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From The Arizona Republic

It’s just like any other Monday in downtown Phoenix. Except for all the police, protesters, secret service agents and gnarled traffic.

In the hours leading up to the working part of President Barack Obama’s working vacation, the scene outside the Phoenix Convention Center
was bustling.

At exactly 9:51 this morning, his motorcade pulled up to the convention center.

A man, who decided not to give his name, was walking around the pro-health care reform rally at 3rd and Washington streets, with a pistol on his hip, and an AR-15 (a semi-automatic assault rifle) on a strap over his shoulder.

“Because I can do it,” he said when asked why he was armed. “In Arizona, I still have some freedoms.”

Two police officers were staying very close to the man.

“What he is doing is perfectly legal,” Detective J. Oliver, of the Phoenix police department said. “We are here to keep the peace. If we need to intervene, we will intervene at that time.”

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/EFDUBDEE/ EFDUBDEE

    These Krackers have lost their mindS!!!!!! If something happened to Obama it will be total anarchy!!! and that’s Real talk right there.I would hate to see it.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/DMY19151/ DMY19151

    MAN….THESE RACIST WHITE FOLK ARE STARTING TO GET ON MY LAST F**KING NERVE….

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Kountry_Mayne/ Kountry_Mayne

    it wasnt a white person, he is african american. and the only reason he wasnt arrested with a semi-auto assualt riffle is because the government was there… other wise the police would have prolly arrested him or shot him.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Kountry_Mayne/ Kountry_Mayne
  • http://www.blackplanet.com/stupidfatandugly/ stupidfatandugly

    he’s probably there to make sure no “birthers” get outta line

  • http://thefastertimes.com/nonsensenews/2009/08/17/the-william-kostric-interview-part-one/ The William Kostric Interview, Part One | Nonsense News

    [...] And you can read more about the incident here, here, and here. [...]

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/BabyGyrl810/ BabyGyrl810

    man wth was dude thinking???

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Marveeo/ Marveeo

    Betcha he was WHITE !

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/BlackPrivilege/ BlackPrivilege

    it was a negro wit the ar-15….and like my man said down below only reason he wasnt gunned down was because the media was there

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/mr-almost-right/ mr-almost-right

    there were 2 ar-15 there 1 was a white guy one was a brother the brother was pro obmama and if you think there was not snipers on them all day you have missed the boat

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/tee63118/ tee63118

    As a law enforcement officer, i think it was down right ignorant for law enforcement and secret service officers to allow anyone to be within a 100 miles of a sitting president with more than a ink pen. the secret service or phoenix law enforcement would have never allow anyone to approach any of the other presidents we have had with so much as a paper clip. I dont care whose side they were on, no one, i repeat, no one should be allowed to remain in a place where any president is speaking or occupying with any weapons; ar-15 or otherswise. This s**t will never stop. dont treat the black president like he’s a second class president.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/toni211/ toni211

    I THINK THIS IS VERY IGNORANT OF THE OFFICERS TO LET THAT MADNESS GO ON!PRESIDENT OBAMA’S SAFETY WAS AT STAKE,AND THE OFFICERS AND THE SECRET SERVICE IS SAD AND NEED TO BE REPLACED AND THAT FOOL WHO BROUGHT THE WEAPONS TO A PRESIDENTS EVENT, JUST BECAUSE OF ALL THE DRAMA BEHIND THIS HEALTH CARE REFORM,SHOULD HAVE BEEN LOCKED UP!!!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/X-TORTION/ X-TORTION

    SO?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Chocolate_Gul/ Chocolate_Gul

    Dang Im from AZ & didnt hear about this until I read it on here!! Lol and I been sittin here thinkin people are crazy in other states for carrying around guns.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/sparklesofdivas/ sparklesofdivas

    I NEED TO ASK SOME OF THE WHITE PEOPLE WHO IS DOING THIS IF OBAMA GETS KILLED BECAUSE A WHITE PERSON IS MAD BECAUSE HE IS PRESIDENT. NOW THIS IS THE QUESTION…. WHAT DO YOU THINK THE BLACK PEOPLE OF AMERICA IS GONNA DO? YOU THINK WE ARE GONNA RUN AND HIDE SCREAMING MASTER IS GONNA GET US OR DO YOU THINK WE ARE GONNA RETALIATE? IMA GIVE U A MIN…….. TIMES UP… WE ARE RETALIATE? HARD! ON EVERYBODY SO YOUR BEST BET IS JUST TO SIT DOWN AND BE HAPPY CUZ IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT…. TIMES UP… ITS NO WIN SITUATION WITH YOU BECAUSE IF YOU LEAVE IT ALONE HE STILL GONNA BE PRESIDENT BUT…. IF YOU DO SOMETHING THEN YOUR GOING DOWN.. NOW TAKE A MIN TO THINK ABOUT IT.. LETTING IT GO OR DOING SOMETHING STUPID AND HAVING A MILLION (IN YOUR WORDS) NIGGAS IN YOU AND YOUR FAMILYS ASS? THINK ABOUT IT… YEAH YOU BETTA LOVE THAT MAN

