RE: Did the South Portland Maine police overreact or not?

[Blanchard_Michael () emc com]

 If I was the officer, I would have reacted the same way.  I don't care if he had a Winnie the pooh costume on, from 20 
feet away I'm sure that ak-47 looked awfully real plastic or not, along with the dynamite ands such.

  Now, with the sign he was waving, and the fact it was Halloween, I'm sure the cops figured that it was just some 
idiot and never actually expected to pull the trigger.  But I for one wouldn't bet MY life on it, if it looks like a 
real weapon, it IS a real weapon until proven otherwise, I certainly would have had my weapon drawn and ready....
  This guy wasn't a 10 year old (hell 10 year old's have more sense that that guy did) he is a 49 year old idiot that 
should know better...


Michael P. Blanchard 
Antivirus / Security Engineer, CISSP, GCIH, CCSA-NGX, MCSE
Office of Information Security & Risk Management 
EMC ² Corporation 
4400 Computer Dr. 
Westboro, MA 01580 


-----Original Message-----
From: Dude VanWinkle [mailto:dudevanwinkle () gmail com] 
Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 5:09 PM
To: Blanchard, Michael (InfoSec)
Cc: knobdy () gmail com; rms () computerbytesman com; funsec () linuxbox org
Subject: Re: [funsec] Did the South Portland Maine police overreact or not?

On 11/1/06, Blanchard_Michael () emc com <Blanchard_Michael () emc com> wrote:
>  that's only if they're made after a certain date (probably 1998, but this is just a guess).  Either that or they 
> have to be made of bright colors so as not to be mistaken for a real weapon.  There isn't any federal ban on 
> importing toy guns either, AFAIK that is....
>
>   Of course there's no law about the fake dynamite he had strapped around him, and him dancing like an idiot on a 
> bridge for everyone to see.
>
>   Sounds to me like he's an idiot.  If you dress like a terrorist, strap road flares around your body (they look a 
> lot like the classic "dynamite" look from the movies), wave a toy full sized AK-47 around, with toy handgrenades and 
> such you deserve to go to jail....
>    He's just lucky he didn't get shot, he didn't drop the weapon at first?  Further proof that he's an idiot.  When 
> armed officers whom are pointing their REAL pistols at you, ask you to drop what you have in your hand, you drop it 
> or get shot, pretty black and white if you ask me...
>   I'm surprized he didn't point the fake ak-47 at the officers and make bang-bang noises too!
>
>   Yup, I'm convinced, he's an idiot.  He deserves what the court dishes out to him...

c'mon

He had an "I love the Taliban" sign. and was decked out like rambo. If
our cops expect terrorists to go around like that, then I am scared
for our safety. I dont think they needed to draw their guns as cops
should be able to tell the difference between a real threat and a
raving lunatic.

Insane/Crazy people shouldn't be shot just because our cops cant tell
the difference between TV/Movie terrorists and real ones.

-JP


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