Channeling Negrodamus is exhausting. For the sake of our health (and Bro'Bama's) I do hope this is the last time we have to call attention to a story such as this one:
From the AP:
Police investigate possible plot to kill Obama at Invesco
by Judi Villa April M. Washington
Authorities are investigating a possible assassination plot against presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama.
At least four people have been arrested in connection with a possible plot to kill Obama at his Thursday night acceptance speech at Invesco Field at Mile High, according to CBS4 News. The suspects are being held on either drug or weapons charges.
Aurora police arrested a longtime drug user Sunday afternoon during a routine traffic stop where the man was seen "weaving," sources said. Three possible other accomplices also were arrested, according to police.
Police found four weapons, including two rifles and two handguns, in a rented pickup.
That arrest then led authorities to a second man staying at the Cherry Creek Hotel at 600 South Colorado Blvd in Glendale. When authorities knocked on the man's door, they say he jumped out of his sixth floor window, landing on an awning and running from the scene. They say they soon found him with a broken ankle. He too was arrested.
CBS4 reported one of the suspects told authorities they were "going to shoot Obama from a high vantage point using a ... rifle … sighted at 750 yards."
Law-enforcement sources told CBS4 that one of the suspects "was directly asked if they had come to Denver to kill Obama. He responded in the affirmative."
One of the suspects has been identified as 28-year-old Tharin Gartrell.
Police found a rifle in the man's rented pickup and methamphetamine. The man allegedly made comments about Sen. Obama, but sources wouldn't say what they were.
It was enough, however, to make police believe the man might have been plotting to somehow harm Obama.
A second source told CBS4 News that they are concerned they may have come upon a possible "assasination plot."
The Secret Service, ATF and U.S. Attorney's Office are investigating.
Brian Maass of CBS4 News contributed to this report.
4 comments:
Gartrell?
It wasn't me, I swear.
This morning one of the networks is saying since meth was found in the car, maybe it's just a case of some hopped up yahoo talking trash, and how the drugs make the case sooo confusing.
Yeah, sure.
The mainstream media is quite invested in suppressing the many stories about Obama being threatened--they are truly invested in the possibility of a post-racial America and the idea that these incidents are not exemplary of a deeper undercurrent in our society.
Cd
Yeah, I'm really taken aback at how little coverage this has gotten. I know the media likes the post-racial narrative, but they never miss a chance at sensationalism. Perhaps if Obama was a young white woman in Aruba this might have gotten some more attention.
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