Possible Assassination Plot Against Barack Obama Foiled, Four Suspects, Including Tharin Gartrell Arrested

I am deeply troubled by the latest news reports of a possible assassination plot against Barack Obama. According to Rocky Mountain News, at least four people, with ties to a white supremacist group, have been arrested in connection with a possible plot to kill Obama at his Thursday night acceptance speech at Invesco Field at Mile High. The suspects are being held on either drug or weapons charges.

Aurora police arrested a longtime drug user Sunday afternoon during a routine traffic stop where the man was seen "weaving," sources said. Three possible other accomplices also were arrested, according to police. Police found four weapons, including two rifles and two handguns, in a rented pickup.

It gets a little more sinister. That arrest then led authorities to a second man staying at the Cherry Creek Hotel at 600 South Colorado Blvd in Glendale. When authorities knocked on the man's door, they say he jumped out of his sixth floor window, landing on an awning and running from the scene. They say they soon found him with a broken ankle. He too was arrested.

CBS4 reported one of the suspects told authorities they were "going to shoot Obama from a high vantage point using a ... rifle … sighted at 750 yards." Law-enforcement sources told CBS4 that one of the suspects "was directly asked if they had come to Denver to kill Obama. He responded in the affirmative." One of the suspects has been identified as 28-year-old Tharin Gartrell.

Police found a rifle in the man's rented pickup and methamphetamine. The man allegedly made comments about Sen. Obama, but sources wouldn't say what they were. The Secret Service, ATF and U.S. Attorney's Office are investigating. Sources told CBS4 that cops found two high-powered, scoped rifles in the vehicle, along with camouflage clothing, walkie-talkies, a bulletproof vest, a spotting scope, licenses in the names of other people and the speed drug methamphetamine. Authorities went to a hotel to contact Shawn Robert Adolf, an associate of Gartrell's, but Adolf, wanted on numerous warrants, jumped out of a sixth-floor window. Adolf, 33, broke his ankle in the fall and was captured moments later. He was wearing a ring with a swastika. A third man, 32-year-old Nathan Johnson, and an unidentified woman were arrested at an area motel.

Seriously folks, are we so cruel that we would hate to see a black man win the presidency? No matter how much you disagree with him, what gives anyone the right to seek to take his life? Isn't he as much an American as any natural born citizen of this country? This is very troubling and it shows that there are people who will stop at nothing to derail the efforts of an American-born black, Latino, Asian or Indian to aspire to the highest elected office in this country. Come on people, we can do better than this!

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nd two high-powered, scoped rifles in the vehicle, along with camouflage clothing, walkie-talkies, a bulletproof vest, a spotting scope, licenses in the names of other people and the speed drug methamphetamine. Authorities went to a hotel to contact Shawn Robert Adolf, an associate of Gartrell's, but Adolf, wanted on numerous warrants, jumped out of a sixth-floor window. Adolf, 33, broke his ankle in the fall and was captured moments later. He was wearing a ring with a swastika. A third man, 32-year-old Nathan Johnson, and an unidentified woman were arrested at an area motel.

Seriously folks, are we so cruel that we would hate to see a black man win the presidency? No matter how much you disagree with him, what gives anyone the right to seek to take his life? Isn't he as much an American as any natural born citizen of this country? This is very troubling and it shows that there are people who will stop at nothing to derail the efforts of an American-born black, Latino, Asian or Indian to aspire to the highest elected office in this country. Come on people, we can do better than this!