UPDATE: Supreme Court, other DC buildings evacuated as police investigate bomb threat
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Source: CNBC
The Supreme Court, a House office building and the Library of Congress were evacuated Thursday after a North Carolina man in a truck parked outside the library said he had explosives, according to law enforcement officials.
A Republican National Committee spokeswoman said the RNC offices nearby were evacuated as well.
The man in the black pickup truck has been making anti-government statements, according to law enforcement officials who spoke with NBC News. Officials said the man claimed to have a propane tank inside the cab of the truck, and also claimed to be holding a detonator. But officers have not been able to look inside the cab.
Two law enforcement officials told NBC that man in the truck is communicating with authorities by writing on a dry-erase board that he had in the vehicle.
Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/19/us-capitol-police-respond-to-report-of-suspicious-vehicle-near-library-of-congress.html
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Full latest update headline: Supreme Court, other DC buildings evacuated as police investigate bomb threat on Capitol Hill
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Previous update and headline -
U.S. Capitol Police on Thursday are investigating what they called "an active bomb threat" from a truck parked near the Library of Congress, and ordered the evacuation of the library and a nearby House office building.
The Capitol Police Twitter feed warned the public to "please stay away from this area. In addition to Capitol police, Washington police were at the scene, some of whom had gas masks. People at the Cannon House Office Building received an alert telling them to leave that building and relocate to the Longworth House Office Building.
The FBI Washington Field Office's National Capital Response responded to the scene, as did agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.
Congress is currently in recess. The White House was monitoring the situation, and getting updates from law enforcement.
Original article and headline -
U.S. Capitol Police responded Thursday to a report of a suspicious vehicle near the Library of Congress, the agency said.
The Capitol Police Twitter feed warned people to "please stay away from this area."
"This is an ongoing investigation," a follow-up tweet from police said. "We are monitoring this situation closely and will update this account as we get information we can release."
Just breaking.
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@CapitolPolice
NOW: The USCP is responding to a suspicious vehicle near the Library of Congress.
Please stay away from this area and follow this account for the latest information.
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9:43 AM · Aug 19, 2021
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@CapitolPolice
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Aug 19, 2021
NOW: The USCP is responding to a suspicious vehicle near the Library of Congress.
Please stay away from this area and follow this account for the latest information.
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U.S. Capitol Police
@CapitolPolice
This is an ongoing investigation.
We are monitoring this situation closely and will update this account as we get information we can release.
9:54 AM · Aug 19, 2021
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WASHINGTON — U.S. Capitol Police are responding to an active bomb threat investigation near the Library of Congress.
According to multiple reports, there is a possible explosive inside a truck near the Library and the area is being evacuated, including the Cannon House Office Building.
CNN sources say a vehicle has been driven onto a sidewalk on 1st Street and a suspect is inside the vehicle holding something in his hand.
https://wjla.com/news/local/suspicious-vehicle-possible-explosive-library-of-congress-area-evacuated
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In other words, a MAGA asshole
Published Thu, Aug 19 2021 | 10:12 AM EDT | Updated 22 Min Ago
A North Carolina man surrendered Thursday afternoon to police, hours after telling them he had a bomb in his truck parked outside the Library of Congress on Capitol Hill. That threat by the suspect, Floyd Ray Roseberry, led to the evacuation of the library, the Supreme Court, the Cannon House Office Building, and the offices of the Republican National Committee.
It also sparked a massive police response to an area that seven months earlier saw the Capitol complex violently invaded by supporters of then-President Donald Trump. “He got out of the vehicle and surrendered, and the tactical units that were close by took him into custody without incident,” U.S. Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger said about the 49-year-old Roseberry.
“He gave up and did not resist,” Manger said. “As far as we could tell it was just his decision to surrender at that point.” “We don’t know if there are any explosives in the vehicle. It is still an active scene,” Manger said. “It will take hours. Hours to assess the scene.” Manger said there was a propane gas container in his black pick-up truck.
A person is apprehended after being in a pickup truck parked on the sidewalk in front of the Library of Congress’ Thomas Jefferson Building, as seen from a window of the U.S. Capitol, Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021, in Washington.
Alex Brandon | AP
But, the chief added, “At this point we think that’s safe.” Manger also said, “Right now we have no indication that he was acting with anyone else, but that is part of the ongoing investigation.” Roseberry, who most recently lived in Grover, North Carolina posted several videos on Facebook from his truck in the hours before he surrendered, directly address remarks to President Joe Biden, whose resignation he demanded. He also calling U.S. airstrikes on the Taliban in Afghanistan.
A man named Floyd Ray Roseberry who claims to be sitting in his truck with explosives speaks during a Facebook livestream in a still image from video taken in Washington, U.S. August 19, 2021.
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https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/19/us-capitol-police-respond-to-report-of-suspicious-vehicle-near-library-of-congress.html
a couple times a year, literally almost every year.
Remember the various "planes" that have landed or crashed on the WH lawn (not the 2015 one but the 1994 one)?
https://www.historyonthenet.com/frank-eugene-corder
And in 2015, the postal worker who landed his gyrocopter on the Capitol grounds -
There are sadly many mentally ill people out there who will act out their frustrations or fantasies. The main complex down there ends up with bomb threats and other evacuation threats constantly.