Dumbest. Headline. Ever. "Police Beat: Man tries to take city bus".

KamaAina

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Tue May-10-05 04:48 PM
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Dumbest. Headline. Ever. "Police Beat: Man tries to take city bus".

I could not possibly make this stuff up.

http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2005/May/10/br/br07p.html

Tried to take a city bus?? Dammit all to hell, why didn't he just drive like any other red-blooded American?

Oh, wait, he tried to take the whole bus:

Police arrested a 36-year-old homeless man yesterday morning after he allegedly tried to commandeer an empty city bus in Wahiawa.
The bus driver, 69, told police she had gotten of the bus momentarily on California Avenue near Mango Street to buy a newspaper.

When she returned, she found the man in the driver's seat and told him to get off the bus, police said. He refused, demanded to be taken to the airport and threatened five times to kill her if she didn't go along.

What the hell was he thinking? There's no direct service from Wahiawa to the airport; he would have had to transfer to the No. 20 at Pearlridge! :-)

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MissB

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Tue May-10-05 04:49 PM
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1. Yeah, but did the police beat him?

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KamaAina

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Tue May-10-05 04:51 PM
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3. Actually, they Maced him

Police removed the man from the bus after spraying him with mace.

He was arrested for suspicion of interfering with the operation of a public transit vehicle, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.

Wusses. Besides, what kind of headline would "Police Mace: Man tries..." make?

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nodehopper

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Tue May-10-05 04:51 PM
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2. I keep saying it--but people just don't write clear copy anymore.

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