Man arrested after pointing banana at police

[Vlerchan]

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. -- A man is facing a felony menacing charge, because two Colorado sheriff's deputies say they thought a banana he pointed at them was a gun.

Nathan Rolf Channing, 27, was arrested Sunday, according to the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel.

According to an arrest affidavit, Mesa County deputies Joshua Bunch and Donald Love said Channing pointed the fruit at them while crossing a street.
The deputies said they feared for their lives even though they saw that the object was yellow. Bunch wrote in the affidavit that he has seen handguns in many shapes and colors.

He wrote that Love was drawing his service weapon when Channing, of Fruitvale, Colo. yelled, "It's a banana!"

Yes, the man accused of pointing a banana at police is from Fruitvale.

And yes, one of the police officers he pointed the banana at is named Bunch.

And, no, we didn't make this up.

The deputies say Channing told them he was doing a trial run for a planned YouTube video and he thought it would "lighten the holiday spirit."

Any other ideas?

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/colorado-man-arrested-after-pointing-banana-at-police/

Lol.

[Plane And Simple]

Lol what did I just read. Crazy really...

[Luminous]

Oh my god why even.

[Uranus]

Umm.....damn

[CosmicNoodle]

*sigh* I fucking hate humanity

[Karkat]

...No words.

[Elliott_hn]

what the..

[phuckphace]

http://i.imgur.com/OZ8LC17.jpg

say your prayers troglodytes

[Hudor]

Wow.. Just wow

[SethfromMI]

with everything going on with all these riots all over the country (mostly just in Ferguson) why would you do that? I mean, really? c'mon man

[Typhlosion]

:banana::banana2::banana:

At least he didn't shoot :lol3:

http://images.fineartamerica.com/images-medium-large-5/banana-gun-tommy-hammarsten.jpg

[Melodic]

http://i.imgur.com/P52a2hk.gif

[Elysium]

Police mistake full grown man with a banana for a gun, and that man is arrested. Police mistake 12 year old boy with a toy gun for a gun, and that boy is shot and killed. I love this country.

[thatcountrykid]

Police mistake full grown man with a banana for a gun, and that man is arrested. Police mistake 12 year old boy with a toy gun for a gun, and that boy is shot and killed. I love this country.

No two incidents are the same. There is no one right or wrong way

[Elysium]

No two incidents are the same. There is no one right or wrong way
I'd argue that generally the right way is not killing someone

[thatcountrykid]

I'd argue that generally the right way is not killing someone

I'd say it's the preferred way. There is no absolute in anything

[Elysium]

I'd say it's the preferred way. There is no absolute in anything
It's the preferred way because it's the morally right way.

[CharlieHorse]

This might be appropriate (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQaPTL06OYo)

I think it's dumb to pretend anything's a gun in front of the police...

[PinkFloyd]

Police mistake full grown man with a banana for a gun, and that man is arrested. Police mistake 12 year old boy with a toy gun for a gun, and that boy is shot and killed. I love this country.

The toy gun that was aimed at the cop was an airsoft hand gun with no orange tip. You would have no way of knowing if it was real or not unless you took a close look at it. Besides, the kid was ordered to drop the gun and he didn't.

[Elysium]

The toy gun that was aimed at the cop was an airsoft hand gun with no orange tip. You would have no way of knowing if it was real or not unless you took a close look at it. Besides, the kid was ordered to drop the gun and he didn't.
My point was to poke fun at the inconsistency and the ridiculousness of the whole thing, not the specifics of the case(s) in question, of which I'm not fully versed on. That and my disappointment in seeing a twelve year old boy killed over a misunderstanding, the validity of which, as I just mentioned, I'm not fully versed on and I don't claim to be.

[thatcountrykid]

It's the preferred way because it's the morally right way.

Morals go out the window when there's guns involved

[Elysium]

Morals go out the window when there's guns involved
Yes. Welcome to America.

[PinkFloyd]

My point was to poke fun at the inconsistency and the ridiculousness of the whole thing, not the specifics of the case(s) in question, of which I'm not fully versed on. That and my disappointment in seeing a twelve year old boy killed over a misunderstanding, the validity of which, as I just mentioned, I'm not fully versed on and I don't claim to be.

Ah, ok, sorry. I literally just got done arguing with someone on Youtube about the Airsoft gun ting so I was kind of riled up... haha

[ImCoolBeans]

Sounds like the United States legal system. Hardly even raises an eyebrow.

[Semi_IronMan]

Weird how they had to specify that they didn't make it up. Makes me suspicious

[Exocet]

Funny.
He's lucky that the cops didn't draw their guns to shoot at him 95x....