Obama's Speech

[sleung]

Great speech but did you notice the glass surrounding him

never seen this before was it because he is black and afraid people will try to shoot him

or is this normal

[Hippie Staff]

those were panels on the left and right (front was wide open) - not sure why.

[Adam Blanchard]

I'm not really sure either, especially as to why it was just on the sides unless the police and secret service had all the buildings with a direct line of fire covered already, but there were assassination threats and that did look a lot like bulletproof glass.

[PEACE FROG]

Maybe to enhance the acoustics? Or maybe, the panels were in front of the inexpensive seats, so hecklers could'nt take any "cheap shots";):D