US shutdown now lockdown

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-24392014
Shots have been reported fired near the US Capitol in Washington DC, with police locking down offices in the area.

US Capitol Police said a police officer was injured, the Associated Press reported.

Journalists, congressional staffers and tourists were ordered to take shelter at the US Capitol Complex at 14:28 local time (18:28 GMT).

Shutdown and now locked down, how many more downs are they expecting!

bilston

Sky saying someone tried to ram a car into the White House and then fled to Capitol Hill. Dont know Washington at all but I assume they are next to each other.

King George VI

I guess America ran out of freedom.

GreeBo

SkyNews wrote:

Phalanx.........phalanx......phAlanx.......PHAlanx

How to say nothing using a buttload of words.

I'd imagine that just about every US news channel has cleared the decks to show wall to wall coverage of ....nothing as it's already happened.

Howard Juneau

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Shutdown and now locked down, how many more downs are they expecting!

System of a down will be doing the gig at the white house for the brave news media

Celly Smunt

St. Jimmy wrote: »

I guess America ran out of freedom.

They need democracy.America needs to fight freedom with freedom, and more democracy.

Merica.

wp_rathead

Good ol' twitter delivered this gem:

The US has Shutdown incorrectly. Would you like to restart the US in Safe Mode (with no guns and free healthcare)-Recommended Option

wprathead

wprathead wrote: »

Good ol' twitter delivered this gem:

The US has Shutdown incorrectly. Would you like to restart the US in Safe Mode (with no guns and free healthcare)-Recommended Option

All they need now is some Indian "tech support" agent to ring up and help fix it for their credit card limit to be extended. :pac:

Elbaston

bilston wrote: »

Sky saying someone tried to ram a car into the White House and then fled to Capitol Hill. Dont know Washington at all but I assume they are next to each other.

That'll be Jessy Ventura again, for gods sake, hes always at it with the cars that fella.

Sh1tbag OToole

Soon they'll be kicked down

by the Chinese

Hande hoche!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpbSNCYwM-o

TheIrishGrover

Don't worry, don't worry. According to fox "news" (balanced and fair tm) it's only a "slimdown"

I went down, down, down and the flames went higher

Good ol' Johnny (The Prophet)

Eight Ball

You can sense the disappointment on sky news this isn't terror related.

WilyCoyote

Home from work at 2pm after starting at 5.30. Saw nothing unusual, heard nothing unusual eventough I spoke to perhaps 30 male and female work colleagues. People just get on with it. And people know that if the news reader raises his/her voice and gesticulates wildly that this is only for effect. Hype rules.
Remember the fiscal cliff last year? remember all the crap that the talking heads were spouting?
The world keeps spinning on it's axis, babies keep getting born and people pass on.
Fox News and the other 24hr "news channels" could make a hugely exciting article about bear shit in the woods. And the sad thing is that some people would believe it.

FouxDaFaFa

The information available is a little confusing.

They shot dead a female who was trying to ram the Whitehouse gates with her car...but was she also shooting? And she had a baby with her? Is the baby alive?

What in the name of 'eck is happening over there?!?

My name is URL

Sky News are saying that the suspect is in custody. Can you be dead and in custody?

Specialun

I can imagine sky news producers going to the cameraman "more misery please,extra misery on top"

Howard Juneau

My name is URL wrote: »

Sky News are saying that the suspect is in custody. Can you be dead and in custody?

They're covering all bases, can't afford a zombie apocalypse so close to the white house

clairefontaine

Deleted User wrote: »

What in the name of 'eck is happening over there?!?

Eh...just another shoot out..lockdown...move along.

losthorizon

Apparently a senate aide was shot and injured as well.

MadsL

Deleted User wrote: »

Shutdown and now locked down, how many more downs are they expecting!

Four downs, they should probably punt on the fourth.

Celly Smunt wrote: »

Merica.

Never gets old does it. Oh wait...

wp_rathead

Eight Ball wrote: »

You can sense the disappointment on sky news this isn't terror related.

it is hilarious watching it on Fox News, even they are finding it difficult not to blame the Tea Party for this clusterfuck

Obama sum's it all up here:

"One faction, of one party, in one house of Congress, in one branch of government, shut down major parts of the government -- all because they didn’t like one law."

Ignore the above, forgot about the thread was about the shooting when I wrote it

MadsL

Witnesses saw a baby being taken from the car.

Jesus Christ, stupid bitch.

FouxDaFaFa

My name is URL wrote: »

Sky News are saying that the suspect is in custody. Can you be dead and in custody?

