THIS is TRUE #817: 7 February
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DEMANDED FREE HEALTH CARE FOR HIS RESULTING PNEUMONIA: "He wasn't yelling
or protesting. Just going for a jog," said a spokesman for the U.S.
Secret Service about an incident outside the White House. Several
witnesses described the event: the unnamed man removed all of his
clothing, put them in a bag, and then ran toward the White House in the
25-degree weather. The man was quickly taken into custody for
psychiatric evaluation, but then they had to deal with the bag of
clothing, which had been "left unattended," the report said, "meaning
it had to be classified as a suspicious package." But it only contained
clothing. (Washington Post) ...This case was just one suspicious
package after another.
A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE INCIDENTS: A man who broke into as many as nine
cars was arrested after he chose the wrong target: an unmarked Ocoee,
Fla., police vehicle. Lake County sheriff's deputies say the thief took
a Taser, a baton, two pair of handcuffs, a magazine for a police
pistol, and other items. Investigators discovered that when the thief
found the Taser, he accidentally discharged it, shocking himself. Then,
he "locked the handcuffs on himself and had to call the Clermont Police
Department to respond to release him," reports say. Shane Thomas
Williams-Allen, 19, was arrested before he could accidentally beat
himself with the baton. (Orlando Sentinel) ...A pity.
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ERASABLE MISTAKE: Alexa Gonzalez, 12, was doodling on her desk with an
erasable marker at Junior High School 190 in Queens, N.Y. School
officials called in police, who arrested her and took her to the
precinct house in handcuffs, detaining her for several hours. "I made
two little doodles," she said later. "It could be easily erased. I
started crying, like, a lot." Once reporters got on the story, school
officials backpedaled. "Based on what we've seen so far, this shouldn't
have happened," said City Education Department spokesman David Cantor.
"Even when we're asked to make an arrest, common sense should prevail,"
agreed police spokesman Paul Browne. Still, the girl was suspended from
school for several days, and she was sentenced to eight hours of
community service. (New York Daily News) ...Give the marker to school
officials, and make them write "The punishment should fit the crime"
five million times or until they actually understand the concept,
whichever comes first.
THE WEIGHT OF THE EVIDENCE: Patrick Timoney, 9, was playing with Legos at
lunch time at Public School 52 on Staten Island, N.Y. He particularly
liked the policeman figure, since his father is a retired cop. But the
boy was hauled into the principal's office for possession of a gun --
the tiny plastic one held by the Lego policeman. "They made me sign a
statement," the tear-stained fourth-grader said. "She told me to write
that I had a gun," he said. "She said, 'A gun is a gun'." The boy's
mother had something to say about that. "This principal is a bully and
a coward, and needs to be held accountable," said Laura Timoney, 44.
"Why didn't anyone step up with an ounce of common sense and put an end
to the harassment of my child?" (New York Daily News) ...That's your
job now. It's time to sue.
AFTER CONFESSION, BUS TOLD TO SAY TEN HAIL MARYS AND GET AN OIL CHANGE:
"Driver Hit by Catholic School Bus: 'All I Thought Was Holy
(Expletive)'" -- Northwest Florida Daily News headline
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I THOUGHT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE the Lego toy gun from the last story. I have
it (with the story) on my blog, along with some analysis of the case --
I turn the New York City Schools' own policies against them to show
just how out of touch this principal was. Feel free to share the URL:
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already posted some pretty interesting comments; they're definitely
worth the time to at least skim through.
I ALSO HAVE THE MUG SHOT of the guy who Tasered himself (and then locked
himself up): http://www.MugShotMuseum.com/shockingly_stupid.html
This week's funniest *story* on my new Mug Shot Museum site is "Not the
First Criminal to Load His Pants". This week's funniest *mug shot* is
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content just about every day.
FIVE MORE STORIES were included in the full column. You missed: Student
sent home from school for supporting the wrong team in the Super Bowl.
Skateboarder hit by a car ...because he crossed against a red light
...which he didn't notice because he was texting. Man hides his stash
in an interesting place, and THAT was so suspicious he was caught. WHO
pulled a gun on two federal marshals?! Girl hauled out of school in
handcuffs because she doodled on her desk ...with an ERASABLE marker.
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BLOG COMMENT OF THE WEEK: "I thought children were the ones who had
difficulty distinguishing between fantasy and reality. But, even if we
accepted that a gun is always a gun, that unfortunately doesn't mean an
educator is always an educator." --Jorn in Germany, in response to
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