Long_in_the_tooth Member Username: Long_in_the_tooth
Post Number: 32 Registered: 01-2007
| Posted on Thursday, April 05, 2007 - 5:58 pm: | |
Anyone know the whole story yet. I saw the guy climbing around on the overpass... then a little later.. Boy! how many police, fire and emergency rescue vehilcles. I counted 18 at one point. they had the guy in custody and that's the last I know. |
Adamjab19 Member Username: Adamjab19
Post Number: 765 Registered: 11-2003
| Posted on Thursday, April 05, 2007 - 6:02 pm: | |
Maybe the one poster who takes pics of stuff around town like the Cantrel Funeral Home murder has some pics of this. |
Thejesus Member Username: Thejesus
Post Number: 854 Registered: 06-2006
| Posted on Thursday, April 05, 2007 - 6:10 pm: | |
i believe it was a forum member protesting the building that Ilitch wants to demolish... |
Scs100 Member Username: Scs100
Post Number: 700 Registered: 12-2006
| Posted on Thursday, April 05, 2007 - 6:17 pm: | |
lol @ Thejesus. |
Viziondetroit Member Username: Viziondetroit
Post Number: 1056 Registered: 11-2003
| Posted on Thursday, April 05, 2007 - 6:40 pm: | |
Man I saw that dude today when I was on my way to SW Detroit. I was telling my sister like... WTF. He had on a yellow jacket just sitting on the fence chillin. |
Gistok Member Username: Gistok
Post Number: 4095 Registered: 08-2004
| Posted on Thursday, April 05, 2007 - 7:02 pm: | |
Sad, with so many in metro Detroit hurting financially and emotionally... Wonder why he was contemplating ending it... |
Irish_mafia Member Username: Irish_mafia
Post Number: 861 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Friday, April 06, 2007 - 7:58 am: | |
I think he was dressed up like a grape...had something to do with the school board |
Oldredfordette Member Username: Oldredfordette
Post Number: 1438 Registered: 02-2004
| Posted on Friday, April 06, 2007 - 11:24 am: | |
I saw a guy sitting on the overpass on I75 about three weeks ago. The police got him down. I wonder if it's the same one. How many depressives would have the same idea? Very sad. |
Supersport Member Username: Supersport
Post Number: 11461 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Friday, April 06, 2007 - 11:49 am: | |
Bulletmagnet, holla back with some pics! lol |
Iheartthed Member Username: Iheartthed
Post Number: 594 Registered: 04-2006
| Posted on Friday, April 06, 2007 - 11:52 am: | |
How close was this to a casino? |
Gannon Member Username: Gannon
Post Number: 8888 Registered: 12-2003
| Posted on Friday, April 06, 2007 - 12:05 pm: | |
Remember the COP who took a dive off the Motor City Casino parking deck not long after they opened?! (or was that MGMs?!) They sure made THAT story die quickly! These desperate divers are beginning to look like a trend, at least Dearborn doesn't have the franchise on 'em...save maybe for altitude. |
Lilpup Member Username: Lilpup
Post Number: 1984 Registered: 06-2004
| Posted on Friday, April 06, 2007 - 12:19 pm: | |
I don't remember a cop diving at a casino, but I do remember a sheriff's deputy shooting himself on the gaming floor at Motor City. |
Supersport Member Username: Supersport
Post Number: 11462 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Friday, April 06, 2007 - 12:24 pm: | |
Yeah, wasn't a swan dive, it was him eating a bullet after losing a ton of money. I was told that that incident is one of the reasons why you can not carry your weapon into a casino. Makes sense to me, as I'm sure many people feel like ending it all after losing everything they got. |
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba
Post Number: 5191 Registered: 11-2003
| Posted on Friday, April 06, 2007 - 12:58 pm: | |
Casinos do bring on emotions of anger. You see folks stomping around pissed off all the time. "Only if I woulda, only if I shoulda..." Bottom line:Casinos=NASTY! jjaba. |
Gannon Member Username: Gannon
