Dude arrested near Obama’s house certainly sounds crazy

Whenever I see reports of someone being arrested for “threatening” behavior in the vicinity of a prominent individual or elected official, warning bells go off in the back of my mind. These days, both the media and law enforcement can place a “threatening” tag on almost anyone for reasons that seem dubious at best. You can be accused of threatening someone’s safety over a social media post where you claim that men can’t have babies. But that doesn’t seem to be the case with 37-year-old Taylor Taranto, who was arrested on June 29th near the Washington home of Barack and Michelle Obama. This guy seems to be legitimately crazy and potentially quite dangerous. The curious angle to this story, however, is the way the Associated Press suggests that the situation was (wait for it…) Donald Trump’s fault.Read More