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riversedge

(70,008 posts)
Sun Feb 19, 2017, 12:24 PM Feb 2017

Middle schooler confessed to throwing block of wood at Trump's motorcade, Palm Beach police say

Source: usaToday






Published 3:03 a.m. ET Feb. 19, 2017 | Updated 4 hours ago



A middle schooler faces charges after throwing a block of wood at President Trump's motorcade Friday afternoon in Palm Beach, Fla., police say.

The child confessed to throwing a small block of wood at the motorcade as it headed down Southern Boulevard shortly before 2 p.m., according to a statement from the Palm Beach Police Department, who is working with the Secret Service on the investigation. The child implicated four other students in the incident.

Police received a report Friday that Trump's motorcade "had been struck by what was believed to be a small hard object," according to the statement. He was passing through Palm Beach on his way to his Mar-a-Lago resort nearby, where he spent part of the weekend............................

Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/02/19/palm-beach-florida-middle-schooler-wood-trump-motorcade/98125660/



I remember this--Twitter was full of vile Trumpsters blaming Democrats, Obama, Hillary.


And of course it continued today even when the above story was posted.

But, this RW lying Trumpster got hit back with comments!!




Mike Thomas ·
President at Thomas Institute for Technology Research
Now I know why American students have no concept of writing, reading, and arithmetic. Their teachers are showing them how to break the law, need to drain the swamp of inferior teachers !

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Jay Winwer ·
Eastern High School (Beaver, Ohio)
I must say, nice get-up for your ride in that HUGE boat !! I would hate to see what you wear if you ride a motorcycle !!! LMFAO !!!!!
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William Jones ·
Foley, Alabama
@mike Thomas: If there is a swamp, we're all living in it. You're attempting to destroy the entire ecosystem because you're failing to adapt.
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Alex Sturm
@mike Do you have any proof for your claims? Or do you just repeat mantras of "no to education" and "no to government employees"?
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Mike Bigalow
The article didn't mention teachers. What do they have to do with this?
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Dan Porath ·
English Language Lecturer at CRU - Chiangrai Rajabhat University
You actually drew that broad conclusion from this particular incident. You're either a God or a Fool.
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Adam L. Johnson ·
Bay City, Michigan
You mean, just like Trump drained the swamp? Gtfo. That kid has heart.
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Tom Loss ·
Manager at Optum
Another idiot that has no clue.
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Bobba Louie ·
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Thomas...do some more research.
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Jackie Shiver ·
Works at Self-Employed
Alex Sturm If this is what gov employees teach our chidren to act like drain them also.
You teach nothing of tolerence or love you are nothing more than bullies and little petty men.
Nut less at that.
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Bryant Powell ·
You guys are kind of idiots! It was 2 PM on a Friday afternoon. Pretty decent chance the school took the kids to watch the motorcade, just like for a homecoming parade. If not then the parents had the kid out of school. So it's either bad parenting(ok bad parenting regardless) or bad teacher, not watching students closely enough. But the "kid has heart" comment by Adam is borderline retarded! Same kid throwing the same object at Obama and Adam would declare the kid a racist. LMFAO!!
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William Worsham Writes ·
Leeds, North Dakota
Mike......don't be a dick to teachers because a kid broke the law.
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Robert Bell ·
Stay at home parent at Home
Bryant Powell nice try and you are a good example of being uninformed. It is President's Day weekend, schools are closed Friday and Monday.
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Giovanna DiGiulio ·
Manhattan School of Music
Mike Thomas I beg your pardon. Both my children read, do arithmetic and write better than most adults. They are also fluent in Italian and are learning to speak Mandarin. For fun, my 10 year old does extra PowerPoint presentations about things she independently researches. She learned to do this at PUBLIC school. My 8th grade son is currently taking 11th grade chemistry. He is part of an accelerated science and math program offered by the PUBLIC school. Are you saying American children are stupid? As far as I'm concerned my children have been very well educated here in the USA. If you hate it here so much, why don't you just leave? You people are little parrots who just repeat what you've been fed. None of your comments are ever insightful, offer solutions or meant to be constructive. Maybe my daughter could teach you a little bit about facts and research. However, I have the haunting suspicion that your mind is devoid of any reasonable thought process.

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Middle schooler confessed to throwing block of wood at Trump's motorcade, Palm Beach police say (Original Post) riversedge Feb 2017 OP
Clearly, Mike Thomas only knows children of Republiconned parents. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2017 #1
I bet Trump's SUV was a bit whiffy after that happened. tanyev Feb 2017 #2
Slight correction... Ligyron Feb 2017 #3
Trump in the past has SUED the City because of the airport... Bengus81 Feb 2017 #5
Did they waterboard him to get the "Real" Truth out of him? nt Cryptoad Feb 2017 #4
I heard the Marlins signed him to a contract............... Bengus81 Feb 2017 #6

Ligyron

(7,614 posts)
3. Slight correction...
Sun Feb 19, 2017, 12:59 PM
Feb 2017

Southern Blvd is in WEST Palm beach and this occurred near my old junior high, now Conniston Middle School which is maybe 4 miles due east from Palm Beach International.

When I attended the school they had no AC, believe it or not, except for the Admin building and Library. Didn't want the books molding, I guess...

Across the street is a Publix supermarket and small strip mall/shopping center with a Post Office. People are starting to gather there in front to protest when he arrives and leaves, Moran thought we were "supporters" last week.

His visits are causing serious traffic problems for cars and aircraft both. Now they're building a heliport at Mar-a-Largo to really screw things up all so he won't have to be inconvenienced by seeing us on his way to and from.

Bengus81

(6,927 posts)
5. Trump in the past has SUED the City because of the airport...
Sun Feb 19, 2017, 01:10 PM
Feb 2017

Buys a home in the flight path and then BITCHES when aircraft fly over.

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