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Key Bridge Wash DC Blocked
Physical observation on site in Arlington highrise in Rosslyn ^ | March 20 2003 | self

Posted on 03/20/2003 5:39:52 AM PST by muawiyah

Arlington Police and fire have blocked off Lynn Street and other streets in vicinity of Key Bridge. Looks like hundreds of police on the scene. So far no word on what precipitated the event, but this hasn't happened before.


TOPICS: Breaking News; US: District of Columbia; US: Maryland; US: Virginia; Unclassified; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: answer; arlingtonva; disruption; keybridge; rosslyn; wwp
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To: LBGA
A friend from DC just called and said an INS helicopter swooped in and landed on the bridge and all of the portestors ran away.

"Run away, Run away!!" LOL!

Prairie

81 posted on 03/20/2003 6:38:26 AM PST by prairiebreeze (Wanted: new bunk buddy. Older guys perfectly OK. Language no issue. Call Jacques C. for details.)
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To: LBGA
Is that a joke -- I mean sarcasm? If so, LOL! If not, well then ....
82 posted on 03/20/2003 6:39:10 AM PST by bvw
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To: LBGA
an INS helicopter

Oh --now that's interesting! hmmm ---who were these protestors?

83 posted on 03/20/2003 6:39:30 AM PST by FITZ
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To: relee
Sorry... I am having one of those "Senior Moments". I somehow completely missed the point of the thread this time... PROTESTORS! OH! DUH! (hangs head in shame for missing the whole point). I'll be better tomorrow, I'm sure. :)
84 posted on 03/20/2003 6:42:25 AM PST by Rick.Donaldson
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Get come Chinooks and a giant auto salvage magnet...
85 posted on 03/20/2003 6:46:14 AM PST by sheik yerbouty
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To: LBGA
That's funny! They've been using black Customs helicopters to patrol D.C. for several weeks now. This is the first I've heard of them taking action like that.
86 posted on 03/20/2003 6:50:04 AM PST by kristinn (HumanShieldAgainstTerrorists@WhiteHouse.US)
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To: prairiebreeze; FITZ; bvw
Just verified with my friend... he said it was a Customs Service helicopter. My mistake on the INS thing (and portestors).

My friend heard it on local radio station. I wish I could have seen that. Wonder if any jumped over the rail into the water.

87 posted on 03/20/2003 6:50:06 AM PST by LBGA
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To: muawiyah
Just wanted to chime in. This morning on my morning commute, I saw a guy holding a HUGE American flag standing on one of the bridges over Hwy 75. This is where you would normally see protestors, but I guess he got there first. He was a big dude that it looked like most people wouldn't mess with! So its not all freaks out there!
88 posted on 03/20/2003 6:50:32 AM PST by Charlie OK
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To: kristinn
Great use of the 'copter. :-D
89 posted on 03/20/2003 6:51:57 AM PST by LBGA
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To: Charlie OK
He was a big dude that it looked like most people wouldn't mess with!

Excellent! Sounds like a God-loving American decided to go out and be guard dog. Great efforts!

Prairie

90 posted on 03/20/2003 6:54:45 AM PST by prairiebreeze (Wanted: new bunk buddy. Older guys perfectly OK. Language no issue. Call Jacques C. for details.)
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To: leadpenny
I remember 1969 when protestors tried to close all the Washington bridges and keep people from going into work. 30,000 people were locked up in Kennedy stadium that day. Fortunately, I had decided to sit that one out!
91 posted on 03/20/2003 6:56:34 AM PST by ClaireSolt
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To: Otta B Sleepin; xsmommy
Actually, I retract that XS, be sure NOT to be driving an SUV..... drive the minivan that day........lol, cause, you know, SUV's are evil.......lol
92 posted on 03/20/2003 7:02:36 AM PST by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA (I LOVE my SUV!)
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To: muawiyah; kristinn; Angelwood
The bridge is now clear but as I walked through Dupont Circle this morning, there were *lots* of police cars and a big TV camera and high-intensity TV lights.

No protestors, though.

They're moving about. Angelwood, let's keep our eyes on it, they may be in our neck of the woods today! BTW, I *love* Tgsltakoma's post with the big focus on family friendly as promised.
93 posted on 03/20/2003 7:06:43 AM PST by FreeTheHostages
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To: Otta B Sleepin
LOL....didn't hear him myself but read that Bill Press was all for the cops shooting the pool guy with a tranquilizer dart because HE was being inconvienced!!! Oh, those lefties are a hoot aren't they!
94 posted on 03/20/2003 7:07:29 AM PST by OldFriend
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To: muawiyah
Bill Clinton isn't in town is he?
95 posted on 03/20/2003 7:09:07 AM PST by mass55th
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To: Charlie OK
Hope you gave the FLAG guy a honk and a wave!!!
96 posted on 03/20/2003 7:09:43 AM PST by OldFriend
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To: ClaireSolt
. . . and then you run away to West Palm Beach, leaving the rest of us poor souls to deal with these crazies.

I'm off today, too. Feels like a victory when these things happen to traffic and I get to watch from a distance. BTW, I think the population in the DC Metro area has more than doubled since 69.
97 posted on 03/20/2003 7:09:48 AM PST by leadpenny
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To: nevergore
Mariot Key Bridge - nice place to stay.
I used to stay there back in late 70's when I was working for LockMart. Couple of blocks from the train if I remember correctly. Fly into National (er,... Reagan), train to Mariott, train to GSA. Brings back good and bad memories.
98 posted on 03/20/2003 7:15:08 AM PST by OrioleFan
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To: Petronski
Don't we have crowd control water hoses anymore?

For this one I think a bulldozer and the fall to the Potomac river would work as a nice substitute.

That these morons think people will come around to their way of thinking because they make life hell for them (commuting to/from work life in this case) is incredible. They think in ways similar to that of a dictator... "If I hurt them long enough they will behave the way I want..." With thinking people the opposite happens.

99 posted on 03/20/2003 7:19:01 AM PST by 69ConvertibleFirebird (Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.)
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To: prairiebreeze
I've been ranting for days that if people die because emergency vehicles can't get through (even for non-terror stuff like fires, and car wrecks) that the blood of those victims will be on the hands of EVERY ONE of those peaceniks.

I totally agree, and they should be held accountable. Choices have consequences.

100 posted on 03/20/2003 7:22:23 AM PST by Otta B Sleepin
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