Wednesday, February 3, 2016
Greetings fellow Bizarros:
Would you let yourself get shot for a hundred thousand? A motorcyclist in Minnesota wasn't given a choice, but I bet you he isn't going to hesitate to collect.
Last year Police Sgt. Lonnie Soppeland was pursuing Matthew Hovland-Knase who was speeding on his motorcycle. After Hovland-Knase pulled over, dash-cam video recorded from the scene shows Soppeland getting out of his cruiser and yelling at the man to "get your hands where I can see them."
Pretty typical so far. Sgt. Soppeland might have been a little aggressive, but Hovland-Knase was doing over a hundred. After that moment was when things deviated from the norm a bit.
Because as Soppeland got out of his cruiser and began barking his command, he also drew his service weapon. In between the words 'hands' and 'see them' a shot rings out and Hovland-Knase is shot.
Soppeland can be heard cursing, "Shit! Fuck! Fuck!" while the motorcyclist starts screaming, "What the fuck, man? You actually shot me, didn't you?"
You can find the video of it easily enough on the Internet. Hovland-Knase's back is to the officer and he is making no threatening motions or actions whatsoever.
Soppeland did manage to say, while administering first aid, "I'm not going to say anything right now, but you know, it was not intentional."
He later said that the discharge was the result of muscle memory from practicing on the shooting range.
So Hovland-Knase was taken to the hospital and charged with fleeing an officer.
After an investigation Soppeland was taken off suspension and placed back on regular duty.
The only question that remains is, how much is Matthew Hovland-Knase going to get paid. I'm guessing in the neighborhood of a hundred thousand.
Bizarrely,
Lewis
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*-- Fist Fly as Flight Attendants Have Fist Fight --*
A Delta Air Lines flight from Los Angeles to Minneapolis was diverted to Salt Lake City, Utah as a result of the fist fight among the female flight attendants. Passengers aboard the plane said that they witnessed three cabin crew members engaging in a fist fight. They were expelled due to bad behavior. The fight broke out after two flight attendants disagreed about their work responsibilities and the argument turned violent. A third flight attendant tried to calm them down, but was hit by flying fists. The fight was reported to the captain of the plane, and he decided to make an emergency landing and expel the flight attendants. Passengers went without peanuts for the rest of the flight.
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*-- Ex Ball Player Charged In Bizarre Break-In --*
PITTSBURGH - Sometimes it's hard to let go of childhood. And that might be particularly true for people who play baseball for a living (or used to, at least). Take former professional baseball player Cory McGinnis. The 26-year-old was allegedly found by police asleep in a South Side business he had broken into. The company had had a pizza party and McGinnis found the leftovers in the company fridge. Police found a trail of pizza leading to the backroom where McGinnis had built a pillow-fort with every chair and sofa cushion he could find in the place. When he was found he was sound asleep with pizza sauce on his shirt. Aside from the pizza, he is not accused of stealing anything, but he was charged with breaking and entering.
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Hey Lewis! The story about the exploding e-cigarettes reminded me of the old days when microwave ovens first came out. Some of them didn't shut off properly. My father was an MD, and he made several trips to the emergency rooms to treat patients who'd gotten their hands cooked by the things. That was before the internet, so most people didn't know it was happening. It wasn't talked about in the news, either. When cell phones first came out, their towers were giving people cancer, too. That's why I avoid new technology until I'm sure they have the bugs out. -Jody
[Have you tried the horseless carriage yet?]
Lewis, I remember when you used to publish lists of bizarre laws, but did you know about this one? In California, it is illegal to eat orange while bathing. There go the plans for my weekend... Chris
Dear sweet adorable Lewis, With recent events of mods exploding and injuring users I feel it necessary to post on battery safety. Roughly 90 percent of batteries sold are 20 amps or less. There are only a few batteries that are rated to actually go 30 amps. DO NOT believe the bullshit on the battery wrap from companies like MXJO and Efest. Almost all of the batteries from these 2 companies are 20 amps or less. If you are sub-ohming on a mech or hybrid mech there is a very good chance you are pushing your battery/batteries way past their rated limits. Please do yourself and your family a huge favor and read the benchmark results from the link below before you push your battery past it's limits.
[All right. Important safety tip. Thanks, Egon. Like I always tell my family, 'Don't sub-ohm your hybrid mechs' but they never read the benchmark results. Fools.]
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