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Tuesday, February 20, 2007

The Capitol Hill Poster Battle Gets Ugly

posted by on February 20 at 17:30 PM

And The Stranger gets scooped in its own backyard. As the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports: “Gun pulled on man posting fliers in Capitol Hill.”

A man who was posting fliers on Capitol Hill Monday afternoon was threatened at gunpoint by a gunman who thought his own advertisement had been covered, Seattle police reported.

While holding the weapon, the person apparently told the man, “I’ll put you in the gutter,” according to a police report.

The victim is a Shoreline man in his late 30s. He told police he was in the 1100 block of East Pike Street, posting advertisements on light poles near a skateboard shop and record store.

Eep. Full story here.

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1

Qui custodes custode?

It's just like shroom hunting ...

Posted by Will in Seattle | February 20, 2007 5:50 PM
2

By whom else would you be threatened at gunpoint, if not a gunman?

Posted by fixo | February 20, 2007 6:01 PM
3

threatened at gunpoint by a gunman

@2 well, sure, but what i still want to know is whether or not the gunman had a gun when he was threatening others at gunpoint.

we may never know.

Posted by infrequent | February 20, 2007 6:13 PM
4

That's why the cops were on our block yesterday!

Posted by Ari Spool | February 20, 2007 6:37 PM
5

-- sheesh, getting "poster of the week" isn't THAT important...

: |

Posted by Aaro)))n Edge | February 20, 2007 6:37 PM
6

there's no law against tearing down posters. anybody can do it. hell, maybe I'll exercise my rights and tear some down as a show of solidarity.

Posted by chris | February 20, 2007 7:37 PM
7

with characteristic timidity, the PI fails to provide any physical description whatsoever other than 'person.' and 'man.' apparently he had a gun and 'another person' was with him.

either the east precinct or brad wong are alseep on the job. that's an unexceptable description.

Posted by 9X | February 20, 2007 8:21 PM
8

"Person" is journalist-speak and police-speak for "white male, age 25-40, brown hair, slightly overweight, slightly unkempt, wearing t-shirt, blue jeans, sneakers, light jacket (if weather appropriate)."

It saves a lot of ink.

Posted by jamier | February 20, 2007 9:29 PM
9

I think being threatened at gunpoint by a swordsman would be far more interesting.

Posted by The CHZA | February 21, 2007 3:42 AM
10

I would like to know what both of the posters said.

Posted by elswinger | February 21, 2007 12:17 PM
11

wow, i love the P-I...you go to the website and you get fuckin' pop-ups...did myspace design their website...douchebags...

Posted by michael strangeways | February 21, 2007 12:34 PM
12

Wow, this is just providing ammunition to impose another poster ban. This time, there could be a compelling state interest - posters are linked to gun violence, and banning them would reduce gun violence.

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