There's a new militia in town
Recently in Albany in an alley behind a Karate dojo an instructor was teaching students how to deal with a gun or knife attack. They had been doing it in the dojo for a while, but as part of his lesson, he takes them to a more realistic environment out back. If you've ever taken a martial arts class you are familiar with the rubber knives, toy guns, and martial art uniforms. I'm blogging it here so you can guess what happens next. Some idiot calls barney fife and the springfield police, and the next thing you know a five year old is getting cuffed, stuffed, and ticked for disturbing the peace. All while at real-gun point. That's a fine of $2,500 and maximum jail time of six months. And yes that was each person in the whole group, including the five year old getting their own charge. The police confiscated the rubber toys as evidence. They are serious, they are angry that they had to go arrest a five year old for being a threat to society, they feel their time was wasted and they believe it is the fault of the people they arrested. Uh what? Don't you mean the fault of the idiot who calls 911 without a clue. Nope, they are pissed off at the uniformed karate kids with the rubber training equipment.
So now I am left in a really strange situation. Someone calls 911, and says that a group is training a militia to fight with swords at the YWCA. The five oh's show up to discover a fencing class in progress and brings me and my students up on terrorist charges. And somehow this is all my fault?
Has the world always been like this and I've been too wrapped up with myself to notice?
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I got a kick out the Police Department's lame excuse. According to them, if there was sign indicating that it was a training excercise, then that would have made everything ok.
So thugs should note: the next time you decide to mug someone in an ally in Albany, just put out a sign indicating that its a training exercise.
Posted by: GeorgeB | August 12, 2005 1:15 PM