if the zombies can't pub crawl, the terrorists have truly won
July 25, 2006 4:57 PM   Subscribe

best...mugshots...ever (via boing boing)
posted by Charlie Bucket (19 comments total)

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the zombie dancers have been mentioned today
just a little earlier on the front page..
posted by zenzizi at 5:07 PM on July 25, 2006


Do. We. Need. So. Many. Comic. Book. Guy. Posts. In. One.Day?

I like the the smoking gun's pictures a lot.
posted by rex dart, eskimo spy at 5:12 PM on July 25, 2006


I'm going to go out on a limb and claim that "Christian Alexander Utne" totally must be related to Eric Utne of Utne Reader fame. Proving this via Google is left as an exercise for the less lazy.
posted by staggernation at 5:21 PM on July 25, 2006


When these kids were jailed it was on the charge of "simulating a weapon of mass destruction," a penalty that can carry a fine of up to 10 years in prison and/or a $200,000 fine. Their bail was also set at $30,000.
Not a case of police overreacting?
posted by Demogorgon at 5:27 PM on July 25, 2006


Congratulations America.

You've gotten so fucking stupid and paranoid that it's come down to a street dance battle between gothy comic book nerds and clueless midwestern Mall Police, all set to Michael Jackson's Thriller.


Which, come to think of it, is really pretty awesome.


Carry on.
posted by stenseng at 5:28 PM on July 25, 2006


I thought this was the best mugshot ever?
posted by stinkycheese at 5:39 PM on July 25, 2006 [1 favorite]


Zombie police. Creatures animated by an inflated sense of duty and an insatiable hunger for commendations (and a big gaping shotgun wound where their common sense used to be).
posted by Ohdemah at 5:40 PM on July 25, 2006


I'm going to go out on a limb and claim that "Christian Alexander Utne" totally must be related to Eric Utne of Utne Reader fame. Proving this via Google is left as an exercise for the less lazy.

I suspect that you're right, though Google only gets me so far. I've determined that Eric and his wife Nina (nee Rothschild) have four sons. One of those appears to have a job as a staff writer with mom and dad's magazine.

And the Minneapolis location of the arrest jibes with your theory, and the mugshot bears similarities to dad's pic (first link).

Well. That was a fun way to kill half an hour. Think I'll go lookit TV.
posted by BitterOldPunk at 5:53 PM on July 25, 2006


On top of the zombies, there's at least one Stay Puft man in there.
posted by fire&wings at 5:53 PM on July 25, 2006


^^^HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! at least one of the people in the mugshots is FAT! CANYOUBELIVE IT! HAHAHAHA!
posted by Hat Maui at 6:07 PM on July 25, 2006


I thought this was the best mugshot ever?

Agree to disagree.
posted by Simon! at 6:17 PM on July 25, 2006




I thought the paint huffing dude was the best mugshot.
posted by thirteenkiller at 6:18 PM on July 25, 2006


while i think these kids getting arrested is lame, the article makes it seem like they were being uncooperative with the cops - wouldn't show IDs, wouldn't open their backpacks. i'm not saying that the cops are in the right, but....
posted by gnutron at 6:20 PM on July 25, 2006


Inflated, rather than fat.
posted by fire&wings at 6:25 PM on July 25, 2006


oh, well in that case... i withdraw my objection to the fat joke, and instate an objection against joking about inflated americans.
posted by Hat Maui at 6:30 PM on July 25, 2006


Nope. Sounds like another bullshit 'justification' that police put out for any sort of overreaction that they do.

Seriously. I would be so happy if the police would actually spend time, I don't know, arresting rapers or murderers or something. Not harmless idiot teenagers wearing makeup and dancing in public. Anyone with half a brain could see that this is not a problem. Just a bunch of stupid teenagers.

So, to reiterate, police: do your fucking jobs. Stop doing bullshit like this. Then maybe fewer people would think 'pigs' the next time they see a cop.
posted by geekhorde at 6:34 PM on July 25, 2006


arresting rapers or murderers or something

Rapers, ravers... iceberg, Goldberg.
posted by staggernation at 6:53 PM on July 25, 2006


Double. See last link in FPP and this comment.
posted by mds35 at 6:59 PM on July 25, 2006


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