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Subscribe to RSSInvestigators on the Caribbean island of Nevis are on the hunt for the machete-armed man who robbed Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer at his vacation home. NBC's Pete Williams reports.
Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, his wife and several family friends were robbed by a person with a knife at the Breyer vacation home on the Caribbean island of Nevis, the court confirmed to NBC News on Monday.
The local St Kitts Nevis Observer newspaper described the attacker as wielding a machete.
About 9 p.m. ET last Thursday night, Justice Breyer, his wife and houseguests were robbed by one person, wearing a mask and wielding a knife, a court official said. The robber made off with about $1,000 in cash.
No one was hurt in the incident.
Previously filed financial disclosure forms as well as articles and tourist websites acknowledge that Justice Breyer is a regular vacationer to the island and has owned a home there for quite some time.
The Nevis police department is investigating and says there are no suspects or arrests at this time.
Local news reports as well as the police acknowledge other robberies and break-ins in the area around the same time.
It’s the third time in recent years that a Supreme Court justice has been a crime victim.
Back in 2004, Justice David Souter suffered minor injuries when he was mugged by a group of young men while jogging.
And in 1996, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had her purse snatched near the Kennedy Center while walking with her husband and daughter. She was not hurt in the incident.
Several of the tropical islands have some of the highest reported murder rates in the world, creating a danger for the millions of U.S. tourists who flock to the area each year. NBC's Michelle Kosinski reports.
Crime in the Carribbean, and partcularly on Nevis, has climbed dramatically in recent years, according to the United Nations.
Over the past year, Americans living on Nevis say they've had enough of the frequent home invasions.
One American expatriate, who no longer wants to be named because he says he's been harassed by local officials, started his own crime-reporting service for people on the island, because residents claim police are inadequate.
Last year citizens met with police, and staged a rally, to try to call attention to the crime problem.
People are furious, according to NBC News. Some Americans who own properties on the island no longer want to retire there because of the crime -- and they say the crime rate has lowered their property values.
Mike Kosnar, Michelle Kosinski and Pete Williams contributed to this report.
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With his money he could have "bought" American!!!
If it were one of the Constitutional Justices.....MediaMaddhatters would all be claiming the Koch Brother's bought it for him......But when George Soros buys a sweet vacation home for a Progressive Justice.....they are silent.....
Mike, seems you are the only one bring up politics here. So instead of being silent, you have become a loud mouth??
That's what they get when their bodyguards aren't lobbyists like Anthony Scalia's are
Read on, verno, read on......
Maybe NOW he will see that crooks belong in jail.
But being a lib not even this will wake him up.
Did Breyer pay 250,000 for his passport to become a citizen of Nevis. Maybe he should stay there.
If it were one of the Constitutional Justices.....MediaMaddhatters would all be claiming the Koch Brother's bought it for him......But when George Soros buys a sweet vacation home for a Progressive Justice.....they are silent.....
How classy from the Republicans to start badmouthing Justice Breyer
Why can't you focus on the stupid justices that approved the Super-Pacs? Like the "Conservative" Alito,
Roberts, etc.
As if we were not having enough scum and BS rhetoric floating around all the way from the Stupidiest of all: Srah Palin to the dumbest of all Rick Santorum.
When is hate enough for you?
what can anyone say but that crime is everywhere and they, too, are not immune! in this day and age, if you have a wonderful home and tons of moolah, it is time to invest in some heavily armed guards. What world do these people think they live in anyway--it's all part of the territory.
Even us 'po folks' get mugged, robbed, and shot on city streets....time to wake up and smell the posies!
So, when did liberal become a dirty word?
Mike in Delray.... The Right-wing Conservatives have for DECADES been bought and paid for by lobbyists pushing for laws that "just happen" to benefit Wall Street. Oh, sure, the Left-wing Liberals have been bought and paid for by lobbyists pushing laws that "just happen" to benefit other rich folks, too -- but your pointing fingers ONLY at Liberals is not just disingenuous, it is dishonest.
IRESPOND-2315268
Careful IRESPOND, your IQ is showing....
Hmmm... I'm sorry to read about "trouble in paradise." I wonder what would have happened had the Justice pulled out a machete and attacked the robber?
