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DEL.ICIO.USUpdate: Arrest unrelated to lockdown
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Denver — A spokesman for the U.S. Secret Service said late Sunday that the arrest of a man carrying firearms at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s downtown hotel was unrelated to a security lockdown at the nearby Pepsi Center, site of this week’s Democratic National Convention.
According to the hometown Denver Post, Pelosi was evacuated from the Grand Hyatt after a man tried to check in to the hotel while carrying a rifle case. The man did not have a concealed weapons permit, the Post reported.
When police shut down the security checkpoint at the Pepsi Center, a crowd of journalists, delegates and others who trying to get into the convention hall were left outside to wait. Georgia Democratic Party chairwoman Jane Kidd and executive director Matt Weyandt, seen to the right, were among those stuck outside.
While many of those on the unsecure side of police barricades were told the shut-down was because of the Pelosi incident, Secret Service Special Agent Malcolm D. Wiley Sr. said late Sunday that the lockdown at the Pepsi Center was due to a protest being held outside the arena.
Wiley said the protest was planned and permitted, but when a mass of people assembled just outside the barricade, law enforcement shut down the metal detectors until the crowd dispersed. Furthermore, Wiley said, the Pelosi incident was actually Saturday.
— Aaron Gould Sheinin
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By larry
August 24, 2008 6:43 PM | Link to this
crazy libs, what’s next we gonna fight ‘em with spit-balls
By Thinking About It
August 24, 2008 6:58 PM | Link to this
If the man was carrying a rifle case,he would not need a concealed weapons permit,would he?? That would be out in the open,correct??
By Thinking About It
August 24, 2008 7:15 PM | Link to this
If the man was carrying a rifle case,he would not need a concealed weapons permit,would he?? That would be out in the open,correct??
By Question
August 24, 2008 7:44 PM | Link to this
I agree with the above poster who said if he was carrying the case out in the open where everyone could see it, then it shouldn’t be considered a “concealed” weapon. (Unless being inside the case is considered concealed, but it’s obvious what was in it…he wasn’t hiding it.)
By Marshall Law
August 24, 2008 8:03 PM | Link to this
permit schmermit if a man wants to carry a gun it’s his God given right
By JP
August 24, 2008 9:18 PM | Link to this
Same guys who were yelling “F Fox News” on Fox today, right?
They can’t be all bad.
By Bitter EX democrackkk
August 25, 2008 9:37 AM | Link to this
Arrest all patriots trying to do the right thing!
By Tom
August 25, 2008 5:29 PM | Link to this
They forgot to mention the man had the guns because he was preparing for a hunting trip. Check some of the other news outlets!
By Doug Denehie
August 25, 2008 11:35 PM | Link to this
The guy didn’t break any laws and shouldn’t have to pay bail. He has the right to bring his luggage into the hotel. Maybe he was going hunting in the mountains.Over reaction by the police and trumped up charges. He should sue.
By Doug Denehie
August 25, 2008 11:38 PM | Link to this
The guy didn’t break any laws and shouldn’t have to pay bail. He has the right to bring his luggage into the hotel. Maybe he was going hunting in the mountains.Over reaction by the police and trumped up charges. He should sue.
By Doug Denehie
August 25, 2008 11:38 PM | Link to this
The guy didn’t break any laws and shouldn’t have to pay bail. He has the right to bring his luggage into the hotel. Maybe he was going hunting in the mountains.Over reaction by the police and trumped up charges. He should sue.