Man Arrested for Plot to Kill Kavanaugh Identified, Told Police He Was ‘Upset’ About Justice’s Views on Abortion and Guns
By Sarah RumpfJun 8th, 2022, 2:29 pm
The man arrested for allegedly threatening to kill Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh has been identified as 26-year-old Nicholas John Roske of Simi Valley, California, Fox News reported on Wednesday.
Roske was arrested around 1:50 am on a street near the Kavanaugh home after he called 911 and made violent threats against the justice, reportedly furious over recent mass shootings and a leaked draft opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade.
Since the opinion was leaked, pro-choice protesters have demonstrated outside the homes of several conservative justices, including Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett, Chief Justice John Roberts, Neil Gorsuch, and Samuel Alito, the author of the draft opinion.
When he was arrested, Roske reportedly had a backpack with him. Early news reports described him as being armed with a gun and a knife, along with burglary tools. Fox News updated this list with a more detailed inventory of Roske’s backpack, reporting that the gun was a Glock 17 along with two magazines and extra ammunition, and the backpack also contained a tactical knife, pepper spray, zip ties, hammer, screwdriver, nail punch, crowbar, pistol light, and duct tape.
Liberal group Ruth Sent Us was sharply criticized for publicizing conservative justices’ home addresses in an interactive Google Maps post, and Google took down their post for violating its terms of service. Fox News mentioned in its report that Roske claimed to have found Kavanaugh’s home address “on the internet,” but did not identify on what specific site he found the information.
“Roske stated that he began thinking about how to give his life a purpose and decided he would kill the Supreme Court Justice after finding the Justice’s Montgomery County address on the internet,” the criminal complaint against Roske stated.
Something very odd about this. If I was intent on shooting the good Justice, I certainly wouldn’t place a 911 call and advertise my plans.
This guy sounds like a nut,to say the least.
I don’t know why, but this sounds so odd!
Who calls 911 on themselves?
Who knows!
This guy sounds like a nut,to say the least.
I don’t know why, but this sounds so odd!
Who calls 911 on themselves?
Who knows!