A Molotov cocktail-like device was thrown through the window of
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver�s district office in Kansas City, Missouri,
early Thursday morning, lawmakers and police said.
Kansas City police were dispatched to Cleaver�s office shortly
before 3 a.m. Thursday to find two broken bottles with paper
towels sticking out of their necks underneath a broken window,
police spokeswoman Sgt. Kari Thompson said in an e-mail.
Officers also observed an odor smelling like lighter fluid, she
said.
The Democrat�s chief of staff, John Jones, said it was the
second such incident in the past six years, and no staffers were
in the building at the time.
�Today, our thoughts should not dwell on a small incident that
hurt no one and caused very minor property damage,� Cleaver said
in a statement. �Our thoughts and prayers are with the families
and friends of those killed on Sept. 11, 2001, and all those who
suffered in its aftermath.�
Cleaver is currently in Washington, and all of his offices are
open for regular business, Jones said.
�The Congressional Black Caucus strongly condemns this type of
vandalism targeted at Congressman Cleaver, and denounces any act
of violence towards members of Congress,� Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-
Ohio), the chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus, said in
a statement. �This type of abhorrent behavior is the most
ineffective means of voicing discontent or disagreement.�
Cleaver is a former chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus.
And as racist as they come.
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