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Sword-wielding psycho freaks out at Apple Store
Ny Post ^
| November 20, 2015 | 6:53pm
| By Georgett Roberts, Daniel Prendergast and Natalie Musumeci
Posted on 11/20/2015 8:04:06 PM PST by Swordmaker
A man swinging a samurai sword fought an imaginary duel Friday on the glass spiral staircase of the bustling Apple Store on Fifth Avenue as frightened tourists and computer geeks looked on.
Video posted to Instagram shows the swordsman walking up the staircase, and then sitting on it while performing pretend lunges and parries for his startled audience at around 3:55 p.m.
He was quickly tackled by Apple security and turned over to police, who took him to Bellevue Hospital for a psychiatric examination.
Twitter user Keith Davis shared a
picture of the suspect in custody.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: applepinglist
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To: Exit148
How did he get that far, in public, carrying a sword?????? I imagine he kept it sheathed until on the staircase. I own a vintage Japanese sword. About twenty years ago I walked the streets of Japantown in San Francisco to have it appraised, carrying it sheathed slung over my shoulder. No one bothered me other than giving a smile. Even went into a local Japanese mart to buy some groceries. All smiles. Guess they're used to it there. Flash forward to today, and I probably wouldn't carry it in public now.
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posted on
11/20/2015 8:44:10 PM PST
by
roadcat
To: Swordmaker
Probably a lot safer to do that in New York than in Dallas. (Of course, the Apple store in Dallas doesn’t have a glass staircase.)
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posted on
11/20/2015 8:47:09 PM PST
by
PAR35
I’m only surprised we haven’t seen this headline before...
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posted on
11/20/2015 9:01:43 PM PST
by
D-fendr
(Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
To: Swordmaker
To: Swordmaker
Maybe the guy was frustrated that his Apple 4S is costing him over $1000 to fix.
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posted on
11/20/2015 10:07:30 PM PST
by
jonrick46
(The Left has a mental disorder: A totalitarian mindset..)
To: Swordmaker
This wouldn’t have happened at a PC store. Windows systems are immune to Samurai attacks.
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posted on
11/20/2015 10:39:15 PM PST
by
ElkGroveDan
(My tagline is in the shop.)
To: Swordmaker
Swordsman was pissed off they were out of stock on the latest i5 Microsoft Surface.
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posted on
11/20/2015 11:26:29 PM PST
by
dennisw
(The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
To: Kommodor
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posted on
11/20/2015 11:34:12 PM PST
by
Riley
(The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
To: Swordmaker
Another sword wielder robbed a Dairy Queen!! What’s up with swords these days?
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posted on
11/21/2015 2:25:40 AM PST
by
Ann Archy
(ABORTION....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
To: Swordmaker; al baby; Albion Wilde; Allegra; BufordP; EveningStar; Gefn; GunsareOK; JRios1968; ...
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posted on
11/21/2015 2:48:33 AM PST
by
Tolerance Sucks Rocks
(Democrats and GOP-e: a difference of degree, not philosophy)
To: Swordmaker
Hey, who among us hasn't done that? ;')
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posted on
11/21/2015 4:06:14 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
OMG...get out of my head.
LOLOL
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posted on
11/21/2015 4:23:44 AM PST
by
Salamander
(Trump is the voice of the muzzled majority.)
To: Jet Jaguar; shibumi
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posted on
11/21/2015 4:27:04 AM PST
by
Salamander
(Trump is the voice of the muzzled majority.)
To: BlueDragon
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posted on
11/21/2015 6:22:14 AM PST
by
IncPen
(Not one single patriot in Washington, DC.)
To: MrEdd
In before the pictures of John Belushi. Duly noted!
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posted on
11/21/2015 6:28:18 AM PST
by
lonevoice
(Life is short. Make fun of it.)
To: Kommodor; Salamander
"Is Abe Vigoda still alive?" Strangely enough - Yes.
(He's 94.)
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posted on
11/21/2015 8:13:58 AM PST
by
shibumi
(Vampire Outlaw of the Milky Way)
To: Swordmaker
Maybe “Swordmaker” is just getting some free advertisement.
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posted on
11/21/2015 2:57:55 PM PST
by
amigatec
(2 Thess 2:11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:)
To: Swordmaker
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