Secret Service Apprehends 41-Year-Old Homeless Man Who Hopped White House Fence
- Posted on August 2, 2011 at 8:52pm by
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WASHINGTON (The Blaze/AP) — An unidentified man was in Secret Service custody Tuesday night after he climbed over the White House fence.
Spokesman Ed Donovan said the man was immediately taken into custody by Secret Service agents who guard the complex around the clock. The man had a backpack that Donovan said was being examined for possible explosive material.
A CNN news crew caught some of the drama on tape as it unfolded. Video showed agents leading the man, as they held his hands behind his back, across the North Lawn on the Pennsylvania Avenue side of the White House, where tourists gather to take photographs.
Reporters still at work in the press room saw agents who are stationed closer to the White House with their weapons drawn. At least one agent could be seen on the roof of the building peering through a pair of binoculars.
President Barack Obama was believed to be in the White House at the time.
CNN reports:
According to the Secret Service, the detained man is James Dirk Crudup, 41, who is homeless. He will be charged with unlawful entry and contempt of court because he previously had been ordered to stay away from the White House due to past incidents, the agency said.
Watch footage of the man being apprehended here:
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Comments (124)
ezeewhiz
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:52pmBrother, that brother in the White House aint gonna help you!!!!
Report Post »black9897
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 12:32amahh. that‘s what I’ll be doing one day. Not jumping over the fence, but in the SS :D
Report Post »Servant Of YHVH
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 3:26amWait until obama finds out those white guys was touching a black man and according to obama probably acted stupidly.
Report Post »seanscythe
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 9:06amWait isn’t Obama being racist? I mean he crossed the fence in search of a better life? Isn’t that what the Illegals are doing Barry? You tell us we are racist and Xenophobic.
Not letting that poor homeless man enter the white house makes you Hobophobic.
Report Post »BehindBlueEyes
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 10:07amThis homeless man will be rewarded with 3 square meals a day, a nice comfy bed in his climate controlled cell and hot showers.
Report Post »It doesn’t get any better than this!
slvrserfr
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 11:40amI was thinking the same thing, that guy was probably saying, “Aw – c’mon man! Help a brotha out!”
Report Post »ying
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 3:37pmHe isn’t a brother just ’cause his skin is dark. Skin color is really not what determines race anymore because jewish people have mixed with everybody to destroy all peoples from within.
neocon1
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:47pmare you sure it wasnt O bamba sneaking out for a doobie?
Report Post »My Two Cents
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:55pmIt was probably Obama’s half brother from Kenya stopping by to say hello.
Report Post »IntransigentMind
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 12:46am@MytwoCents:
It was Obummer’s dealer…
Report Post »clingingtogodandguns
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:47pmHe wanted to squat on the foreclosed home,give a brother a break.He’s about months early though.Michelle my belle could have created a job and had this guy picking veggies.The white house is just racist.They only want brothers in suits,your criminal record don’t matter you just have to be GQ>
Report Post »bjjmadmonkey
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 1:52pmLOL…Make the ***** GQ and Czar-like!
Report Post »rusty2x
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:45pmHe was “previously ordered” to stay away from the White House? Wonder what happened there. Is he from Texas, I hope not. We’ve got a whole lot of folks looking for free Obama money here.
Report Post »fertlmind
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:55pmOne look at him and any sane person can see that he is obviously a conservative, racist, tea party 2nd ammendment extremist terrorist sent by Bush to destroy the utopia achieved by BHO,…our dear leader.
If only he had the opportunity to become a union member or socialist political organizer he wouldn’t have acted so stupidly
Report Post »azblazen
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:41pmRelease the hounds Smithers,
Report Post »AmericanStrega
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:57pmEeeexcelent!
Report Post »coldarkstare
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:41pmcan you imagine what this story would have been if this person was a “white man” ……
Report Post »rusty2x
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:46pmwould have been….. “crazy right wing tea party terrorist tries to go after Obama!” Delivered breathlessly, I’m sure by the entire lib media!
Report Post »BOUGHT YOUR SILO YET?
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:56pmRusty- you forgot, crazy, right-wing, conservative CHRISTIAN, Tea Party member goes after Obama.
Report Post »EgoBrain
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 10:51pmYou got it.
Report Post »chazman
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 7:48am… if it was a ‘white man’ they probably would have shot him …
Report Post »dsm
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 7:59amThat was the first thing I thought of.
