A left-wing activist group is encouraging social media users to tweet the location of one of conservative Supreme Court justices Brett Kavanaugh, Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, Amy Coney Barrett and John Roberts in exchange for money.
The six conservative judges were the majority who voted last month to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision. June. Since then, pro-abortion activists have repeatedly protested in front of the judges’ houses and in some cases clashed publicly.
ShutDownDC promises a $50 bounty to anyone who shares a “confirmed sighting” and another $200 if they’re still in that location half an hour later.
DC Service Industry Workers… If you see Kavanaugh, Alito, Thomas, Gorsuch, Coney Barrett or Roberts, DM us the details! We’ll give you $50 for a confirmed sighting and $200 if they’re still there 30 minutes after your message,” the group tweeted Friday.
A left-wing activist group encourages social media users to tweet about the location of one of the conservative Supreme Court justices being spotted
The tweet specifically targets Judges Kavanaugh, Alito, Thomas, Gorsuch, Coney Barrett or Roberts — the six conservative judges who overthrew Roe V. Wade
Twitter has so far been completely silent about whether the “bodies” may violate the rules and policies of social media platforms.
Twitter prohibits users from encouraging others to harass a person or group of people.
“We prohibit behavior that encourages others to harass or attack specific individuals or groups with abusive behavior. This includes, but is not limited to; calls to target those experiencing online abuse or harassment and behavior that encourages offline action, such as physical harassment,” reads the platform’s abuse states policy.
On Wednesday night, Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh was forced to sneak out of a Washington DC steakhouse when confronted by pro-choice protesters.
A number of other left-wing groups have planned marches near where Supreme Court justices live
Kavanaugh was dining at Morton’s when activists showed up and told the manager to kick him out.
The judge had to leave through the back door, Politico’s playbook reported, as anger continues to spread across the country over recent court decisions on gun rights and abortion.
Kavanaugh’s latest target also comes less than a month after a 22-year-old man was arrested and charged with attempted murder for traveling from California to his home in Maryland and threatening to kill him.
In a statement, Morton’s said: “Honourable Supreme Court Justice Kavanaugh and all of our other customers at the restaurant were unnecessarily harassed by unruly protesters while eating at our Morton’s restaurant.
“Politics, regardless of your side or views, must not trample on the freedom of the right to assemble and eat.
‘There is a time and place for everything. Disrupting all our customers’ dinners was an act of selfishness and lack of decency.’
ShutDownDC tweeted how Kavanaugh “sneaked out with his security detail,” criticizing Morton’s for “welcoming a man who so clearly hates women.”
Kavanaugh was dining at Morton’s when activists showed up and told the manager to kick him out, two weeks after he was in the majority that toppled Roe v. Wade. The restaurant criticized the protesters for ‘intimidating’ him
Twitter users had their own take on the idea of publicly protesting where Supreme Court justices might be
Protesters have appeared at the judges’ houses and singled them out in the weeks since the draft opinion quashing Roe v. Wade was leaked.
The White House has condemned such intimidating tactics, but has also supported “peaceful” actions.
“We said we want to see peaceful protests. When it comes to harassment, that’s something we’ve condemned,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said.
Members of Congress have demanded greater security for the nine members of the Supreme Court. A bill was signed last month to extend protections for their families, but there are still concerns for their safety.
Nicholas John Roske, 26, of Simi Valley, Calif., sparked the top security fears, according to law enforcement, by bringing a gun, knife and burglary tools to Kavanaugh’s home in early June.
He pleaded not guilty to the attempted murder of a federal judge in a trial beginning August 23. If convicted, he faces life in prison.
According to an affidavit from the FBI, Roske had flown from California to Washington and was spotted near Kavanaugh’s home in the middle of the night on June 8, CBS reported.
Abortion rights activists marched outside the home of conservative Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett, in Falls Church, Virginia, on June 30. Activists marched past her house countless times
Police officers stand in front of Brett Kavanaugh’s home in Chevy Chase, Maryland, on June 29, five days after the Supreme Court overthrown Roe v. Wade
He was carrying a briefcase armed with a Glock-17 pistol, two magazine clips, a quick loader, a tactical knife, pepper spray, zip ties, a hammer, screwdriver, nail punch and a crowbar.
Shortly after arriving at the scene, however, police said he called 911 saying he had suicidal thoughts and told the operator that he would kill Kavanaugh and then himself because he didn’t expect to get away with the crime.
Roske was quickly taken into custody after the phone call and confessed to investigators that he was angry about the leaked Supreme Court draft decision, which revealed that Kavanaugh and his fellow conservative judges were on the brink of Roe V. Wade and the federal right of women. to overthrow abortions.
Investigators added that Roske told them he believed Kavanaugh would relax gun laws in the country in the wake of the deadly shooting at a school in Uvalde, Texas.
“Roske stated that he began to think about how to give purpose to his life and decided to kill the Supreme Court judge,” the affidavit said.
Nicholas John Roske, 26, of Simi Valley, Calif., sparked the top security fears, according to law enforcement, by bringing a gun, knife and burglary tools to Kavanaugh’s home in early June. He pleaded not guilty to the attempted murder of a federal judge and is due to stand trial in August
Protesters march outside Maryland suburban home in Kavanaugh in June following court ruling on Roe v. Wade