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Man arrested after pointing banana at police
CBS/AP ^ | Nov. 27, 2014 | Crimesider Staff/CBS News/AP/

Posted on 11/27/2014 12:24:52 PM PST by PROCON

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. -- A man is facing a felony menacing charge, because two Colorado sheriff's deputies say they thought a banana he pointed at them was a gun.

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I’m sure they went ape on him.


21 posted on 11/27/2014 12:42:03 PM PST by TigersEye (ISIS is the tip of the spear. The spear is Islam.)
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To: Sasparilla

Too bad he didn’t just split. OK, this is getting lame now.


22 posted on 11/27/2014 12:44:51 PM PST by Telepathic Intruder (The only thing the Left has learned from the failures of socialism is not to call it that)
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To: Sasparilla

Bananna peel can be danerous. See any cartoon.


23 posted on 11/27/2014 12:45:20 PM PST by zeugma (The act of observing disturbs the observed.)
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To: PROCON
I can't blame police for shooting a 12 y/o kid who grabbed for a "toy" that looked like a 1911 pistol. It's easy even for an expert to confuse the two.


Fake gun


Real gun

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However, I lose my open mind when it comes to confusing a banana and a real gun.


yellow banana


green banana


plantain


real gun

My gut instinct is that someone who has trouble distinguishing any type or color of banana from a firearm may not belong on the streets as a police officer.

24 posted on 11/27/2014 12:50:28 PM PST by Pollster1 ("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
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To: PROCON

Next thing you know, a woman will be arrested for pointing a dildo at a cop.


25 posted on 11/27/2014 12:53:11 PM PST by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: PROCON

Was it a 9 mm banana or a .45 banana?


26 posted on 11/27/2014 12:56:12 PM PST by stboz
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To: stboz
Not sure, but it was an automatic "assault" banana..


27 posted on 11/27/2014 1:01:03 PM PST by PROCON (Always give 100%...unless you're donating blood.)
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To: unixfox

28 posted on 11/27/2014 1:02:16 PM PST by TigersEye (ISIS is the tip of the spear. The spear is Islam.)
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To: PROCON

The moral of the story is dont point anything at a police officer.

They are not there for your amusement. They are not there to be taunted.

They are there for your protection.


29 posted on 11/27/2014 1:02:47 PM PST by joshua c (Please dont feed the liberals)
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Obviously these two cops aren’t here for anyone’s protection. They are just here to make cops look like morons.


30 posted on 11/27/2014 1:09:06 PM PST by freedomfiter2 (Brutal acts of commission and yawning acts of omission both strengthen the hand of the devil.)
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To: joshua c
They are there for your protection.

Occasionally

31 posted on 11/27/2014 1:11:00 PM PST by ChildOfThe60s ((If you can remember the 60s.....you weren't really there)
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To: PROCON
I would love to be on that jury.
32 posted on 11/27/2014 1:13:08 PM PST by Robert357 (D.Rather "Hoist with his own petard!" www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1223916/posts)
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33 posted on 11/27/2014 1:13:23 PM PST by BBell (I'm cynical and sarcastic and therefore I love Ann Coulter)
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To: PROCON

Shouldn’t stand up in court, unless it’s a fully automatic banana.


34 posted on 11/27/2014 1:38:09 PM PST by OldNewYork
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To: PROCON

If you like your banana, you can keep your banana.


35 posted on 11/27/2014 1:40:57 PM PST by goldbux (CDO / I may have Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, but at least I put the letters in correct sequence.)
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To: joshua c
They are not there for your amusement. They are not there to be taunted.


36 posted on 11/27/2014 1:45:42 PM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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To: PROCON

guns are not difficult to disguise. Mine all have international orange paint on the end of the barrel/slide


37 posted on 11/27/2014 1:52:57 PM PST by Figment
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To: PROCON

Stoopit charge and the cops will be laughed out of the court


38 posted on 11/27/2014 2:05:54 PM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: PROCON
What's important in that particular case, is that their obedience requirement wasn't very difficult for the banana brandishing terrorist.


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39 posted on 11/27/2014 2:08:25 PM PST by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
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The moral of the story is dont point anything at a police officer. They are not there for your amusement. They are not there to be taunted. They are there for your protection.

No, that's not even remotely the moral of this story.

40 posted on 11/27/2014 2:18:09 PM PST by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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