[Mr. Brightside]

The police planted the story.

“A police source has told The Post that the three victims were carrying slingshots.”

http://www.nypost.com/seven/01022008/news/regionalnews/ouching_tiger_201750.htm

[spunkets]

It appears Berg lied about the slingshot thing and can't keep his story straight about where it came from. He's apparently trying to blame it on the some cop now. The following link doesn't appear in "related stories" anymore. I retrieved it from google. First story.

From that story:

" As the mauling investigation continued, cops denied that injured victims Amritpal Dhaliwal, 19, and his brother, Kulbir, 23, had slingshots. "A slingshot was not found in their car at the hospital or in the zoo," said Sgt. Steve Mannina.
A city official with knowledge of the investigation told The Post about the slingshots, and also said an empty vodka bottle was found in their car.
Cops and zoo officials confirmed they discovered the bottle. "