{"id":26322,"date":"2017-04-07T11:46:35","date_gmt":"2017-04-07T11:46:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=26322"},"modified":"2017-04-07T11:46:35","modified_gmt":"2017-04-07T11:46:35","slug":"man-wielding-samurai-sword-arrested-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/man-wielding-samurai-sword-arrested-texas.html","title":{"rendered":"Man wielding samurai sword arrested in Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:22px;\"><strong><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Man wielding samurai sword arrested in Texas<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">A man waiving a samurai sword refused to go quietly Thursday and had to be taken down using non-lethal force by Texas police.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">A man wearing what appears to be a ninja mask, cape and some kind of protective vest was seen wielding a sword as he walked down Independence Parkway near Hagen Street just before 10 a.m in Plano.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">People passing by called 911 and officers arrived and worked on trying to get him to peacefully surrender. Police closed down Independence Parkway in both directions when the man moved into the street.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&ldquo;When you&#39;re dealing with someone with a sword, you want to keep your distance away,&rdquo; said Plano Police Officer David Tilley. &ldquo;So a taser isn&rsquo;t a viable option.&rdquo;<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">By the time officers arrived, the masked man was at the intersection of Hagen Drive. The man could be seen on video striking different poses with the sword.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&ldquo;Every once in a while he would get into some kind of defensive stance, he didn&#39;t want to surrender,&rdquo; said witness Daniel Stockham, who recorded parts of the incident on his smart phone.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Police said it was clear early on, after trying to talk to the man, they were dealing with someone who may be on drugs or have a mental condition. Relying on crisis intervention training, officers decided to use non-lethal force &#8212; a gun that shoots small rubber projectiles.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Stockham said officers fired three times.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&ldquo;That convinced him to surrender and he put his sword down and got down on his hands and knees,&rdquo; Stockham said.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:8px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Source:-&nbsp;http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/2017\/04\/07\/man-wielding-samurai-sword-arrested-in-texas.html<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/man-wielding-samurai-sword-arrested-texas.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Man wielding samurai sword arrested in Texas A man waiving a samurai sword refused to go quietly Thursday and had to be taken down using non-lethal force by Texas police. 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