Yesterday Tea Parties protest at IRS offices around the Nation

Tea Party groups from around the country gathered at IRS office buildings to
protest the government for targeting their organizations

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!”