White House fence jumper shuts down North Lawn on Thanksgiving

[teach1st]

Source: WJLA, Washington

WASHINGTON (WJLA) - A fence jumper, identified as Joseph Caputo, at the White House has shut down the North Lawn, according to CNN.

CNN reports Caputo was almost immediately apprehended by officers and was detained.

Caputo was wearing a blue shirt, white pants and wrapped with an American flag as he jumped the first temporary barricade that is set up in front of the White house.

Read more: http://wjla.com/news/local/fence-jumper-at-the-white-house-shuts-down-north-lawn

[teach1st]

1. CNN Link

http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/26/politics/white-house-fence-jumper/

[msongs]

2. shuts down the north lawn? did the grass stop growing or something? nt

[darkangel218]

3. Lol!

[bullwinkle428]

4. Didn't they make changes to the fence that were supposed to

make these incidents nearly impossible to pull off?

[hollysmom]

5. I was just goingto say that - too bad

raechel gave away her custom made prop of additional fencing or she could have used it again for this story.

[murielm99]

6. I wondered about the binder.

What is in there? Is it some sort of teahadist manifesto? What strange statement does he want to make?