German police excuse angry computer user for outburst

Scotsman ^ | Tue 17 Jul 2007

[SubGeniusX]

BERLIN (Reuters) - A German man who startled his neighbours when he hurled his computer out of the window in the middle of the night, was let off for disturbing the peace by police who sympathised with his technical frustrations.

Police in the northern city of Hanover said they would not press charges after responding to calls made by residents in an apartment block who were woken by a loud crash in the early hours of Saturday.

Officers found the street and pavement covered in electronic parts and discovered who the culprit was.

Asked what had driven him to the night-time outburst, the 51-year-old man said he had simply got annoyed with his computer.

"Who hasn't felt like doing that?" said a police spokesman.

While escaping any official sanction the man was made to clear up the debris.

[SubGeniusX]

This man is a HERO....

and gotta love the cops on this one ...

[snarks_when_bored]

Too bad he didn’t also defenestrate the Geek Squad guy...

[mtbopfuyn]

I agree. No crime was committed.

[SubGeniusX]

Officers found the street and pavement covered in electronic parts and discovered who the culprit was.

Asked what had driven him to the night-time outburst, the 51-year-old man said he had simply got annoyed with his computer.

"Who hasn't felt like doing that?" said a police spokesman.

Ping

[SubGeniusX]

defenestrate

I love that word ...

[ShadowAce]

Hmm. I haven’t felt like that since I ditched Windows.

[Clara Lou]

Isn’t it great that no one was under his window when the computer landed?

[Huntress]

I’ve wanted to do this a few times, but I have a desktop and it’s too heavy for me to throw more than two or three feet.

[Huntress]

Ping for Mr. Mercat.

[Slings and Arrows]

While escaping any official sanction the man was made to clear up the debris.

Precisely why I did NOT take a shotgun to my old 486 after I got my first Pentium box.

[Allegra]

This man is a HERO....

Yes. I think we've all wanted to do this at various times....LOL

[dashing doofus]

I’m pretty sure I know this guy. He works for the “help desk” at my company. I’m on my third computer in the last two years. I think he threw the old ones down to the street.

[lesser_satan]

Same here. It’s almost as good as “frottage”.

[BykrBayb]

Well, he had two choices.

This:

Or this:

I think he made a wise choice.

[martin_fierro]

Ich bin ein boyscreamer.

[Swordmaker]

I agree. No crime was committed.

Littering? Failure to dispose of hazardous waste in a proper manner? Reckless endangerment? Cruelty to a dumb terminal?