Man arrested; deputies say he aimed banana at them

[GunnyFreedom]

It's the new tactic in the war on drugs. They're trying to make reality so bizarre we don't need drugs any more.

 

[JK/SEA]

geezus H who ha...i'm about ready to curl up into a fetal position and call it a day...this effin country is beyond Idiocracy...

 

[CPUd]

 

[GunnyFreedom]

Spot price for potash: $287.00/mt

 

[Suzanimal]

An assault banana!

 

[Suzanimal]

The cops need more training...

 

[pcosmar]

A man from Fruitvale pointed a banana at officer Bunch and is facing felony menacing charges.
A man from Fruitvale pointed a banana at officer Bunch and is facing felony menacing charges.
A man from Fruitvale pointed a banana at officer Bunch and is facing felony menacing charges.

that really needs a jury trial.

A Nationally televised Jury Trial.
accompanied by the Full Disclosure of how much it cost to bring this fanciful charge against the man.

Followed by a public hanging or the Prosecutor who brought those charges and billed the taxpayers.

 

[GunnyFreedom]

If hollyweird wrote this story, people could not suspend enough disbelief to make it successful.

 

[Occam's Banana]

Man arrested after pointing banana at police

h/t SeanTX: http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showth...rying-BB-gun&p=5714682&viewfull=1#post5714682

Man arrested after pointing banana at police
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/colorado-man-arrested-after-pointing-banana-at-police/
Crimesider CBS News/AP (27 November 2014)

A man is facing a felony menacing charge, because two Colorado sheriff's deputies say they thought a banana he pointed at them was a gun.

Nathan Rolf Channing, 27, was arrested Sunday, according to the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel.

According to an arrest affidavit, Mesa County deputies Joshua Bunch and Donald Love said Channing pointed the fruit at them while crossing a street.

The deputies said they feared for their lives even though they saw that the object was yellow. Bunch wrote in the affidavit that he has seen handguns in many shapes and colors.

He wrote that Love was drawing his service weapon when Channing, of Fruitvale, Colo. yelled, "It's a banana!"

Yes, the man accused of pointing a banana at police is from Fruitvale.

And yes, one of the police officers he pointed the banana at is named Bunch.

And, no, we didn't make this up.

The deputies say Channing told them he was doing a trial run for a planned YouTube video and he thought it would "lighten the holiday spirit."

Any other ideas?

 

[Suzanimal]

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?463771-Man-arrested-deputies-say-he-aimed-banana-at-them

 

[Occam's Banana]

How the hell did I miss this thread?

 

[SeanTX]

Cops routinely point loaded weapons at people -- like when they stopped all those people at an intersection in Aurora, CO after a bank robbery, they were pointing shotguns at kids.

However, that is not "felony menacing" ....

 

[Suzanimal]

How the hell did I miss this thread?

I dunno but you better put an orange tip on your banana.

 

[Dr.3D]

Well, I guess we can't disguise a pistol to look like banana and get away with anything.

 

[green73]

Maybe the cops read this forum. I mean, Occam is a deadly weapon of sorts.

 

[otherone]

Banana-proof vests for all our heroes!

 

[Occam's Banana]

I demand orange tips on the ends of all bananas from now on!

I don't think Occam's Banana's gonna go for that.

Another entry for the list of shenanigans of which I am disapprove ...

I dunno but you better put an orange tip on your banana.

Never! You'll have to pry my non-orange-tipped banana from my cold dead hands!

 

[Suzanimal]

Never! You'll have to pry my non-orange-tipped banana from my cold dead hands!

Was that a challenge?

 

[SeanTX]

Banana pointed at cops -- felony menacing. Cops point loaded shotgun and pistol at an innocent kid? Proper procedures were followed:

 

[Cissy]

So, the government employees confronted idiocy by engaging in greater idiocy?