Man arrested at Capitol after Obama threat

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Police arrested a man near the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday after he drove up to one of the building's barricades with a rifle in his vehicle and told officers that he had a delivery for President Obama, a Senate spokesman said.


A man drove to the Capitol with a rifle and said he had a delivery for Preisdent Obama, police said.
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The man was arrested and transported to Capitol Hill police headquarters for further processing. Charges against him are pending.

Threats against Obama have led to arrests in previous cases.

In one, federal prosecutors concluded that three people arrested with drugs and weapons in a suburban Denver, Colorado, motel posed a "true threat" to Obama during the Democratic National Convention.

In the second, a Florida man was charged with threatening bodily harm against the then-candidate in August. He has pleaded not guilty.
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35 comments // Man arrested at Capitol after Obama threat

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    Not making any assumptions but Im assuming he was
    a McCain supporter.
    DOES ANYONE EVER NOTICE ITS THE MACCAIN
    SUPPORTERS WHO ARE THE VIOLENT ONES?
    VERY AGRESSIVE AND RUDE!

    sasquatch88
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    yikes

    Betico
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    yet another day in the life of the pres.

    gooma2
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    where's Jack Bauer now??? on last night!

    jackblack9
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    I call BS. Or they must be high on prescription drugs.

    cerealforeal
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    It's ironic isn't it? After the absolute shittiest president this country has ever had is gone, all the meth head, white trailer trash come crawling out from under their rocks blaming their problems on the president who's actually doing something to fix them.

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    neocongo
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    Scary.

    ddelazan
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    We're only lucky that the people who do stuff like this are as stupid as they act.

    Stradius
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    We have had a political assasination this year of the leader of the Arkansas state Democratic party and two campaign offices, Clinton and Obama's had armed violence perpatrated against them. While we may scoff at the fact that three Iraqis died in the persuit of office this year it is sad that we do not often acknowledge the risk of personal harm and dignity that exists within our own democracy. Assasination and violence are the great shame of this nation. There were assasination attempts against Clinton, Raegen was shot, Ford was shot at, Johnson was shot at, Kennedy was Assasinated, his brother Robert was Assasinated, Martin Luther King Jr. was Assasinated, Harvey Milktoast was assasinated, Linconln, Garfield, and McKinley were assasinated, John Lewis was beaten as were tens of thousands of civil rights demonstrators, Malcolm X, Medger Evers, were assasinated, and when our republic was founded more politicians shot eachother in duels than died on foreign battle fields.

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    ocanada
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    It was only a matter of time...I've been waiting for this to start after all of the threats made during the election.

    Talisman
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    what a fucking nutjob

    Found_Avenue
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    who is obama? is he kenya's president?

    sorento
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    the only reason they have is they're racist. or as republicans put it "conservative". let's just call it what it is.

    yvesisaki
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    here we go again..wacko's are all over the place...obama has to watch his back..but to this..he is one of the most beloved human beings on this earth..sooo..ther has to be a huge upside in this

    passjay
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    to bad he didnt go up with the rifle and go "i got a present for you" like the commando in the orginal C&C. That would had made it better.

    liveroadkill
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    Political prisoner!

    daboz
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    OMGosh who cares. Sureley the DC cops have some REAL crime to deal with? Apparently not.

    beanboyz
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    yo what is with the links with pop ups and crap bb?

    sickinjersey
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    Did the guy not realize that Obama was in Florida on Tuesday and not DC?

    blueflashlight07

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