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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhy isn't this a bigger story than it is.This is crazy
http://m.nydailynews.com/news/national/fence-jumper-white-house-sparks-evacuation-article-1.1946209yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)It just happened. I mean its not like it is a week old news.
bigdarryl
(13,190 posts)Steve Kornacki didn't have a big segment on it
yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)Keep in mind, I wrote my reply earlier this morning thinking that the talk shows would talk about it. I was wrong.
bigdarryl
(13,190 posts)malaise
(269,157 posts)Why did the Secret Service lie and say he was unarmed when he had a knife
justiceischeap
(14,040 posts)I went to NYC a few months ago on a photography trip and one of the locations was the Ground Zero monument. In order to get in there you have to go through security. I happen to keep a small Leatherman on my keychain, which includes a knife 'cause, you know, it's a multi-tool. I told them up front that I had that but had forgotten that I had a 2" bladed folding knife in my backpack and a larger multi-tool, with another knife blade. There was some big hoopla surrounding that--why was I carrying three knives? I honestly had forgotten about the two in my backpack... but it made me look like a mad woman walking around with, what were essentially, three knives (if the eyes of security).
The point being, if this guy was carrying a pocket knife, which this is what it sounds like, some don't consider those weapons... I could still hurt someone with any of my knives but I don't know the SS would consider these "weapons" in the traditional sense--even though security at Ground Zero thought I was packed full of weapons.
cwydro
(51,308 posts)And a larger (but still a pocket type) one in my car.
They come in handy for all the dastardly plastic packaging that everything is tucked into these days.
MADem
(135,425 posts)oldandhappy
(6,719 posts)The_Commonist
(2,518 posts)A guy with a knife jumps a fence and runs.
He gets to the door and they stopped him.
They were aware of his presence from the start.
So what?
A normal day in America.
It's NOT a big story, and it IS all over the place.
Top story on Google News right now...
Recursion
(56,582 posts)Shit like this seems to happen whenever a Democrat is President.