Most Portland stories deserve the dumbass tag. Probably because most of the people here are dumbasses.

/but we just got a Mellow Mushroom - psyched for a calzone tonight
//got nuthin'

Seriously? Were the cops afraid of the light saber?

Where is the COPS camera crew when we need them?

Sounds as if he was on bath salts AKA monkey dust or some other sort of drug.

aRabidLunatic: Seriously? Were the cops afraid of the light saber?

Maybe it made those "wuuuuuo wuuuuuo" sounds when he swung it. That could be pretty intimidating.

Look, people deal with being left out of TOR early access in different ways.

I first read the headline as if the police were the ones with the lightsaber.

You just watch yourself. We're wanted men. I have an arrest warrant in twelve counties.

Wait, so I just noticed something about the quote I posted there: the guy's name is Dr. Evazan. That guy was a doctor?

Gary?

detroitdoesntsuckthatbad: Most Portland stories deserve the dumbass tag.

It's Hayden Island, which pretty much counts as Vantucky.

detroitdoesntsuckthatbad: Most Portland stories deserve the dumbass tag. Probably because most of the people here are dumbasses.

/but we just got a Mellow Mushroom - psyched for a calzone tonight
//got nuthin'

GIANT SPIDERS ON YOUR HEAD.

_{/had to.}

Captain Steroid: FTA: "Another officer used his Taser and made contact, but the man knocked one of the wires away with the light saber."

That tidbit takes the story from sad to awesome.

What's worse than trying to tase a guy wielding a light saber? Failing at it. Twice.

/oh and, of course: Light saber fight (new window)

fusillade762: Wait, so I just noticed something about the quote I posted there: the guy's name is Dr. Evazan. That guy was a doctor?

Yep. I don't remember enough of the canon to tell you what exactly he did though. Organ harvesting, making Ewok Centipedes, that kind of doctor.

Toys R Us: You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.

Another officer used his Taser and made contact, but the man knocked one of the wires away with the light saber.

That was, quite simply, his moment of greatness in an otherwise dull and unnoteworthy life.

"You're all clear, kid! Now let's blow this parking lot and go home!"

PCP or Schizophrenia. Hmmm. I'm not sure with this one.

I like how tasers are now used for compliance purposes as against their intended use which was it would only be used prior to using lethal force. But I guess those light sabers might give the police a nasty tan if they hit you so maybe tasers were appropriate.

Another officer used his Taser and made contact, but the man knocked one of the wires away with the light saber.
I sure hope there is some good dash-cam of this melee.

a weapon for a more civilized age?

Invisible Pedestrian: What's worse than trying to tase a guy wielding a light saber? Failing at it. Twice.

/oh and, of course: Light saber fight (new window)

Bah. I'll see that and raise you RvD2 in HD (pops, not a Rick nor a Roll).

Also, this was at a toy store. This indicates to me that the lightsaber in question likely wasn't even one of the ones with the solid plastic blades, but was one of these:



Thus I declare the cops and all passersby (and store employees) to be weaklings. I don't care if it's Ahnuld swinging that thing; it's not going to hurt that bad.

/Unlike my lightsaber.
//Polycarbonate blade and custom-machined aircraft grade aluminum hilt.
///You get smacked with that thing and you'll damn well know it.

I get the feeling this guy didn't get into early release of The Old Republic.

This would have made an epic arrest video. I wonder if the lightsaber was making sounds when he was swinging it or if he made the sounds himself.




vooooooooom vooooooommmm *crackle* _{duel with the lightsaber app for smart phones}

Your father wanted you to have it when you were old enough, but of course the police wouldn't allow it.

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Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid

But, they are apparently a pretty good match for a tazer at your side, officer.

The force was weak with this one.

I had really high hopes for this thread. Light saber, cops, and the guy defeated a tazer...