British cop tasers 61 year old blind man...

[oppo]

...after mistaking his cane for a samurai sword.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-19979184

You have got to be kidding me. :banghead:

 

[ViperJeff]

While on the other side of town... "A sword wielding madman chops off the heads of scarecrows yelling "I am The One!""

 

[ninja man]

While on the other side of town... "A sword wielding madman chops off the heads of scarecrows yelling "I am The One!""

are you poking fun at me?

 

[ViperJeff]

are you poking fun at me?

No, I really don't think a Broad Sword and a Katana get mistaken for each other very often :favorites37:

 

[ninja man]

haha...

so i still dont get how a cop can mistake a sword for someone who is walking with a cane....

 

[Arckadian]

Newb on the force perhaps? maybe needs to get his glasses replaced.

 

[ViperJeff]

haha...

so i still dont get how a cop can mistake a sword for someone who is walking with a cane....

Kind of reminds me of a concealed carry question

 

[SWSS]

well, the brits dont carry guns, so i suppose that a trained eye has never been honed on the range! HAHAHAHA!