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| 2005-08-07 |
| 'Knight' Loses Joust With Officers' Stun Gun Officers used a stun gun to take a Michigan man into custody after he attempted to fight them off with medieval weaponry, according to police. Police said Robert McClain sped away from the scene of a car crash in Royal Oak Wednesday night. When officers went to his home, McClain was apparently in the basement and prepared to keep officers at bay with a 4-foot sword and a large mallet. "One of the statements that he made is that, 'I got 1,000 years of power. Come and get me,'" said Deputy Chief Chris Jahnke, of the Royal Oak Police Department. "And they looked down and he has this metal chain (and a) mesh guard (or) vest on, along with these leather gauntlets on his arms." After dodging swords, chains and the mallet -- which were being thrown up from the basement -- officers used a stun gun to subdue McClain and arrest him, reported Detroit TV station WDIV. McClain was charged Thursday with assault. If convicted, he could face up to five years in prison. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #12 Too bad he wasn't a fighting Celt. That would've been really funny. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2005-08-07 19:57 |
| #11 OS is hard to fool. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-08-07 19:10 |
| #10 Was his web browser opened to Slashdot too? |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet 0’ Doom 2005-08-07 19:05 |
| #9 Basement? Was this his Mom's basement? |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2005-08-07 18:52 |
| #8 Stun gun? Hell, a flurry of shotgun bean bags would have been funnier. Only one and a half thumbs up for the cop's performance in this stand off. The comic element was half hearted and lacking. |
| Posted by: mmurray821 2005-08-07 17:04 |
| #7 There used to be a guy who walked the Capitol Hill section of Seattle in a leather halter with a sword carried in a sheath on his back.... known to one and all as "Fred the Pretentious". |
| Posted by: Philet Whereter8174 2005-08-07 15:48 |
| #6 I think the correct protocol in such circumstances is for the officers in attendance to pour a large couldron of boiling oil into the basement. After all, stun guns were outlawed and deemed unchivalrous weapons by Papal decree throughout Christendom following the unGodly and shamefully stunning inflicted by the Walloons on the Aragonians at the Battle of Renard's Lake in 1347... |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2005-08-07 12:26 |
| #5 Keyword is BASEMENT. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-08-07 12:19 |
| #4 5 years seems a bit steep - throwing swords and other medieaval weaponry *up* the stairs is unlikely to hurt anyone too much, and he does seem like a candidate for "Americas Dumbest Criminals"... |
| Posted by: Tony (UK) 2005-08-07 11:48 |
| #3 He didn't figure on the police having 300 Watts of Power. (3mA x 100,000 Volts) |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2005-08-07 11:36 |
| #2 But an entertaining, idiot, Mike! They ought to give him a few points in court just for providing the cops with such major laughs. ;-p |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2005-08-07 11:27 |
| #1 Gawd, this guy was an idiot. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2005-08-07 11:02 |