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Omaha Steve

(99,646 posts)
Fri Jan 31, 2020, 03:43 PM Jan 2020

SUV breaches Mar-a-lago security; 2 in custody after chase

Source: AP

By TERRY SPENCER

PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Officers fired shots at an SUV that barreled past a security checkpoint at President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort Friday, leading to a car and helicopter chase before officers were able to stop the vehicle and arrest two people.

Trump was not at the resort at the time, although he was scheduled to arrive there later Friday. The president had been briefed, said press secretary Stephanie Grisham. There were no changes to his travel plans.

The black SUV breached security a little after 11:30 a.m. at the main entrance of the resort, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office. Officers fired shots and the SUV raced off. It was pursued by the Highway Patrol and a sheriff’s office helicopter.

Investigators say the vehicle approached the checkpoint at a high rate of speed and did not appear to brake in any way, according to a law enforcement official who spoke on condition of anonymity in order to discuss the investigation.



FILE - This Nov. 21, 2016, file photo, shows the Mar-a-Lago resort owned by President-elect Donald Trump in Palm Beach, Fla. There was an unspecified incident involving the Secret Service at Mar-a-Lago club in Florida, but authorities would not say Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020, what happened. Palm Beach police records show officers were called to Mar-a-Lago on Monday night, Jan. 6, to assist the Secret Service but most of the report is redacted, including the name of the individual who was contacted. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)


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SUV breaches Mar-a-lago security; 2 in custody after chase (Original Post) Omaha Steve Jan 2020 OP
The MF has breached our Constitution. MontanaMama Jan 2020 #1
JFC I'm not looking forward to this election. RandySF Jan 2020 #2
As much as I loathe this fucking asshole... Initech Jan 2020 #3
I want to hear about the driver Sanity Claws Jan 2020 #4
Driver and passenger are female. greyl Jan 2020 #5
Mar-a-Lago NOT targeted. greyl Jan 2020 #6
I didn't know Melania could drive. Haggis for Breakfast Jan 2020 #7

Initech

(100,078 posts)
3. As much as I loathe this fucking asshole...
Fri Jan 31, 2020, 03:55 PM
Jan 2020

I'm not encouraging violence of any sort. If Trump goes, I'd much rather him go by natural causes.

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