Cop Tackles 77 Year Old Man Taking Stroll Across Bridge

[matcom]

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VALLEJO, Calif. -- When Melvin Ainsworth went for his routine stroll on the Carquinez Bridge, the last thing he expected was to end up with six stitches above his left eye, a swollen lip and a sprained wrist.

Without warning, a Vallejo police officer tackled the 77-year-old Crockett man from behind on Saturday morning, he says.

"They ruined my 227th trip across the bridge," Ainsworth said. "The second half of the trip, I rode in an ambulance."

Ainsworth later learned that a tipster called police to report that a man in his 20s or 30s wearing a San Francisco 49ers jacket was about to jump or had a baby dangling over the edge of the bridge.

Ainsworth was wearing a 49ers jacket -- but he was armed only with a camera and he's at least 40 years older.

After he got up, Ainsworth said he told Vallejo police Officer Jeremie Patzer "Mister, you don't know how sorry you're going to be before I'm through with you."

http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2005/03/30/strolling_senior_says_officer_tackled_him/

[BiggJawn]

1. He's lucky.

In FloriDUH! he would have had his ass lit up with a Kerik Kattle Prod.

In Lafayette, IN, he'd had gotten 10-11 9mm slugs in the back.

I hope he winds up OWNING Officier Patzer.

[Squeech]

2. Where?

Is Vallejo part of Los Angeles? Which is to say, is Officer Patzer an agent of the much-loved LAPD?

Or is he just a random Rudy Giuliani fan?

[warrior1]

3. It's the bridge

heading toward San Francisco. Vallejo is in Solano County.

[GOPisEvil]

4. North of San Francisco/Oakland