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CBS's Denver affiliate is reporting on a plot to assassinate Barack Obama during his acceptance speech later this week in Denver.
KCNC-TV Investigator Brian Maass reported one of the suspects told authorities they were "going to shoot Obama from a high vantage point using a ... rifle … sighted at 750 yards."When authorities when to the Cherry Creek Hotel to investigate one of Gartrell's associates, who was also wanted on multiple warrants, he jumped out of the window of his sixth floor hotel room, breaking an ankle. He was captured by police "moments later." Two others, an unidentified man and woman, are also under arrest.Law enforcement sources tell Maass that one of the suspects "was directly asked if they had come to Denver to kill Obama. He responded in the affirmative."
The story began emerging Sunday morning when Aurora, Colo. police arrested 28-year-old Tharin Gartrell [pictured above]. He was driving a rented pickup truck in an erratic manner according to sources.
Sources told KCNC-TV police found two high-powered, scoped rifles in the car along with camouflage clothing, walkie-talkies, a bulletproof vest, a spotting scope, licenses in the names of other people and methamphetamine. One of the rifles is listed as stolen from Kansas.
A source familiar with the case tells Newsweek that Gartrell and another suspect are believed to be white supremacists. Police and federal agents are trying to determine now if they really were in a position to carry out the threats, or were just trying to impress their girlfriends.
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i always knew vanilla ice was a white supremacist! i wonder if these people had any plan or if they were just methed-out and driving around. colorado, you know...
Terrifying. I wonder if meth convinced this guy that this was a heroic thing to do, or if he was an idiot before then.
Aw c'mon, don't blame meth for this. It's done a lot of good for us too.
When Jesse Jackson was running, there was a similar arrest by the FBI.
Let us pray for the safety Obama's Daughters.
Ok, first off he was going to assassinate him in the stadium? He'd have to be almost in the mountains to have a clear shot down in to the stadium unless he was on the roof. I love how they casually throw "methamphetamines" on there at the end.
cool surfer hair brah
I hope they realizes that while they rott away in prison, thier girl friends certainly will have moved on, perhaps with some darker brothas!
But before they get ship off to prison for life, they should have to listen to Michelle Obama's speech again. You know she quit working at a "prestigious law firm because she loves America!"
If crystal meth had been around in Lee Harvey Oswald's day, there may have been more Kennedy brothers at the Pepsi Arena last night.
OK, Secret Service, you've unraveled this "plan", but let's not get cocky. There are, unfortunately, a lot of wackjobs in this country, and not all of them are going to drive erratically in front of you.
They were trying to impress their girlfriends?
SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEETTTTTT.
Freaking idiots. When they are in jail I'll impress their girlfriends for them. Although, if their girlfriends were stupid enough to be involved with them they might be too stupid for me. Sure, I have low standards yet...............
Dumbass meet prison. Prison say hello to dumbass.
From 750 yards? So was this after Morpheus taught him all about the matrix?
I love how tough he's trying to look. He's going to get eaten ALIVE in prison.
Albanyparkour: There are a large number of sniper rifles that have an effective range of up to 1,000 meters so this is a likely possibility.
I would hope he gets it in prison but I'm sure he'll be considered a hero by other asshole white supremacists.
Yeah, with a military-trained sniper who isn't wasted on meth, with fantastic weather, zero wind, no distractions and a perfect sniping position. Even then, it's a damn hard thing to pull off.
Again, he took the red pill, and the blue pill. And tried to smoke his trenchcoat.
What a dumb-ass.
"Red Pill, Blue Pill" makes me think of "Nuke" from the "Born Again" in Daredevil (Frank Miller's best work).
"Gimme a red!"
"Gimme a blue!"
@Chuck:
He also used it in Robocop 2.
Maybe Miller should have re-hashed his better work for "Dark Knight 2."
Have you seen "The Spirit" trailers?
I think they need to hand out meth just to sit through it.
They better add ten years to his sentence for that blond dye-job.