According the Washington Post, the officer "allegedly said he would shoot the First Lady and then used his phone to retrieve a picture of the firearm he said he would use" to show his colleagues.
Before his redeployment, the officer worked as a motorcycle escort to White House officials and visiting dignitaries.
Reports say the Secret Service is trying hard to downplay the incident.
“Pump the brakes on this one” a Secret Service official told NBC.
"We're aware of it and taking the appropriate steps," another official of the Service told msnbc.com.
The name of the officer who issued the death threat is yet to be released by the Metropolitan Police Department.
There has not been any response from the White House on the incident.
Will they ever recover from the reality that a blackman is the President of the United States and black woman is the First Lady of the United States? Michelle and Barack Obama are admired and adored all over the world, but crude, old racism would never allow Americans appreciate them.
ReplyDeleteWhen the Obamas leave the White House, Americans will have cause to look back and wonder why their skin colour mattered so much. May be, after such a relection, race might start playing little or no role in who does what in America, and who becomes President of the United States
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