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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Rachel Sharp

Parkland dad seen scaling crane outside White House on mass shooting anniversary

Manuel Oliver/Twitter

The father of one of the children killed in the Parkland high school massacre has been arrested after he scaled a huge crane outside the White House on the fourth anniversary of the mass shooting.

Manuel Oliver, father of Joaquin “Guac” Oliver, posted a photo on Twitter at around 6am showing himself dressed in a hard hat and high vis jacket on top of the construction crane, two months after he set up camp outside the White House demanding a meeting with the president about tackling gun violence.

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