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One minute, Jose Arreola was buying a pack of Mentos at an Orange County service station.
The next minute, he was at the business end of a gun drawn by an off-duty Buena Park police officer who thought Arreola had stolen the $1.19 roll of mints.
www.ocregister.com...
originally posted by: Spider879
a reply to: AugustusMasonicus
But this is not just some local problem it is nation wide..
originally posted by: Vasa Croe
originally posted by: Spider879
a reply to: AugustusMasonicus
But this is not just some local problem it is nation wide..
How so? Links?
originally posted by: MRinder
a reply to: Spider879
This seems like something Barney Fife would have done on the Andy Griffith show. Maybe they should find this lunatic a nice desk job somewhere.
originally posted by: SummerRain
He was under duress, you know. All the stress of dealing with mentos stealing culprits all day and night. It takes it's toll. He's only human after all.
originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus
originally posted by: SummerRain
He was under duress, you know. All the stress of dealing with mentos stealing culprits all day and night. It takes it's toll. He's only human after all.
He may very well have been dealing with PTSD from all the jaywalkers that I'm certain he was seeing on his patrols.
originally posted by: SocratesJohnson
At what price point is it ok to pull a gun?