Oops.
So this guy climbs a fig tree and is sitting up there minding his own business, apparently enjoying a spirited conversation with himself. He's up there for hours, then some busybody calls the cops. The cops try to talk him into leaving his perch, but he seems to want to stay. Close to nature, so to speak. The cops have a different idea and want him down. So the cop, finally runs out of patience with the guy - who by now has become somewhat belligerent. (Hey, wouldn't you get belligerent if some guys kept interrupting your conversation?) So the cop reaches for his Taser.
And accidentally draws his .40 caliber handgun instead and shoots the guy.
The deputy, a five-year veteran of the force whose name was not released, was placed on leave while Thursday's shooting is investigated.
Deputies carry both a Taser and a gun on their utility belts. The Taser, or stun gun, is similar in shape to the compact .40-caliber gun the deputy carried, sheriff's spokesman Scott Wilson said.
The victim was listed in satisfactory condition.
The man had been climbed a fig tree and stayed there for hours, talking to himself. Deputies were unsure whether he was intoxicated or psychotic, and they wanted to get him down before he hurt himself or others, Wilson said.
Oops. The man climbed down by himself after being shot. He is reported to have said, "Ow, that hurt. I'm coming down, I'm coming down."
The moral to this story: Joan Baez should consider staying out of fig trees in Bremerton, Washington.
Weird Stuff | Gaius Friday, 23 June , 2006
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By BubbaB, Friday, 23 June , 2006 @ 2:16 pm
You just look for any opportunity to link to that post, don’t ya, Gaius?
By Gaius, Friday, 23 June , 2006 @ 2:36 pm
Oh, heck yes! I love that picture.
By Blackhawk, Friday, 23 June , 2006 @ 10:26 pm
Hm… I think he’s lucky the cop shot him with a real bullet and not the human bug zapper. Think about it. Dip stick, all alone in a tree, babblin’ away, and….PZZZZZZZAAAAOOOUUUU!!!!!! Now every major muscle in his body is lit up like X-Mas…I mean Holiday Spirits.
I don’t think he would have climbed down saying ‘ow, dude, that, like totaly phreaked me out, man’.
No, I don’t think he would have said anything. Until the cops pulled the electrodes out. After he hit the ground.
By Gaius, Friday, 23 June , 2006 @ 10:29 pm
You have a point. He likely would have been more severely hurt had the Taser knocked his butt out of the tree.
One has to wonder where the bullet hit, though! All I can think of is Jim from Blazing Saddles: “Little bastard shot me in the ass!”
By Blackhawk, Saturday, 24 June , 2006 @ 8:20 am
Or: ‘Whatever you do, don’t shoot him. That’ll just make him mad.’
Maybe they should have tried a candygram.
By Gaius, Saturday, 24 June , 2006 @ 8:27 am
Mongo is just a pawn…..