White House on lockdown after latest fence jumper

[yuiyoshida]

Source: CBS NEWS



A man jumped over the fence to the White House, and was immediately surrounded by Secret Service agents.

CBS News correspondent Mark Knoller reported the individual jumped the fence along the White House North Lawn and is now in custody. It's the 7th fence jumping incident this year.

Developing story ...


Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/man-apprehended-after-jumping-white-house-fence/

[cilla4progress]

1. WTF!

[mahannah]

2. Build a better fence.

[EEO]

3. In the early days of the republic the White House was rather more accessible.

[Plucketeer]

6. There was a time, in fact

that one could just walk up and knock on the door. But that was when we were less civilized.

[a kennedy]

17. Just like today at the building in Canada......guy just walked into the building

And I'm sure that is going to change there.

[RufusTFirefly]

10. I believe it was Harry Truman who often had insomnia...

... and would stroll the streets of DC in the wee hours.

[EEO]

14. I believe he called the White House "the great white jail."

[Voice for Peace]

4. what if

fifty people jumped over the fence all at the same time?

I hate to contribute dastardly ideas to the ethers of the
public domain, but it was the first thing I thought of.

[rury]

8. Here's an idea.

Don't contribute such dastardly ideas to the ethers of public domain!!

Thanks!!

[Voice for Peace]

11. dammit, too late. I try to stop them before they become a complete thought

but not always successful.

[kestrel91316]

26. That's when the machine guns on the roof come into play.

[Voice for Peace]

31. aha.

I bet everybody's on much higher alert these days.
I hope.

[aggiesal]

5. It's a test ...

Have one jump over the fence, and
the other 49 come in through the back door, while all the Secret Service
personnel are tending to the first.

[Plucketeer]

7. Inspired by

the debacle in Canada today?

[usspicard]

9. Hope

the two dogs are ok.

[Voice for Peace]

13. ahh.. your heart is in the right place.

Last edited Wed Oct 22, 2014, 11:35 PM - Edit history (1)

Hopefully the fence jumpers aren't dog fiends.

d'oh didn't read that the dogs were hurt.

[freshwest]

20. Yeah, I noticed that! He was 'kicking and punching two Secret Service dogs...'

Didn't even know that the Secret Service had dogs. Don't know how hard they got hit or how they had been trained.

[jen63]

24. They are Belgian Malinois

and aren't nearly as "nice" as German Shepherds. The dogs are SS as well; hopefully he's charged with assault. It's happened before.

[freshwest]

25. Looked them up. A high-maintenance, but well performing breed:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgian_Shepherd_Dog_%28Malinois%29

Guessing the dogs didn't suffer much injury. Thanks for the information.

[LisaL]

27. Dogs had to be taken to the vet.

I am not assuming they didn't suffer much injury.

[freshwest]

29. Missed that while fighting with DU to research the other post. DU wouldn't load for half an hour.

I posted without going back to the source. You and I are done now.

[jen63]

30. Beautiful and intelligent.

I read though, that in their zeal to get to the perpetrator they sometimes get the good guy too. Hopefully they're okay, I haven't seen anything about their condition yet. Have you? Dogs are my soft spot.

[rhett o rick]

12. What I don't get is, if a potential terrorist jumps the WH fence, he lives to tell his grandchildren

If a young black man doesn't kowtow to the police fast enough, he's apt to be quickly dead.

[Voice for Peace]

15. nobody gets it. how can anybody get it?

it makes no sense, it is utterly unjust and out of control.

[flamingdem]

16. In this case a long beard might

Mean sayonara. Kudos to them for not being trigger happy - mental illness is usually the issue.

[rhett o rick]

32. Kudos is right. The local police should take a lesson. nm

[Doctor_J]

18. It would be better IMO if the first line were to read

A man jumped over the fence to the White House, and was immediately shot dead by Secret Service agents.

As it is they get publicity and probably some free psychiatry. A good, unambiguous deterrent is called for. Also this would not be tolerated if it had happened while Stupid was in office.

[onenote]

19. It did happen during chimpy's presidency. And nobody was shot

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/05/politics/05fence.html?_r=0
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/14/AR2006101400813.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/14/AR2006101400813.html

and then there is the guy who jumped the fence four times:
http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/04/09/whitehouse.intruder/index.html?_s=PM:US

[Drunken Irishman]

21. Sorry...but shoot to kill anyone who jumps the fence.

It's a barbaric thing to say, but this country has way too deep of a history of killing its leaders to allow for someone to casually jump a fence to the fucking White House.

[freshwest]

22. Jumps over the fence with a pair of white shorts? Hope that wasn't underwear.

Glad to read at the link that Gonzalez is getting mental health treatment. I posted on his issues that his family brought to light:

Iraq vet, 42, 'who stormed the White House had more than 800 rounds of ammunition, a machete and two hatchets stashed in his car'

By Lydia Warren, Kieran Corcoran and Wills Robinson - Updated: 22 September 2014



...But relatives have insisted that Gonzalez, from Copperas Cove, Texas, suffers from post traumatic stress disorder after serving three tours in Iraq. He retired after losing part of his foot in an IED blast.

Jerry Murphy, whose mother was married to Gonzalez, said relatives always knew Gonzalez owned a small arsenal of weapons but said they doubted he intended to hurt Obama...

According to agents who arrested him, Gonzalez said that he was desperate to see the President to warn him about 'the atmosphere collapsing...'

His ex-wife said he was very paranoid and began carrying weapons all the time. He was up all night and checking things out. Finally she couldn't take it anymore.

'Omar is a good guy, he's just got some issues that he needs help with. I think this is a cry out for help, what he's done. He really does need help. I just hope he can get it.'

Read more:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2765650/Iraq-vet-42-stormed-White-House-800-rounds-ammunition-machete-two-hatchets-stashed-car.html#ixzz3E7CmyW4J

Most comments on that website were sympathetic.

[seabeyond]

23. Isn't it nifty they did not just shoot him dead as some in this thread suggests.

I too, hope he gets the help he needs. Three tours served. We owe him.

[freshwest]

28. Yes, it is. One of our walking (or perhaps in his case, limping) wounded. No glory in shooting him.

Worrying 'the atmosphere is collapsing...' Perhaps another victim of internet hysteria.

He was so frightened he could not sleep at night. Such a lack of sleep allows previously discounted fears to turn such into a terrifyingly reality. It is a vulnerable state, liable to brainwashing.

A state of long-term torture without outward signs to most people. Yet he was fortunate his family knew and the Secret Service weren't trigger happy.

[Lynx]

33. The dogs were checked by a vet

They are all right and back on duty.