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"Australian police lockdown train station over didgeridoo"
Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2019 2:15 pm
by DispositionMatrix
Australian police lockdown train station over didgeridoo
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Police in Australia set off a panic when they locked down a Melbourne train station on Thursday after a street entertainer’s instrument was mistaken for a rifle.
Commuters described panic at Melbourne’s Flagstaff Station when police in body armor carrying assault rifles stopped a train during morning rush hour. Terrified passengers were in tears and phoned relatives to tell them they were loved.
Police said a passenger reported busker Will Austin behaving suspiciously on a train as he performed breathing exercises in preparation for playing his didgeridoo, a polished-wood indigenous wind instrument which he carried in a bag mistakenly described to police as a rifle case.
Re: "Australian police lockdown train station over didgeridoo"
Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2019 3:05 pm
by senorgrand
Hopefully they arrested him anyway...I can take about 60 seconds of didgeridoo before snapping
Re: "Australian police lockdown train station over didgeridoo"
Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2019 3:20 pm
by K9s
senorgrand wrote: Thu Mar 28, 2019 3:05 pm
Hopefully they arrested him anyway...I can take about 60 seconds of didgeridoo before snapping
LOL
Re: "Australian police lockdown train station over didgeridoo"
Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2019 6:28 pm
by highdesert
senorgrand wrote: Thu Mar 28, 2019 3:05 pm
Hopefully they arrested him anyway...I can take about 60 seconds of didgeridoo before snapping
+ + + +...
Re: "Australian police lockdown train station over didgeridoo"
Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2019 9:40 am
by Stiff
Depending on my state of mind, the didge can either be annoying or soothing.
Re: "Australian police lockdown train station over didgeridoo"
Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2019 10:27 am
by eelj
Lucky for the guy that the police didn't just open upon him as soon as they saw him.
Re: "Australian police lockdown train station over didgeridoo"
Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2019 12:55 pm
by CDFingers
senorgrand wrote: Thu Mar 28, 2019 3:05 pm
Hopefully they arrested him anyway...I can take about 60 seconds of didgeridoo before snapping
CDFingers
Re: "Australian police lockdown train station over didgeridoo"
Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2019 2:50 am
by Bisbee
At least it wasn’t a banjo... Busker might have been summarily executed for possessing one of those.
Re: "Australian police lockdown train station over didgeridoo"
Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2019 4:31 pm
by AmirMortal
I watched a similar thing happen at UF in the '90s. A guy was walking across campus, and apparently someone called the cops saying someone was carrying a bazooka...
Lots of cops passed right by the guy several times before they figured out he was their target. A hearty laugh was had by several of us, including the cops. It was a different era, I suppose.
Re: "Australian police lockdown train station over didgeridoo"
Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2019 4:32 pm
by Bisbee
Now it’s tackle and cuff first, ask questions later.