# Man arrested after disrupting salute to first responders, waving gun

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**Category:** The Quarantine Zone\
**Tags:** covid-quarantine\
**Created:** [May 7, 2020, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-arrested-after-disrupting-salute-to-first-responders-waving-gun/853354 "2020-05-07T20:23:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2020, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-arrested-after-disrupting-salute-to-first-responders-waving-gun/853354/1 "2020-05-07T20:23:03Z")

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I don’t even have the words anymore to express my feelings about this kind of shit. “What the hell is wrong with people” hardly seems sufficient. This was about 20 miles from me. What is happening in this country!

> **[Man arrested after disrupting salute to first responders, waving gun, police...](https://6abc.com/mercy-fitzgerald-medical-center-first-responders-salute-parade/6156073/)**
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> According to investigators, the man drove an SUV through a parade of first responders who were paying tribute to the staff at Mercy Fitzgerald Medical Center Tuesday night.

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> DARBY, Pennsylvania – One man is in custody after police say he disrupted a salute to health care workers and led them on a chase through Delaware County.  
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> Officers said the man threatened to hurt people while waving a gun.
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> Police said the chase came to an end when the man lost control of the car at Main Street and MacDade Boulevard in Darby.

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**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2020, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-arrested-after-disrupting-salute-to-first-responders-waving-gun/853354/2 "2020-05-08T01:12:09Z")

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> [@davidm](#):
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> I don’t even have the words anymore to express my feelings about this kind of shit. “What the hell is wrong with people” hardly seems sufficient. This was about 20 miles from me. What is happening in this country!  
> [Man arrested after disrupting salute to first responders, waving gun, police said - 6abc Philadelphia](https://6abc.com/man-arrested-after-disrupting-salute-to-first-responders-police/6156073/)

I can only quote the estimable Hunter S. Thompson: “When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.”

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**Author:** ![Alpha\_Twit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpha_twit/32/265_2.png) [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2020, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-arrested-after-disrupting-salute-to-first-responders-waving-gun/853354/3 "2020-05-08T01:21:49Z")

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> [@El\_Kabong](#):
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> I can only quote the estimable Hunter S. Thompson: “When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.”

I _need_ that on a tee shirt!

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