Headline: Man With Chain Saw Allowed to Enter U.S.

Jun 12, 2005 02:00

while i'll never be able to pull as many interesting headlines out of my ass as jessebeller, here is one story that had to be posted and commented on:

"On April 25, Gregory Despres arrived at the U.S.-Canadian border crossing at Calais, Maine, carrying a homemade sword, a hatchet, a knife, brass knuckles and a chain saw stained with what appeared to be blood. U.S. customs agents confiscated the weapons and fingerprinted Despres. Then they let him into the United States."
had some helpful advice: "Anthony conceded it "sounds stupid" that a man wielding what appeared to be a bloody chain saw could not be detained. But he added: "Our people don't have a crime lab up there. They can't look at a chain saw and decide if it's blood or rust or red paint."

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