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From: jlowry@bbnccv.UUCP (John Lowry)
Newsgroups: net.bizarre
Subject: Have you ever had one of those days ?
Message-ID: <55@bbnccv.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 25-Sep-85 13:23:47 EDT
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Posted: Wed Sep 25 13:23:47 1985
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From _The_Boston_Sunday_Globe_ 9/22/85, without permission.

Masked intentions

    At  coffee  break,   _Lionel_Lee_
stepped  across  the  street from the
Pensacola,  Fla.,  construction  site
where  he  was  working and forgot to
drop the bandanna  he  wore  to  keep
dust  out  of  his  mouth  and  nose.
Passerby  _Joe_May_,  62,  was  in  a
clowning  mood  when he "saw this guy
walking down the street.   He  looked
like  the  Lone  Ranger  ...   I very
innocently raised my hands as a gag."
But  a  nearby  policeman  missed the
joke  and  decided  Lee  must  be   a
dnagerous  criminal.  He ran over and
alarmed May, who concluded  that  Lee
must have been a bad guy and tried to
help  by  pointing   that   he   went
that-a-way.    Reinforcement   police
arrived, entrances to the coffee shop
were   blocked   off,   and  somebody
yelled,  "Hit  the  ground!"  as  the
construction   worker  emerged,  went
down on his knees and was  handcuffed
before  everything  got  straightened
out. By the  time  he  was  released,
needless  to  say,  Lee  had lost his
taste for coffee.  "If it's my fault,
I'm sorry," May said.  "But it's good
the cops are right on the job,  isn't
it?"


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