Former Sen. Barbara Boxer attacked in California

Former Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) was attacked in Oakland, Calif., on Monday but not seriously injured, according to a statement on her official Twitter account.

Boxer, 80, was allegedly pushed in the back by an assailant who stole her cellphone before jumping into a waiting car, according to her statement.

The Oakland Police Department told The Hill that a victim was walking in the 300 block of 3rd Street at 1:15 p.m. when they were "approached by a suspect" who "forcefully took loss from the victim, and fled in a nearby waiting vehicle."

The department, which did not identify the victim, said the incident is being investigated by the Oakland Police Department's robbery section.

Authorities are offering up to $2,000 in reward money for information that leads to an arrest in the case.

The statement posted to Boxer's Twitter account said the former senator is "thankful that she was not seriously injured."

The incident reportedly took place in Jack London Square, a historic waterfront neighborhood of Oakland, according to Boxer's statement.

Boxer represented California in Congress from 1983 until 2017, first in the House before being elected to the Senate in 1992.

She announced in January 2015 that she would not run for reelection. She said she would continue working on "the issues that I love" through her political action committee, PAC for a Change, CNN reported at the time.

"I am never going to retire," Boxer said, according to the network. "The work is too important."

Former Sen. Barbara Boxer attacked in California

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[Some JERK]

"I am never going to retire," Boxer said, according to the network. "The work is too important."

Yes... The $work$.

 

[KiwiFuzz]

Former U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer was assaulted and robbed of her cellphone in Oakland on Monday afternoon.

Boxer, 80, a Democrat who represented California in the U.S. Senate from 1993 to 2017, said in an interview with The Times that she was robbed while walking near her apartment in the area of Jack London Square. Boxer, who now works for Mercury Public Affairs, said she purposefully chose to walk on a quiet street so she could concentrate on taking a work call.

Boxer said she noticed a young man following her out of the corner of her eye but didn’t think much of it after he hopped into a car.

“Then the driver of the car jumped out and started to come at me and come behind me, and at that point I knew I was in trouble,” she said. “When I saw the guy coming out of the car, coming at me, I started to run away across the street. And he shoved me really, really hard on the shoulder with one hand, and with the other, he put it around my waist and grabbed my phone.

“He ran toward the car. I was standing and shaking and I just said to them, ‘Why would you do that to a grandmother? I need to call my grandkids.’ He jumped in the car and sped away.”

Boxer said she was so close to her home that she ran back to her apartment, where she and her husband, Stewart, called the police.

“I told police this was so obviously planned, they were going around looking for someone who was very vulnerable,” she said in the interview. “It just was so planned and the guy knew what he was doing. He hit me so hard. He never said word one. If he had said, ‘Give me your phone or else,’ I would have given my phone. He didn’t have to shove me.”

In response to questions about the assault, Johnna Watson, a spokeswoman for the Oakland Police Department, said a person was robbed at 1:15 p.m. in the 300 block of 3rd Street. Watson said in an email the department would not identify the robbery victim.

The Oakland Police Department is offering a reward of up to $2,000 for information leading to an arrest in the case, Watson said.

After reporting the robbery to the police, Boxer and her husband went to a nearby Verizon store, whose employees were able to wipe the data off her Apple iPhone and ensure, most critically, that the pictures of her grandchildren had been saved to the cloud, the former senator said.

“It was shocking and so unsuspected. You just don’t imagine that would happen,” she said. “It shakes you up.”

Reports that she had been injured are false.

“I want to make that clear — he pushed me hard, I did not fall down,” she said, adding, “I was not badly hurt. I was just extremely shaken.”

Boxer said she has never before felt unsafe in the neighborhood where she and her husband have kept an apartment since 2005. “Never. Not for one minute,” she said. “That’s why it was so shocking.”

Boxer said that she did not get a good look at their faces, but her assailants appeared to be young, perhaps teenagers.

“I love Oakland, I do love it, and I’m really, really sad,” she said. “Because really, going after a 5-foot-tall grandma with gray hair walking down the street talking on a phone? They had no idea I was a senator.

“To me, it just brings home everything I’ve worked for,” Boxer added. “We need good policing, we need community policing, we need a lot of it and we also need, absolutely, hope and opportunity for young people. These are young people finding they can get a lot of money for this phone, hundreds of dollars for this phone.”

Boxer pushed back at supporters of a campaign to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom and Republicans who would point to this incident as an example of rising crime under Democratic leadership.

“Democrats have no intention of defunding the police,” she said. “They want better policing, fair policing, community policing and more resources to deal with these incidents when they happen and also getting to the root causes.”

The narrative that Democratic politicians would like to undercut the police, she said, is “a false flag. It’s just untrue.”

Boxer noted that over her career, she has founded community policing efforts and after-school programs.

“We’ve got to deal with this with a multipronged approach — really good community policing and really tough consequences for kids and adults who do the wrong thing.”

The former senator also wanted to use the incident to send a message to the Oakland A’s, which may be moving from the area.

