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Laisrean
August 9th, 2005, 06:17 AM
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0805051sword1.html (http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0805051sword1.html)


AUGUST 5--Meet Robert McClain. The Michigan man, 42, was arrested last week after he attempted to literally go medieval on cops. According to the below Royal Oak Police Department report, officers were dispatched to McClain's home after a motorist called 911 to report that McClain had fled the scene of an auto accident. When they arrived at his crib, McClain allegedly tried to strike a cop with a four-foot sword. After missing, McClain retreated to his basement, where he donned a chainmail armored vest and leather gauntlets to protect his arms. He also added a giant wooden mallet to his arsenal and beckoned officers to come downstairs and get him. "I'm gonna crush your *censored* skulls," McClain warned. Then, in a nice rhetorical flourish (for a lunatic, at least), he added, "I have a thousand years of power." That omnipotence, however, was no match for a police Taser, which felled McClain. He was then carted off and charged with felony assault and a misdemeanor count for failing to remain at an accident scene. (3 pages)

:viking:

MoonKnight
August 9th, 2005, 06:25 AM
:lol: I didn't hear anything about this.

erlynn
August 9th, 2005, 07:14 AM
Hmmmm, Laisrean, you live in Michigan and your avatar is "medieval"... ;)

BlueMoon13
August 9th, 2005, 08:21 AM
Wow! The guy's been watching too many Capital One commercials.......... :alol:

wolf
August 9th, 2005, 08:44 AM
I wonder if the chainmail vest made the taser deployment easier because of conductivity or harder to find a target? (they probably aimed for his thigh if that would have been a problem)

misty
August 9th, 2005, 10:12 AM
Wow! The guy's been watching too many Capital One commercials.......... :alol:

LOL!!!

dragoncrone
August 9th, 2005, 10:19 AM
"Whatch' gonna do, Bad Boys, Bad Boys..." *hums "Cops" theme song...*
:lol: :hehehehe: :hahugh: :rollingla

Faeawyn
August 9th, 2005, 10:40 AM
"when they arrived at his crib"??? What kind of reporter uses crib in a news article..:rotfl:

ahhhh...nvm...its a smoking gun article....duh! _whistle_

pawnman
August 9th, 2005, 10:43 AM
"when they arrived at his crib"??? What kind of reporter uses crib in a news article..:rotfl:

ahhhh...nvm...its a smoking gun article....duh! _whistle_

My favorite line was this one: "Then, in a nice rhetorical flourish (for a lunatic, at least), he added, "I have a thousand years of power." That omnipotence, however, was no match for a police Taser, which felled McClain"

Akhkharu Asgard
August 9th, 2005, 12:40 PM
It would have been even better if he whipped out a Morning Star. This proves that this future could kick the past's ass any day of the week.

BlueTicona
August 9th, 2005, 01:49 PM
Maybe he's a Knight trapped into a small man's body hoping to get out? :-P

Djinn
August 9th, 2005, 05:03 PM
So much for "Forward into the Past!" This guy was backed into the present.

Akhkharu Asgard
August 9th, 2005, 10:32 PM
So much for "Forward into the Past!" This guy was backed into the present.

What?!

Eldric_Dragonsblood
August 9th, 2005, 11:19 PM
What?!
"Forward into the Past" is the motto for the Society for Creative Anachronism (http://sca.org) .

WitchOfEndor
August 10th, 2005, 12:57 AM
Ahhh he's from Royal Oak, Michigan, that would explain alot. That's where the more "creative" loonies are from. The rest of us Michiganders are just your run of the mill loonie. :alol:

bbnflpn
August 10th, 2005, 04:02 AM
Wow! The guy's been watching too many Capital One commercials.......... :alol:
or highlander