No One Knows Why or How the Brooklyn Bridge's American Flags Were Pain

[W!nston]

Does this sound like a plot device from a spy thriller like The Bourne Conspiracy or something to anyone besides me?

What if Putin is behind it? I mean think about it. What if Putin has some leverage over Obama? Obama threatens to show the world the 'smoking-gun' evidence that proves without a doubt that Putin orchestrated the MH17 tragedy for what ever reason his villainous mind came up with BUT Putin threatens Obama with some evidence of his own? What if Putin had some 'smoking-gun' evidence that shows Obama is personally responsible for MH370 or something equally nefarious? This is good. This is GOOD!

Putin sends a message that he will expose Obama if Obama exposes him. Putin also demands a public display of Obama's capitulation - Putin wants the American Flags atop the Brooklyn Bridge whitewashed as a sign that Obama 'surrenders' to the Supreme Leader for Life - Vladamir Putin - acknowledging Putin as the ruler of the 'Dark Side' - like Emperor Palpatine or something.

I have to go now... I have a screenplay to write

No One Knows Why or How the Brooklyn Bridge's American Flags Were Painted White
The Atlantic Wire | By Polly Mosendz | 5:00 pm July 22 2014

Overnight, someone climbed to the top of both the Brooklyn Bridge's two 273-foot towers. A terrifying feat on its own, the culprit(s) decided to stick around and paint the American flags atop the iconic structure white.

Police have no idea who the climbers/painters were, nor how they might have gotten up there. The bridge is considered a high-profile terrorism target, so it is under constant security. Except for last night, obviously.

According to officials, the American flags are hung by specially trained workers in the Department of Transportation. The flags are fastened with steel clips and only taken down when they need to be repaired due to wear or bad weather.

To change them, a pair of workers attached to a tether walk along a quarter mile of cable to the ladder atop the tower. The cable is about a foot in diameter. Then, the workers climb onto the flag platform. There is no way to actually lower the flags (this is to prevent vandals, but what good did that do?) so the workers always have to climb the flag platform.

While that seems like a pretty difficult process, and certainly a terrifying one, these people (or person) managed to climb up there, while holding paint and a brush, change the flag, and mosey back down unscathed.

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams announced an award for any information about the mysterious flags.

"If flying a white flag atop the Brooklyn Bridge is someone’s idea of a joke, I’m not laughing. The public safety of our city is of paramount importance, particularly our landmarks and bridges that are already known to be high-risk targets," Adams said, according to Business Insider. "We will not surrender our public safety to anyone, at any time. Political and social expression, whatever its message may be, has a place in our society, but not at the expense of others’ security. I am confident in the NYPD’s ability to investigate this matter."

Workers started changing the flags back around 11 A.M. today, and the N.Y.P.D. confirmed there were no bombs or notes left on the painted flags. Someone just wanted to left New York know that Brooklyn (or Manhattan?) had given up.

 

[W!nston]

Okay. This is just too sweet. This is Obama surrendering to Putin. White Flags over New York this morning and this reversal of Obama's theory about Putin's involvement in the downing of MH17.

Am I the only one who finds this a little too coincidental?

US: No evidence of direct Russian link to plane
Associated Press | By KEN DILANIAN | 5:40 pm July 22 2014

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senior U.S. intelligence officials say they have no evidence of direct Russian government involvement in the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17.

They say the passenger jet was likely felled by an SA-11 surface-to-air missile fired by Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine and that Russia "created the conditions" for the downing by arming the separatists.

The officials briefed reporters Tuesday under ground rules that their names not be used in discussing intelligence related to last week's air disaster, which killed 298 people.

They said they did not know if any Russians were present at the missile launch, and they wouldn't say that the missile crew was trained in Russia.

A senior official said the most likely explanation was the plane was shot down by mistake.

 

[tonka]

Great prank.

Another bizarre note to this story is the police detail.
Since 9/11, a police car has been assigned to the Manhattan side of the bridge. 24/7/365.
By my calculation...100,000 hours give or take. on this night, they saw nothing. Perhaps the evil Mr P has an invisible suit.

 

[W!nston]

thanks for the 'invisibility suit' idea - i'll use that in my screenplay with your permission