Apparent smoke bomb tossed over White House fence
WASHINGTON -- Someone threw what appeared to be a smoke bomb over the White House fence Tuesday night, according to the Secret Service...
An apparent smoke bomb was tossed over the White House fence, prompting a lockdown, NBC Washington reported Tuesday night.
The station reports:
Someone threw what appeared to be a smoke bomb over the White House fence Tuesday night, according to the Secret Service.
The incident took place during an Occupy DC rally outside the White House.
About 1,000 protesters participated in the rally. The crowd has been dispersed.
So far, there have been no arrests for the incident, though earlier Tuesday, there were unrelated arrests during an Occupy Congress protest.
The first family were not home. They were at a dinner with friends, celebrating Michelle Obama’s birthday at the time of the incident.
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