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'Knight' Loses Joust With Officers' Stun Gun
DenverChannel.com ^ | 8/5/2005 | Staff

Posted on 08/05/2005 4:57:03 PM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity

ROYAL OAK, Mich. -- Officers used a stun gun to take a Michigan man into custody after he attempted to fight them off with medieval weaponry, according to police.

Police said Robert McClain sped away from the scene of a car crash in Royal Oak Wednesday night. When officers went to his home, McClain was apparently in the basement and prepared to keep officers at bay with a 4-foot sword and a large mallet.

"One of the statements that he made is that, 'I got 1,000 years of power. Come and get me,'" said Deputy Chief Chris Jahnke, of the Royal Oak Police Department. "And they looked down and he has this metal chain (and a) mesh guard (or) vest on, along with these leather gauntlets on his arms."

After dodging swords, chains and the mallet -- which were being thrown up from the basement -- officers used a stun gun to subdue McClain and arrest him, reported Detroit TV station WDIV.

McClain was charged Thursday with assault.

If convicted, he could face up to five years in prison.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Michigan
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When medieval fantasy collides with cops and stun guns....
1 posted on 08/05/2005 4:57:04 PM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity

"Reno 911" had an ep in which a psycho "Dungeons & Dragons" geek in makeshift armor, bragging of his +1 magical this and that, ended up getting maced.

Stranger than fiction ...


2 posted on 08/05/2005 4:59:17 PM PDT by pogo101
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity; martin_fierro

Joust DAMN!


3 posted on 08/05/2005 4:59:19 PM PDT by mikrofon (Good knight .... nurse!)
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity

Run away, run away!


4 posted on 08/05/2005 5:01:44 PM PDT by pipecorp (Let's have a CRUSADE! , the muslim half has already started. ps. I need more cowbell!)
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity

I just assumed this article was about Bob Knight...


5 posted on 08/05/2005 5:01:46 PM PDT by NittanyLion
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To: pogo101

Right, I saw that episode! Too funny! I'm betting that the encounter in this article went a lot like that episode. It's all fun and games until you get taken down by the +10 Taser and wind up in ye olde slammer.


6 posted on 08/05/2005 5:03:49 PM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity ("A litany of complaints is not a plan." -- G.W. Bush, regarding Sen. Kerry's lack of vision)
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To: NittanyLion

No joke. Vegas wouldn't take odds on that happening. Bobby Knight hasn't been in an embarrassing scandal in a while, so he's due!


7 posted on 08/05/2005 5:05:39 PM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity ("A litany of complaints is not a plan." -- G.W. Bush, regarding Sen. Kerry's lack of vision)
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity

LOL... I guess 50,000 volts beats "1000 years of power."


8 posted on 08/05/2005 5:06:41 PM PDT by Cap'n Crunch
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
Here is a link to that clip.

"I'm wearing Boots Of Escaping!"

9 posted on 08/05/2005 5:07:17 PM PDT by pogo101
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
Hmm, will he be put in the pillory or the dunking chair?
10 posted on 08/05/2005 5:07:36 PM PDT by decal ("The French should stick to kisses, toast and fries.")
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When medieval fantasy collides with cops and stun guns....

And the old saying goes......

Don't bring medieval weapons to fight in 2005....

LVM

11 posted on 08/05/2005 5:09:29 PM PDT by LasVegasMac ("God. Guts. Guns. I don't call 911." (bumper sticker))
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To: Cap'n Crunch

I love it!


12 posted on 08/05/2005 5:09:34 PM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity ("A litany of complaints is not a plan." -- G.W. Bush, regarding Sen. Kerry's lack of vision)
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
'I got 1,000 years of power. Come and get me,'"

LOL! According to that line of reasoning, someone with a sharpend stone maybe 20,000 years of power, someone with a sharp, pointy stick, maybe 50,000 years of power, and someone fighting with their bare hands has untold millions of years of power.

Whereas someone with a nuclear weapon has only ~60 years of power. Pathetic.

13 posted on 08/05/2005 5:11:32 PM PDT by coloradan (Hence, etc.)
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To: decal

"And for you, it's the...COMFY CHAIR!!"

14 posted on 08/05/2005 5:11:51 PM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity ("A litany of complaints is not a plan." -- G.W. Bush, regarding Sen. Kerry's lack of vision)
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To: pogo101

Thanks!


15 posted on 08/05/2005 5:13:00 PM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity ("A litany of complaints is not a plan." -- G.W. Bush, regarding Sen. Kerry's lack of vision)
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To: pogo101
"I'll bring down a day of terrible reckoning on you!!!"
16 posted on 08/05/2005 5:20:20 PM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity ("A litany of complaints is not a plan." -- G.W. Bush, regarding Sen. Kerry's lack of vision)
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
It's just a flesh wound.


17 posted on 08/05/2005 5:20:42 PM PDT by Horatio Gates (Fatiser Visus)
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
"Come get me, copper!'

Doesn't play well with others.
18 posted on 08/05/2005 5:38:55 PM PDT by Eastbound
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity

Royal Oak - a little bit of California in the Detroit burbs.... LOL! ...


19 posted on 08/05/2005 5:42:34 PM PDT by GOP_1900AD (Stomping on "PC," destroying the"and Left, and smoking out faux "conservatives" - Take Back The GOP!)
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"One of the statements that he made is that, 'I got 1,000 years of power. Come and get me,'"

The boy has spunk.

20 posted on 08/05/2005 5:45:08 PM PDT by humblegunner (If you're gonna die, die with your boots on.)
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