Roby latest

See http://www.sj-r.com/roby.html for the latest.


My favorite excerpt:

> Illinois State Police feared that any progress in getting Allen - who's
> suspected to suffer from paranoia, delusions and suicidal thoughts - to
> exit on her own may have been undone. On Sunday, troopers broke out most
> of the remaining windows in Allen's house, tossed nine pepper-spray
> grenades inside and sent a police dog in to subdue Allen.
> 
> All the tactics failed: Allen fired what police believe was a small-caliber
> handgun as troopers inserted mirrors into her house to look around, she
> apparently huddled in a bathroom to ward off the pepper spray, and she 
> shot the police dog through the mouth.

[snip]

> Police movement toward the house was sparked by a long silence inside.
> Despite sophisticated surveillance and listening devices monitoring
> the house, Allen hadn't been seen or heard since 1 p.m. Saturday,
> McDonald said (not 1 a.m. as previously reported). Troopers wanted to
> see if she had collapsed or fallen ill.
> 
> Should similar circumstances arise again, police may try different
> tactics to check Allen's health.
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Oh!  They were checking her health!  Of course.


-- Jeff

Jeff Barber wrote:
> See http://www.sj-r.com/roby.html for the latest.
 
> My favorite excerpt:
> 
> > Illinois State Police feared that any progress in getting Allen - who's
> > suspected to suffer from paranoia, delusions and suicidal thoughts - to
> > exit on her own may have been undone. On Sunday, troopers broke out most
> > of the remaining windows in Allen's house, tossed nine pepper-spray
> > grenades inside and sent a police dog in to subdue Allen.

I used to run a 24-hour Drop-In Center which had trained volunteer
counsellors on staff around the clock.
I was checking on the night shift one time, and heard Alan, one of
the night counsellors, telling a paranoid schizophrenic (who had
come to the Center when the walls began closing in on him at 4 a.m.),
"I'm a Warlock, you know. I could kill you just by looking at you."

I always wondered what became of Alan. Anyone spot him at Roby Ridge?

> > Should similar circumstances arise again, police may try different
> > tactics to check Allen's health.
>              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 
> Oh!  They were checking her health!  Of course.

Those pepper-spray grenades contained organically grown pepper, from
the "We're from the Government and We're Here to Help You, Inc."
company, located in the basement of the Pentagon.
>From the brochure: "...and a valuable aide in clearing up sinus
  congestion."

TruthMonger

TruthMonger wrote: 
> Jeff Barber wrote:
> > See http://www.sj-r.com/roby.html for the latest.
> > My favorite excerpt:
> > > Illinois State Police feared that any progress in getting Allen - who's
> > > suspected to suffer from paranoia, delusions and suicidal thoughts - to
> > > exit on her own may have been undone. On Sunday, troopers broke out most
> > > of the remaining windows in Allen's house, tossed nine pepper-spray
> > > grenades inside and sent a police dog in to subdue Allen.

> I used to run a 24-hour Drop-In Center which had trained volunteer
> counsellors on staff around the clock.
> I was checking on the night shift one time, and heard Alan, one of
> the night counsellors, telling a paranoid schizophrenic (who had
> come to the Center when the walls began closing in on him at 4 a.m.),
> "I'm a Warlock, you know. I could kill you just by looking at you."
> 
> I always wondered what became of Alan. Anyone spot him at Roby Ridge?

  A few days after the episode above, some of the employees were
giving Alan shit for sleeping on the nightshift, and thus not
being available to help those who came in to the Drop-In Center.
  Alan replied that, as a Warlock, he was not sleeping, but was
in a very deep state of meditation, able to hear a pin drop,
anywhere in the building.
  Sure enough, a couple days later, Alan was in his deep state
of meditation when someone came in and stole the TV set which
was sitting a few feet from his head.

>From News of the Weird:
* In January, Prime Minister H. D. Deve Gowda of India told a
meeting of government employees in Bangalore that, in contrast
with his image of laziness, he is actually a workaholic.  The various
photographs of him dozing off during official meetings are not
accurate, he said.  "Most of the time I am in deep thought about
various welfare programs for the people." 

  Right. That would account for the holes in his arm...

OffTopicMonger