Tippecanoe
County judge
Steven
P.
Meyer
and
his
wife
Kimberly
were
shot
in
their
Indiana
home
on
Sunday.
Both
are
currently
listed
in
stable
condition,
but
the
shooter
remains
at
large
and
law
enforcement
has
not
released
any
information
about
a
possible
suspect.
The
Lafayette
Police
Department
is
leading
the
investigation
alongside
Indiana
State
Police,
the
Tippecanoe
County
Sheriff’s
Office,
the
West
Lafayette
Police
Department,
the
Tippecanoe
County
Prosecutor’s
Office,
and
the
FBI.
The
shooter
comes
against
a
backdrop
of
rising
threats
against
judges.
A
fact
that
clearly
weighed
on
Chief
Justice
of
Indiana
Loretta
H.
Rush.
She
didn’t
mince
words
about
what
this
moment
means
for
the
judiciary.
“I
worry
about
the
safety
of
all
our
judges,”
she
said.
“As
you
work
to
peacefully
resolve
more
than
1
million
cases
a
year,
you
must
not
only
feel
safe,
you
must
also
be
safe.
Any
violence
against
a
judge
or
a
judge’s
family
is
completely
unacceptable.
As
public
servants,
you
are
dedicated
to
the
rule
of
law.”
The
American
Bar
Association
echoed
that
concern.
ABA
President
Michelle
A.
Behnke
said,
“No
judge
should
feel
threatened
because
they
did
their
job
and
made
a
ruling.
Justice
and
democracy
cannot
operate
if
decisions
are
influenced
by
a
judge’s
concern
over
their
safety
or
the
safety
of
their
families.”
Indiana
Lt.
Gov.
Micah
Beckwith
wrote,
“I
was
devastated
to
learn
that
a
sitting
judge
in
Tippecanoe
County,
the
Honorable
Steve
Meyer,
and
his
wife
were
shot
in
their
home
this
past
weekend.
Judges
serve
our
communities
by
delivering
justice,
and
they
must
be
able
to
do
so
without
fear
for
their
own
safety.”
Threats
against
judges
have
become
increasingly
common
over
the
past
year,
with
a
growing
culture
that
treats
courts
as
just
another
battlefield
in
a
partisan
war.
Judges
don’t
get
to
pick
their
cases.
They
don’t
get
to
rule
only
when
the
outcome
will
be
popular.
And
they
certainly
don’t
sign
up
for
their
families
to
become
collateral
damage.
Kathryn
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