Man detained by Secret Service in Hagerstown, MD

[gbate]

Source: Baltimore Sun

HAGERSTOWN - Authorities in Hagerstown said they turned over to the Secret Service a man who was holding a sign reading "Death to Obama" outside Wednesday's town hall meeting on health care reform.

Washington County sheriff's Capt. Peter Lazich said the sign also read, "Death to Michelle and her two stupid kids." He said Secret Service agents took the unidentified 51-year-old man into custody after deputies detained him.

The Secret Service did not immediately return telephone calls from the Associated Press inquiring about the matter.

President Barack Obama was not at the meeting held by Maryland Democratic Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin

Read more: http://www.baltimoresun.com/health/health-care/bal-obama-sign-arrest0813,0,7041330.story

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Thank goodness the Secret Service is taking this kind of shit seriously. This makes me physically ill.

[MidwestTransplant]

1. $10 to the first person to correctly guess this whack job's Freeper handle.

[47of74]

6. RimJob will probably purge this whack job's posts from FreeperLand

If he hasn't done so already.

[Beavker]

23. What if the US Gov. adopted a NYC/Bloomberg Homeless relocation plan them for these folks?

We could offer a free ticket to any Country in the World. Maybe one where the Government has little to no control over it's people. Wait...Actually, I don't know of any. They either kill their own people in mass genocides or they are socialist and actually provide for the less fortunate like this moron who undoubtedly benefits from Government programs anyway.

Somalia would be nice I think.

[crim son]

2. These people need to be gathered up, questioned and then

FINED to within an inch of their lives, since money is all they care about.

[Renew Deal]

5. Fined?

They should be jailed. And I don't just say this for republicans. Dems that did that to Bush and his kids belong in prison too.

[crim son]

17. That was my first inclination

but unless they're jailed for a long time (at the taxpayer's expense... uh... NO) I don't know what good it will do, and it might just fuel their anger.

But okay. Let's jail 'em and fine them.

[Renew Deal]

3. Have fun in jail!

This guy is going to cost a lot of tax payer money, but it's worth every cent.

[MineralMan]

4. I'd like to see the Secret Service arresting some of the

online threateners. Sadly, I doubt there is enough staff to manage that. Still, we should all be reporting all threats we find directly to the Secret Service. Make sure they're direct threats, though. They're not going to expend resources on vague, unspecified threats to authority in general.

[Mari333]

9. like this guy

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6292103

[sinkingfeeling]

7. Good. As it should be.

[imdjh]

8. You would almost think that the obvious whackjob isn't the serious whackjob.

On the one hand anyone stupid enough to carry a sign about his intentions might actually be a problem.
On the other hand, someone serious about causing harm probably isn't going to announce it.

[Capt. America]

10. And so it begins...

[MineralMan]

11. So what begins...?

More words, please.

[Capt. America]

42. I am concerned about the Glenn Bekkks of the world stirring up the madness in a mentally deranged

person and then they attempt to assassinate Obama because of the perceived "danger" he represents to America.

[Posteritatis]

16. It's more "and so it resumes," to be fair. (nt)

[bluestateguy]

12. Every Republican must be made to reject and denounce this asshole

Failure to do so is sort of like silent approval of such actions.

[SIMPLYB1980]

13. Good.

[BecomingBrainy]

14. I was searching for the photo yesterday

I was scouring Youtube and websites that had pictures of the Hagerstown event, but I couldn't find anything.

Thank god they got him.


If any Town Hall attendees see any of this kind of thing, takes pictures or video that identifies the faces of these people.

[kelly1mm]

30. I saw the man and his sign - he was off by himself at the entrance

to HCC. I could not read the sign though. Lots of others did though and it was certainly the topic of conversation in line.

[RamboLiberal]

34. I posted pics lower in this thread

Also started a separate topic in GD with photos.

[StopTheNeoCons]

15. Remember Richard Humphreys

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x846568

ast December, Richard Humphreys of Portland, Oregon, was sentenced to 37 months in prison for threatening to harm or kill President Bush. A bartender in Watertown, South Dakota reported Humphreys to the police after he overheard him talking to a truck driver about a "burning Bush" and the possibility that someone might douse the president with flammable liquid and light it. In his defense, Humphreys testified: "I said, 'God might speak to the world through a burning Bush.' I had said that before, and I thought it was funny."

