# Bang, bang David's silver hammer came down on the cop's head

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 20, 2015, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bang-bang-davids-silver-hammer-came-down-on-the-cops-head/720451 "2015-05-20T22:32:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2015, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bang-bang-davids-silver-hammer-came-down-on-the-cops-head/720451/1 "2015-05-20T22:32:14Z")

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but only after he attacked four other woman with it!

[Story and video here](http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Hammer-Attack-Manhattan-New-York-City-Union-Square-Woman-Men-Police-Involved-Shoot-Suspect-Midtown-303600881.html).

What happens when you attack a cop with a hammer? Her partner shoots you. And somewhere, Paul McCartney is laughing his arse off.

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**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2015, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bang-bang-davids-silver-hammer-came-down-on-the-cops-head/720451/2 "2015-05-20T22:36:26Z")

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Interesting article in the [Times](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/15/nyregion/witness-accounts-in-midtown-hammer-attack-show-the-power-of-false-memory.html?_r=0) about the eyewitnesses.

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**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2015, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bang-bang-davids-silver-hammer-came-down-on-the-cops-head/720451/3 "2015-05-20T22:43:10Z")

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Forsooth! He was clearly unworthy of wielding Mjolnir.

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2015, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bang-bang-davids-silver-hammer-came-down-on-the-cops-head/720451/4 "2015-05-21T00:27:23Z")

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[Snarky comment excised.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyRl24_JGxQ)

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**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2015, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bang-bang-davids-silver-hammer-came-down-on-the-cops-head/720451/5 "2015-05-21T17:19:04Z")

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I agree. Attempted murder and killing people sure is funny.