Man Pulls Out BB Gun as Obama's Motorcade Passes: Cops
Source: NBC
Bloomfield police took a man into custody on Monday afternoon after he pulled out what appeared to be a rifle as President Barack Obama's motorcade passed by, according to police.
The man, whose name has not been released, actually had a BB gun, according to police.
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Officers noticed him acting suspiciously, pacing back and forth, before he pulled out what looked like a rifle, police said.
Charges were filed, police said, but the exact charges and the suspect's name have not been released.
Read more: http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/Man-Arrested-with-BB-Gun-While-202049951.html
annabanana
(52,791 posts)onenote
(42,374 posts)Javaman
(62,439 posts)some achieve teh stupid and some have teh stupid thrust upon them
leftyohiolib
(5,917 posts)Javaman
(62,439 posts)I guess you missed the joke.
next time I'll send you a letter, okay?
SamReynolds
(170 posts)You fell into a classic Spelling Nazi trap.
TalkingDog
(9,001 posts)snooper2
(30,151 posts)msanthrope
(37,549 posts)TrogL
(32,818 posts)jpak
(41,741 posts)WilliamPitt
(58,179 posts)Webster Green
(13,905 posts)Your first time on the web, I presume.
callous taoboy
(4,582 posts)leftyohiolib
(5,917 posts)Flying Squirrel
(3,041 posts)CreekDog
(46,192 posts)whatever would motivate that is the mystery.
leftyohiolib
(5,917 posts)deliberate mis-spelling of the word. but i've never gotten so many replies to an aside
notadmblnd
(23,720 posts)My pet peeve is people with spelling pet peeves that are unable to compose a proper sentence.
leftyohiolib
(5,917 posts)notadmblnd
(23,720 posts)LongTomH
(8,636 posts)Botany
(70,291 posts)I betya he is a Rush listeners who is worried about his "freedoms."
AAO
(3,300 posts)jpak
(41,741 posts)douchebag
yup
onehandle
(51,122 posts)Or dry run of complete nonsense, but suicide is my bet. No one can possibly think there is a chance in hell of shooting the President in his motorcade.
onenote
(42,374 posts)Paladin
(28,202 posts)wordpix
(18,652 posts)This is a blog that starts out as a rant against the local superintendent of Torrington, CT schools and quickly devolves into hate speech against Obama, Obamacare, they're taking away our guns, etc.
I smell a Repug rat orchestrating the hate.
thecrow
(5,519 posts)Teh stupid! I'm series!!111!!
wordpix
(18,652 posts)Kingofalldems
(38,361 posts)Renew Deal
(81,801 posts)One_Life_To_Give
(6,036 posts)The detective found Stravinskas with what appeared to be a rifle, aiming at cans propped as targets and ordered him to drop the weapon, police said.
When Stravinskas turned, he dropped his aim, ultimately complied with police orders and was taken into custody.
There are two different versions of events in the story. Not sure how far in the woods one can get at Cottage Grove and Central St. Would one have known the motorcade would be taking that route? I assume POTUS was headed to Bradley Field but he could have opted for 44 to 91 or Cottage Grove or cut cross country (my favorite).
Dawgs
(14,755 posts)L0oniX
(31,493 posts)srican69
(1,426 posts)hack89
(39,171 posts)truthisfreedom
(23,113 posts)It's usually pumped up by hand and when pumped high enough, can penetrate flesh. They're commonly given to older children and assumed to be relatively safe, but recently a boy shot and killed his brother by hitting him in a vulnerable spot above his ear. Quite tragic.
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)and me and my siblings were hunted by armed BB gun kids once. We had to do some fast running to keep our range safe.
Mostly, they were used to diminish the bird population around farms, to keep bird messes out of grains. A BB won't put a hole in the wall like a bullet, but it will break windows.
srican69
(1,426 posts)still .. its silly of him to be walking around with a gun
Doctor_J
(36,392 posts)In fact I am a little worried that the SS didn't drop him. Surely if this had happened while * was in office, the bb gun wielder would have been dead in a very little time.
CTyankee
(63,769 posts)Life Long Dem
(8,582 posts)He had no idea Obama would be driving by. I could imagine his first words. "THE WHAT?" "The President."
adieu
(1,009 posts)you don't so much as pull out a water pistol when the president's motorcade passes by. He's lucky he's still alive.
onenote
(42,374 posts)http://blogs.findlaw.com/blotter/2013/04/homeless-man-w-bb-gun-arrested-near-obama.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Blotter+(FindLaw+Blotter)
A homeless man was arrested for having a BB gun near President Obama's passing motorcade. The man, identified as 27-year-old Joseph Stravinskas, was apparently oblivious to to the fact that the President was passing by as he took BB gun practice in the nearby woods, reports the New York Post.
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The homeless man did not appear to be a threat as he had his back turned to the road and was aiming at cans he lined up in the woods. Because he did not immediately drop the weapon when ordered, Stravinskas was thrown to the ground and arrested.
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The homeless man was charged with threatening, breach of peace, and interfering with police. Because he did not appear to harbor any intentions on harming the President (nor did he seem to be aware of the passing President), Stravinskas will avoid the much more serious charges of threatening the President.
NickB79
(19,111 posts)Something about the fact he's a young man, homeless, shooting a BB gun for enjoyment.