Man With Machete Arrested at Convention Protest

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press,

Man With Machete Arrested at Convention Protest
TAMPA, Fla. August 27, 2012 (AP)

At least one arrest has been made during protests near the Republican National Convention in Tampa.

Authorities say that on Sunday at about 2:15 p.m., officers spotted a man they said had a machete strapped to his leg. The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office says deputies ordered 31-year-old Jason Wilson to stop but he kept walking.

When deputies caught up to him, police say he said told them he did not have to stop and that he was allowed to carry whatever he wanted. Weapons are prohibited in areas police have designated as "event zones."

Police say Wilson of Tallahassee resisted arrest but was subdued and taken to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. He faces charges of carrying a prohibited item in the event zone and resisting arrest.



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[Politicalboi]

1. He should have brought his gun

Everyone knows how dangerous a machete is.

[Posteritatis]

2. ... Didn't they make a point of allowing firearms there? (nt)

[Submariner]

4. Yeah, everyone attending should be packing heat

along with their simulated baby fetuses and purple heart band-aids. I thinks it's part of the RNC convention kit.

[WilliamPitt]

23. No, you're thinking Charlotte

for the DNC.

Which is awesome.

[zappaman]

3. He is an agent provocateur!!!!

He has to be!
A Government plant!
You know it's true.
Just like all those hooligans who broke stuff at the OWS rallies...ALL government agents.
in case it isn't obvious.

[4th law of robotics]

24. If the government employed as many agent provocateurs as people on here claim

unemployment would be well below 5% by now.

[Downwinder]

5. Is a gun the only second amendment arm?

[rwsanders]

13. Yes according to the NRA, I bet they won't be coming to his defense.

[slackmaster]

6. The GOP intentionally planned this so the rain would dampen protests

[jtuck004]

7. When travelling in someplace swampy, with things that bite, a machete seems

like a good choice.

[Heather MC]

14. Machetes are the best defense against impending Zombie Attacks

Guns make too much noise

[jtuck004]

19. I wonder sometimes if Zombies are just a Koch bros creation to divert our

attention from the Teabaggers.

But I keep a watch out, just in case.

[Heather MC]

20. I thought the Kock Brothers were the Zombies

[24601]

15. Drove on the Crosstown through the zone - twice today. Didn't see any swamps there. Not

even out on Bayshore.

[jtuck004]

18. I was thinking about the Republican Convention.

Thanks for setting that one up

[southernyankeebelle]

8. I wonder who he was after to chop up? Protesters or republicans?

[Amerigo Vespucci]

9. Did they search his pockets for a check from Karl Rove's "American Crossroads" Super PAC?

Because I hear this shit and the FIRST thing I think is that it's a stunt orchestrated by Rove or some similar pig.

[freshwest]

10. Another soveriegn citizen goes down...

[sarcasmo]

11. Was it Danny Trejo?

[WooWooWoo]

12. photo of suspect:

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[awoke_in_2003]

16. exactly what I was thinking...

Danny will fuck them up.

[sofa king]

21. No way.

Nobody dares ask him not to carry his.

[wordpix]

17. he needs a machete to cut through the hot air in that convention

It's thick in there

[2pooped2pop]

22. y machete's? there was another thread

that said they had found things on a rooftop. One of them was a machete. Who would want to carry a machete? Apparently there was to be more than one of them.

I can't imagine they were planning to slice through the crowd. (Ihope) But why a machete? Protection? Fear mongering? Protest because they wouldn't allow skirt guns but do allow real guns?