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News photographer's tripod mistaken for gun prompts 911 call
Rapid City Journal ^
| 20 nov 2015
Posted on 11/20/2015 5:53:14 AM PST by rellimpank
Police were called to a central Pennsylvania office building after someone mistakenly thought a photographer's tripod was a gun.
LNP reports the incident happened about 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Griest Building in Lancaster.
The caller thought a machine gun was carried into the building, so police conducted a floor-by-floor search only to find the photographer and her tripod.
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: banglist; rkba
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--the laugh for the day--
To: rellimpank
Nobody needs a tripod, ban them. A unipod is enough for anyone.
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posted on
11/20/2015 5:59:24 AM PST
by
Graybeard58
(Bill and Hillary Clinton are the penicillin-resistant syphilis of our political system.)
To: rellimpank
Then she stubbed her toe and said “ow”, which sounded like “pow”...
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posted on
11/20/2015 6:00:18 AM PST
by
albie
To: rellimpank
Photographer is pretty lucky to be alive. Like the French, many police departments here are on a “Shoot first, Sort it out later” mode.
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posted on
11/20/2015 6:00:41 AM PST
by
Tupelo
(Honest men go to Washington, but honest men do not stay in Washington.)
To: rellimpank
Embarrassing situation.
I've been called Tripod before.
I just, um, shake it off.
To: Graybeard58
That would be a “monopod.”
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posted on
11/20/2015 6:02:35 AM PST
by
moonhawk
(What would he do differently if he WAS a muslim?)
To: rellimpank
If you see something, figure out what the **** it is before you say something, IDIOT! If you can’t figure it out, ask somebody to help you.
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posted on
11/20/2015 6:04:07 AM PST
by
FlingWingFlyer
(#blackfridaysmatter)
To: FlingWingFlyer
Was it an assault tripod?
To: rellimpank
With schools banning things that LOOK like guns (but not things that resemble functional bombs), the precaution is understandable and I hope the photographer thinks about what she did as she rots in jail.
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< /sarc >
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posted on
11/20/2015 6:09:19 AM PST
by
a fool in paradise
(The goal of Socialism is Communism. Marx and Lenin were in agreement on this.)
To: rellimpank
Tripod cases make excellent shotgun bags.
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posted on
11/20/2015 6:13:21 AM PST
by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: rellimpank
Mayhem breaks out at local farmer's market when cucumbers are mistaken for guns. After all, they scare the crap out of cats.
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posted on
11/20/2015 6:14:09 AM PST
by
Flick Lives
(One should not attend even the end of the world without a good breakfast. -- Heinlein)
To: rellimpank
absolutely to response we should all make. Call 911 and report a “weapon” mounted on a tripod (or, even a monopod).
Let these “urinal-ists” feel the full implementation of the rules of engagement. Maybe they will “wisen-up”?
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posted on
11/20/2015 6:16:56 AM PST
by
Cletus.D.Yokel
(Catastophic Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym defines the science.)
To: albie
Everybody near her thought their lives were about to come to an abrupt halt after she announced, in a koranic way, “AmmmmAgoingtothe Snackbar”
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posted on
11/20/2015 6:18:35 AM PST
by
C210N
(When people fear government there is tyranny; when government fears people there is libertye)
To: rellimpank
"Achmed, that's a cool invention you made! Is it another clock?"
"No, Mr. President, it isn't a clock. It's a tripod."
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posted on
11/20/2015 6:27:47 AM PST
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(For those who understand, no explanation is needed. For those who do not, no explanation is possible)
To: Graybeard58
I am keeping my Induro Hihat tripod no matter what.
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posted on
11/20/2015 6:29:03 AM PST
by
wally_bert
(I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
To: FirstFlaBn
High capacity assault tripod.
To: Fightin Whitey
Where do you get your 3-legged pants?
I can't find them anywhere.
:-)
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posted on
11/20/2015 6:33:57 AM PST
by
JEDI4S
(I don't mean to cause trouble...it just happens naturally through the Force!)
To: rellimpank
Who will be the first to mandate all tripods be painted fluorescent orange?
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posted on
11/20/2015 6:36:14 AM PST
by
unixfox
(Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
To: rellimpank
When tripods are outlawed, only outlaws will have tripods.
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