NJ: Umbrella mistaken for assault rifle

[green73]

NEW JERSEY (MYFOXNY.COM) - A New Jersey light rail shutdown was due to an umbrella that was mistaken for an assault rifle.

Someone had reported to police that a man wearing black pants, white dress shirt, with a cast on his arm was "armed with a long barrel assault weapon" had gotten on the train.

It happened Friday morning on NJ Transit's Hudson-Bergen line.

Several light rail trains were held after the report involving a train leaving Liberty State park around 8 a.m.

Police started scouring surveillance videos and was able to track down the man at the Exchange Place station.

Apparently, they were able to determine that the only "weapon" the man had was the umbrella he planned to use later in the day to fight off rain from hitting him.

Trains were rolling again a short time later.

http://www.myfoxny.com/story/22415568/umbrella-mistaken-for-assault-rifle

[kathy88]

Oh FFS. See something say something.

[Seraphim]

"black pants, white dress shirt, with a cast on his arm"

Dressed to kill.

[Root]

You can't fix stupid.

Today: Intermittent showers. Breezy with highs in the mid 60s. Temperature falling into the mid 50s this afternoon. Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.

[Acala]

Why do you NEED dark objects? Only the police and soldiers should be able to carry dark objects. Dark objects have no place on our streets.

[Yieu]

Why do you NEED dark objects? Only the police and soldiers should be able to carry dark objects. Dark objects have no place on our streets.

You don't need to carry things in your hands. It's not safe anyway, if you look too dangerous you could get shot by a cop and that would be your own fault for having an object in your hands because as we have seen cops say in previous articles, they are trained to shoot first if they see what they believe could be a gun. It could have been something dangerous! Officer safety.

[BAllen]

Bog the system down?

[HOLLYWOOD]

The Pavlovian Nation of Morons

[V3n]

Sounds like someone had a little too much "Scotch"...

[Smart3]

You could take someone's eyes out with an umbrella! Ban assault umbrellas!

[Anti Federalist]

Ban rain.

Ban trains.

Ban hands.

[Anti Federalist]

You don't need to carry things in your hands. It's not safe anyway, if you look too dangerous you could get shot by a cop and that would be your own fault for having an object in your hands because as we have seen cops say in previous articles, they are trained to shoot first if they see what they believe could be a gun. It could have been something dangerous! Officer safety.

Yes, this.

The Mundane should be thankful he was not shot.

[IndianaPolitico]

Ban rain.

Ban trains.

Ban hands.

Shhh, don't give them any ideas... Oh wait.... (http://www.businessinsider.com/new-rain-tax-makes-a-splash-in-maryland-2013-4)

[Expatriate]

It could have been the Penguin with his umbrella gun. Can't be too careful!

http://sull.tv/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Batman-Penguin-Umbrella-Gun.jpg

[green73]

Sounds like someone had a little too much "Scotch"...

Scotch doesn’t make you stupid.

[V3n]

Scotch doesn’t make you stupid.

I was referring to the other New Jersey thread of the day...

NJ: Caramel-colored rubbing alcohol sold as scotch (http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?415428-NJ-Caramel-colored-rubbing-alcohol-sold-as-scotch)

Oh, New Jersey...