Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Light Sabre Attack

REAL NEWS
  1. President Obama campaigns in Portland
  2. Man held after alleged 'Star Wars' light saber assault at Portland Toys R Us

 

Coincidence?
WYSIWYG

A 9-1-1 caller reported the attack at 9:50 p.m. Wednesday and said a man was swinging the "Star Wars"-style weapons at customers inside the store at 1800 Jantzen Beach Center, said Portland police spokesman Sgt. Pete Simpson.

Though police initially reported the man  struck the customers with one lightsaber, Simpson said Thursday he had one saber in each hand

While the caller was still on the phone the man walked out of the store — lightsabers in hand — toward the parking lot, police said.

Officers tried to arrest him, but he kept swinging the lightsabers at them, Simpson said. One officer tried to use his Taser but the device didn't work.

Another officer used his Taser, but
  the man  knocked one of the wires away with a lightsaber.


   thoR

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

His light saber should be red. That must be one he got from a Jedi he killed.

thoR~

DougM said...

Oh, jeeze ...
Portland police think light sabers are real.
[insert facepalm here]
Then again, mebbe it's a teachable moment:
never bring a Tazer to a light-saber fight.
That kind of situation calls for a Flash Gordon™ ray gun!
Maybe Queen Azura's ring which turns men into Clay People.

Kristophr said...

No ... the nutter was swinging a club at people. Probably not a heavy club, but he was attacking them.

Police departments go straight to pepper-spray and tasers because too many have been sued after officers used bare hands or nightsticks.

If pepper-spray or a taser causes a death, the department can just say "gee, that's too bad" and make it stick in court.

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