UPDATE: OBAMA-NO KNIVES-NO FORKS AT LUNCHEON

Before President spoke at the NALEO Luncheon No Knives No Forks allowed I raised the question was the a normal procedure and apparently it isn't. I was  curious, about this and found photo's of President Obama in the same room as knives and fork-wielding strangers plenty of times in the past: ALL of the Attendees including the leaders of NALEO were required to eat quickly and give up their utensils. Having attended these type of luncheons you are vetted by Secret Service before you are allowed to attend. After your arrival you are required to go through the same as a TSA search at the airport.

WHY THIS AT NALEO LUNCHEON? Did the Secret Service do the same when Mitt Romney spoke to the same group?  Did the Secret Service have a tip there could be trouble?

Judging from Obama's actions at this years National Association of Latino Elected Officials (NALEO) luncheon, Obama's newest fear is Latinos with forks. Obama had the Secret Service confiscate all the dinner forks from the participants at the June 22 event held in Orlando, Florida.
Several participants Tweeted that butter knives were banned outright and forks were confiscated as soon as the diners finished eating and before the President entered the room to speak.
The attendees were elected officials and their staffs, not just the average Jose off the street. Nevertheless, Obama took away their forks as if they were inmates at a prison. Many of these elected officials are probably wondering why the president was concerned for his safety.
Dan Amira of New York Magazine showed photos of the many times Obama has been in a room with "fork wielding strangers." If a republican president had done the same thing, it would have been treated as prima facie evidence of racism.