White House fencer jumper snagged by own shoelaces

[Sunlei]

Source: AP

The U.S. Secret Service says a woman who tried to climb over the White House fence was found dangling from it by her shoelaces.

The agency says in a statement that Uniformed Division Officers saw the woman late Tuesday walking around the White House. Agents say she tried to climb over the fence adjacent to E Street.

Authorities say the woman’s shoelaces got entangled at the top of the fence and she was suspended inside the fence.
The agency says officers helped the woman down and arrested her.

Court records show that 38-year-old Marci Wahl of Everett, Washington, was charged with unlawful entry. At a hearing in D.C. Superior Court on Wednesday, Wahl pleaded not guilty and was released pending a hearing next month.


Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/mar/22/white-house-fencer-jumper-found-dangling-shoelaces/

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by Associated Press - Wednesday, March 22, 2017

[montana_hazeleyes]

1. Well, that must have been a sight.

I don't remember there being so many people entering or attempting to enter the White House or White House grounds in the past as there have in recent years and I've been around quite a long time now.

Maybe I just wasn't paying attention enough before? If there's been a rise in this, the SS needs to step up their game. Damn.

[truthisfreedom]

2. Are these people just curiosity seekers?

What do they want?

[cstanleytech]

5. Attention I suspect. nt

[ehrnst]

3. Good thing for her she's not brown, or Muslim. (nt)

[ehrnst]

4. A linkedin listing for a white woman with that name says she's an astrologer.

This person is from Los Angeles, but often, people don't update their profile very often.


https://www.linkedin.com/in/marci-wahl-48ab1b132

[FailureToCommunicate]

6. So she's white? Is that why they let her go?

[elleng]

11. They arrested her.

[NurseJackie]

12. And then released her, apparently. I wonder how this ...

... would have played out for a brown-skinned person. I'm perfectly willing to trust the judgement of the arresting officers and other officials who processed and charged this individual.

Not you (of course) but I'm sure there may be others who'd be tempted to alert on the previous post under the "No bigotry/insensitivity" rule. My personal opinion about that is this: Questioning whether everyone is being treated equally (or given advantage) isn't being "bigoted" or "insensitive".

I believe it's a completely fair and valid question. Considering everything, people are definitely likely to wonder if this person may have been trusted to their own recognizance for reasons other than their behavior or the severity of the incident.

[FailureToCommunicate]

15. ...and then released her on own recognizance.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

16. "... pending a hearing next month. "

She ain't off the hook.

(To the fence climber Next time, wear cowboy boots.

[Vinca]

7. Sounds like a Trump supporter. LOL.

[ToxMarz]

8. Obviously she was lacking sufficient blood flow to her brain

Maybe this helped.

[Blue_Tires]

9. Been there, done that

but I was 14 at the time trying to scale the fence for baseball practice (while suspended upside down I had to reach in my pocket for my house key and 'saw' the part of my shoelace caught on the fence)... Don't know what the hell this woman's problem is...

[Coventina]

10. Lack of velcro!

[FSogol]

17. So, you think she should have pulled herself down by her own bootstraps?

[yellowcanine]

13. Well that is embarrassing.

[Sunlei]

14. Some DC tourist has to have a cell phone picture of of that spectacle.

All I could find is her mug shot, on PAYWALL press, here's a link. Young woman doesn't look happy


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[FSogol]

18. Not guilty? Did the fence grab her? I'd love to hear her explanation for the not guilty plea.