By Ben Smith, Politico
Police chased reporters away from the White House and closed Lafayette Park today in response to a gay rights protest in which several service members in full uniform handcuffed themselves to the White House gate to protest "Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell."
People who have covered the White House for years tell me that’s an extremely unusual thing to do in an area that regularly features protests.
A reporter can be seen in the YouTube video above calling the move "outrageous" and "ridiculous."
"That was strictly the U.S. Parks Police that screwed up – that has nothing to do with the Secret Service of the White House or the Administration," said Sergeant Schlosser. "We had some young officers who, when they were told to move the people back -- which we typically do when we're going to make arrests - they moved the people back a lot further than we typically do. That was a rookie, amateur error and they screwed up on that."
(video courtesy of John Aravosis)
Note: This was not a "screw up" by the police - this is a pattern under Obama, to hide any type of protests that do not put in in a "good" light! This is the President that tried to ban Fox News reporters from the White House press pool; the president that refused to allow the Media to film or take photos of a visiting ally, PM Netanyahu; a President that mocks the protests of Tea Party assemblies, protesting his policies; a President who is controlling all press/media from public view!
This has become more than a pattern with Obama! It is outrageous! Perhaps now, the journalists who were bowing to Obama's every gesture, will now join ranks with the more conservative news stations and demand to ask questions as to when America's freedom of the Press and freedom of speech were removed from our Constitution. Certainly sounds like the early 1930's in Germany.
Obama, the President is a fraud and should be impeached before doing any more damage to both America and America's allies. Bee Sting
