As much as I despise Obama and Mooch, it still was a scary situation when some nut job decided to follow the motorcade carrying the Obama kids for some unknown reason. The driver was eventually stopped by uniformed officers at the outer perimeter of a checkpoint at 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue and taken into custody, and lockdown at the White House was lifted. Don’t know the guy’s name yet, but just glancing at his photo, he looks like one of those wacky environmental nut jobs with the grungy beard and nerdy glasses. Also the driver holds a pass for the U.S. Treasury building.
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| Nut job follows motorcade with Obama’s kids White House put on lockdown |
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The driver was stopped by uniformed officers at the outer perimeter of a checkpoint at 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue and taken into custody, according to the spokesperson.
The source familiar with the incident said the driver holds a pass for the U.S. Treasury building, which sits next to the White House on Pennsylvania Avenue.
About one hour after it began, journalists inside the White House were told the lockdown had been lifted. Video from the scene showed a gray Honda Civic with its doors, hood and trunk opened as authorities looked in and around it.