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Laser pointer hits NYPD helicopter
The Boston Globe ^
| August 1, 2006
| Associated Press
Posted on 08/01/2006 1:49:59 PM PDT by looscnnn
A 19-year-old man was arrested after authorities said he shined a laser pointer at a police helicopter.
The bright green laser beamed into the cockpit late Monday night, temporarily blinding the officers, said Melissa Klein, an NYPD spokeswoman.
Police arrested Anthony Pepe a short time later, and charged him with reckless endangerment and criminal possession of a weapon, Klein said.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption
KEYWORDS: acmelazerco; bang; banglist; crybabies; faa; faintofheart; harmless; laser; laserpointer; lazer; nypd
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posted on
08/01/2006 1:49:59 PM PDT
by
looscnnn
To: looscnnn
Are they charging him with criminal possession of a weapon for having a laser pointer?
2
posted on
08/01/2006 1:50:47 PM PDT
by
looscnnn
("Olestra (Olean) applications causes memory leaks" PC Confusious)
To: looscnnn
A laser which can blind someone most certainly be called a weapon.
To: looscnnn
weapon? Does that mean my husbands lazer level is a weapon?
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posted on
08/01/2006 1:51:38 PM PDT
by
sneakers
(Freedom is the answer to the human condition)
To: looscnnn
Time to construct a national registry of laser pointer ownership--and prevent felons and estranged husbands from possessing them :-)
5
posted on
08/01/2006 1:52:14 PM PDT
by
sourcery
(A libertarian is a conservative who has been mugged ...by his own government)
To: looscnnn
Further into the article is another man charged with the same (different incident). About time they started arresting for this.
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posted on
08/01/2006 1:52:25 PM PDT
by
mtbopfuyn
(I think the border is kind of an artificial barrier - San Antonio councilwoman Patti Radle)
To: looscnnn
A weapon is anything you can harm someone with.
What defines the "criminal posession" portion?
NYC soon to be wall to wall nerf.
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posted on
08/01/2006 1:53:16 PM PDT
by
American_Centurion
(No, I don't trust the government to automatically do the right thing.)
To: sneakers
I'm sure it depends on the type of laser. Anything that will blind a pilot would be a weapon, imo.
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posted on
08/01/2006 1:53:27 PM PDT
by
mtbopfuyn
(I think the border is kind of an artificial barrier - San Antonio councilwoman Patti Radle)
To: looscnnn
"Laser pointer hits NYPD helicopter"
Wow. That takes one hell of a pitching arm to be able to throw a laser pointer at a moving helicopter!
9
posted on
08/01/2006 1:53:40 PM PDT
by
PeterFinn
(Anything worth fighting for is worth fighting dirty for.)
To: sneakers
"Does that mean my husbands lazer level is a weapon?"
Only if you put it on a friggin' shark's head...
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posted on
08/01/2006 1:54:32 PM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: looscnnn
Tim the toolman is reported to have said "From my cold dead hands...."
To: looscnnn
One of those pointers can indeed blind; especially important to aviators is sight.
But that does not make a pointer a weapon. That assertion is more asinine liberal dogma. Certainly the youth committed a crime and should be charged. But there was no weapon.
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posted on
08/01/2006 1:56:56 PM PDT
by
samm1148
To: sneakers
weapon? Does that mean my husbands lazer level is a weapon? I doubt it's as bright as the green laser.
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posted on
08/01/2006 1:57:44 PM PDT
by
sionnsar
(†trad-anglican.faithweb.com† | Iran Azadi | Appeasement=Capitulation)
To: looscnnn
Lazer pointers will do NO harm. I've seen people use them to make their cats or dogs go around in circles and I'm sure it was shined into the pets eyes, and guess what. Nothing. They are completely harmless. The ones sold in stores and office supply shops.
14
posted on
08/01/2006 1:58:00 PM PDT
by
timestax
To: looscnnn
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posted on
08/01/2006 2:00:16 PM PDT
by
finnman69
(cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestu s globus, inflammare animos)
To: looscnnn
When laser pointers are outlawed, only outlaws will have laser pointers.
16
posted on
08/01/2006 2:00:19 PM PDT
by
My2Cents
(A pirate's life for me.)
To: looscnnn
criminal possession of a weapon...
....will never stick.
17
posted on
08/01/2006 2:02:53 PM PDT
by
lumber1
(It is not what you do now, but what they will do later with what you've "done now" that matters.)
To: sneakers
Does your husband attempt to blind pilots with his laser?
18
posted on
08/01/2006 2:03:17 PM PDT
by
OldFriend
(I Pledge Allegiance to the Flag.....and My Heart to the Soldier Who Protects It.)
To: All
19
posted on
08/01/2006 2:03:51 PM PDT
by
finnman69
(cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestu s globus, inflammare animos)
To: looscnnn
It's time people quit acting like big babies...those lazers are harmless.
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posted on
08/01/2006 2:04:19 PM PDT
by
timestax
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