US News
Man with gun looking for Obama arrested in Washington
Feb 11, 2009, 4:16 GMT
Washington - A 64-year-old man with a gun was arrested Tuesday near the Congress buildings after he told police officers that he had a 'delivery' for President Barack Obama, police officials said.
The man had driven up to the US Capitol to talk to the special police officers who protect Congress and ask about Obama's whereabouts so he could deliver something, Capitol Police said in a statement.
Police then questioned him and searched his vehicle. 'The man admitted to having a rifle in his vehicle,' police said.
Police confiscated the weapon and arrested Alfred Brock from the southern state of Louisiana on charges of possessing an unregistered firearm and ammunition.
The Capitol is about 2.5 kilometres from the presidential residence at the White House.
As the country's first black president, Obama has received a number of threats on his life that have led to several arrests.
In August, police in Denver, Colorado, arrested three people with drugs and weapons in a possible plot to shoot Obama during his acceptance speech at the Democratic nomination convention.
But US prosecutors later determined the threat was not credible, and did not charge the men with making a threat on a president's life, which carries a five-year sentence, the Denver Post reported.
One of the suspects, Tharin Gartrell, was sentenced in January to 15 days in jail for methamphetamine possession. A second man, Shawn Adolf, is still facing years in prison on federal weapons and drug charges. Nathan Johnson has pleaded guilty to illegal gun possession, the Post reported in January.
COMMENT
blog comments powered by DisqusLatest Headlines in US
- 1. Mitt Romney Addresses Tea Party Summit Pictures
- 2. Seven injured as US Navy plane crashes into apartments
- 3. At least three injured in US Navy plane crash
- 4. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, others to face death penalty trial
- 5. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, four others to face death penalty trial
Older Talkback
page: 1
NinaK, you light up my life.
...I too am constantly bewildered at what seems to be simple derrangement, but, unlike yourself, know that if you consult the right doctors, they can explain it to you.
Curiously, what baffles me is that not a single person seemed to want to kill the last president and that being the case, the libnazi arm of the entertainment industry funded, with millions, wrote and produced a movie about it, ostensibly to motivate a person to do so, and not a single negative comment about it from the likes of anyone...including people like you, Ninak. No, press about it, except from Fox (gee, what a surprise), no negative editorials, no outrage from the media whatsoever.
Now Ninak, ponder if you will, what would happen, if someone made a movie like this, today. Ponder what the libnazi press might say, and who might cover THAT movie review, write back and see if THAT lights up Lancelot's life.
What's the matter, Lancelot, don't I light up your life too?
We have come so far in this country to put racism behingd us and some dumb ass redneck is going to set the country on fire.
Although, asking a Capital Police Officer the whereabouts of the president so he can deliver a package is very funny.
I think Mr. Rifle has gone bye bye.
You wrote ' ... what baffles me is that not a single person seemed to want to kill the last president...'
You're correct.
None of the Liberals that hate George Bush were so derranged and evil to try to kill Bush.
We STRONGLY disagreed with him, but never tried to kill him.
Now, in regards to Obama ...
Apparently you 'right wing nut jobs' are so derranged and evil that you WILL TRY to kill him.
It says a lot about your 'right wing nut job' party doesn't it.
i thought sp4 would be the one to pull a stupid thing like that.
oh well im sure he will try someday...he hate democrates you know
He's always too stoned to know which end of the barrel to put in his mouth. He tried once and shot himself in the foot. Now all he does is shoot his mouth off. Even then, he's shooting blanks.
...that doesn't make me wrong.
Notice no one had the intellect to ask about those who would spend millions in a libnazi wankfest about someone trying to off GW Bush. I mean, the movie was a bust, so the only conclusion we can draw is that it was made for some other reason than commercial success.
It makes you look weak. Very weak ... just like your arguments.
'Wha wha wha ... we don't get treated fairly! ... wha wha wha!'
...like a movie plot that mirrors the sick wishes of the author(s)...
...or the revenue, from another in a string of libnazi preachfests
...or the utterly funny fact that no one seemed to want to kill GW Bush, in the face of what was supposed to be such a hated man...
...or a press that ignored and even promotes such hate...
...or the above posts....take your pick
You write (again) '... the utterly funny fact that no one seemed to want to kill GW Bush, in the face of what was supposed to be such a hated man...'
So I'll post again ...
None of the Liberals that hate George Bush were so derranged and evil to try to kill Bush.
We STRONGLY disagreed with him, but never tried to kill him.
Now, in regards to Obama ...
Apparently you 'right wing nut jobs' are so derranged and evil that you WILL TRY to kill him.
It says a lot about your 'right wing nut job' party doesn't it?
...if we had any idea he was a republican or not. This feels a lot like counting twelve dem congressmen who voted against the bailout instead of eleven...y' knoow?
Drawing wide conclusions from very narrow ( and few)facts can be foolhardy...
from absolutely no facts whatsoever. They come to him in a drug induced stupor.
... You think it was a Liberal that wanted to shoot Obama eh?
You're to stupid to know how stupid you are.
Tell us SP4 ... was Jim Adkisson a Liberal? ... No.
Jim Adkisson was a right wing nut job wacko who went on a shooting spree in a Tennessee church last July, 'because he didn't like their liberal policies.'
A note Jim Adkisson left, was released this week. It revealed he was motivated by the hate-filled, violence encouraging writings of Hardline Right Wing Writer, Bernard Goldberg.
That's an undeniable fact. (google it)
How many Liberals have shot and killed innocent people because 'they hated their conservative policies' lately, SP4? ... None.
Yes SP4, it does say alot about your right wing nut job party ... and those within it who encourage violence and murder of innocents.
why didn't anyone try to shoot Bush????
page: 1
NinaKFeb 11th, 2009 - 05:11:29
It is unfortunate some people are so evil as to threaten to harm our new President. Too many people in this country are filled with hate toward some of their fellow-citizens; I am of the belief that these people actually really hate themselves but project that hatred unto others to make themselves feel btter about themselves in some sort of sick way. May God wrap his arms around President Obama and his family and keep them safe from the hatefulness exhibited by some people.
Report this comment