Mall evacuated SWAT deployed over man with umbrella, PD 'This is what we want'
Mass. mall 'gunman' was just carrying umbrella
Burlington police
The man with the umbrella posed for Burlington police, showing how he carried the umbrella that triggered reports of a man with a rifle.
BURLINGTON -- Police responded in force today to a report of a man with a rifle at a mall, evacuating shoppers and calling in a SWAT team as worried workers locked themselves into stores. But it turned out that the man was only carrying an umbrella.
Police said the umbrella, which had a samurai sword-style handle, did look like a rifle, and they didn't fault those at the Burlington Mall who had reported the man.
“It was interpreted to be a gun by five different people,” said Burlington Police Chief Michael Kent. “We are always telling people to be vigilant. This is what we want.”
“I’d do it all over again if this happened tomorrow,” said Kent, who said about 40 officers responded to the scene from his department, surrounding departments, the State Police and federal agencies such as the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and Immigrations and Customs Enforcement.
2nd article: http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2011/04/19/Umbrella-not-gun-caused-m...
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Comment by Southern Patriot on April 21, 2011 at 11:15pm
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If that looked like a rifle, I look like Brad Pitt's better looking brother.
Another example of conditioning combined with a bored swat team.
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Comment by Thalox on April 20, 2011 at 11:43pm
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the sheeple are getting trained.
if he didnt harm anyone, what was the problem? also if the others carried their handguns, they would be vigilant but wont get like this.
all i know is if i saw that, since i open carry i wouldnt worry till i saw him pull it out.
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Comment by Tara on April 20, 2011 at 9:35am
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Can we say paranoia gone amok? Unbelievable!!!!!
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Comment by Nikki on April 19, 2011 at 6:34pm
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LMAO! If someone really had a rifle it would probably not be protruding from a backpack but rather concealed under a coat.
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Comment by Cryptocurrency on April 19, 2011 at 5:48pm
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what a dumb ass...
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