I agree 100% and the guy should have hacked them to pieces. All of these idiots that travel to countries that are still in the stone age deserve what they get !
Why is this even newsworthy?
Plenty of ordinary folks without lots of $$, nor powerful connections, are robbed or assaulted all the time.
None of us regular people have enough $$ to hire personal security or bodyguards. We have to rely on law enforcement that 99% of the time, arrive AFTER a crime takes place.
Much as I'm for responsible gun ownership and background checks(for mental cases, drug addicts, and criminals), I see merit in allowing responsible adults the right to carry a firearm(and I don't even carry my own on me).
I agree...when you go to places such as small islands, even bigger islands like Jamaica, or go to the Middle East or North Africa...pretty much any place with extreme poverty...you are just asking to get it. It's like the people who went "hiking" along the Iranian border. What are you people thinking? If you take the risk, then be prepared for the result.
Mike in Delray - I'm confused as to how we got from an armed robbery and the high incidence of crime in some Carribian Islands to ...political corruption and influence peddling.
Do you have any evidence for when, exactly, Geoge Soros bought the Justice Bryers a vacation home, or are you just playing the old, throw anything against the wall and see if it sticks?
I think we all know the answer.
American Lobo, please define "mental cases". I already know the NICS definition, so please, share yours. As for "drug addicts" and "criminals", even YOU might be one of those.
I'm betting that you willfully ignore traffic LAWS on a regular basis. That alone would make you a "criminal".
As noted by one above - Nevis is one of those places where you can pay $250,000, be given citizenship, and totally avoid paying US Taxes. Is there any requirement that a Supreme Court Justice remain a US citizen after appointment to the bench? Just kinda handy/odd that the honorable justice should have a residence on that particular island nation.
I sympathize for the judge and his wife. I really do. I have been the victim of two burglaries. I am glad neither of them got hurt. IDK what the gun laws on Nevis are like, but I have to wonder, do you think he might be looking differently at the Second Amendment today than he was yesterday?
Filing an application to renounce your citizenship costs $450.00... he was too cheap to pay it.
dman-353357...(#1.17)...Pretty ridiculous wasn't it ???.....just as ridiculous as the lefties making a big stink over Justices being invited to speak at functions....They all do it....some are conservative groups, others liberal....
Speaking of MediaMatters ( my original post) and it's funder George Soros....did you see the report on the close ties to The WhiteHouse today ???.....If you missed it, here it is:
"Inside Media Matters: Sources, memos reveal erratic behavior, close coordination
with White House and news organizations"
http://news.yahoo.com/inside-media-matters-sources-memos-reveal-erratic-behavior-030237293.html
Hey irrespond: the problem with you liberal regressives (face it there is NOTHING "progressive" about liberalism these days with regards to moving America forward) is that you confuse "hate" with DIFFERENT IDEOLOGIES. We already know you emotion-fed people have all but made the "racist" word useless. And it's interesting you brought up PACs. What's your opinion of your Dear Leader Obama reversing stance on PACs and now wants to parlay to them? I'll bet your petulant lips are shut. And NOBODY influences the media and politics more than your precious radical left winger George Soros (attackwatch.org like some Gestapo website? REALLY??). And speaking of reversing stance, let's see what Obama is up to on his record of reversals, shall we? (Oh, and have a nice day, anger-driven liberal).
Candidate Obama 2008:
PACs bad
NAFTA bad
Guantanamo bad
Bipartisanship good
Recess appointments bad
Raising the debt ceiling bad
Public campaign financing good
Taxing health care benefits bad
Rendition of terror suspects bad
Presidential signing statements bad
massive increase in federal debt bad
Televised heath care negotiations good
Enhanced interrogation techniques bad
War without approval of Congress bad
Bush troop withdrawal timetable bad
Lobbyists in the White House bad
Detaining foreign combatants bad
Divisive political rhetoric bad
Health care mandates bad
Military tribunals bad
No-bid contracts bad
Patriot Act bad
Cronyism bad
PRESIDENT Obama 2012:
PACs good
NAFTA good
Guantanamo good
Bipartisanship bad
Recess appointments good
Raising the debt ceiling good
Public campaign financing bad
Taxing health care benefits good
Rendition of terror suspects good
Presidential signing statements good
massive increase in federal debt good
Televised heath care negotiations bad
Enhanced interrogation techniques good
War without approval of Congress good
Bush troop withdrawal timetable good
Lobbyists in the White House good
Detaining American citizens good
Divisive political rhetoric good
Health care mandates good
Military tribunals good
No-bid contracts good
Patriot Act good
Cronyism good
Careful IRESPOND, your IQ is showing
And you just won the Pulitzer Prize for creative writing lol!!!!!
