Witnesses say man may have pulled gun as Obama motorcade passed near Ground Zero

[Poll_Blind]

Source: NJ.com/The Star-Ledger

NOTE:Very short article, please view at link

Read more: http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/05/authorities_apprehend_man_witn.html

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A man in his 20's may have pulled a gun as President Obama's motorcade passed by. He was tackled by Secret Service agents and photographers snapped his picture as he was apprehended.

PB

[Hassin Bin Sober]

1. What's his freeper handle?

[Deep13]

3. kill4koch? nt

[ZombieHorde]

12. mymomismysister64338474833048. nt

[onehandle]

2. Don't worry, the NRA is sending a lawyer to defend the 'right' to brandish a gun. nt

[jpak]

17. He was just celebrating his Holy Second Amendment Freedoms

yup

:hi:

[friendly_iconoclast]

35. You and your partner in comedy are wrong. He had no gun. Read downthread

And you claim we're too quick on the draw?

[Vicar In A Tutu]

4. If true, he should never be released from prison.

I hope it was a misunderstanding, but if not you just can't have that sort of person roaming freely. Either he belongs in a secure mental health unit or a maximum security prison. These sort of people always end up killing or seriously harming someone.

[MineralMan]

5. I hope we get more information on this story. I really do.

I suspect we won't, though.

[Poll_Blind]

8. There were photographers from the New York Daily News and the Associated Press...

...present at the time and are reported to have taken pictures as he was being apprehended so I would be surprised if more information, at least in the form of pictures, does not come out soon.

PB

[virgogal]

6. The operative words here are "may have".

[Myrina]

19. Exactly.

He MAY HAVE also been pulling a cell phone out of his pocket to take a picture, or just been getting ready to pick his nose.

No one knows for sure except the fear-based media.

[Dennis Donovan]

7. Dumbass - a bullet wouldn't even nick the paint of Obama's Limo-Tank...

...let alone pierce the body of it.:eyes:

Very glad the Secret Service got him, though.

[bigworld]

9. This is not being reported anywhere else.

Weird, isn't it?

[TheWraith]

11. Given that, I'm guessing it was probably a false alarm. nt

[Dennis Donovan]

14. Google news turns up only the link in the OP...

I dunno...:shrug:

[RKP5637]

15. Nothing on MSM as far as I've seen. n/t

[Deep13]

10. As if bullets would have any effect!

[Politicalboi]

13. True story

In the 50's some nuts thought they could really shoot Superman at appearances he made. And they weren't children either.

[formercia]

16. So much for draconian gun laws.

NY State will want a pound of flesh too.

[Dennis Donovan]

18. another link:

http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/reported-gun-pulled-near-obama-motorcade-20110505-lgf

Gun Reportedly Pulled Near Obama Motorcade

Updated: Thursday, 05 May 2011, 3:31 PM EDT
Published : Thursday, 05 May 2011, 3:16 PM EDT

MYFOXNY.COM STAFF REPORT



MYFOXNY.COM - A man may have pulled a gun as President Obama's motorcade drove in Lower Manhattan on Thursday.

The report, on nj.com , cited witnesses from the scene. The report claimed that the man "may have" pulled the gun from a backpack.

NYPD officers and Secret Service agents shouted for people to get down as they tackled the man. It happened at the corner of Church and Vessey Streets.

President Obama had just left the World Trade Center when it happened.

Press photographers reportedly took photos of the incident but they have not been published.
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[Dennis Donovan]

20. Video here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrNKpO5u_m4&feature=player_embedded

The last part of the video shows the police swarming a guy...

[musette_sf]

21. The NYDN has the photo & story

The man was walking his bike toward the World Trade Center, saying "Secret Service, Secret Service coming through."

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2011/05/05/2011-05-05_suspicious_man_tackled_by_nypd_cops_secret_service_close_to_president_obamas_vis.html#ixzz1LVjmJW9K

[Ikonoklast]

23. If that's true, the guy is either an idiot or nuts.

I'll go with stupid.

