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Title: Suspicious Brooklyn man Matthew Duhaime tackled by NYPD near President Obama's visit to Ground Zero
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nydailynews.com
URL Source: http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local ... e_to_president_obamas_vis.html
Published: May 5, 2011
Author: Bob Kappstatter
Post Date: 2011-05-05 17:46:21 by Ferret Mike
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Views: 2302
Comments: 2
A man was tackled by police and briefly held at gunpoint Thursday, just as President Obama's motorcade was pulling onto Church St. in lower Manhattan, police said. Cops jumped over barricades near a post office and rushed toward Matthew Duhaime, 30, who was carrying a messenger bag and pushing a bicycle. "(The police) were hustling through the crowd yelling 'It's him! It's the guy with the Cubs hat!'" said Daily News photographer Bryan Smith, who captured the exclusive pictures. Witnesses said cops tossed Duhaime, who just moved to Brooklyn from Chicago, to the sidewalk. One cop searched his bag. Another officer pointed a gun at him. "No guns! No guns!" one of the officers screamed. "We got him!" Twenty minutes before the drama, Duhaime was walking his bike, navigating his way through the crowd. "Secret Service!" he hollered. "Secret Service! Coming through!" Cops pulled him to his feet and hustled him into the post office. NYPD officials said Duhaime was questioned after the 2:20 p.m. clash and released. It wasn't immediately clear why he was detained. Police said he wasn't armed. bkappstatter@nydailynews.com With Rocco Parascandola
Bryan Smith for News -- NYPD counter terrorism unit and the Secret Service team to tackle a suspicious bicyclist on Church St. at the time of President Obama's visit to Ground Zero Thursday.
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#1. To: Ferret Mike (#0)
He's not wearing spandex! Very suspicious.
I recall a re-run of MASH I saw where this uber right winger named Colonel Flagg... He must be guilty of a thought crime. He must be one of those Republican conservative racist honky practitioners of intolerance. Thank goodness you libtards know what's best.
war has to do something for entertainment. The voices in his head aren't speaking to him and his imaginary friends have found reasons not to come over anymore.
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
Godwinson posted on 2011-02-23 11:47:32 ET
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#2. To: Ferret Mike (#0)
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