Were you saying something about IQ? ha ha ha
Politics are baaaad.... Mkay. Politicians will always change their mind.....Mkay. This is how they get their cake and eat it too....Mkay.
If you want to be happy quit worrying about government, and take care of yourself... Mkay.
Quacked:
Let me clarify:
If a person has committed dangerous crimes that includes harming others(with intent, not accidental manslaughter), shown that they are mentally unstable, or have had violent episodes while using drugs(alcohol included), then they shouldn't be allowed to carry a firearm. Owning one in their home is debatable(depending on how violent or unstable they have shown themselves to be).
Does that answer your questions?
Fortunately, I've never purposely harmed another person who didn't have it coming(in self defense), and I have never shown myself to be violent/unstable. I know how to control my temper.
I don't use drugs(not even pharmas), and I don't drink enough to get drunk or lose control.
Even still, I've never carried any of my firearms around with me(unless I was going to the range, camping in areas with dangerous animals, and one time when I was carrying a large amount of personal $$).
Jhawke: As a known liberal I must concede you have some good points listed there. Many of them are why some his progressive base, wish we had a primary to vote on.
Too bad he doesn't believe in the right to defend yourself.
Scar,
Do you think Ron Paul would have a better chance as a democrat?
Not enough "faces" Mike on obama, he's actually "3 faced" he keeps a spare in case of emergency...
Breyer should have used his gun in self-defense. Oh wait, he doesn't believe in those.
With the money he steals through the taxpayers dollars that pay his hefty salary, I hove no sympathy for him. Why didn't this dikwad spend is dollars here in America and support the American economy.
TRAITOR!
Dear Justice Breyer:
I do wish you had an American Resort for you vacation, but that's your choice.
Do you think you were robbed to (1) pay for dinner or (2) fund a drug habit?
If number one donate to the poor of Nevis. If number 2 ... help change the ridiculous, rascist drug laws in our counrty.
Bobby JonesBia: I think he'd be better being what he is. A Libertarian. However, until he brings a reasonable plan to transition Social Security , retirements , etc . , he is doomed to 10- 20% max.
These so called entitlements were earned with DECADES of work. Now the Republican party treats them ALL like some sort welfare. While both parties robbed the funds for decades. And at the same time wants tax cuts to the exclusive country club crowd. No wonder they will own the 1% label in November.
But Ron Paul is spot on in many areas. If he ran a third party campaign, it would do more to spread his message.
Maybe he will stop off at one of Mitt's offshore banks and get a
Payoffloan.Yes, Mike in Delray, and in another context your point would be of greater interest. My main point was that neither bias in the media [from the left or the right], nor unsubstantiated allusions of George Soros [you said, "when", not "if"] buying houses for progressive judges, has any relevance to the story about the wife of a Supreme Court Judge being robbed at knife point in the Caribbean.
As to your issues with Media Matters, your link alluded to, but neither documents or quantifies the alleged close ties to the White House. It makes a great deal of Media Matter's role in getting Don Imus fired:
I remember that sorry episode, and guess what? I would have fired his sorry ass too for the remarks he made about some young women playing college basketball.
Yes, there is bias in the media. When I listen to Fox News editorial commentators, they seem pretty rabid and biased. But, then I tune in to MSNBC, and their commentators also seem pretty fixated too. If I had to judge which was more objective, I'd probably say MSNBC, but that may just be my political leanings.
But none of the above in anyway relates to a robbery of a notable person in the Caribbean.
I have rarely agreed with Justice Breyer's opinions but this is about a robbery and nothing else. Be glad he and the party goers escaped without physical injury and leave everything else for another time. Here is hoping the perpetrator gets caught.
