Parkland victim’s father in custody after scaling crane by White House in protest

Manuel Oliver said he climbed the 150ft crane so the whole world will listen to Joaquin today'

The father of a Parkland shooting victim was taken into custody after scaling a construction crane near the White House on Monday as part of a protest against gun violence and in honor of the fourth anniversary of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school shooting in Florida that killed 17 people and wounded 17 more.

Manuel Oliver, whose 17-year-old son Joaquin Guac" Oliver was one of the 17 victims in the country's deadliest high school shooting, said he climbed the 150ft crane so the whole world will listen to Joaquin today".