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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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TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: bananalist; banglist; donutwatch
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To: TigersEye
Breakfast with my favorite 'Nana.
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Always makes me want to monkey around.
To: PROCON
If the cop was a person of color, then they’ll upgrade it to a hate crime. Good thing it wasn’t a watermelon.
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posted on
11/27/2014 2:22:25 PM PST
by
PAR35
To: Fightin Whitey
What was it that George Carlin said about watching a woman eat a banana?
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posted on
11/27/2014 2:23:00 PM PST
by
dfwgator
To: Fightin Whitey
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posted on
11/27/2014 2:24:07 PM PST
by
TigersEye
(ISIS is the tip of the spear. The spear is Islam.)
To: joshua c
They are there for your protection. Hardly. they are there to bring the body bag and try to figure out who killed you.
Protect yourself.
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posted on
11/27/2014 2:28:20 PM PST
by
Doomonyou
(Let them eat Lead.)
To: PROCON
"Love was drawing his service weapon...Channing told them he was doing a trial run for a planned YouTube video"
"What video? There's no video."
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posted on
11/27/2014 2:38:05 PM PST
by
familyop
(We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
To: Doomonyou; joshua c
"they are there to bring the body bag and try to figure out who killed you."
And to do that, they only need to find the closest relative of the deceased or take a drive through a local trailer park.
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posted on
11/27/2014 2:40:19 PM PST
by
familyop
(We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
To: PROCON
This is real madness. The banana wasn’t even loaded at the time.
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posted on
11/27/2014 2:42:49 PM PST
by
4yearlurker
(Some people say that experts agree!!)
To: PROCON; All
Just let this be a lesson to you, dumba$$es; don’t point anything at a cop, don’t attack them. Treat them with the respect they deserve.
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posted on
11/27/2014 2:46:30 PM PST
by
patriot08
(NATIVE TEXAN (girl type))
To: PROCON
Any one with any brains would have just waved and went on, but the state does not hire human beings, they hire brain washed robots.
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posted on
11/27/2014 2:53:25 PM PST
by
ravenwolf
(` Does the scripture explain it in full detail? if not how can you?)
To: joshua c
They are there for your protection.
You are the winner, best joke of the day.
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posted on
11/27/2014 2:58:23 PM PST
by
ravenwolf
(` Does the scripture explain it in full detail? if not how can you?)
To: patriot08
Just let this be a lesson to you, dumba$$es; don’t point anything at a cop, don’t attack them. Treat them with the respect they deserve.
No thanks, I do not believe In smashing flies, just swat them.
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posted on
11/27/2014 3:02:29 PM PST
by
ravenwolf
(` Does the scripture explain it in full detail? if not how can you?)
To: patriot08
“Treat them with the respect they deserve.”
I’m pretty sure that urinating in public is a crime lol.
To: PROCON
“Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?”
Matthew 7:16, KJV
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posted on
11/27/2014 4:13:44 PM PST
by
atomic conspiracy
(Victory in Iraq: Worst defeat for activist media since Goebbels shot himself.)
To: patriot08
Look, if you don’t have the self confidence to carry a banana without being embarrassed, you don’t have any self confidence at all. Now, get out there and patrol - and keep safe.
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posted on
11/27/2014 5:26:04 PM PST
by
healy61
To: stboz
Could've been an ice cube:
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posted on
11/27/2014 5:41:27 PM PST
by
Cvengr
(Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
To: patriot08
Every other post is promoting hatred of cops. I am jumping in the bandwagon.
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posted on
11/27/2014 5:50:55 PM PST
by
sagar
To: TigersEye
To: joshua c
Google: “Castle Rock SCOTUS Gonzalez NY Times” and click on the first link.
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posted on
11/27/2014 7:23:55 PM PST
by
Red in Blue PA
(Compared to obama, Jimmy Carter looks like Winston Churchill.)
To: snarkybob; ravenwolf
They put their lives on the line every day for us. 99% are good guys.
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posted on
11/27/2014 11:12:59 PM PST
by
patriot08
(NATIVE TEXAN (girl type))
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