Thank you, Bruce. No matter the occupation of the victim, this story is about a robbery. Anyone that gets robbed and is staring down a machete deserves some compassion. I would imagine they were all terrified, as most anyone would be in the same situation. I, too, hope the perpetrator is caught.
Don't think of it as a robbery Breyer, you liberal POS. Think of it as redistribution of income. You had too much so it was taken from you.
Why would it make a difference if he's liberal or conservative? An elderly man and his wife were robbed at knife point; isn't that the issue?
Navyvet--pathetic. you done sucking at the teet of the American government?
Crime is way up on Breyer's little Caribbean Island Paradise.....who woulda thunk.....I thought they shipped all their criminals to South Florida ?!?!?!...We got them by the boatload here....
This country would be a lot better if we would stop looking at each other as enemies.
The Breyer Bill will call for the regulation and registration and background checks on all cutlery to reduce such heinous crimes.........:)
navyvet98, you hit the nail on the head! The thief was like Obama, steal from the rich and give to the poor by wielding a knife. Right in line with Justice Breyer's ideology, wouldn't you say?
High capacity knives with more than one blade will be banned since the Founding Fathers never envisioned that technology
Judges Scalia and Thomas would have not has this problem, they would have just blown away the invader!!!
Yeah right, you're saying other elderly jurists are carrying weapons on foreign soil and are good at using them? Dream on, and probably a wet dream at that.
Bassai, do you feel that people should be able to own rocket launchers, nukes, and tanks? If not, then you believe in some kind of gun control. Now we just need to figure out where a reasonable gun control limit is.
Don't know about you but I would love an Apache helicopter.
Well, class tells. Low class, or high class, it all comes out when you speak.
Rational question, loisb. You are on the wrong thread. This is where the conservative monkeys throw ideological dung at their favorite targets. Don't worry, they'll run out of ammo ...eventually.
Are the Florida Keys not good enough for Justice Breyer?
I'd expect such a thing from a liberal.
So funny--the poor conservatives never travel and see the world.
The rich conservatives are traveling all over and laughing that they make poor people vote for their policies.
Christ !!
Romney has bank accounts in Cayman Islands and in Switzerland.
You think that the 1% conservatives don't travel? You're a fool.
.
US1776,
"The rich conservatives are traveling all over..."
Did you only read the 1st sentence in Bart's post?
Hey, zupercram, UnitedStates1776 was not responding to Bart Conner's post. Did you only see what you wanted to see?
TJP77 - ditto for your boy, Mitt and at least 50% of the House and Senate who all go 'abroad' with their winnings from all the 'insider stock trading' that goes on in DC! Wake up, as it is a non-partisan issue when it comes to the privileged and rich!
Touché, Quack, it makes more sense if US1776 is responding to TJP. I'm trying to figure out what you think I wanted to see, though.
Wonder how these three feel about the Right to Bear Arms now?
They probably realize that the thieves would be more likely to shoot them with their own guns or wrest control of the Breyer's guns away from them. This is the problem with philosphy that is not borne out by the numbers - the numbers are clear that you or someone you know are much more likely to be injured by a gun in your house than a stranger is...and don't give me the old saw about gun safety classes, either!
another thing to point out is that your most likely to be murdered in a home invasion with a weapon found in your home
You can keep your stats and spin......if an criminal armed with a machete come into my home after my wife and I.......I want the option of the firearm.....I will take my chances rather than HOPE for sympathy from criminals.
Source it blargl I think you made that up!
Vanman- that's complete BS. Those "studies" have be truly discredited by numerous researchers over the years. And those "studies" never mention that the "increased risk" (assuming for a moment the "study's conclusion" was accurate) is 0.00037% that a person who owned a gun would be shot or injured with their own gun. The biggest risk factor- have someone living in the home who has a history of convictions for violence.
As for blarg- that's again so much BS. Try some actual facts: 2.5 MILLION TIMES PER YEAR, Americans use firearms to defend themselves from criminals. That stat has been truly peer-reviewed, has been found to accurate, and is grudging acknowledged as such by anti-gun lobbyists (tho' they insist the actual number is "only 150,000").
