I debated for a bit about where to post this (here or Cafe Society), then decided on MPSIMS, so here goes…
Last night while watching the 11 o’clock news, they told the story of a man who was captured on the street in DC last night. Here is the story, taken from the Washington Post web site:
"The trouble began about noon on the narrow, trash-strewed street. Christine Williams, who was visiting someone in the area, said she noticed a man in the road carrying a gun and wearing a bullet-resistant vest.
The man was blocking traffic, she said, and pointing the rifle – described by police as an M1 carbine with the stock sawed off – at nearby people and cars. He was yelling profanities, Williams said, and saying, “I’m God.”
“I heard a gunshot. That’s when I called police,” said Williams, 20.
The first to arrive was canine officer Ronald Paugh, 35, a 12-year member of the force. Paugh yelled at the man, a police official said, and then took cover about 30 yards away, behind the corner of an apartment building.
The man responded by shooting indiscriminately, hitting parked cars and firing in the direction of the officer, police said. Paugh fired back six or seven times, police said, apparently missing the man.
The man then began walking toward 17th Street NE as more officers were arriving.
Williams said she watched the man approach the officers, who had drawn their weapons.
The man stopped, cursed his rifle and then threw it away, Williams said.
“Then he threw off his vest,” she said. “Then he started taking his clothes off.”
While the man was stripping, police said, Paugh released his dog. Williams said she saw the dog run to the naked man and then circle him, as the man kicked at the dog.
Police then tackled the man. While they struggled, police said, the dog bit one of the officers. The bite did not break the skin, police said."
Now the -very- first thing I thought of when I heard that the man stripped off his clothes was the recurring character who appeared on Hill Street Blues. He didn’t really have a name, everyone just called him “Buck Nekkid,” because he would get arrested, come in wearing an overcoat, and then when he would get either at the front desk or once even in court, in front of a judge, pull open the coat, toss it off and shout, “I am Buuuccck Nekkid!” I believe he’s even appeared on NYPD Blue although I may be mistaken! I swear, it sounded so much like something that character would do.
The poor police spokesperson was having a hard time keeping a straight face, imo, when she was telling about the guy stripping. Lord knows I shouldn’t have been laughing, it was definitely a situation that could have turned deadly, but honestly, this guy stripping made me remember that Buck Nekkid guy on HSB! 
LMAO!