Report Post »GMAN455
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:36pmHe didn’t get any Obama Bucks in texas so he tried to get some at the source in video here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LHpL9KzMac
Report Post »eat-more-bacon-USA
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:35pmJust another of enemy-obama’s chickens, coming home to roost.
Report Post »Patrick in AZ
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:41pmObviously driven to this by all of the Tea Party violent rhetoric – right Tingles?
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:31pmThat’s just someone looking for his Obama cash.
Report Post »vtxphantom
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 10:47pmHe wasn’t lookin for cash. Maybe some Kobe beef and a big plate of peas.
Report Post »enufznuf
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 3:18amWas hoping for hope and some change
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:29pmhe was just trying to get some free food and air conditioner, he was taking obama and the liberals up on their offer of free everything,so way is it we have to give our tax money so people can get freebies,but the white house don’t.
Report Post »BOUGHT YOUR SILO YET?
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:27pmJust looking for some of that Obama money. Whats the problem? Aren’t there any 4-year little girls selling lemonade that the Secret Service can shut down?
Report Post »oldchevyguy
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:27pmHey Barry.Can you help a brother out?Waited for the Obama money to come but I don‘t have an address so I figured I’d just drop by
Report Post »Goodgriefgeezlouise
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:24pmI think he musta smelled them pork ribs Michelle was cooking out back..
Report Post »neverending
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:22pmThey should have let him go he is probably another one of barry boys brothers who is just showing up.
Report Post »sWampy
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:22pmHey, if he’s a us citizen, at least he’s qualified to be there, the current bastard infecting the place isn’t.
Report Post »JAMACAMECRAZYMAN
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 4:36pmGreat……..
Report Post »SilentReader
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:15pmI’m surprised he got as far as climbing over the fence.
Now let’s see. It’s okay to have a fence around the White House to keep us out but not okay to have a fence at the border to keep the rest of the world out.
Report Post »ANTISOCIAL-IST
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 10:52pmgreat observation.
Report Post »ILoveGlenn
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 11:11pmGreat Heavens! I was just reading Glenn Beck’s Urguing With Idiots today, and it has those exact lines.
Report Post »Pastor Ray
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 10:05amSilentReader
I’m surprised he got as far as climbing over the fence.
Hey I’m Surprised that the so-called secret service saw him! Didn’t someone write on Obummers car the other day “You Suck” and NO ONE saw them do it!
Report Post »kickagrandma
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:14pmWHY?????????????
He should be awarded THE MEDAL OF FREEDOM!
Geesh, nobody’s home. Let’s go take OUR HOME back!!!
I was going to say, “While it’s vacant”, but that’s redundant. It’s vacant even when “they” are there.
Report Post »mossbrain
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:11pmSounds like a job for the electric baton.
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:10pmThat was just Joe B, he lost his keys and wanted to see BHO sign the Bill.
Report Post »TheGreyPiper
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:10pmAny reports yet if he was shouting “Allah akbar!”?
Or was he yet another of those Presbyterian terrorists?
Report Post »thecrow
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:10pmhttp://michaelfury.wordpress.com/2008/10/09/the-protection-racket/
Report Post »chips1
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:08pmClose, but no cigar.
Report Post »crazyhorse
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:02pmWhy is it that when a man jumps the fence at the white house, the secret service lock the place down and arrest him. When another man jumps the fence on the Arizona border, he is given free health care, college tuition, and a job? Sounds like a double standard to me.
Report Post »Exrepublisheep
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:14pmFunny!
Report Post »kickagrandma
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:18pmIndeed! Nice post, TRUTHTALKER!
Report Post »WVBeagleMom
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:20pmGreat Point Crazyhorse. But since it makes sense it will not be acknowledged by the administration.
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:21pmagreed that is funny, but so darn true.
Report Post »Mateytwo Barreett
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:52pmThe “answer ” is really simple! They can’t determine if the guy that gets the goods actully jumped a fence that has been under construction for how long!
Report Post »Myfreedomrules
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 10:15pmMaybe the white house needs to be moved to the southern border! Nogales, AZ for national capital!
Report Post »enufznuf
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 3:21amRight on the “our” money ex, and you know it.
Report Post »leakimo
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:02pmThose darn Secret Servive Agents !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »doctroprint
Posted on August 2, 2011 at 8:59pm1 million citizens, how man SS?
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