OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Former U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer was assaulted and robbed Monday in Oakland, California, her son said.
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The assault happened in the Jack London Square neighborhood, according to a tweet on Boxer’s verified Twitter account.
“The assailant pushed her in the back, stole her cell phone and jumped in a waiting car,” the tweet said. “She is thankful that she was not seriously injured.”
Earlier today former Senator Barbara Boxer was assaulted in the Jack London Square neighborhood of Oakland. The assailant pushed her in the back, stole her cell phone and jumped in a waiting car. She is thankful that she was not seriously injured."
— Barbara Boxer (@BarbaraBoxer) July 26, 2021
The tweet was confirmed via email by Boxer’s son, Douglas Boxer, an attorney.
Responding to multiple media inquiries, the Oakland Police Department confirmed a robbery at about 1:15 p.m. in the area, but didn’t identify the victim.
The suspect fled in a waiting vehicle, police said. The robbery is under investigation.
Boxer, 80, represented California in the U.S. Senate from 1993 until 2017. The Democrat did not seek reelection in 2016.
There is never a social worker around when you need one.
Looks like dem policies are catching up with them
I have a feeling- don’t know why, that the police will catch these guys.
If she had been an 80 year old poor black lady- not so much.
Liberal who has been mugged turns Conservative.
call a social worker.
he was collecting his reparations and could not tell a democrat from behind
She totally deserve it. Leftist policy are what causing dramatic spike in crime.
What robbery. it was an un documented partner of all these things just taking them for their usage. As a liberal socialist she shipyard became last to complain
Why is this news? They should see it coming now that they have been calling to abolish the police and now the penitentiaries.