Worse than Godzilla
Run! He's got sports equipment!
If you haven't seen the video of Japanese police running away from a man with a baseball bat, you're missing out. (Mirror for IE users) Granted, it's not hilarious, but it's plenty of fun. Imagine these officers needing to report back to their superiors. It's almost like a scene that might be written for Lethal Weapon or Rush Hour.
The two officers ran from the driver after he smashed the windows of the car with a bat and then came after them. The officers did return and grapple with the man after he jumped into their police car. The man was arrested. Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi called the incident "embarrassing."
Watching the video and using some common sense, you can tell that the policemen were simply unprepared to deal with a man with a bat. Still, you'd think that someone would have thought about that possibility as they stood around watching a guy wreck the inside of a car with a bat. But then, that's just my opinion. I don't care if you go defensive with a riot shield, or offensive with a Taser, but you've simply got to consider that strong possibility.
You also have to wonder about the fact that they waited until "after he jumped into their police car." If he hadn't jumped into the car, would they have bothered to do anything about him?
. . . and we thought Iraq was in need of additional police support . . .
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on Friday, February 25th, 2005 at 01:10 by Novac and is filed under All, Media, Mindless.
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February 25th, 2005 at 11:27
I must say, your 'blog is rather amusing…almost bordering on hilarious. Hmm…wonder if this comment thingy will let me post if I don't have a live journal/blog type thing? Let's see…
March 2nd, 2005 at 06:41
I would like to see the video. The mirror site for Realplayer users brings me to a Japanese site with no clear link to a police video. Can you translate the Japanese for me?
Good to see you're blogging!
-Thomas
March 2nd, 2005 at 09:37
Yes, I can translate the Japanese for you:
Frankly, I don't use RealPlayer. I just came upon a .ram file for it and posted the link to it. Apparently that site didn't like hosting the video for thousands to watch and moved/removed it.