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RogerRabbit
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 Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2005 10:43 pm Post subject: Man With Suitcases Captured at Capitol |
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4930070,00.html
| Quote: | Monday April 11, 2005 11:01 PM
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By LAURIE KELLMAN
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) - Police on Monday tackled and dragged away a man with two suitcases who stationed himself in front of the west side of the Capitol and asked to see the president.
The man refused to say anything else to an officer who tried to talk with him, authorities said.
``He was not very responsive,'' said U.S. Capitol Police Chief Terrance Gainer. ``The officer felt it was a possible suicide bomber.''
The man was tackled by a SWAT team and charged with disobeying a police officer. A three-hour investigation of the suitcases, including blasting them with a water cannon, revealed nothing threatening, Gainer said.
He refused to identify the man involved other than to say he was 33 years old, from China and carrying no identification.
The midday incident - which occurred at the peak of the cherry blossoms in one of Washington's busiest tourist seasons - led police to evacuate the West Lawn and briefly bar tourists from the Capitol.
An officer first saw the man standing near a fountain with a suitcase on either side of him, staring silently at the building around 12:40 p.m., Gainer said.
``He only would say at first that he wanted to speak to the president,'' the chief said.
Four officers crept up one of the walled pathways behind him. The man briefly turned and saw them as they crouched behind a wall. After he turned back to the building, they came over the wall. Two tackled him and dragged him away. A medic tended to what Gainer said were superficial injuries the man suffered when he was knocked down.
``He said that if we wanted to know what was in the suitcase, we would have to open it ourselves,'' Gainer said. |
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Rdtf
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| Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2005 12:09 am Post subject: |
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| Apparently he had his belongings in the suitcases. Just clothing and a watch, CD player. The guy had just got off a plane from China, and kept asking to speak to the President. Weird. |
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RogerRabbit
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| Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2005 1:24 am Post subject: |
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| Rdtf wrote: | | Apparently he had his belongings in the suitcases. Just clothing and a watch, CD player. The guy had just got off a plane from China, and kept asking to speak to the President. Weird. |
We need to start treating our illegals with the same vigor as I seen on this one on Fox today
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blue9t3
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| Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2005 4:32 am Post subject: |
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He wanted directions to the Mexican border so he wouldnt get caught! 
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fortdixlover
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| Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2005 5:37 am Post subject: |
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| Rdtf wrote: | | Apparently he had his belongings in the suitcases. Just clothing and a watch, CD player. The guy had just got off a plane from China, and kept asking to speak to the President. Weird. |
Yeh.. So say the "official" reports. Was that what was really in those suitcases? Was this guy testing our defenses?
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tony54
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| Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2005 11:01 am Post subject: |
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| Quote: | Yeh.. So say the "official" reports. Was that what was really in those suitcases? Was this guy testing our defenses?
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Dry run?
No one goes to talk to POTUS carrying suitcases.
IMHO he (they) wanted to see how far he could get.
And he got way too close for us to ignore it. |
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Doc Farmer
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| Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2005 12:43 pm Post subject: |
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| tony54 wrote: | | Quote: | Yeh.. So say the "official" reports. Was that what was really in those suitcases? Was this guy testing our defenses?
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Dry run?
No one goes to talk to POTUS carrying suitcases.
IMHO he (they) wanted to see how far he could get.
And he got way too close for us to ignore it. |
Besides, the moron went to the Capitol Building to see the President. Apparently, the words "White House" have never entered his vocabulary... 
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