[Edweird]

18. Good. For a while it seemd like they were acting with impunity.

Take 'em down.

[RamboLiberal]

19. Good - I hope he ends up with some prison time

And I hope this is well publicized.

[imdjh]

20. Hagerstown (pronounced heggerstown) should be bulldozed.

I've always felt this way, but now there is a good reason.

[twitomy]

24. Bulldozed just like Lidice, Right? NT

[GoddessOfGuinness]

27. There really are decent people who live in Hagerstown...

not that there aren't assholes too; but generally it's a pretty good place.

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

37. For one crazy guy threatening the President?

[imdjh]

41. For harboring Pennsylvanians.

[onestepforward]

21. Good. n/t

[chat_noir]

22. FReeper Maryland "ping" list

To: Larry381; Abundy; Albion Wilde; AlwaysFree; AnnaSASsyFR; bayliving; BFM; cindy-true-supporter; ...

Maryland “Freak State” PING


3 posted on Wednesday, June 24, 2009 10:25:29 PM by Tolerance Sucks Rocks

http://209.157.64.201/focus/f-news/2278726/posts

[Critters2]

38. I don't speak Freeper. What does this mean? nt

[twitomy]

25. Unlike the Town-Hall rabble-rousers,

This guy is someone who is truly dangerous and needs to be detained---He has taken his 1st amendment rights TOO far and is doing the equivalent of yelling fire in a crowded theater.

[glinda]

26. That was the right thing to do.

[bushmeister0]

28. We'll see how long they can hold him for holding a sign.

Probably not for long . . . and then it's on to his fifteen minutes of Faux outrage over free speech being crushed and another martyr is created.

[kelly1mm]

29. Agree that they will not be able to hold him long. His sign does

not meet the immanence prong of Brandenburg. I doubt he will be on anyone's show however - too hot even for faux.

[Catshrink]

32. He'll be on

The media can't resist sensationalism. Tweety had the gun-toter on last night who was clearly relishing the attention.

We'll be seeing this guy on the TeeVee. You betcha.

[RamboLiberal]

33. We'll see how serious they are

I think a few people got jailed for threatening Bush - here's one.

NEW ORLEANS - A LOUISIANA man charged with threatening to kill President George W. Bush professed his innocence in court on Tuesday, then started sobbing after a federal magistrate ordered him jailed.

A social worker told Secret Service agents that Gregory Broussard, 44, was being treated in a hospital emergency room on Dec 29 when he threatened to kill the president and to blow up the White House.

An agent wrote in court papers that Broussard told them 'if the voice of God instructs him to kill the president, he would follow the instructions.' Broussard didn't enter a plea but told US Magistrate Louis Moore Jr that he is not guilty of the charge.

'I'm nervous because I read this (agent's affidavit), and they've got a lot of stuff against me,' Broussard said. 'This is blowing up in my face.'


http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/World/Story/STIStory_325914.html

[RamboLiberal]

31. Pics of the AHole

Man holding sign outside Hagerstown Community College on Wednesday (Photo provided by WHAG TV)


Man holding "Death to Obama" sign. (Photo provided by WHAG TV)

[RamboLiberal]

35. Apparently he was released after interview

At least that's how I'm interpreting this. But he will sure be in their files at some threat level I bet.

The Secret Service did not take the man into custody, Golden said.

But it’s an ongoing investigation, said Golden, who referred other questions to the Secret Service’s public affairs office.

http://www.herald-mail.com/?cmd=displaystory&story_id=228604&format=html

[DebbieCDC]

36. That's serious redneck country in that part of MD

Used to drive through there all the time going from DC to visit relatives and friends in OH, WV and western PA.

Boy, I'm glad those days are over and I'm outta there.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

39. I still do it...

to WV and PA since most family is there. Thank goodness for the little oasis of downtown Frederick!

[cap]

40. I grew up there... so I know what you mean.

The sad thing is that the only good jobs there for the average Joe are union jobs... Unions that they despise.

Other than that, there's awful slim pickins.