Were there two separate things happening? The woman in the car and a shooter who is in custody?

I'm confused.

WilyCoyote

Fecking hell. Can't stand it any longer. Must turn on the TV

My name is URL

FouxDaFaFa wrote: »

Were there two separate things happening? The woman in the car and a shooter who is in custody?

I'm confused.

I've no idea

I don't know wy I bother following these stories as they break because not even the news channels know wtf is going on!

tayto lover

It was never going to be allowed end without the customary shots being fired.

MadsL

...and more saturation news coverage of crazies. We are not learning very quickly are we?

MadsL

tayto lover wrote: »

It was never going to be allowed end without the customary shots being fired.

Have you an alternative way of stopping an out of control crazy in an urban environment? Baton charge?

tayto lover

MadsL wrote: »

Have you an alternative way of stopping an out of control crazy in an urban environment? Baton charge?

I didn't hear any reports of the woman firing a gun.
Could they not have spiked the tyres?
Is it a matter of shoot first and ask questions later?

old hippy

MadsL wrote: »

...and more saturation news coverage of crazies. We are not learning very quickly are we?

Which crazies are we against tonight, I've lost track

Howard Juneau

tayto lover wrote: »

I didn't hear any reports of the woman firing a gun.
Could they not have spiked the tyres?
Is it a matter of shoot first and ask questions later?

When she explodes 100kg of C4 in your face, what question will you ask?

tayto lover

Howard Juneau wrote: »

When she explodes 100kg of C4 in your face, what question will you ask?

She would have done it when she crashed the barrier surely.

Howard Juneau

tayto lover wrote: »

She would have done it when she crashed the barrier surely.

You're looking for sanity in a clearly insane situation.

Howard Juneau

Howard Juneau wrote: »

When she explodes 100kg of C4 in your face, what question will you ask?

If she had it she would have used it the first time and why take a child with her?

tayto lover

Howard Juneau wrote: »

You're looking for sanity in a clearly insane situation.

No i'm looking for logic and help for a "crazy" woman not bullets.

First and foremost, the woman who was driving the car put the child in danger. But, when you look at the video of the car driving away, the cops are surrounding it. Why would they shoot at it when they could clearly see the child?

tayto lover

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

First and foremost, the woman who was driving the car put the child in danger. But, when you look at the video of the car driving away, the cops are surrounding it. Why would they shoot at it when they could clearly see the child?

...because guns have to be fired.

tayto lover

tayto lover wrote: »

...because guns have to be fired.

And not at the tyres.

Howard Juneau

[Deleted User] wrote: »

If she had it she would have used it the first time and why take a child with her?

No she wouldn't
Sightseeing trip perhaps.

Howard Juneau

tayto lover wrote: »

No i'm looking for logic and help for a "crazy" woman not bullets.

Nobody knew what was in that car, if it was packed with explosives a lot more people could be dead.
Delicate sensibilities can't be pandered to when dealing with the possibility of massive loss of life

MadsL

tayto lover wrote: »

...because guns have to be fired.

No agenda on your part...

WilyCoyote

MadsL wrote: »

Have you an alternative way of stopping an out of control crazy in an urban environment? Baton charge?

Hey! What about shooting out the tyres?

jill_valentine

WilyCoyote wrote: »

Hey! What about shooting out the tyres?

It's not really an option. That close, ricochets etc are uncontrollable, and any further away, it's not really plausible.

AFAIK - and I stand to be corrected - law enforcement isn't told to shoot out tyres nowadays, if they ever were. It's too chancey and the best case scenario is that the car is even less predictable than it was before.

WilyCoyote

jill_valentine wrote: »

It's not really an option. That close, ricochets etc are uncontrollable, and any further away, it's not really plausible.

AFAIK - and I stand to be corrected - law enforcement isn't told to shoot out tyres nowadays, if they ever were. It's too chancey and the best case scenario is that the car is even less predictable than it was before.

A lunatic driving with threaded tyres gets plenty of grip. If she was on rims she couldn't take off at speed.

jill_valentine

WilyCoyote wrote: »

A lunatic driving with threaded tyres gets plenty of grip. If she was on rims she couldn't take off at speed.

You can't shoot out all tyres simultaneously though, assuming you can hit any of them. So you still have an aggressive, mentally unhinged person driving a car even they can't control. It's just not a plausible option, the risks are too high.

foggy_lad

Poor woman was only looking for some healthcare for her child.

Ken.

How long before the conspiracy theorists start claiming the F.B.I,C.I.A.,N.S.A.(delete as appropriate) put her up to it to distract from the budget thing?.