[Hissyspit]

25. If someone is thinking that they should try to assassinate the POTUS

There is some serious dysfunction going on of some kind.

[musette_sf]

22. Two different photos, moments apart:

From NY Channel 5 (okay, okay, now they're FOX, but they haven't always been, used to be "A Metromedia Station"



From NYDN:

[Hissyspit]

24. Good job, musette

We need to keep in mind, this guy may be innocent or this may be a misunderstanding.

Doesn't look that way so far, though.

[Plucketeer]

26. Either way...

walking along and annoucing "Secret Service Coming Through!" is just plain STUPID in a setting like this. :crazy:

[Hissyspit]

27. Yes. It would be.

Always a possibility it did not happen that way either, though. Looking like an actual intended attempt on POTUS at this point.

[musette_sf]

28. "bike delivery mook" as undercover Secret Service disguise?

Doesn't look like a misunderstanding to me either.

Logical undercover operative in street mufti would be NYPD, not SS. I don't see SS dressing in street mufti, that would be local LEO. (I could be wrong here)

But too many cops around to successfully get away with "NYPD, coming through" for very long.

"Secret Service, coming through" just off-enough to not get called BS on immediately, for an extra minute or two, maybe.

[musette_sf]

29. "the man was questioned after the 2:20 p.m. clash and released."

Cops pulled the man to his feet and hustled him into the post office. NYPD officials said the man was questioned after the 2:20 p.m. clash and released.

It wasn't immediately clear why he was detained.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2011/05/05/2011-05-05_suspicious_man_tackled_by_nypd_cops_secret_service_close_to_president_obamas_vis.html#ixzz1LVwQJxFr

Okay, a real bike messenger mook who thought this would work to get through the crowd. Moron.

[Hissyspit]

32. Well, that's what I was thinking it might be.

Always good to keep an open skeptical mind with fast-break stories and third-person reports.

[Vicar In A Tutu]

36. I'm glad.

Pleased it wasn't a real threat. A really silly thing to do but it's nice to see that stupidity was the extent of it and no-one was really posing a threat.

[Tx4obama]

30. He was questioned and RELEASED

Excerpt:

Cops pulled the man to his feet and hustled him into the post office. NYPD officials said the man was questioned after the 2:20 p.m. clash and released.

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2011/05/05/2011-05-05_suspicious_man_tackled_by_nypd_cops_secret_service_close_to_president_obamas_vis.html#ixzz1LVjmJW9K

[musette_sf]

34. A dumbass mook bike messenger

in a field that has been wholly decimated by technology (article below from **20** years ago!)

http://www.nytimes.com/1991/03/19/world/fax-displacing-manhattan-bike-couriers.html

looking to hustle as many deliveries for the day as possible

and thinks "Secret Service, coming through" is a good way to get through instead of around.

These guys used to be BRUTAL out on the streets back in the day. You couldn't step out into a crosswalk with a freaking green light without making sure one of these maniacs wasn't doing 40 through the red light.

[Mrs. Ted Nancy]

31. He was released

From the NY Daily News

Twenty minutes before the drama, the unidentified man was walking his bike, navigating his way through the crowd.

"Secret Service!" he hollered. "Secret Service! Coming through!"

Cops pulled the man to his feet and hustled him into the post office. NYPD officials said the man was questioned after the 2:20 p.m. clash and released.

It wasn't immediately clear why he was detained.

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2011/05/05/2011-05-05_suspicious_man_tackled_by_nypd_cops_secret_service_close_to_president_obamas_vis.html

[SpartanDem]

33. What a dumbass

[slackmaster]

37. "may have"?!?!?

:wtf:

[mimitabby]

38. it was a false alarm.

he got a wakeup call though!

[24601]

39. "May have" - a non-story - especially since there wasn't any gun

but perhaps he had once seen a picture of a gun. Better to have shot him just to be safe and deter anyone else from ever thinking of a gun. After all, the 1st amendment protects speech but is completely silent about thoughts. We have the opportunity to train a whole generation about the consequences of prohibited thinking.:sarcasm:

[Demonaut]

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