But don't let truth and facts stop you from puking up more of that good ole anti-2nd amendment propaganda you swallow without question.
Oneman, I was thinking the same thing!
you misrepresent the liberal point of view. we dont want to take your guns away just make sure you are trained in the proper use of firearms so no more 15 yr old girls are shot in the head because a person with a concealed gun permit will realize that automatics can have a round in the chamber.
The problem with the whole "I have a gun in my home so I can defend my home" thinking is that by the time you open the gun cabinet, put a round in the chamber and turn to face the burglar/attacker -- they're already right in your face with whatever weapon they have.
Or are y'all gonna keep them guns loaded and laying around where even your kids can get at 'em? The 2nd Commandment of the NRA (the mouthpiece of the Right-wing Conservative Gun-Rights Lobby) says "Firearms should ALWAYS be unloaded when not actually in use, and one of the sub-clauses says that ammunition should NEVER be stored in the same location as the firearm.
p.s., I'm a "liberal" -- and I own guns.
Ummm..."make sure" people are "trained"???......lol - you definately made your Liberal point.
For one thing Americans living in Nevis probably can't own guns. As far as this crap about guns in homes used on owners is just that. Areas that let people own and carry concealed, crime is down. Illinois, Washington DC, Calif, and other places have some of the highest crime rates this nation faces. Where I live I may not be able to blow you back out of my door after you have invaded my home but are you sure you want to, knowing I don't call 911 and have a sign saying THIS PLACE GUARDED 3 DAYS A WEEK with shotgun. You have the choice. Being ex-military I know how and will use my firearms to protect myself and family. Ask the 24yo female after burying her husband and had a newborn waiting 21 minutes with 911 not to have a shotgun to kill that jacka$$ coming at her with a knife. Yea Right!!!!
Americans have the right to protect their home and their families. They have the right to own a gun and defend themselves from someone who is intent on entering their home and possibly harming them in the process. Weapons can be stored so that they are accessible yet secure. Ammunition should not be store with a weapon, but that is not to say that it cannot already be in a clip, very nearby.
I am certain that if you speak to anyone who lost a family member to this type of crime; where it escalated into violence where they lost a loved one, would tell you that they wished they had access to a handgun and several rounds at the time of the incident. Their guilt is not in owning a gun; but rather, failing to prepare for potential danger. They were unable to come to the aid of a loved one.
Many of these home invasions are drug oriented, criminals looking for money to support their drug habit. These people have nothing to lose and are often not in their right mind. (aka PCP, or Meth paranoia).
Nevis may not allow gun ownership, but our great nation, the United States of America does. Short of a felony you have the right to protect yourself and your family with a weapon. Take heed Americans. Purchase a weapon legally. Get the training you need to use one properly and be prepared. Consider a concealed weapons permit for those states that offer one.
Defend your second ammendment rights and contact your Congressmen about not supporting the UN Small Arms treaty.
Stay safe my friends.
Sure, there may be times when having a gun protects you.
Someone breaks in with a knife, you grab your gun, they leave or you shoot them.
Someone breaks in with a gun, you grab your gun, a gunfight ensues and you or the intruder are killed. If you did not have the gun, maybe the guy would have just robbed you and left, with no one dieing.
One person with a gun does not always mean a gunfight, but when both sides are standing there with guns, then a gunfight will almost always ensue.
I wonder what the percentage of people that are robbed and killed with a gun, vs just robbed at gunpoint? I wonder how that compares to the percentage of home owners that wind up getting shot because they also pulled a gun.
I agree that non-shooters should have gun safety classes. More advanced shooters train and practice a variety of shooting scenarios. If you do not train and practice frequently, your skills deteriorate. I served in the military and have worked in law enforcement. I am not more likely to be injured by my own gun than an intruder. My primary objective is to protect my family. If I am unarmed my ability to protect my family would be greatly diminished. I am open-minded and I think that those who wish to be disarmed have the right to be helpless and at the mercy of attackers. Some people love to be tied up and whipped. You are welcome to live your life as you wish, but you are not welcome to force me into your lifestyle. I prefer to be armed, trained, and practiced with skills that will give me some ability to defend my family, without resorting to begging for mercy and hoping the criminals will spare my family.
