Major Security Threat Looms Over Oscar, Confirm Officials
Security tightens up for the 89th Academy Awards 2017, as officials are anticipating major political conflicts.
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oi-Monojit
By Monojit
With
less
than
a
week's
time
remaining
for
the
89th
Oscar
Awards
Event,
officials
are
highly
concerned
over
a
major
security
threat
due
to
the
politically
charged
environment
in
the
US.
In
the
Hollywood's
biggest
award
event,
all
the
major
stars
will
gather
around
at
the
Dolby
Theatre
for
securing
their
respective
laurels.
But
LAPD
has
been
on
their
edge
to
negate
any
security
scare
for
the
award
ceremony.
A
few
days
ago
the
entire
streets
surrounding
the
venue
for
the
Oscar
had
to
shut
down
over
a
bomb
scare,
the
bomb
squad
intervened
the
scene
only
to
find
it
was
a
false
alarm.
"You
always
wonder
when
something
like
that
happens
if
someone
is
checking
response
time
for
the
bomb
squad
and
robots," said
an
official.
"This
will
be
the
largest
stage
of
the
liberal
left
in
the
world,
and
they
will
use
it
to
promote
political
issues,
so
you'll
have
immigration
issues,
Donald
Trump
issues
and
things
like
that,"
one
of
the
security
experts
added.
"So
knowing
that
you
look
at
domestic
possibilities
with
clashes
between
the
two
sides.
I
think
that
Donald
Trump
gave
certain
powers
to
the
right
and
the
ultra-right,
so
there
may
be
some
issues
with
that
outside," said
the
security
expert.
"The
security
everyone
is
looking
at
is
really
about
physical
clashes
of
the
ideas
between
people
who
believe
in
them."
He
added
further.
The
homegrown
extremists
are
the
ones
LAPD
is
considering
as
the
biggest
threat.
But
they
will
be
fully
prepared
to
negate
any
unwanted
circumstances
with
surveillance
cameras,
sniffer
dogs,
metal
detectors
and
the
SWAT
team,
assured
the
LAPD
head.