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Motorised go-kart plod saves the day

Published Tuesday 3rd April 2007 14:26 GMT

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Hilarious - and scary. 

By John A Blackley
Posted Tuesday 3rd April 2007 14:38 GMT

This is wonderful! One drunk with a knife and suddenly an army of heavily-armed policemen is in play. Any parallels with America's policy in the Middle East here?

So what did the robot actually do? 

By Ian Ferguson
Posted Tuesday 3rd April 2007 14:49 GMT

Apart from arriving on the scene, requiring help from a human, and taking all the credit, did the robot assist in any way?

I'd also like to know why gun-toting police and robot-equipped bomb disposal crew were necessary for a drunk guy who chucked a knife into a wall, but hey-ho, only in America.

Alice's Restaurant revisited? 

By Anonymous Coward
Posted Tuesday 3rd April 2007 20:51 GMT

The level of attention and police presence is very reminiscent of Arlo Guthrie's song "Alice's Restaurant". Similar setup, too -- a small Massachusetts town.

borded cops 

By kain preacher
Posted Wednesday 4th April 2007 16:07 GMT

this is what hapens in small town america with a bored police dept. Simple traffic stop can turn into a swat action.

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