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Weird News

70sEraVet

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10. WOW! Florida is the HOME of weird news! Even the cops are weird!

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Tue Sep 19, 2023, 10:28 AM

Sep 2023

"...records confirm police were called two hours before because Labaut threatened someone with a knife after he shot several times in the air. Police are now charging him with aggravated assault for this incident."
(Same article)

Guy shooting a gun into the air in a residential neighborhood (several times), threatens one of the neighbors with a knife, and the cops just leave?

Thanks for this little peek into the madness that is Florida!

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Miami man shot by police after firing gun 48 times in air to celebrate Florida's new gun law [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 OP

No arrest, no handcuff, just a verbal warning before they shot him?? Omnipresent Sep 2023 #1

Sure, he was okay up to the 47th shot. Ligyron Sep 2023 #2

They wouldn't want to shoot and kill a white gun owner. Omnipresent Sep 2023 #4

I wonder if he's still happy about guns. 3Hotdogs Sep 2023 #3

Gun nut goes out and buys a hand gun or an AR-15,... magicarpet Sep 2023 #5

Reports say it was an AR-15 type rifle. sl8 Sep 2023 #6

Thank you for the update, I had not caught that. My post since edited. magicarpet Sep 2023 #8

What goes up must come down. Marcuse Sep 2023 #7

police say they were forced to shoot him after he refused to LISTEN Yonnie3 Sep 2023 #9

WOW! Florida is the HOME of weird news! Even the cops are weird! 70sEraVet Sep 2023 #10

I read here that cops are trained to shoot to kill. This proves it is not necessary. Maraya1969 Sep 2023 #11