icetohot Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 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. http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=...hain_saw_border wow... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pimpshiznid Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 Innocent until proven guilty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Objexxx Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 Sounds like they needed to lock his a** up. But that doesnt surprise me that much... leave it up to US workers to do something stupid like that. *sigh* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acezo Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 Doesn't seem like there was anything they could've legally done at the time :unsure: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxondale. Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 he looks scarey :unsure: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larney Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 Doesn't seem like there was anything they could've legally done at the time :unsure: 586039136[/snapback] Yes, he looks perfectly innocent :unsure: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ootput Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 "Being bizarre is not a reason to keep somebody out of this country or lock them up." What a shame! :angry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neoufo51 Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 "Don't mind me sirs...just checking for explosives and drugs and such. Can't be too safe you know..." :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neoufo51 Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 Yes, he looks perfectly innocent :unsure: 586039159[/snapback] Nah...he just looks the right color... :whistle: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pink Floyd Veteran Posted June 9, 2005 Veteran Share Posted June 9, 2005 Doesn't seem like there was anything they could've legally done at the time :unsure: 586039136[/snapback] did I allow you to put my picture here? :rofl: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seafirex Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 Well they did ok, considering that if he did do something, they will have him in the country and they will be able to stop him once they know for sure he did something wrong. hopefully they know where the guy lives at this moment so they can catch him when time comes. But i do say hopefully. You know the police and customs how they are. (NOT INTELLIGENT) lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boffa Jones Veteran Posted June 9, 2005 Veteran Share Posted June 9, 2005 you get hassled for trying to bring an apple. But the bloody chainsaw and you get sent on your way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riz360 Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 What a shame! :angry: 586039154[/snapback] I like how to twisted that to mock someone completly unrelated to the story. God your smart. Good work, boyo. Keep it up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catharsis Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 He doesn't even look real. He actually looks demon-possessed. It looks like there's nothing there behind his eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMac Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 I heard this on the Tonight show last night or one of those shows like it. When I saw the pic I nearly fell out of bed laughing so hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catharsis Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 Innocent until proven guilty. 586039106[/snapback] Yeah, and throwing our common sense to the wind is a viable alternative? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshpo Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 This is my favorite part, from the feds: "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.?<:laugh:br /> :laugh: What red substance would you think is splattered all over a chainsaw? Nail polish? You'd think they could deny him entry on suspicion of a crime, being that he was carrying so many bloody weapons. If this guy had killed someone in the US nobody would be saying innocent until proven guilty. The idiocy of our federal government never fails:huh:maze me. :huh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j.nudd Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 Well, at least they confiscated his nail clippers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catharsis Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 :laugh: What red substance would you think is splattered all over a chainsaw? Nail polish? You'd think they could deny him entry on suspicion of a crime, being that he was carrying so many bloody weapons. If this guy had killed someone in the US nobody would be saying innocent until proven guilty. The idiocy of our federal government never fails to amaze me. :huh: 586041171[/snapback] Haha, yeah, and the fact that the guy just looks insane, AND he just happens to be carrying a sword, a SWORD for crying out loud! :angry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
struct Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 Yeah, and throwing our common sense to the wind is a viable alternative? 586041141[/snapback] the problem with that is, as soon as someone arrests someone while following their 'common sense' and is wrong, they get sued. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catharsis Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 the problem with that is, as soon as someone arrests someone while following their 'common sense' and is wrong, they get sued. 586041220[/snapback] Which is worth more, getting sued or potentially saving human life? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boffa Jones Veteran Posted June 9, 2005 Veteran Share Posted June 9, 2005 Haha, yeah, and the fact that the guy just looks insane, AND he just happens to be carrying a sword, a SWORD for crying out loud! :angry: 586041200[/snapback] Haha not even just a SWORD, But a HOMEMADE SWORD... WTF?!?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Veteran Posted June 9, 2005 Veteran Share Posted June 9, 2005 This is my favorite part, from the feds: :laugh: What red substance would you think is splattered all over a chainsaw? Nail polish? You'd think they could deny him entry on suspicion of a crime, being that he was carrying so many bloody weapons. If this guy had killed someone in the US nobody would be saying innocent until proven guilty. The idiocy of our federal government never fails to amaze me. :huh: 586041171[/snapback] Check out this write up, as it clarifies some points. As for a red substance, I guess you haven't worked with chainsaws much. Chain lubricant is often this bright red, thick gelatinous goo that could easily look like blood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirk26 Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 Which is worth more, getting sued or potentially saving human life? 586041235[/snapback] Getting sued. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scsgoal31 Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 It should be noted that: The following day, a gruesome scene was discovered in Despres' hometown of Minto, New Brunswick: The decapitated body of a 74-year-old country musician named Frederick Fulton was found on his kitchen floor. The man's head was in a pillow case under a kitchen table. His common-law wife was discovered stabbed to death in a bedroom.Despres, 22, immediately became a suspect because of a history of violence between him and his neighbors, and he was arrested April 27 after police in Massachusetts saw him wandering down a highway in a sweat shirt with red and brown stains. He is now in jail in Massachusetts on murder charges, awaiting an extradition hearing next month. for those who didn't read the original Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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