Black Burka Clad Woman Wearing U.S. Military Insignia Booted From Obama Event

Based on Pool, AP and Twitter reports | Saturday, May 5, 2012 | Kristinn

[kristinn]

A strange happening at the Obama campaign event at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond today. The media pool reports mentioned a woman wearing a black burka who was removed from the event. To make things more interesting, the pool reporter says the person was wearing U.S. military insignia.

From the AP:

VCU police reported that a heckler was removed from the arena, taken outside and released. A police dispatcher didn't know what the woman had yelled.

According to a White House pool report, photographers observed a woman wearing a black burka being escorted out of the gym by Richmond police and other security officials. The woman appeared to be wearing U.S. military pins and was carrying book. She cooperated with police, according to the report.

From Twitter:

Amie Parnes, White House reporter for The Hill:

As I wrote in my pool reports, a woman wearing a black burka was escorted out of the Richmond rally by police during Obama's speech.

7:26 PM - 5 May 12 via Mobile Web

Soon after that Tweet, Parnes retweeted a Tweet by West Wing Report about her pool report:

Pool reporter @AmieParnes studied pool photos of the woman. She "appears to be wearing U.S. military insignia" and "had a book in her hand"

Retweeted by Amie Parnes 7:12 PM - 5 May 12 via web

Nothing more about this so far. I haven't found the photos of the incident.

[kristinn]

That's what folks are saying. The Spandex tights and short sleeves are rather odd.

Richmond's WTVR-6 news has a brief video of the woman being taken out of the arena. Another clue in the mystery...

Click here.

[philman_36]

...a brief video...
Indeed. And not useful at all in any way.

[kristinn]

Story getting legs. CBS News Washington.

[philman_36]

Story getting legs.
Short stumpy ones.
It was dwarfed by the fawning adulation. {;^)

[philman_36]

See 44. Thought you might like that one.

[kristinn]

LOL!

WTVR has updated their report with a video featuring two eyewitnesses. The woman who filmed the incident said she couldn't make out what language the burka gal was screaming.

[kristinn]

Ping to #46.

[philman_36]

Thanks for keeping on top of this and for pinging me to your updates.
I'd really like to see if any follow up articles ever come out.
From the scope of the coverage exhibited so far there won't be.

"Oh, we've already covered that" will probably be the meme.

[Moose4]

“Durka durka Muhammad jihad?”

}:-)4

[kristinn]

New story from WTVR with video. Muslim eyewitness and imam question whether 'burka gal' was actually a muslim based on odd get-up. The mystery deepens...