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- farfromsubtl, on 10/12/2007, -5/+67Mark innaccurate. He wasn't arrested ONLY for dressing as Osama, he has a fake gun, which was (according to the officer) real enough to have passing motorists to call the police.
I am a filmmaker, and I have seen friends arrested for shooting films in public with fake guns. They tried to make the argument that it was obviously a film shoot, but that didn't help them one bit, and 'Halloween Costume' probably won't help this guy either. - Brutis, on 10/12/2007, -14/+59he had a fake gun with the costume and he is walking around holding it, people driving by called it in
so thats the reason for arrest - 99er, on 10/12/2007, -9/+52The cops aren't idiots- the guy running around near the highway with a fake gun that looks real is an idiot.
- 99er, on 10/12/2007, -2/+27No, bad taste is not a crime. It IS a crime to run around with a gun (or one that is fake and looks real) near a highway and panic people. Read what happened before you jump on the "we're so oppressed!" bandwagon.
- Rsulliv1, on 10/12/2007, -16/+41This is his.
- dukrous, on 10/12/2007, -5/+22Buried as inaccurate...he was arrested for waving a gun around in traffic.
- ProximaC, on 10/12/2007, -3/+18Innacurate. He wasn't arrested for dressing like bin laden, he was arrested for waving a toy gun around in public, which IS illegal.
- tokyopimp, on 10/12/2007, -4/+17It's amazing to me that some people are calling the cops idiots. And not the ***** idiot lawyer for walking around with a "realistic" fake gun.
Right, so you're a cop and you see someone walking on the side of the road, dressed like a terrorist and holding what appears to be a real gun. And you're suppose to ignore this because it's Halloween.
Some of you ***** people are so ***** full of *****, you might as well be swimming in it. - john2kx, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13"Bad taste"?
Try "carrying a weapon that looks real in public." The guy wanted attention, so I guess he got it. - DaFunk, on 10/12/2007, -4/+16I think the bad taste is on the side of the lawyer. Walking up and down an interstate is not a good thing to do regardless of what you're wearing. It's hard to tell the real thing and a Halloween prop apart driving by at 65. It still could have been *funny* without the gun, and the reactions could be judged as more sincere on the part of passing motorists and the police if he didn't have any probable cause for them to take him down.
- Lowry, on 10/12/2007, -8/+20lol someone i know went as a terrorist, but was not arrested luckily
http://x009.uploaderx.net/x/halloween-costume.jpg - Anarchrist, on 10/12/2007, -44/+55Those cops are a bunch of idiots, arresting a guy on Halloween for wearing a costume. The cops, protecting the tyrannical state, are closer to being terrorists than some guy in what is obviously a pathetic looking costume.
- dhakbar, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10Yes, because it's better to ban the manufacture of fake guns than to ban the idiotic misuse of fake firearms such as what this lawyer did...
Are you ***** serious? Do personal freedoms or personal responsibility hold any sway in your little brain? - dhakbar, on 10/12/2007, -2/+12Yes, I'm sure people reported him to the police because they thought he was bin Laden. It couldn't have anything to do with his brandishing what appeared to be a sidearm.
- arkmtech, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11@ zephc:
If you go walking the Interstate with a gun (or something resembling one) in your hands, you're going to get arrested.
Sorta like if you go around Digg posting stupid comments, you're going to get buried. - cawpin, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8@vertinox - I wouldn't matter if he had a carry permit or not. Waving a gun around without cause is illegal as others have clearly stated. He deserved to get arrested. In my opinion he should be disbarred for being an idiot.
- electronaught, on 10/12/2007, -3/+9I thought that was awesome that you posted a link to the original story. not many submitters would do that. and you said please. mad props for honesty!
- dhakbar, on 10/12/2007, -7/+12This is inaccurate *****.
Digg provides many good examples of how rash stupidity and a failure to investigate what is posted results in idiotic, wrong, collectivist groupthink. It's lame and anyone who engages in such practices is lame.
The poster of this story is a ***** idiot who posted it with a misleading headline. Whether or not the propaganda is intentional is really irrelevant. This ***** shouldn't be on the front page. - tokyopimp, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Exactly... it's such a slippery slope. You got to arrest the guy because you never know.
It's not like he's going to be in jail for very long, but what if the cops ignore someone like this because it's Halloween and something does happen. How many of you complaining would be complaining about the cops not arresting the man.
You have to arrest an idiot like that and question him, fake or not. - zoombusa, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5For those of you who like GooTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tg2JDKoSxEA - jsdratm, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6He deserves it for walking around with a fake gun and being a dumbass. I would be worried if he wasn't arrested.
- bse5150, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7Just like John Kerry, we were all too stupid to understand how he 'botched the joke'. Stupid cops, stupid us, stupid everyone except him.
- jsdratm, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Its not illegal to have a fake gun either, but it IS illegal to wave them around in public.
- SillyDigger, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6He wasnt wearing a bin laden costome, atleast not from the neck up also he was carrying fake grenades and a fake gun on the side of a highway for no good reason. This story has been marked as inaccurate.
- autocracy, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6@isemism -- around here it's actually called Criminal Threatening, and is a misdemeanor charge he is facing.
- dhakbar, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5No. I'm curious what made you think this happened in Oregon.
(it happened in Maine, as per the link provided) - Koosebane, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Attention whores often end up in deep *****.
