Michigan cop, Nose Hill Gentlemen, praise Jesus!

[getbak]

Originally Posted by trumpethead

Here is another one of his letters from a year ago...

http://www.mlive.com/opinion/kalamaz...cted_offi.html

I wonder if he knows that Common is one of the stars of Hell on Wheels, which is filmed in Southern Alberta?

Oh, the humanity! He's lucky he made it back to safety of Kalamazoo, where your chances of becoming a victim of crime are 1 in 102: http://www.neighborhoodscout.com/mi/kalamazoo/crime/ (although, that stat might give us an understanding of his mindset).

[getbak]

Originally Posted by Table 5

Also, why would one travel so far to go hang out at Nose Hill Park? Do they not have vast boring expanses of dead grass in Michigan?

[Boshi]

I love how he said the two guys looked bewildered. Lulz.

[Ozy_Flame]

. . . Because incidents like this in Michigan require a citizen to pull out a hand-gun?

Probably just two young kids having a bit too much to drink or something. The chances of a violent incident were probably slim to none.

This man's attitude towards simple encounters scares the piss out of me. I would hate to think what a spare change request would get you - probably 10 gunshots, a bat beatdown, and a lawsuit saturated with punitive damages to the "attacker" for emotional trauma.

And I'm pretty sure they have more aggressive people in Michigan. There are parts of Detroit that are just as bad (if not worse) than places in Iraq or Afghanistan.

[nik-]

Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame

. . . Because incidents like this in Michigan require a citizen to pull out a hand-gun?

It's his RIGHT! ... Second Amendment, gotta protect yourselves ... Tyrants! ... RIGHT! ... durp de durp.

[Cowperson]

Originally Posted by Boshi

I love how he said the two guys looked bewildered. Lulz.

Lacking a loaded Magnum, he resorted to a weapon of last resort, Canadian Politeness . . . . and blew them away.

In all seriousness, if the two thugs had genuine ill-intent, I don't think an "excuse me" with a crafty sidestep would be enough to dissuade them. That's where his story breaks down.

Nose Hill was a beautiful place to walk, ride and run . . . . until they paved the paths and let the riff-raff in.

Cowperson

[burn_this_city]

Originally Posted by getbak

I wonder if he knows that Common is one of the stars of Hell on Wheels, which is filmed in Southern Alberta?

Oh, the humanity! He's lucky he made it back to safety of Kalamazoo, where your chances of becoming a victim of crime are 1 in 102: http://www.neighborhoodscout.com/mi/kalamazoo/crime/ (although, that stat might give us an understanding of his mindset).

That's only for a victim of violent crime. Overall your chances are 1/17 to be a victim of crime in general.

[Bigtime]

If you are on Twitter check out the hashtag #NoseHillGentleman for goodness.

[First Lady]

Geez; these guys were probably just trying to offload a couple of grandstand tickets.

[shermanator]

When did the King of England show up to Nose Hill?

[Phanuthier]

What a weird guy

[Lobotroth]

Nose Hill? More like Nosey Hill.

[ricoFlame]

that's good comedy there. good thing that's just satire...

[Derek Sutton]

It's just a different mindset I guess. I'm sure we have all been in uncomfortable situations, from hoodlums staring at us, to some Bums asking for money, to dealing with idiots on the train, and we've all resolved the situation without out and out violence. Many "beggers" use small talk as a prelude to asking for money, we all feel threatend in different ways. I could just never imagine pulling a gun out, with intent to blow someone away.

[MRCboicgy]

Thank you Walt Wawra for making my day, and making me appreciate that I don't live in Michigan

[Kybosh]

This is how it played out in the good sheriff's head:

[Bigtime]

"Oh hey Walt, have you been to the Stampede? I have two free ti-"

[TorqueDog]

What a god-damned idiot.

That's all that needs to be said about this guy.

[Coys1882]

Originally Posted by Cowperson

And he likes writing letters to newspapers. Here is one he wrote to a Kalamazoo newspaper last year.

http://www.mlive.com/opinion/kalamaz...cted_offi.html

Cowperson

****STOP MAKING FUN OF MY HUSBAND!!!!!!!!!!##$$%@! He'S A COP and KNOWS WHAT'S HE'S DOING*****

[Ozy_Flame]

Looks like it has struck a chord with Calgarians a bit:

http://news.google.ca/news/url?sa=t&...8%2Fstory.html

The part Wawra didn't tell us was that the two men were wearing pink sleeveless tank tops, tight jean shorts and sporting pink boas and glitter, holding each others hands and waving feathers around.

Or was it they were two Newfies with an affinity for chatter?

Possibly two recently immigrated Sikhs practicing their English?

No, definitely two gruff-looking transients looking to pick a fight and/or molest his wife. That's definitely it.