Posted on 05/05/2011 12:17:21 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Witnesses say man may have pulled gun as Obama motorcade passed near Ground Zero
Published: Thursday, May 05, 2011, 2:56 PM Updated: Thursday, May 05, 2011, 3:02 PM Kelly Heyboer/ The Star-Ledger By Kelly Heyboer/ The Star-Ledger
NEW YORK Authorities apprehended a man who witnesses say may have pulled a gun out of a backpack as President Barack Obama's motorcade passed today in New York.
The man, who wore a blue hat, had dark curly hair and appeared to be in his 20s, was wearing a backpack. New York Police Department officers and Secret Service agents shouted, "Get down, get down," and tackled the man at the corner of Church and Vessey Streets in lower Manhattan.
Obama had just left the World Trade Center site and his motorcade was turning from Vessey Street to Church Street when the incident occurred in front of the Church Street Station Post Office.
The man was taken into the post office as dozens of officers from various organizations arrived to assist.
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No kidding. They always escalate these types of sham stories here in Tucson. The idiot La Razan in CD7 had “anthrax” mailed to him when it looked like he was going to lose. And some windows broken in CD7 and 8, no arrests or witnesses.
He was probably reaching for his bottle of water.
The Aluminati have it all planned out.
Out in the open, and even worse right under our noses!
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