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In reply to the discussion: I think if they were protecting a White President they would have been a lot [View all]etherealtruth
(22,165 posts)36. There is an increible amount of racism directed toward our president
... it plays out in overt and subtle ways.
Looking at the history of White House intruders ... this doesn't really seem to be an example of that.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House_intruders
(the list goes farther back in time)
August 4, 1980 - Michael John Strickland (DC001017A, Agency Case 337-267) jumped the White House fence on SW corner of ellipse, made it past the interior perimeter road but not within 100 yards of who appeared to be President Jimmy Carter on the south lawn before being arrested by uniformed secret service and/or park police. He was released on personal recognizance that day and eventually received a 1 year sentence for "Unlawful Entry" with all but 1 day suspended and 1 year probation.
March 3, 1984 David Mahonski
January 20, 1985 Robert Latta
March 15, 1985 Chester Ramsey
August 21, 1986 (1:15 am) Rosita Bourbon
November 21, 1987 Mike Davis[6]
December 5, 1988 Patrick Jude Laughlin
1991 Gustav Leijohhufvud
September 12, 1994 Frank Eugene Corder
October 29, 1994 Francisco Martin Duran[7]
May 24, 1995 Leland William Modjeski
October 4, 1996 Leah Persons[citation needed]
February 8, 2001 Robert W. Pickett[8]
October 4, 2005 Shawn A. Cox[9]
April 9, 2006 Brian Lee Patterson (third time)
October 13, 2006 Alexis Janicki[10]
March 16, 2007 Catalino Lucas Diaz[11]
June 9, 2009 Pam Morgan[12]
November 24, 2009 Carlos Allen; Michaele and Tareq Salahi[13][14] (see 2009 White House gatecrash incident)
June 9, 2013 - Joseph Clifford Reel, who was sentenced to 3 years in prison[15]
August 7, 2014 - An unknown toddler squeezed though the fence, and was returned to his parents.[16]
September 11, 2014 - A man wearing a Pikachu hat scaled the fence and entered the North Lawn.[17]
September 19, 2014 - Omar J. Gonzalez, jumped the fence from the Pennsylvania Avenue side of the White House. He is the first person to have made it into the White House (by rushing, not considering 2009 White House gatecrash incident) by having gone "through the North Portico doors." He was arrested and "taken to George Washington University Hospital after complaining of chest pains."[18]
(the list goes farther back in time)
August 4, 1980 - Michael John Strickland (DC001017A, Agency Case 337-267) jumped the White House fence on SW corner of ellipse, made it past the interior perimeter road but not within 100 yards of who appeared to be President Jimmy Carter on the south lawn before being arrested by uniformed secret service and/or park police. He was released on personal recognizance that day and eventually received a 1 year sentence for "Unlawful Entry" with all but 1 day suspended and 1 year probation.
March 3, 1984 David Mahonski
January 20, 1985 Robert Latta
March 15, 1985 Chester Ramsey
August 21, 1986 (1:15 am) Rosita Bourbon
November 21, 1987 Mike Davis[6]
December 5, 1988 Patrick Jude Laughlin
1991 Gustav Leijohhufvud
September 12, 1994 Frank Eugene Corder
October 29, 1994 Francisco Martin Duran[7]
May 24, 1995 Leland William Modjeski
October 4, 1996 Leah Persons[citation needed]
February 8, 2001 Robert W. Pickett[8]
October 4, 2005 Shawn A. Cox[9]
April 9, 2006 Brian Lee Patterson (third time)
October 13, 2006 Alexis Janicki[10]
March 16, 2007 Catalino Lucas Diaz[11]
June 9, 2009 Pam Morgan[12]
November 24, 2009 Carlos Allen; Michaele and Tareq Salahi[13][14] (see 2009 White House gatecrash incident)
June 9, 2013 - Joseph Clifford Reel, who was sentenced to 3 years in prison[15]
August 7, 2014 - An unknown toddler squeezed though the fence, and was returned to his parents.[16]
September 11, 2014 - A man wearing a Pikachu hat scaled the fence and entered the North Lawn.[17]
September 19, 2014 - Omar J. Gonzalez, jumped the fence from the Pennsylvania Avenue side of the White House. He is the first person to have made it into the White House (by rushing, not considering 2009 White House gatecrash incident) by having gone "through the North Portico doors." He was arrested and "taken to George Washington University Hospital after complaining of chest pains."[18]
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I think if they were protecting a White President they would have been a lot [View all]
busterbrown
Sep 2014
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There have been numerous threats against the President probably thousands..
busterbrown
Sep 2014
#12
The number of threats against this president and his family have been much higher than any before.
jwirr
Sep 2014
#48
I remember reading the 400% that one of the posts talked about here but I do not have a link.
jwirr
Sep 2014
#63
The Secret Service are racists, and because of that they are purposefully lax in protecting Obama?
Nye Bevan
Sep 2014
#3
There was also the guy who crashed a stolen airplane on the White House lawn.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Sep 2014
#54
Yes, well, we certainly wouldn't want the other side to beat us at being dumb
jberryhill
Sep 2014
#44
Guns "flew off the shelves" when clinton was Pres too, they thought he was banning them
7962
Sep 2014
#35
That is true of any president. Reagan was SHOT. How on earth did anyone get that
sabrina 1
Sep 2014
#21
Yeah, what every family and workplace needs - twitchy fingered snipers on the roof
jberryhill
Sep 2014
#34