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rivan said:
Because you only know now, in hindsight, that he only had a plastic sword, rather than being a delusional schizophrenic with a scalpel in the other hand.
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Yea, if I see you on the street I'll never know that you might be a delusional schizophrenic with a scalpel in your hand. I'll have to take you down... oh wait, I'm not an idiot or blind.
 
[url="http://www.vancouverobserver.com/blogs/policeblotter/2011/05/30/sword-swiping-man-arrested-skytrain]Sword-swiping man arrested on SkyTrain[/url]

Vancouver Police officers have safely taken a man into custody after he was allegedly waving a sword on the Skytrain and in downtown Vancouver.
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Darn, those Canadians.... 😛
 
It only took one cop to take him down, both times, and both take-downs were awesome. He was then swarmed by a bunch of other cops who made sure he stayed down.
 
Maybe the police should have real swords. You can't shoot bullets with so many people around and pepper spray doesn't really work when you're chasing someone.
 
It's Canada. It's not the wild west that is the US where everybody is whipping out guns at the blink of an eye.
 
i have to admit, it looked like most of those cops were in pretty damned good physical shape, unlike a ton of lardbutts we have around here. I don't know what it is about TX, but I've only seen a handful that weren't notably overweight. And Dallas doesn't have a crazy amount of fat people or anything.
 
Arkaign said:
i have to admit, it looked like most of those cops were in pretty damned good physical shape, unlike a ton of lardbutts we have around here. I don't know what it is about TX, but I've only seen a handful that weren't notably overweight. And Dallas doesn't have a crazy amount of fat people or anything.
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Dallas actually does have a crazy amount of fat people (though less than Houston.) But I've noticed that all the cops around here (middle of nowhere Louisiana) are ENORMOUSLY overweight. It's funny because they're so fat that they're guns cant off their bodies at such crazy angles I can't imagine they'd be very quick on the draw, and it's not like they're going to fight\chase anyone being that fat...
 
Nebor said:
Dallas actually does have a crazy amount of fat people (though less than Houston.) But I've noticed that all the cops around here (middle of nowhere Louisiana) are ENORMOUSLY overweight. It's funny because they're so fat that they're guns cant off their bodies at such crazy angles I can't imagine they'd be very quick on the draw, and it's not like they're going to fight\chase anyone being that fat...
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I've also noticed (from watching COPS back in the day) that they accent the first syllable in the word "police". In doing so, it seems to make it harder for them to yell the word, and takes longer too.
 
wow i'm sure there was no crime in any other part of town...

u know the cops just like hanging out near the starbucks and donut shops in downtown lol
 
RbSX said:
Welcome to ignorance, no wonder the USA is plunging towards the third world.
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You can try to deny the facts, but I am surprised the president of canada did not call in the military, or even ask the UN for help.

There were 2 people in that video that showed any real gusto, the guy doing the pushing, and the lady with the dog.
 
Why does it take 20+ cop cars and a few helicopters to chase a Ford Bronco at 35mph?

And not catch him. Until he stopped on his own.

And then let him sit in his car for 45 minutes.

Then go inside, have a few good laughs and a glass of juice.

Then eventually arrest him.
 
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J-Money said:
Why does it take 20+ cop cars and a few helicopters to chase a Ford Bronco at 35mph?

And not catch him. Until he stopped on his own.

And then let him sit in his car for 45 minutes.

Then go inside, have a few good laughs and a glass of juice.

Then eventually arrest him.
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If OJ was a bus driver he'd be known as Orenthal the bus driving murderer right now.
 
btw nothing I've seen reports it as being plastic. The red you see is the sheath.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news...de-transit-train-for-10-stops/article2040401/

They shot him with rubber bullets, tased him and still got nothing.

It's ballsy to tackle a guy with a sword. An American cop would have opened fire and probably hit or killed 2 or 3 pedestrians on such a busy street. Seems like these guys handled it perfectly.

EDIT: This does show how gullible you guys are though, one guy says it was a plastic sword and everyone believes it.
 
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Nebor said:
Dallas actually does have a crazy amount of fat people (though less than Houston.) But I've noticed that all the cops around here (middle of nowhere Louisiana) are ENORMOUSLY overweight. It's funny because they're so fat that they're guns cant off their bodies at such crazy angles I can't imagine they'd be very quick on the draw, and it's not like they're going to fight\chase anyone being that fat...
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I have a lot of cops friends I go hunting with and besides not being able to shoot when hiking through pheasant fields (4-10' high corn stalks) they seem like they are about to have a coronary, breathing hard wheezing etc.

What do you expect? It's a job where you sit on your ass all day and get a fat union salary and "qualification" is 15 yards once a year.
 
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