Jim in Auburn;
Watch the news in any major city to find out how many die by criminals with guns. It's on the news everyday. An intruder in my home will be presumed an assailant and dealt with accordingly. I live in a castle doctrine state. In that ANYONE entering my home without permission can & will be shot. I don't care about their social, economic, gang or mental problems. I will concern myself with my home and family. I am not obliged to retreat or flee my home as in some states.
Let's look at 9-1-1 as has been asserted. The average urban police response time is 13-22 minutes. In other words, by the time they get the call and dispatch a car to ride to the rescue, you've already be brutalized or killed. This response time is much longer in rural settings, where response times can be 45 minutes or more due to much fewer deputies or state troopers. "If you did not have a gun maybe the guy would just rob and Leave" or maybe he would tie you up, raped your wife / girlfriend / daughters, then kill everyone. Id this a chance you would take with the lives of your family?
Criminals aren't the bravest people anyway. Most will run like rabbits at the sight of a home owner with a gun even though they have one too. They are too stupid to realize in a gun fight they might well get killed. Criminals are cowards for the most part. I have held several meth heads at gun point until authorities arrive that were stealing Anhydrous Ammonia from my fertilizer tanks. All but one was carrying a gun. None made an attempt to "pull" their gun, as they knew that would have gotten them killed. If dealt with harshly, by armed citizens and the courts, criminals would be fewer in number. I have absolutely no problem sending them to the Coroners office.
As to how many home owner have been shot for pulling a gun, very few. As previously stated, criminals generally run in the face of a gun even when they have one. A blast at close range from a 12 gauge shotgun is nearly always fatal. If they do survive they will likely be so cripple that can not engage in such activity again. Double ought buck shot is pretty unforgiving. Home owners how pull a gun generally are proficient enough with it to kill an intruder efficiently.
Most of the horrendous numbers posted by the CDC and other such sources are total nonsense. FBI statistics state that your likelihood of being shot by an "assault weapon", are less than being struck by lightening. This during the height of the anti-assault weapon fervor during the Clinton years. In every state that has passed conceal carry, street crime rates dropped drastically. The "it will be the wild west" all over again scenario never came to pass. It seems reasonable people are just that. Criminals,who care nothing about following the law, will carry a gun regardless. Laws only apply to those who choose to follow them. With 27,500 gun laws on the books,( counting all Federal, State, County, Municipal and the D.C.) clearly criminals don't care about laws. If laws are the answer. Why is it the places with the strictest gun laws have the highest crime rates?
Ummm..."make sure" people are "trained"???......lol - you definately made your Liberal point.
You definitely suffer of superority complex . You are not making any comments, just making fun of others. Typical Republican response. Say something meaningful.
Then again, maybe he would have raped you and then killed you so you wouldn't be around to ID him,
Geeze, you anti-gunners make me sick. I was burglerized just 3 days ago; wish I would've had a gun. I caught them in the act; if it weren't for military training, I would've been seriously hurt or killed. As it is, I may be sued for "pain and suffering" because I restrained them in order to keep myself safe. I suppose you anti-gun nuts think I should've run back into the house, called the police, and hid until they arrived? I refuse to be a victim. I suppose now you'll call for anyone with martial arts training to register so the poor perps will be protected while they treat my property as a shopping mall.
I just see it as part of his eminent domain deciscion in Kelo. Someone else felt that they could put the justice's property to better use than himself.
LMFAO!!! Perfect! A knife surely has "eminent domain" over an empty hand!
Stay (vacation) and invest your money in the USA..its more beautiful then other countries plus safer then others.
Hey mike277, you say the USA is safer than other countries. Is the USA safer than CANADA? How about BRITAIN? or even SWEDEN?
As for the USA being more beautiful -- that's subject to opinion.
Safer means a lot of different things to me..not just a problem like being robbed..our police will show up and they speak english ..other countries might not be able to do that or even care since you're not from their country!
mike, the police in most of Canada and Australia and Japan and Sweden and a number of other countries are less corrupt than the police in MANY places in the US - plus often better trained and better \educated. And guess what? Years ago in the then Soviet Union, I was robbed and the cops bent over backwards to get someone who spoke English to help me and to take my deposition. They got the criminal, by the way, and I got my wallet back.
