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Armed Agents Detain Man on White House Grounds
Reuters ^
| October 24, 2002
| Reuters
Posted on 10/24/2002 7:40:27 AM PDT by mondonico
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secret Service agents with their weapons drawn detained a man on Thursday on the White House grounds between the fence surrounding the complex and the north entrance to the president's residence.
The man was handcuffed by the agents and led away, according to a Reuters eyewitness.
Secret Service spokesman Brian Marr said, "An individual black male came over the fence on Pennsylvania Ave. and was taken into custody by Secret Service uniform division officers and is currently being interviewed by agents from the service."
President Bush (news - web sites) was speaking in North Carolina at the time of the incident.
TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: alfuqra; blackmuslims; newblackpanthers; oldblackpanthers; secretservice; whitehouse
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posted on
10/24/2002 7:40:28 AM PDT
by
mondonico
To: mondonico
Isn't this more important than the Bellingham conference?
Paging Roger Ailes, you've been falling down the last 24 hours.
To: Diddle E. Squat
This actually is a fairly-common occurance. Now, if the perp were armed with, say, 20 pounds of explosives, or something better than a pea-shooter common to southeast DC, it would be news.
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posted on
10/24/2002 7:43:37 AM PDT
by
steveegg
To: mondonico
So was he one of the New Black Panthers, and old Black Panther, a Black Muslim or an al Fuqra thug/terrorist?
Or was he some poor down and out Black who listened to the New Black Panthers, Old Black Panthers, Black Muslims, or al Fuqra thugs/terrorists and stepped over the edge of sanity.
To: steveegg
Scaling the fence AND making onto the WH grounds? No, not that common, and the fact that it was a black man on the day that a black Muslim is arrested in the sniper shooting is an incredible coincidence, at best.
To: Grampa Dave
Or is he some hopped-up SE DC denzien that thought the White in White House meant a REAL big score?
I seem to remember these events happening at least once a year.
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posted on
10/24/2002 7:47:32 AM PDT
by
steveegg
To: Diddle E. Squat
Well at least FNC broke in to report explosions at the Moscow theater, bigger explosions than a grenade. They totally ignored the story last night.
To: Diddle E. Squat
OK, now they are on the story.
To: mondonico
Just reported on FOX.
Reports that the intruder may have thrown something into a fountain on the grounds.
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posted on
10/24/2002 7:49:51 AM PDT
by
Yankee
To: steveegg
Fox just reported the man was seen throwing something into the fountain.
To: Diddle E. Squat
Like I said, wake me up when they find a weapon more significant than a rusty .22 revolver. I seem to remember this happening about once a year (yes, even before 9/11/2001).
Considering that 80% of the DC population is black (most of the white gubmint workers live outside of DC), it is at most a strange coincidence.
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posted on
10/24/2002 7:51:17 AM PDT
by
steveegg
To: steveegg
Once a year isn't newsworthy, especially given all that's happened in the last year+?
Nice try.
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To: steveegg
Read the story again Steve.
It doesn't say anything about the intruder being armed.
It says "armed agents".
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posted on
10/24/2002 7:53:58 AM PDT
by
Yankee
To: Diddle E. Squat
coinkydinky ?
yep, that's it ....
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posted on
10/24/2002 7:55:03 AM PDT
by
tomkat
To: Diddle E. Squat
More newsworthy than Moscow? More newsworthy than capturing the snipers? I don't think so.
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posted on
10/24/2002 7:56:17 AM PDT
by
steveegg
To: mondonico
Armed Agents Detain Man on White House GroundsIt's ALGORE
To: mondonico
Do we yet know if the name 'Mohammad' or any version thereof has been found anywhere in this mans name?
To: Grampa Dave
To ensure even-handed treatement and avoid appearance of racial profiling, two blond students, a grand-mother of five, and a departing congressman were also detained on Pennsylvania Avenue and later released. "We treat all of our citizens equally," said the D.C. Mayor, putting down his joint.
Just kidding, of course.
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posted on
10/24/2002 8:00:08 AM PDT
by
TopQuark
To: Sweet_Sunflower29
The sniper's note was an obvious typo.
"I am God" was supposed to read "I be Allah".
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posted on
10/24/2002 8:00:50 AM PDT
by
Yankee
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