Anyone who is surprised to find carrying realistic toy grenades and waving realistic AK-47's around in public will get a person arrested obviously has severe social behavior issues and should probably stay home as much as possible.. - theone3, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3"he has a fake gun, which was (according to the officer) real enough to have passing motorists to call the police."
Wait.. These guys calling in: who did they think they'd found?
"Operator, I must speak to the president immediately. I've found Osama Bin Laden. Where? Oh, just walking around the block with his family. Get a SWAT team though, he's got a gun. Can you get me the president now, please?" - honesttussey, on 10/12/2007, -3/+6Ok, first of all this guy is an idiot. He should have had more sense, regardless of if it was halloween. It's not like he's with a big crowd of people wearing costumes.
Second he should have KNOWN this was coming. I was a suicide bomber this hallowween (pics here! http://tussey.dreamhosters.com/pictures/qdig-files/converted-images/party_halloween_2006/sml_suicide%20bomber.jpg And I went downtown on Halloween, I knew the authorities might object so I tried to be discrete when I was out on the streets. Obviously this guy thought it was a good idea to walk down a highway shouting. What a retard. I'm glad he got arrested. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Except, you can question a guy without arresting them. It's pretty easy. You ask "Can I see that?" then use special police deductive powers, and recognize that the weapon is not functional at all.
If you're concerned about your safety, then you can use the squad car's loudspeaker to ask them to drop the weapon.
Arresting is not a first resort, it is a last resort. Save jail space for real criminals, not jokers. I respect checking it out. That's fine. Making it a criminal act? No way. - dukrous, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4And then what will my kids have to play with when we play 'Shoot the terrorists'?
- TheCasablancan, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Yeah...Come on now. I don't really like cops, but I do make an effort to respect them. They had a legitmate reason to check him out. Imagine what would happen to them if he was some nut that shot up a mall or something.
- JoshuaLaskin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3It does say on the side of the police car "South Portland"..
Although it was Portland, Maine, not Oregon. - ajb2015, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Portland is actually the largest city in Maine, so it isn't like he was in the middle of nowhere. It is illegal, however, to be a pedestrian on an interstate. The particular area of 295 where he was caught is actually very dangerous as the road doesn't really have shoulders, just guard rails.
- avester, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2they didn't think that they found osama bin laden they thought they found some nut job on the side of the road with a rifle. given the roadside snipers that have happened not to long ago I would say it is a stupid thing to be walking around the side of the road with anything that might be mistaken for a real gun. and the guy was still obviosly disturbing the public and could have caused an accident if some driver reacted the wrong way. if it was me I wouldn't risk being sued by a driver who got in an accident for not removing him.
- ruprecht, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3You can't legally run into a movie theatre and shout "YOU"RE ALL GONNA DIE!!!!" while brandishing a toy M-16 and lighting a firework that happens to look like a bomb. Your freedom of speech is not being violated - you have crossed the line and violated the rights of others.
Whether you were intending to kill those people is irrelevant. Whether your accoutrements actually had the capability to kill people is irrelevant. You are causing fear, menacing people in a situation where they can legitimately interpret your actions and words as real.
Freedom of speech is not a catch-all to allow you to say or do whatever you like in any situation. - isemism, on 10/12/2007, -10/+12Around here we call that Felony Menacing. He's a lawyer, he knew it was wrong. He's just damn lucky a cop didn't put one in his center of mass...
- reed311, on 10/12/2007, -5/+7This happened in Maine, we have more cops than citizens. Usually they spend their time trying to find a party of underage kids drinking, but on Halloween they got to be heroes.
- howdareyou, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Was the black smoke monster from 'Lost' operating the camera?
- Phyltre, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3I'm surprised more Master Chiefs with SMGs around campus weren't arrested...
- mushimonster, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2This guy is a dumbass
- stoec, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2This guy also was the Maine Democratic Gubernatorial nominee in 1998. No wonder this Blue State is in so much trouble!
- dukrous, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Having a toy or real gun on your person is not illegal, so long as you have the proper carry permits. Brandishing a toy or real gun on a highway (which depending on the road is either state or federal ground), is illegal. It's a misdemeanor since he was not putting anyone in mortal danger, but it is still an arrestable offense and automatically brought up on charges. Chances are he'll be brought up for endangering the peace or some other 2-3 month offense and receive a couple months probation and possibly some community service.
- 99er, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2In a world where things aren't always black and white, police often have to act on what is called the 'totality of circumstances'. In and of itself, having a gun or a fake toy gun in public may not be illegal, but inducing panic is. Was the gun brandished? This was near a highway- how visible was he, and how many people called the police about him? From what the officer in the video, said, it sounded like more than one person may have called, but I'm not sure.
- CandidateZero, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3GASP! He was arrested for dressing like Osama? How unfair!
Oh... he was waving an AK-47 look-alike around? Hmm, I see.
Marked as inaccurate. - shortyzgotpop, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Jarland - you'd kind of have to live in Maine to understand why he did what he did. He was holding up a sign saying "I Love TABOR", which is a huge tax referendum that certain people are trying to pass. It is a hotly contested issue in this state. And I think he was successful in getting his message across - that TABOR is evil. In no way was he making fun of 9/11.
- mfratt, on 10/12/2007, -8/+10I understand the reason for arresting him, but it would be just wrong if charges are filed.
- cybersamurai, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2too bad he wasn't shot
- Urusai, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2That's the closest we've gotten to capturing Osama yet!
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