You shouldn't make blanket statements about other countries.
And in 1996, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had her purse snatched near the Kennedy Center while walking with her husband and daughter. She was not hurt in the incident.
Too bad. It might have knocked some sense into her.
She seems to have more sense than even you.
It 'might have knocked some sense into her?' Sir, you are truley a douch*-bag. Regardless of political affiliation, no one in this country deserves to be the victim of physical attacks. How someone, anyone can say 'too bad' that someone didn't get hurt in a mugging is beyond me. You are a scum bag.
You're a real class act. Did your mother have any children that lived? She sure as hell wasn't much at teaching manners to the little carpet munchers.
o'really, you are a rude jerk, and obviously were not raised to be a gentleman. Shame on you to talk about "knocking sense" into a woman who is nearly 80 years old. And a justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. I don't care what your politics are, have some respect for the higher institutions of our country, please.
Tsk, tsk... I'll get real upset about this rich man getting a small dose of what happens here in America every day when I too can buy vacation house in the islands.
Hell, I would love to just be able to buy a regular, cheap house to live in. But since the economy is what it is, that dream is on hold for several more years.
Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, just stay home. Spend your money in America for a change. Lord knows our economy needs it worse than some Caribbean vacation hot spot for the rich and famous.
No pity here.
Um, people get robbed in the US all the time.
I'd love to be robbed in the Caribbean... in my vacation home... cuz that means I'd have a vacation home in the Caribbean!
Seems like someone who can afford to buy a vacation home in Nevis could afford some armed guards.
Far from perfect; the Justice System in the United States protects the foundation of our
Constitution, Freedoms, and Rights; often described and frequently believed to be the best in the world.
Only the very brightest, accomplished, and proven scholars will stand before
Congress; following their Presidential appointment to the Supreme Court
seeking both consideration, and confirmation. Decades of higher learning, commitment, education, and
publication represents a very small component secondary to the mandatory
multi-complex level of experience necessary to achieve even the most basic notoriety
within the legal profession. The Justices are a powerful representation of
their varying beliefs, views, and opinions. America comes from just about every
origin, background, religion, and lifestyle. This large spectrum of differences
can only be represented consistently from a Panel of Justices equally different
in culture, background, education, lifestyle, religion, and political views.
This Country's most complex issues are brought before the Supreme Court, and their
decisions powerfully reflect the views and decisions of under courts around the
entire nation. We owe a great deal of gratitude, and respect for our Supreme
Court Justices; most who prior to their appointment worked triple digit hours
every week in representation of the Law. There is equal protection under the
Law. Every person comes from somewhere, and some people have wealthy family and
others do not. Some people work their way through College or other means in
pursuit of a dream while others do not. Some choose to work triple digit hours
while others count the minutes until 5 PM on Friday. Some fall prey to
temptation while others plan wisely. Within the Law, - anyone working hard and
honestly can spend their money as desired. If I decide to leave ten million
dollars to welfare and protection of twenty felines following my death
appointing a teenager to care for them hired in at $2,500 per hour, - it's my prerogative.
It is reprehensible to criticize anyone for purchasing a home on an island. No
one deserves to be victimized, and violence shouldn’t be viewed as a way of
spiteful retribution for one’s personal beliefs. There should be absolute
respect and honor showed to a man of his position, and commitment to preserving
the Law's of our great nation.
Beautifully written, "CHICKEN NEVER"! Unfortunately, many of those making political statements likely don't understand that our system of government - actually all the way back to our European colonization - was specifically to create a "new world" where all people, whatever their faith, beliefs or economic situation would be free to live without fear of repression, bias or intolerance whether they are part of the majority of belief or a tiny minority. Instead of lamenting the fact that this even happened to one of the most important members of our constitutional democracy, they are ranting about hot button talking points that have huge potential ramifications for the future of our way of life while many of them are consistently voting for precisely the politicians who are perpetuating and even growing the exact income disparity that they despise! And by the way, HOW IS IT THAT A U.S. SUPREME COURT JUSTICE - one of the dozen or so most critical members of our constitutional system of government - WAS TRAVELLING IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY WITHOUT SECRET SERVICE PROTECTION????????? REALLY?????
