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Sword-wielding psycho freaks out at Apple Store
Ny Post ^ | November 20, 2015 | 6:53pm | By Georgett Roberts, Daniel Prendergast and Natalie Musumeci

Posted on 11/20/2015 8:04:06 PM PST by Swordmaker

A man swinging a samurai sword fought an imaginary duel Friday on the glass spiral staircase of the bustling Apple Store on Fifth Avenue as frightened tourists and computer geeks looked on.

Video posted to Instagram shows the swordsman walking up the staircase, and then sitting on it while performing pretend lunges and parries for his startled audience at around 3:55 p.m.

He was quickly tackled by Apple security and turned over to police, who took him to Bellevue Hospital for a psychiatric examination.


Twitter user Keith Davis shared a
picture of the suspect in custody.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: applepinglist
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To: Exit148
How did he get that far, in public, carrying a sword??????

I imagine he kept it sheathed until on the staircase. I own a vintage Japanese sword. About twenty years ago I walked the streets of Japantown in San Francisco to have it appraised, carrying it sheathed slung over my shoulder. No one bothered me other than giving a smile. Even went into a local Japanese mart to buy some groceries. All smiles. Guess they're used to it there. Flash forward to today, and I probably wouldn't carry it in public now.

21 posted on 11/20/2015 8:44:10 PM PST by roadcat
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To: Swordmaker

Probably a lot safer to do that in New York than in Dallas. (Of course, the Apple store in Dallas doesn’t have a glass staircase.)


22 posted on 11/20/2015 8:47:09 PM PST by PAR35
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I’m only surprised we haven’t seen this headline before...


23 posted on 11/20/2015 9:01:43 PM PST by D-fendr (Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
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To: Swordmaker

Michonne’s wanna be?


24 posted on 11/20/2015 9:46:52 PM PST by Patriot Babe
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To: Swordmaker

Maybe the guy was frustrated that his Apple 4S is costing him over $1000 to fix.


25 posted on 11/20/2015 10:07:30 PM PST by jonrick46 (The Left has a mental disorder: A totalitarian mindset..)
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To: Swordmaker

This wouldn’t have happened at a PC store. Windows systems are immune to Samurai attacks.


26 posted on 11/20/2015 10:39:15 PM PST by ElkGroveDan (My tagline is in the shop.)
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To: Swordmaker

Swordsman was pissed off they were out of stock on the latest i5 Microsoft Surface.


27 posted on 11/20/2015 11:26:29 PM PST by dennisw (The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
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To: Kommodor

“Is Abe Vigoda still alive???”

http://www.abevigoda.com/
(Reload page for update)


28 posted on 11/20/2015 11:34:12 PM PST by Riley (The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
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To: Swordmaker

Another sword wielder robbed a Dairy Queen!! What’s up with swords these days?


29 posted on 11/21/2015 2:25:40 AM PST by Ann Archy (ABORTION....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Swordmaker; al baby; Albion Wilde; Allegra; BufordP; EveningStar; Gefn; GunsareOK; JRios1968; ...

More swords.

DANG!


30 posted on 11/21/2015 2:48:33 AM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Democrats and GOP-e: a difference of degree, not philosophy)
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To: Swordmaker
Hey, who among us hasn't done that? ;')

31 posted on 11/21/2015 4:06:14 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

OMG...get out of my head.

LOLOL


32 posted on 11/21/2015 4:23:44 AM PST by Salamander (Trump is the voice of the muzzled majority.)
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To: Jet Jaguar; shibumi

Of course you are...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S784Hn_1ivQ


33 posted on 11/21/2015 4:27:04 AM PST by Salamander (Trump is the voice of the muzzled majority.)
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To: BlueDragon
Maybe he was just hoping to slash prices. You know, like they do at WalMart?

Apple, being the dominant product in the market by far, does not need to discount.

34 posted on 11/21/2015 6:22:14 AM PST by IncPen (Not one single patriot in Washington, DC.)
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To: MrEdd
In before the pictures of John Belushi.

Duly noted!


35 posted on 11/21/2015 6:28:18 AM PST by lonevoice (Life is short. Make fun of it.)
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To: Kommodor; Salamander
"Is Abe Vigoda still alive?"

Strangely enough - Yes.

(He's 94.)

36 posted on 11/21/2015 8:13:58 AM PST by shibumi (Vampire Outlaw of the Milky Way)
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To: Swordmaker

Maybe “Swordmaker” is just getting some free advertisement.


37 posted on 11/21/2015 2:57:55 PM PST by amigatec (2 Thess 2:11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:)
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To: Swordmaker

38 posted on 11/21/2015 2:59:58 PM PST by Larry Lucido
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