Man throws firecrackers over White House fence

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Man throws firecrackers over White House fence

WASHINGTON | Mon Sep 16, 2013 8:43pm EDT

(Reuters) - A man threw firecrackers over the White House's north fence on Monday, just hours after a shooting rampage in the U.S. capital in which 13 people died, the U.S. Secret Service said.

Uniformed agents sealed off the area in front of the presidential mansion and ordered journalists in the driveway in front of the West Wing to move inside the building.

With the capital on high alert after the earlier shootings, reaction to the firecrackers was immediate, with some people tweeting that shots had been heard.

"There have not been shots outside the White House," said Secret Service spokesman Ed Donovan.

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[PearliePoo2]

1. It's really hard to believe how many stupid fucks there are out there.

What? Did this asshole even think this out? LOL!

[MADem]

2. I hope that stupid fuck does some jail time.

That kind of shit is just not funny.

[Warren DeMontague]

8. Aren't there generally, like, snipers on the WH roof?

Jail time is the least of it.

[awoke_in_2003]

9. Maybe he was thinking...

suicide by Secret Service?

[Skittles]

3. he needs a mental health evaluation

[xfundy]

4. Only fascists and sociopaths

would try to instill fear in others on a day which included gun deaths close to the White House.

He's a good little soldier for the Cancervatives.

[X_Digger]

5. What an ass! n/t

[Vanje]

6. I know its a waste of time,

but I always ponder , and wonder at the mystery, What the Hell was going through that guy's mind!?
It interests me , in a way, because whatever was buzzing around in there, was not the usual stuff.

[JoeyT]

12. Ten bucks says he was thinking

"Hey y'all, watch this!"

[Art_from_Ark]

13. "Start filming, ma!"

"This is gonna look great on Youtube!"

[rustydog]

7. Some say he bore a striking resemblence to Ted Cruz

Well, "some people" say that.

[winter is coming]

10. Why do people do things like this? Pointless asshattery. n/t

[lpbk2713]

11. Drinking that early in the day?

A really stupid move.