“I also want to use this opportunity to say I would send a message personally to the Oakland A’s — this is the neighborhood you’re going to come into, and it could be so wonderful,” she said. “I live a few blocks from there, there’s so much potential here. I love Oakland. This shook me up, but it only made me stronger to fight for what could make this community stronger.”

'Shocking and so unsuspected': Barbara Boxer assaulted, robbed of cellphone in Oakland

Former Sen. Barbara Boxer was assaulted and robbed of her cellphone on Monday in Oakland.

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[Some JERK]

They had no idea I was a senator.

People who perpetrate strong-arm robberies wouldn't really care that she's a former senator. These are shitbags who have sunk so low on the societal ladder that they're willing to hurt people for money or drugs. They don't care who you are, they only care what you are, and in Boxer's case she's (as she said) a 5-foot-tall greyhaired grandma. In other words, the perfect victim.

 

[Dog-O-Tron 5000v5.0]

$2000 reward and no description of the attacker.

Now if I were a clever negro, I would find a friend who has already committed a shitload of crimes who is already going up the river for awhile, and get him to agree to "confess".

Split the reward, you get a grand and he gets a grand, which would buy a lotta cigarettes in prison.

 

[Just_Somebody]

Now if I were a clever negro, I would find a friend who has already committed a shitload of crimes who is already going up the river for awhile, and get him to agree to "confess".

Split the reward, you get a grand and he gets a grand, which would buy a lotta cigarettes in prison.

Might work, but considering the DNC machine, he likely will be shanked in prison for touching one of California's nobility.

 

[JosephStalin]

No fucks given for Barb the Bitch.

 

[Stoneheart]

She is lucky that she is not on the Clintos shitlist or this would have been deadly-

 

[Exceptionally Exceptional]

People who perpetrate strong-arm robberies wouldn't really care that she's a former senator. These are shitbags who have sunk so low on the societal ladder that they're willing to hurt people for money or drugs. They don't care who you are, they only care what you are, and in Boxer's case she's (as she said) a 5-foot-tall greyhaired grandma. In other words, the perfect victim.

Shit, if anything it could have made it a lot worse if they had known. Senators are often a lot more well off than other people because of their undeservedly high pay.
Instead of just taking her phone they probably would have started going through her pockets and shit hoping to find a wallet stuffed with cash.

 

[KiwiFuzz]

People who perpetrate strong-arm robberies wouldn't really care that she's a former senator. These are shitbags who have sunk so low on the societal ladder that they're willing to hurt people for money or drugs. They don't care who you are, they only care what you are, and in Boxer's case she's (as she said) a 5-foot-tall greyhaired grandma. In other words, the perfect victim.

A couple months ago an honest-to-God BISHOP had his ring stolen in Oakland.

Probably on the pinkie finger of some aspiring rapper right now.

 

[Snekposter]

So, two men and not a single description of them or their automobile? Did she drop any gamer words when she talked to the cops about who did it and that's why everyone's mum?

 

[The Last Stand]

No fucks given for Barb the Bitch.

Perhaps this would be a good time to address crime in urban areas? If it can happen to HER, it could happen to anyone.

 

[Exceptionally Exceptional]

“Democrats have no intention of defunding the police,” she said.

Really now? You sure about that?


I also notice we haven't gotten a description of the suspects beyond "young men" and "teenagers" which are both so absolutely vague as to be useless.

Come on, bitch, describe them.

 

[The Last Stand]

“I love Oakland, I do love it, and I’m really, really sad,” she said. “Because really, going after a 5-foot-tall grandma with gray hair walking down the street talking on a phone? They had no idea I was a senator.

Somebody tell her to give me a call.

 

[Sneed's Feed And Seed]

Former Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) was attacked in Oakland, Calif., on Monday but not seriously injured

pushed in the back by an assailant who stole her cellphone before jumping into a waiting car

the former senator is "thankful that she was not seriously injured."

Betcha any amount of money she had something spicy on that cell phone and paid someone off to "steal" it from her.

 

[kcbbq]

“Democrats have no intention of defunding the police,” she said.
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Really now? You sure about that?


I also notice we haven't gotten a description of the suspects beyond "young men" and "teenagers" which are both so absolutely vague as to be useless.

Come on, bitch, describe them.

Minneapolis is putting a referendum on the ballot next year to get rid of the police department all together, but democrats have no intention of defunding the police - they intend to delete the police.

 

[Garm]

Why would Vladimir Putin attack our democracy like this?

 

[Aldeland]

“Democrats have no intention of defunding the police,” she said.
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Really now? You sure about that?


I also notice we haven't gotten a description of the suspects beyond "young men" and "teenagers" which are both so absolutely vague as to be useless.

Come on, bitch, describe them.

You just know they are black. "young men" and "teenager"? Give me a fucking break.

 

[The Dude]

Good. People like Boxer and Feinstein deserve to have regular tastes of the world their political policies have created. Let them get a feel for how regular folks live.

 

[Piss Clam]

$2000 reward and no description of the attacker.

I'd like to solve the puzzle, pat.

 

[kadoink]

You get what you fucking deserve.