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/sparklesofdivas/ sparklesofdivas

    I NEED TO ASK SOME OF THE WHITE PEOPLE WHO IS DOING THIS IF OBAMA GETS KILLED BECAUSE A WHITE PERSON IS MAD BECAUSE HE IS PRESIDENT. NOW THIS IS THE QUESTION…. WHAT DO YOU THINK THE BLACK PEOPLE OF AMERICA IS GONNA DO? YOU THINK WE ARE GONNA RUN AND HIDE SCREAMING MASTER IS GONNA GET US OR DO YOU THINK WE ARE GONNA RETALIATE? IMA GIVE U A MIN…….. TIMES UP… WE ARE RETALIATE? HARD! ON EVERYBODY SO YOUR BEST BET IS JUST TO SIT DOWN AND BE HAPPY CUZ IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT…. TIMES UP… ITS NO WIN SITUATION WITH YOU BECAUSE IF YOU LEAVE IT ALONE HE STILL GONNA BE PRESIDENT BUT…. IF YOU DO SOMETHING THEN YOUR GOING DOWN.. NOW TAKE A MIN TO THINK ABOUT IT.. LETTING IT GO OR DOING SOMETHING STUPID AND HAVING A MILLION (IN YOUR WORDS) NIGGAS IN YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES ASS? THINK ABOUT IT… YEAH YOU BETTA LOVE THAT MAN

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/BLACKSMITH843/ BLACKSMITH843

    Slow down everyone. It’s cool. Obama know what he’s doing. Snipers would have tightened his as up quick. Second, brothas are going to start showing up a rallies with guns and they’ll put a stop to this gun s**t immediately. Right now, we’re not a threat. But we soon will be. Obama needs to quit trying to get accepted by these dumbasses and quit doing these bulls**t TOWNHALL MEETINGS! Let them stay poor (they’re the most on food stamps and welfare), and let’s get rich. Now is the time to get that money. I love you all.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/antjay76/ antjay76

    It’s crazy how the first posts automatically assumed that it could not have been a person of African descent. So what, we can’t exercise a Constitutional freedom that was ripped from us for hundreds of years? Not to mention that it is the second of the original ten, more commonly referred to as; “The Bill of Rights”. The only real reason that has kept this country safe from attacks by foreign armies is our right to ‘bear arms’, check out some quotes from the likes of Hitler and some Japanese commanders. People will kill, no matter if they use a gun, knife, stones or ignorance. That’s like saying; hey our health care system is messed up, let’s let the government run it. That is not dealing with the issue, just causing more confusion.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/youngunna162004/ youngunna162004

    We use all that type of equipment on our M16 in the army.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Sub-Negro/ Sub-Negro

    OK people we got folks saying it was a black man and a white man? It’s amazing that this s**t would fly. These are high powered weapons and I think only the swat team and military has access to. So basically I can walk around carrying a high powered rifle in the public as long as I have a gun permit? And what is even more confusing is that this was a healthcare meeting.

  • http://newsone.com/obama/a-dozen-people-with-guns-protest-obama-speech/ A Dozen People With Guns Protest Obama Speech | NewsOne

    [...] Man Brings Assault Rifle To Obama Rally [...]

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/bgktynatx/ bgktynatx

    I guess more ppl need to come to protect Obama, because I don’t trust the ppl protectin him anyway. I believe he’s put in danger moreso than that last president we had in office, or any other president ever. Maybe we all need to get permits before it’s to late.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Stunner390/ Stunner390

    Sparkles you amaze me with your utter bulls**t!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/STLfan1/ STLfan1

    I am sorry guys I dont think this one was about race. It was a black man carrying one of those rifles and he wasnt shot just because the media was there he wasnt shot because those guns are legal and anyone can carry one as long as it is not concealed

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/STLfan1/ STLfan1

    and the snipers would have dropped his ass if he pointed it at anyone

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/murgatroy07/ murgatroy07

    It is my hope that all of us with the right to bear arms do so! Why? because then perhaps the more white America sees “us” with weapons as well they’d begin to relax some of their pathetic gun rights laws! Notice,this was the first time the NRA when asked to comment,refused!
    Lets keep it up!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/alphawolffzz/ alphawolffzz

    News One needs to do some independent reporting instead of useing stories from other sources. Your reporters should talked to the brother one-on-one to determine exactly why he carried the gun. Murgatroy is right that we should show some force and come packin in large numbers to some of these events just in case. We need to be prepared just in case.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/TeachThemCulture/ TeachThemCulture

    interesting…..my friend had a pocket knife during a Bush speech in Phoenix in 2005. They wouldnt let him past the first barricade and gave him reasons regarding the “Patriot Act” as to why he couldnt bring it in

  • http://www.rainycityradio.com/2009/08/episode-61-bad-juju/ Rainy City Radio : Episode 61 – Bad JuJu

    [...] Dude brings rifle to Obama rally? [...]

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