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General Category => National/Breaking News => Topic started by: mountaineer on October 19, 2020, 11:18:36 am

Title: BLM activist hangs off side of Trump Tower with a knife, demands to speak with the president
Post by: mountaineer on October 19, 2020, 11:18:36 am
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BLM activist hangs off side of Trump Tower with a knife, demands to speak with the president
October 19, 2020 | Tom Tillison

Just when you think 2020 can’t get any stranger, a man decided so dangle off the side of Trump Tower in Chicago and demand to speak with President Donald Trump.

Identifying himself as a Black Lives Matter activist, a man believed to be in his 20s used a climbing harness to hang off the 16th-floor balcony of the building. Adding to the drama, a live video of the man talking about his predicament was shared online.

The troubled man threatened to cut the harness and fall to his death if his demands were not met.

“I don’t want to die. If someone will try to pull this rope, I will jump and die,” the man said. A knife can be seen in his hand, as he panned the camera downward for a view of the Chicago River below him.  ...
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I haven't seen any updates. Is he still there? The Chicago media seem reluctant to cover this story.
Title: Re: BLM activist hangs off side of Trump Tower with a knife, demands to speak with the president
Post by: mountaineer on October 19, 2020, 11:22:30 am
Steven Graves  @StevenGravesTV
5:30 AM - HOUR 12 Nothing much has changed. Man still perched on ledge of Trump Tower.
Negotiators will most likely be working this until sunrise.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ekr3fH5W0AAWcUv?format=jpg&name=900x900)
6:32 AM · Oct 19, 2020·
Title: Re: BLM activist hangs off side of Trump Tower with a knife, demands to speak with the president
Post by: mountaineer on October 19, 2020, 12:40:20 pm
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Emily Zanotti  @emzanotti
Man who scaled Trump Tower finally pulled in, 13 hours after standoff began. Situation “resolved peacefully.”
8:28 AM · Oct 19, 2020·

Tom Ahern  @TomAhernCPD
UPDATE: Situation resolved peacefully by Negotiators. Suspect in custody. No injuries.
7:58 AM · Oct 19, 2020·
Temperature got to around 40 last night in Chicago, and yet he continued to dangle. What a hero.
Title: Re: BLM activist hangs off side of Trump Tower with a knife, demands to speak with the president
Post by: mountaineer on October 19, 2020, 02:49:14 pm
King   @BreezeJKing1
Protester who suspended himself from Chicago Trump Tower all night has safely climbed to rescuers. He is being transported to the hospital.
He has claimed that he is BLM. He had demanded Trump speak with him about the children's future. He also asks that we listen to Noam Chomsky
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EksTHAPWkAENK8U?format=jpg&name=small)
8:33 AM · Oct 19, 2020

Title: Re: BLM activist hangs off side of Trump Tower with a knife, demands to speak with the president
Post by: Weird Tolkienish Figure on October 19, 2020, 03:33:56 pm
The man is identified as Hunter Biden.
Title: Re: BLM activist hangs off side of Trump Tower with a knife, demands to speak with the president
Post by: mountaineer on October 19, 2020, 03:45:05 pm
Quote from: Weird Tolkienish Figure on October 19, 2020, 03:33:56 pm
The man is identified as Hunter Biden.
Who, as far as we know, has not hanged himself.
Title: Re: BLM activist hangs off side of Trump Tower with a knife, demands to speak with the president
Post by: GtHawk on October 19, 2020, 05:42:39 pm
Quote from: mountaineer on October 19, 2020, 03:45:05 pm
Who, as far as we know, has not hanged himself.
Yet
Title: Re: BLM activist hangs off side of Trump Tower with a knife, demands to speak with the president
Post by: roamer_1 on October 19, 2020, 06:26:37 pm
Quote from: GtHawk on October 19, 2020, 05:42:39 pm
Yet

That ain't funny... He is already set up for it with all the talk of his troubled life and emails regretting what he's done to his old man... Sure see that one coming... Assisted or not.
Title: Re: BLM activist hangs off side of Trump Tower with a knife, demands to speak with the president
Post by: mountaineer on October 21, 2020, 01:12:18 pm
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CWBChicago  @CWBChicago
BREAKING: The man who suspended himself from the side of Trump Tower in a 14-hour standoff with @Chicago_Police
 SWAT negotiators just escaped from a private ambulance, saying he has a mission to complete. #Chicago

..."He knows jujitsu."
#ChicagoScanner #Chicago

...He may have jumped into a sedan. Might be heading to an address in Lincoln Square. #ChicagoScanner #Chicago #SlightlyDelayedTweet

Update from CPD: "Update: At this juncture, we can only confirm that the missing has been located.  We have not received further information as to his status."
Actual tweets, the most recent from a few hours ago.  :thud: