Armed man crashes Capitol barricade (another 'non-event'?)

AP on Yahoo ^ | 9/18/06 | Mark Sherman - ap

[CindyDawg]

I've heard that tazors will do that to you , while running:')

[tfecw]

"Seriously, this guy should have been apprehended after being shot or tazered, not after having a seizure."

Exactly! Some others on the other thread mentioned that this could be a dry run. One i would say that went very well. Heck, even the intent wasn't to test the Capitol's defenses, you can bet everyone knows how weak they are now.

[ichabod1]

Baah -- the fact that they describe him as a "man" tells me that the Religion of Peace© is involved.

[RinaseaofDs]

He got into the basement?

As far as building security goes, isn't that 'game over' at that point?

No description of the attacker is supplied. No name, nothing. Care to open the wagering on the religious affiliation of the suspect in question?

[CindyDawg]

Well, the last time they tried to stop someone, the officer got assaulted by a senator and the media and the senator wasn't charged. You think they are going to not hesitate before shooting? I bet there was a lot of "what do you want me to do" going on.

[Truth29]

I hope there is more to this story. As others have said, it is worrisome (actually more than that) that he made it into the building. He could easily have been a bomber from the limited information in the article. Why wasn't he shot/incapacitated outside the building??

[<1/1,000,000th%]

So 2 terrorists with an SUV could get into the Capitol building and kill our Congresscritters.

Where's all that security again?

[CindyDawg]

Looking at senator pictures?

[stinkerpot65]

MSM headline should read: "Armed SUV attacks Congress"

[Rio]

Could it have been a taser-induced seizure?

[EDINVA]

to get into the Rotunda, you have to first go up some pretty steep steps outside, thru security inside the doors .. this just doesn't make sense. But what in Washington does ?

[macamadamia]

Tazors, hmmmmmm......or maybe the guy had some bad spinach. I swear there were a few times in my life I had seizures while running in a panic to the bathroom. :)

[Wings-n-Wind]

He said the man appeared to be having a seizure, and was taken to a hospital.

Hmmm.....
Aftermath of a Taser shot.... I s'pect

[CindyDawg]

Congress has not got the right to say one word about him not being stopped.

[brothers4thID]

I was wondering where he entered that he managed to get to the Rotunda. From the side where the pictures are taken and the description of his flight I would think he would have entered in the crypt area. That means he would have had to go UP the stairs to get to the Rotunda.

[brothers4thID]

I wonder, and have specualted here, if he didn't start out in the basement.

[Snoopers-868th]

Borders = no barricades
White House - barricades

[rockrr]

Police cordoned off the vehicle, a light-colored SUV, which sported a "kerry/edwards" election sticker on its damaged front fender, and were searching it. ;'}

[Rembrandt_fan]

You wrote, "No description of the attacker is supplied. No name, nothing. Care to open the wagering on the religious affiliation of the suspect in question?"

I was thinking the same thing, although I get the feeling the omission of any telling details (you know: facts) has become such journalistic practice for fear of rousing Islamic sensibilities that even if his name is John Smith from Pekin, Illinois, the extremely quiet guy next door, we won't know it for awhile.

I think of it as rippling dhimmitude.

[isom35]

I'm sure his name is something harmless like Pete Turner, Joe Smith, Bill Jones, something along those lines... /sarc