Don’t Mess with the Black SUVs

[firedupdem]

http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Dont-Mess-with-the...

Make way for the Obama motorcade—or else

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Whether he's headed for an important meeting or just going out to lunch, Obama stops traffic wherever he goes. Literally. The line of Chicago police cars and intimidating black SUVs demands respect throughout the city.

It should seem obvious, but some drivers need reminding: the Secret Service does not mess around. Motorists who attempt to speed past or drive alongside the Presidential motorcade are immediately pulled over and dealt with accordingly.

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Chicagoans should be somewhat grateful though. Here, traffic is merely paused for a few moments. In Washington, D.C., streets are completely closed off to all traffic when the President is using them.

Here's an example of just how seriously the Secret Service take their job. Just a few days after the election, the impatient driver of a tan sedan attempted to drive around Obama's motorcade on Van Buren Street. "The SUV cut the car off immediately, and the security team aimed their weapons at the car," according to a pool report filed by a news reporter.

So, if you find yourself stuck in Presidential traffic, take a moment to relax and wait it out. The sharpshooters inside the black SUVs will not have any patience for motorists with aggressive driving maneuvers.

[Clio the Leo]

1. I bet the Secret Service is more eager for Inauguration day than we are....

.... just to get him out of Chicago and into the safe haven that THEY designed.

[Billy Burnett]

2. OP link doesn't work. Here's the link that works. Plus another.

http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Dont-Mess-with-the-Black-SUVs.html


http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/autocorner/chi-getting-around-01-dec01,0,1508757.column

[Maru Kitteh]

3. The mom in me just said to those secret service guys....

"If you're going to ride around in Chicago with the window open for God's sake put a COAT ON!"

I couldn't stop her.

[NYC_SKP]

4. Is that even safe in there? Are there seatbeats???

And, my, I hope those nice boys put on fresh underwear.

You never know if, heaven forbid, they have to go to the hospital and change into a gown.

There's nice ironed underwear in their dressers.

Have some nice chicken soup, it's your favorite.

:hug:

[DainBramaged]

5. The seat is turned around, it usually faces forward

And I am SURE the seat is armor plated.

[xenussister]

7. Fucking Freeper comment

at the NBC link:

"Hopefully the security will fail the Marxist, homosexual crackhead Muslim Kenyan. Obama will lie, Americans will die. Obama - NOT my President!"

What a scary dickhead.

[firedupdem]

9. Those people are sick. As much as I dislike the repugs, I've never

wished them death. Don't post their sick comments here....I don't like even reading that negativity. Sick fuckers.

[Danger Mouse]

6. Heh heh, I love the secret service.

[SeattleGirl]

8. Hats off to the Secret Service!

I wouldn't want that job for all the money in the world, but I'm damned glad there are people who want the job, and do well at it.

Thank you, for protecting President-Elect Barack Obama! :patriot:

[Abacus]

10. I think your edit broke your link.

[kwassa]

11. A fact of life in DC, nothing new in this.

We used to get blocked off of freeways in Los Angeles when Reagan was in town.

Happens everywhere.