Today I give you, my dear loyal readers, no pretty shiny pictures and no useful advice. Instead, I present you with violence.
Frustrated? Need to unwind? Why not put on a rubber Halloween mask and try to shoot up a school?
September 27, 2007
Who Was That Mask, Man?
By Sewell Chan
The police said Omeash Hiraman was wearing a mask yesterday afternoon when he was arrested on the campus of St. John’s University with a .50-caliber rifle, but there were conflicting reports about what kind of mask he was wearing.
We don’t mean to make light of a disturbing story. No one was hurt, but the campus was locked down for three hours; Mr. Hiraman, a 22-year-old freshman, is being arraigned today on weapon charges. But we are bothered by slippery details.
During and after the lock-down, rumors swirled on campus that the mask resembled President Bush or Michael Myers, the character from the “Halloween” series of horror-slasher films, according to Peter Doggett, 23, a first-year law student from Pittsford, N.Y.
Chris Benson, the 22-year-old St. John’s student who helped apprehend Mr. Hiraman, said he believed Mr. Hiraman was wearing a President Bush mask.
The police had a different theory. They said that Mr. Hiraman — who at points took off the mask — was wearing a rubber mask with the mouth portion cut away. They said it looked like former President Ronald Reagan or, perhaps, Fred Flintstone from the cartoon series.
So was the mask based on Bush, Reagan, Myers or Flintstone?
September 27, 2007
Who Was That Mask, Man?
By Sewell Chan
The police said Omeash Hiraman was wearing a mask yesterday afternoon when he was arrested on the campus of St. John’s University with a .50-caliber rifle, but there were conflicting reports about what kind of mask he was wearing.
We don’t mean to make light of a disturbing story. No one was hurt, but the campus was locked down for three hours; Mr. Hiraman, a 22-year-old freshman, is being arraigned today on weapon charges. But we are bothered by slippery details.
During and after the lock-down, rumors swirled on campus that the mask resembled President Bush or Michael Myers, the character from the “Halloween” series of horror-slasher films, according to Peter Doggett, 23, a first-year law student from Pittsford, N.Y.
Chris Benson, the 22-year-old St. John’s student who helped apprehend Mr. Hiraman, said he believed Mr. Hiraman was wearing a President Bush mask.
The police had a different theory. They said that Mr. Hiraman — who at points took off the mask — was wearing a rubber mask with the mouth portion cut away. They said it looked like former President Ronald Reagan or, perhaps, Fred Flintstone from the cartoon series.
So was the mask based on Bush, Reagan, Myers or Flintstone?
News reports couldn’t agree this morning.
The Times and The Daily News, citing the police and Mr. Hiraman’s lawyer, Anthony J. Colleluori, went with Flintstone.
The New York Sun, evidently relying on Mr. Benson, reported that it was “a rubber President Bush mask streaked in red with the mouth cut out.”
The New York Post dodged the issue, calling it simply “a creepy Halloween mask.”
Looking at the picture of the actual rubber mask, we have to say it looks vaguely familiar — and nothing like any of the choices above.
Looking at the picture of the actual rubber mask, we have to say it looks vaguely familiar — and nothing like any of the choices above.
--Article from THEE New York Times online blog stuff
Is it just me, or does the mask look like Marv Albert?
2 comments:
Marv Albert, no doubt!
"Ewing... and it's good - YES!"
That shit is pretty fucking scary. St. Johns University is in my old hood. Pretty placid, suburban area.
Marv Albert, no doubt!
"Ewing... and it's good - YES!"
That shit is pretty fucking scary. St. Johns University is in my old hood. Pretty placid, suburban area.
Poor Marv da Perv! haha
Yeah, that shit is fucked up. I don't know what the world is coming to.
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