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Posted on 04/18/2005 7:47:06 AM PDT by brazos.357
'Mad Max' fan convoy ends in arrests SAN ANTONIO — Eleven "Mad Max" fans of were arrested after alarming motorists as they made their way to a movie marathon in a theatrical convoy in which they surrounded a tanker truck armed with fake machine guns.
As the group was headed to San Antonio from nearby from Boerne on Saturday morning, police received several calls from motorists who reported a "militia" surrounding a tanker truck, a police report states.
Police charged nine people with obstruction of a highway and two others with possession of prohibited knives in addition to obstruction of a highway.
One of the organizers of the convoy, Chris Fenner, said the arrests were unfair. He said he didn't know why anyone would have confused the costumed crew recreating a scene from "Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior" — set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland — with a real threat.
"I honestly don't know how that could be, because 'Road Warrior' was so over the top," he said.
About 25 people participated in the convoy and more than twice that number were expected to attend the movie marathon, which was canceled after the arrests.
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Information from: San Antonio Express-News, http://www.mysanantonio.com
Exactly what kinds of knives are prohibited in Texas. Didn't know Texans were so wimpy about simple knives.
http://www.strangecosmos.com/content/item/106783.html
But I don't think these "riders" were the sharpest knives in the drawer.....
Please don't change titles.
Last of the V8's...
Boy!
(Robt wipes sweat off brow...)
"I" am glad "I" am way too swerve and deboner to "EVER" imply that Xena would ride on top in a Mel Gibson movie of hot, half-nekkid topless guys drivin' in leathers down a deserted road.
Sorry, I don't post that often. I wasn't sure that was a rule. It just sounded cooler!
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