I saw this on the local news this morning, but no diaries or front page items. HuffPo has a story:
An armed man spotted at a North Carolina airport parking lot just after Air Force One departed Sunday told an officer he wanted to see the president and had a car equipped with police gear, including a siren and flashing lights, authorities said.
If this was diaried, of course I'll delete this, but if not...
The man, Joseph McVey, had to be up to something.
His car was equipped with clear LED law enforcement-style strobe lights in the front and rear dash, Smith said. The car also had a mounted digital camera in the front window, four large antennas on the trunk lid, and under the steering wheel was a working siren box. Smith said McVey was not in law enforcement.
When McVey got out of the car, he was listening to a handheld scanner and radio that had a remote earpiece, Smith said. Police said he was monitoring local agencies and had formulas for rifle scopes on a note in his cup holder.
When questioned, McVey said he heard the president was in town and wanted to see him. But that's rather odd, given that Obama was in North Carolina and McVey is from Ohio and had Ohio plates on his car.
We'll have to await details from authorities and hope that a story like this gets the coverage it deserves. It's been said before, but it's worth repeating that the violent rhetoric that has become so pervasive has consequences as people move from rhetoric to action.