous of places with great public transportation.
No public transportation here, just a lot of walking 😅
I just tend to look for jobs near where I live.
There is something to be said about the suburb or even country life. I used to live in the city and I really liked it, but I moved for work and wanted a house rather than an apartment. I used to have bars on my back door and a front door camera. I used to hear gun fire in the middle of the night. The cops were actively in my neighborhood because one of my neighbors was a known drug dealer (they would watch his place and pick up customers). One of my neighbors regularly had EMS and the fire department because she was a coke head suicidal mess that wouldn't seek or accept help.
Living in the country I'm further from the cultural amenities I used to have, though I still have commercial items I need. On the other hand I've left my shed, car and back door unlocked on accident and never had a break in. I miss living in the city, but I wouldn't have what I have now in the city.
I live in a suburban town that's right next to a medium sized city and for me it's a perfect mix. My crime rates are considerably lower, schools are good, and I'm close enough to easily enjoy everything the city has to offer. I've lived in more distant suburbs and in the middle of nowhere and I really didn't care for those places. There just wasn't enough to do.
I live in the city but on the edge of it. Very low crime, stores, theaters, nice peeps, no worries about parking… yet about 12 minutes from the city center. The city, Madison WI, is also the state capital and the University of Wisconsin campus. Concerts, football stadium, lakes, restaurants, etc.
Fucking perfect.
don't generalize my opinions ever again
Ohh no, anyway!
I don't wish harm on Cuellar, but if we separate the person from the politician, he's had a pretty terrible corpo friendly record.
This may be where the previoud post was coming from.
If this is Texas, where are all of the good guys with guns to help?
Its literally in the headline that it was in the Capitol (Washington D.C.) where the dude works because he is a Representative.
So blame D.C. for being a wretched hive of villainy.
I read it as Austin at first also. The headline is a bit ambiguous, wish it said which Capitol.
Capitol, not capital. There's a difference.
I said Capitol… that word isn’t unique to DC.
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Carjacking a Democrat!
-MAGA fuckwads
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The good guys with guns were abiding by Washington DC laws and not possessing firearms. The criminals not following the law had them. Sounds like they were bold in their actions assuming their victims would be unable to defend themselves
In DC v Heller the Supreme Court overturned many of DC's gun restriction laws.
It looks to me like DC still goes out of its way to make even buying a weapon a pain in the ass:
Application for Firearms Registration Certificate (PD-219)
Firearms Registration Application Statement of Eligibility
Firearms Certificate Information Update Form (Please complete this form and submit it to the Firearms Registration Branch via email at firearms.adminbox@dc.gov)
Fingerprint Fee Notice and Worksheet
Firearm Application Addendum-Used Firearm Explanation
Take Online Firearms Safety Training Course (30 Minutes) and bring certificate to initial visit Copy of your Government Issued Identification, i.e., Driver’s License, Military ID (original will be verified again in person)I guess ATF-4473 doesn't do enough tracking/registering for their liking.
And that's before you go beg the cops to be allowed to legally carry a weapon to defend yourself.
omg! a 30 minute course. paperwork! Fees!!! Well that is just to much for a desperately needed implement to guarantee my safety that not having will result in your being dead or so I seem to hear from the folk who can't abide restrictions on it.
That's federalism in action. Different localities experiment with different solutions.
I love that gun nuts always assume no one carrying is ever the victim of a violent crime
Lol clown
Washington really is turning into a shit hole. I guess legislators saw Portland and San Francisco and thought, “that looks like a great way to run a city!”
Portland and San Francisco aren't even in the top 20 worst cities for crime in the U.S.
Granted, San Francisco is #21, but I can't imagine why you didn't say "Memphis, TN" (#1) or "Little Rock, AR" (#5)…
They never have a reply to this one.
I brought up the existence of per capita statistics in another thread about gun violence in cities, and *crickets*
Numbers hurt people's politics
D.C. didn't make the list either.
Yep. I've been to D.C. I've been to Baltimore. I didn't feel unsafe at all despite the right constantly using those as examples of cities that are war zones.
Neither does Chicago or Detroit.
And while SLC and San Francisco have some rough areas, there are a lot of high quality services and perks of living there (if you can afford it).
Sadly, Memphis doesn't surprise me.
EDIT: Funny to see Boulder being on the #4 as best places to live while Denver is on this list.
I've lived in both, you figure out how and where not to go pretty quickly.
As long as you have common sense most places aren't too dangerous. Just keep to yourself if you're in the sketchy neighborhood and don't hang around at night. I think these representative are use to small towns where meth heads steal your ladder and don't kill because usually people know who they are.
And that's true about pretty much any city. Just learn where the sketchy parts are and avoid them.
That said, people even get carjacked in those small towns. It can literally happen anywhere.
I live in a small city in SoCal, Yucaipa for those curious. And people lement that the city is getting so dangerous now, meanwhile the worst crime I know of was a methhead shooting someone in a fucking parking lot. Ya can still walk around at 2 in the morning and the worst threat would probably be the cars.
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Can't believe they legalized car jacking smh
It is though one effective way of increasing public transportation usage.
EDIT: If I see this converted in a news article…
It's all coming together now…Car jacking are a liberal conspiracy to reduce emissions!
There's plenty of public transportation, assuming any member of the public can requisition any car at any point.
lol I take it you've never been to Portland
the 'ole "Portland is now a flaming crater becausw the news showed me a picture of a flaming trash can" narrative.
Has it ever been great. I was looking at a position at university of maryland at one point and it was sorta crazy as anywhere you could live was either really cheap and scary or expesive and luxurious. I could not find anything in-between.
