Pro-abortion protesters demonstrated outside Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s home Wednesday evening after a man was charged with attempted murder of the justice early that morning, according to multiple reports.
Nicholas John Roske was arrested at 1:50 a.m. Wednesday morning near Kavanaugh’s house with a gun and tactical knife on his person after telling police he planned to kill Kavanaugh, according to The Washington Post. Hours later, about a dozen protesters gathered in front of Kavanaugh’s home with signs and megaphones protesting his preliminary vote in favor of overturning Roe v. Wade.
The pro-abortion group Ruth Sent Us announced the protest shortly after news broke of the attempted assassination.
A small group of pro-abortion protesters are outside Justice Kavanaugh’s home to demonstrate about the potential overturning of Roe v. Wade. Police formed a line in front of the home.
A small group of pro-abortion protesters are outside Justice Kavanaugh’s home to demonstrate about the potential overturning of Roe v. Wade. Police formed a line in front of the home. pic.twitter.com/SdV4Rbrg44
— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) June 8, 2022
The protesters walked on the sidewalk directly in front of the home, and security officers lined the front yard, in some cases standing only about two feet from the protesters, according to footage shared by Townhall. The demonstrators beat drums and chanted into megaphones, and some carried signs with slogans including “Mind your own uterus” and “Reproductive justice.”
Conservative commentators pointed to the danger of the protests given that a justice’s life had already been threatened.
Are. You. Kidding. Me.
Ruth Sent Us is planning to protest at Justice Kavanaugh’s home tonight, a day after his attempted murder.
Are. You. Kidding. Me.
— Carrie Severino (@JCNSeverino) June 8, 2022
Ruth Sent Us is planning to protest at Justice Kavanaugh's home tonight, a day after his attempted murder.
How long will Merrick Garland let this go on? https://t.co/HknO8jOjhZ
“Are. You. Kidding. Me. Ruth Sent Us is planning to protest at Justice Kavanaugh’s home tonight, a day after his attempted murder,” Judicial Crisis Network president Carrie Severino wrote. “How long will Merrick Garland let this go on?”
Ruth Sent Us, a group behind many of the protests, did not respond to The Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment, write Laurel Duggan at Conservative Daily News
The Wednesday-night protest happened despite the fact that a man was charged with attempting or threatening to murder or kidnap Kavanaugh that morning after traveling to his residence armed with a Glock handgun. Nicholas John Roske allegedly was intent on killing the justice over his presumed votes in soon-to-be decided cases relating to abortion and the Second Amendment.
Roske told police on Wednesday that he called 911 to turn himself in because he was having suicidal thoughts, confirming to the operator that he intended to kill a “specific” Supreme Court justice, according to the affidavit. After he was arrested, law enforcement found weapons including a Glock 17 pistol with two magazines, a tactical knife, pepper spray, a hammer, and a screwdriver in his possession.
After Roske was thwarted Wednesday, radical pro-abortion group Ruth Sent Us, which made headlines in May for publishing the addresses of the six originalist Supreme Court justices on the Internet and protesting in front of their homes, offered snide remarks of seemingly fake sympathy for Kavanaugh and his family.