Yup!!! If these three liberal judges had been carrying heat, they might not have lost their valuables. At least they could have fired off a couple of rounds and got someone's attention. That's what happens when you're a liberal panzy! Jesus saves...and so do guns!!!
You got that Sh.t right!!!Gun control is a steady aim!!!!!!!
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And when a gun-totin' Right-wing Conservative Tea-Party hack gets mugged at gun-point or knife-point, and gets shot or sliced because they tried to pull their gun -- ya still gonna say "they had it coming"?
Quacked, I'm gonna say that if the liberals hadn't passed restrictive gun laws, my pistol would've been on my hip and no one would've dared to try. An armed society is a polite society.
good it needs to happen more often to these good justices and their ilk no matter where they live, share the wealth just a littlle bit going back to where it came from in the first place ( the little fellow,he needs it more anyway.)If you check you will probably see its a tax shelter for the old buzzard! Lets all hope itnhappens more often.
@motermate, go earn a bunch of money and then sit back and watch until someone wants your wealth to be shared. People like you are simply jealous of what others have!!
Yet if the shoe were on the other foot, you'd be the first to scream VERY LOUDLY about someone taking what belongs to you or someone begrudging what you have.
Get a life!
If you choose to have a home in a place like that, and the police protection is inadequate, provide your own police protection. You should be able to afford it.
better yet not go there and stop encouraging this type of breeding.
Why do most post allow no reply? What! Are you all afraid of conflicting views, or is it that you think that your opinion is sacrosanct?
Robert all post allow reply........if someone else has replied already then yours will go beneath theirs and so on. If you look to the left (of this reply) and see a large blue line along the replies that indicates they are all in the same response line.
I wonder if bryer reminded him to ask for his miranda rights if he is caught.
That's what they get when their bodyguards aren't lobbyists like Anthony Scalia's are
its not robbery ... its redistribution of income. As a liberal, Breyer should be ashamed of his wealth and happy that has been relieved of some of his burden. Being wealthy is evil remember?
What .. liberals don't like it when its their money being taken from them against their will.
AS idiotic as it sounds ... that's your core belief. "Each according to their needs .. each according to their ability." The kid had a need and the ability .... ROTFLMAO!!!!
Jim what navyvet98 is calling you is a socialist. Liberal is just the code name for socialist. Thats while the right supports policies that is strengthening the largest COMMUNIST country in the world.
They are so scared of the truth, and so tied to the COMMUNISTS, that when the CIA chief said China was our most dangerous opponent. They called for his head.
They pledge strictly to profit ... Simply look at the difference between their stance between Cuba and China? Same Political systems. Just one gives serious profits via indentured servitude, The other doesn't.
Perhaps Navyvet should look at the Chinese Navy building program....Your buds are helping it along.
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didn`t even know there was a no reply option,just thought people were rightfully ignoring me.
No need to, the miranda is again being disputed and a lib like bryer would call him a domestic terrorist or just a misunderstood adolescent or person who needs to be loved and let go with admonition of the error of his ways!!!!
sorry for him I am not
Did he also buy himself dual citizenship for a mere quarter million dollars?
Is Breyer one of the anti Second Amendment judges. If so, or even if not, perhaps now he can go back and advise his "brethren" that (1) cops can't be everywhere and (2) dialing 9-1-1 only menas they get there after the crime.
Simple solution...Breyer and family should abandon their "paradise" and seek the relative safety of say, the Hamptons on Long Island, NY...where all the smart rich people go...or some small private island near the US mainland that no one bothers to go to...DUH, are all Supreme Court Justices so dumb??
Another defenseless unarmed fat-wallet. No sympathy from me. Let's see him vote for more gun control now.
Why didn't he help America and buy a house in Florida or Arizona? Hypocrite.
"cleaver"? Ward or Beaver Cleaver?
Beaver Cleaver? Kinda like vagina dentata?
Guess he should write it off as a form of wealth redistribution, basic justice and fairness.
how does it feel a$$ hole and you cant cry gun control now huh jack a$$
According to the old adage, this can only be good news.
"Definition of Conservative: A Liberal who has been mugged."