Post Number: 8893 Registered: 12-2003
| Posted on Friday, April 06, 2007 - 2:03 pm: | |
I also remember then, somebody jumping off the third or fourth floor of the Motor City casino...around the time that deputy shot himself. Thanks for filling in the grotesque blanks in my memory banks... |
Jimaz Member Username: Jimaz
Post Number: 1845 Registered: 12-2005
| Posted on Friday, April 06, 2007 - 2:46 pm: | |
quote:I do remember a sheriff's deputy shooting himself on the gaming floor at Motor City. His name was officer Bell. I believe it was at a high roller's Blackjack table at Motorcity Casino. Here: Suicide at Detroit casino—the human cost of legalized gambling. |
Fnemecek Member Username: Fnemecek
Post Number: 2428 Registered: 12-2004
| Posted on Friday, April 06, 2007 - 3:41 pm: | |
quote:Yeah, wasn't a swan dive, it was him eating a bullet after losing a ton of money. I was told that that incident is one of the reasons why you can not carry your weapon into a casino. I believe it has more to do with the fact that they serve booze at the casinos. If I recall correctly, it's illegal in Michigan to carry a firearm into any place where alcohol is served. Booze and guns are two great things that don't always mix well. |
Gannon Member Username: Gannon
Post Number: 8900 Registered: 12-2003
| Posted on Friday, April 06, 2007 - 5:43 pm: | |
I really hated the taste of my martinis before we learned NOT to stir them with my Baretta. Shake 'em, baby. |
Danny Member Username: Danny
Post Number: 5761 Registered: 02-2004
| Posted on Friday, April 06, 2007 - 6:02 pm: | |
Some people who lost their jobs, homes, families and even their minds that death to HELL is their only escape. Those who want to commit suicide might want to think twice about their wonderful life before departing from Earth. |
Danny Member Username: Danny
Post Number: 5762 Registered: 02-2004
| Posted on Friday, April 06, 2007 - 6:08 pm: | |
Jjaba, Your're right the gambling money! Those three caSINos in Detroit are a BIG exploiting nuisance to the poor depressed almost jobless Detroiters, suburbanites and the rest of Michigan. They just a bunch of native American/ Neo-Conservative rich folks from Vegas making a quick buck off of losers and not putting more revenues to Detroit but to their pockets. CaSINos don't care about charity, only endless hunger of profits. |
Plymouthres Member Username: Plymouthres
Post Number: 45 Registered: 02-2007
| Posted on Friday, April 06, 2007 - 7:40 pm: | |
Danny- Please explain Native American/Neo-conservative to me? I thought the Native Americans were the most exploited in this country! Perhaps you could enlighten me? PlymouthRes, 25% Cherokee, fighting terrorism since 1492! |
Jimaz Member Username: Jimaz
Post Number: 1846 Registered: 12-2005
| Posted on Friday, April 06, 2007 - 8:37 pm: | |
quote:If I recall correctly, it's illegal in Michigan to carry a firearm into any place where alcohol is served. In Bell's case there was controversy over why he was allowed to have a firearm in the casino. Turned out that only because he was an officer (although off duty) he was indeed carrying legally. Sad case. Money's not worth that price. |
Harsensis Member Username: Harsensis
Post Number: 231 Registered: 07-2005
| Posted on Friday, April 06, 2007 - 9:21 pm: | |
I remember seeing a guy laying in one of the lanes of 696 eastbound after Groesbeck a few years ago after he jumped off of the overpass and got hit by a car. I don't keep a camera handy like Bullet, but it was quite a sight. |
Bulletmagnet Member Username: Bulletmagnet
Post Number: 214 Registered: 01-2007
| Posted on Saturday, April 07, 2007 - 12:49 am: | |
Harsensis, sounds like he went from jumper to bumper. Say cheese |
Harsensis Member Username: Harsensis
Post Number: 236 Registered: 07-2005
| Posted on Saturday, April 07, 2007 - 9:46 am: | |
and quickly! |