Father of Parkland Victim Climbs DC Crane in Protest, 3 Arrested

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Source: NBC channel 4 in Washington, DC

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Father of Parkland Victim Climbs DC Crane in Protest, 3 Arrested

"The whole world will listen to Joaquin today"

By NBC Washington Staff Published February 14, 2022 Updated 1 hour ago

The father of a teen boy who was shot and killed at his school in Parkland, Florida, in a mass killing four years ago that left 17 people dead climbed a downtown D.C. construction crane in protest on Monday.

Manuel Oliver, the father of Joaquin Oliver, climbed a crane at 15th and H streets NW early Monday, a campaign calling for action against gun violence said. ... "With Congress unable to pass popular life-saving reforms, President Biden must live up to his campaign promises, prioritize gun violence prevention, and take immediate action to build safer communities across the nation," the group said in a statement.

Oliver; Emm Augusta-Smith Talarico of Northwest D.C.; and Alexander Sherwood Lundberg of St. Louis Park, Minnesota, were arrested and charged with unlawful entry and destruction of property. The destroyed property was a lock, according to a police report.

Manuel Oliver appeared to send tweets from the top of the crane. ... "The whole world will listen to Joaquin today," one message said. ... A man could be seen being escorted down from the crane at about 9:30 a.m.

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Read more: https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/father-of-parkland-shooting-victim-climbs-dc-crane-in-protest/2971956/

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Never a dull moment

The crane will be taken out of service and inspected before it can be considered safe for workers to use again.

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From Channel 5:

Parkland shooting father led away by police after climbing crane near White House marking killings
By Bob Barnard and FOX 5 DC Digital Team * Published February 14, 2022 8:55AM * Updated 4:21PM * NewsFOX 5 DC

https://www.fox5dc.com/news/parkland-shooting-father-climbs-construction-tower-near-white-house-to-mark-4-years-since-killings

WASHINGTON - The father of a student killed in the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida has been led away by police after climbing a construction crane near the White House in Washington, D.C. to mark four years since the shooting.





Parkland shooting father climbs construction tower near White House to mark 4 years since killings (Barnard / WTTG)

Manuel Oliver, the father of Joaquin Oliver who was just 17-years-old when he killed during the Valentine's Day killings at the school, scaled the crane early Monday.

Once at the top, Oliver unfurled a banner showing an image of his son. Images from the scene show police surrounding the base of the construction tower.

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[maxsolomon]

1. DC wont touch guns for decades.

The American Carnage will continue unabated. Its appalling and infuriating and heartbreaking.

The 2nd says some fucked up anachronistic racist shit, but it says what it says, and we basically have an Unorganized Militia made up of yahoos playing paramilitary and mentally unstable young men.

Dems can point it out, but any change Biden could make would be a band-aid on a chest wound, and the cost would be enormous. Americans are panicked by the spectre of some Socialist taking their guns.

[bahboo]

2. can't imagine this man's pain....

[intheflow]

3. Dude is a Columbian immigrant.

Came to this country to escape government violence, discovered violence condoned by the government in its inability to control and regulate guns. What an amazing man.