U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, was carjacked Monday night by three armed attackers, his office says. 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.

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.

    • proleEnglish
      21•1 year ago

      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*

      • Flying Squid
        14•1 year ago

        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.

        • massive_bereavement
          8•1 year ago

          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.

        • @DrPop
          3•1 year ago

          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.

          • Flying Squid
            3•1 year ago

            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.

            • @vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works
              3•1 year ago

              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.