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Point a laser at a police helicopter, go to prison (arstechnica.com)
5 points by shawndumas on Jan 13, 2011 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments



When I was a kid, this happened around my hometown, except instead of a nutjob in his house, it was the Russians in a spy ship. Seriously. There was a diplomatic incident but nothing came of it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strait_of_Juan_de_Fuca_laser_in...


I say he got off easy. It's a bad idea to fuck with the police, generally.




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