Someone left a package at the Congressional office of Maxine Waters addressed to “Anne Thrax’:
TIME – Police responded to a suspicious package delivered to Rep. Maxine Waters’ district office in South Los Angeles Tuesday, that was addressed to “Anne Thrax,” according to local authorities.
Parts of the office building were evacuated and the L.A. Police Department and a hazardous materials (HazMat) crew removed the package, which was determined to not be dangerous, according to a notice from the Los Angeles Fire Department.
LAPD spokesperson Mike Lopez said the department would also open an investigation into the incident, according to the Los Angeles Times. There were no reported injuries.
“There was no evidence of any dangerous substance at all,” Lopez said. “They’re probably going to investigate to see where this item came from.”
Waters, a Democrat who has represented California’s 43rd congressional district since 2013, has become a leading critic of President Donald Trump’s administration in recent months. In April, she called on Trump to “resign,” and last month expressed support for activists who confronted Trump officials in public to protest the administration’s “zero-tolerance” immigration policy.
Here’s the tweet from the Los Angeles fire department:
1of2 Update Hazardous Materials; INC#0993; 4:38PM; 10124 S Broadway St; https://t.co/wsNXSXdNh5; Broadway-Manchester; LAFD assisted LAPD in the investigation and determined no hazard existed. No patients required evaluation. LAFD resources will be picking up equipment and leaving
— LAFD (@LAFD) July 24, 2018
Of course it’s ridiculous for someone to leave a package like this in order to try and scare Waters. I don’t like what she said any more than the next person, but what does this really accomplish in the end other than wasting resources and taxpayer dollars?