Someone threw a Molotov cocktail through the window of Rep. Emanuel Cleaver’s (D-MO) Kansas City, Mo. office early Thursday morning, police told KCTV.
Police responded to a security alarm around 3 a.m. and found that a window was smashed. On the ground below the window police said they found two broken bottles with paper towels in them that looked like Molotov cocktails, according to KCTV. The officers also smelled of lighter fluid.
The devices did not blow up and nobody was injured, police said.
Cleaver’s chief of staff John Jones told KCTV that this was the second incident in the past six years when someone has thrown something at the Kansas City office.
The Congressional Black Caucus on Thursday condemned the attack.
“The Congressional Black Caucus strongly condemns this type of vandalism targeted at Congressman Cleaver, and denounces any act of violence towards Members of Congress. This type of abhorrent behavior is the most ineffective means of voicing discontent or disagreement,” CBC chair Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-OH) said in the statement.
Where was the Ferguson police department when this occurred?
At a cross burning?
I had a soft spot in my heart for Missouri.
He did it to his own office because he’s seeking attention. snark
Can we get a comment from Roberts?