Margaret Biller, of Mesa, Ariz., at Phoenix IRS Office smiles and waves at a person driving by honking
their horn, as she joins several dozen tea party activists and other concerned citizens, waving signs and small
American flags as they march outside the main Internal Revenue Service office on Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in
Phoenix. The rally was one of many around the country after IRS officials acknowledged that some conservative
groups received inappropriate attention and questioning. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Over 500 here now more coming," noted Ann Becker in Cincinnati.
IRSProtest Houston getting tons of support from passing cars!
"Tea Party preps for #IRS protest in front of the Federal building in downtown Nash" - Carley Gordon.
"Large Crowds in Atlanta." - Tea Party Patriots
"Small tea party protest outside IRS headquarters in DC. "- Ben Nuckols
"Woah!! Armed DHS guards outside #IRS building in St Louis!!" - Jim Hoft at Gateway Pundit
"Dept. of Homeland Security in Cincinnati." - via Adriana Inman
"Kansas City tea partiers protest the #IRS." - @NiceDeb
"Good group at IRS OFFICE DAYTONA BEACH today" - Pace A. Allen
On Tuesday, an estimated 175 Tea Party activists protested outside the IRS office in the suburban Chicago community of Downers Grove. Here's a report from someone who attended the event:
What surprised many was a Homeland Security vehicle came past the protest twice. As you can see from the picture, the vehicle had tinted windows so we are unsure if there were any cameras inside. Were pictures taken of the attendees? Will any of the attendees now be further targeted by the IRS or Homeland Security?Downers Grove, Illinois was not the only Tea Party protest at IRS offices that experienced scrutiny from federal authorities on Tuesday.
At the IRS offices in St. Louis, the Department of Homeland Security stationed a fleet of vehicles and several armed guards to keep a watchful eye over the St. Louis Tea Party protest.
In Los Angeles, one eyewitness (as reported by Gateway Pundit) described Department of Homeland Security efforts to intimidate Tea Party protesters, which apparently included observation by overhead helicopters:
Many of our 300 tea party folks were approached immediately by Homeland Security and told they could not be on federal property. My lawyer told me as long as I didn’t block passage we were OK. Many Homeland Security trucks and a helicopter above us scared many patriots so most of group went to public side walk to rally.
However, I stayed at IRS entrance telling Homeland Security it is my right to be there.
Then as I was leaving, carrying, my sign a woman jumped out of her car in IRS parking lot and started threatening me, “I am with ICE!”
