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    Exclamation ND-Panicked cops draw down on kids, after mistaking their telescope for a rifle

    Came close to death at the hands of the heroes.

    Of course, it would have been "justified".

    When the only tool you have is a hammer...


    Teens Nearly Killed After Police Mistook Telescope for a Rifle and Sweater for a Tactical Vest

    http://thefreethoughtproject.com/tee...M76yrs8IYTc.99



    Fargo, ND — On Monday night, Levi Joraanstad and Colin Waldera were setting up their large telescope to take pictures of the moon. However, they were quickly interrupted by bright spotlights and loud voices yelling at them to stop moving.

    Thinking it was a joke or a prank by fellow students, Waldera and Joraanstad continued to dig in their bags and ignored the shouting voices.

    “I was kind of fumbling around with my stuff and my roommate and I were kind of talking, we were kind of wondering, what the heck’s going on?” said NDSU junior Levi Joraanstad. “This is pretty dumb that these guys are doing this. And then they started shouting to quit moving or we could be shot. And so at that moment we kind of look at each other and we’re thinking we better take this seriously.”

    It was not a prank, and their lives were in danger. Cops were in the middle of a deadly mistake.

    According to police, an officer driving through the neighborhood saw the two teens and Joraanstad’s dark colored sweater with white lettering and mistakenly thought it was a tactical vest. He also mistook the huge telescope for a rifle.

    Even if these two teens would have been carrying a rifle and wearing a tactical vest, they weren’t breaking any laws. Not to mention, that North Dakota’s murder rate by firearm ranges in the single digits annually, so this officer’s fears were entirely unfounded.

    However, he apparently feared for his safety enough to call in the cavalry. After checking to make sure there were no agencies conducting operations, several more officers were called to the scene and descended onto the stargazing teens.

    Luckily no one was killed. Had this mistake happened in a different neighborhood of a lower socioeconomic status, however, the result would have likely been shots fired.

    We do have to hand it to the responding officers for not killing these college kids. Amazingly enough, after the incident was over, police were even apologetic.
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    What kind of rifle even looks like that telescope?

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    These are highly trained professionals.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dr.3D View Post
    What kind of rifle even looks like that telescope?
    Well, split second decisions and all.

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    This could have been avoided if they had given prior notice to the authorities. Sounds like permits should be required to stargaze.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Danke View Post
    This could have been avoided if they had given prior notice to the authorities. Sounds like permits should be required to stargaze.
    Yeah, before you go out for a walk, you should notify the authorities so they will know not to shoot you.

    Of course if you do that, you run the risk of them claiming you are wasting their time with superfluous phone calls.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dr.3D View Post
    Yeah, before you go out for a walk, you should notify the authorities so they will know not to shoot you.

    Of course if you do that, you run the risk of them claiming you are wasting their time with superfluous phone calls.
    Of course you can point out precedent where people did not call in their every move and they turned out to be dead later...

    Then again, they may find the fact you report that you are going to walk the dog suspicious and to make sure no officers are hurt in the process they'll send someone over, if you get what I mean.
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    these cops all went to Coward University, in Chicken $#@!, Iowa.



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    Quote Originally Posted by Danke View Post
    This could have been avoided if they had given prior notice to the authorities. Sounds like permits should be required to stargaze.
    Good idea, comrade.

    I will forward this along to the Central Committee.

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    This should never happen again in ND. The government created a solution.


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