Slog - Comments on The Capitol Hill Poster Battle Gets Ugly http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_capitol_hill_poster_battle_gets_ugly 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... Copyright 2008 Tue, 20 Feb 2007 17:30:57 -0800 Thu, 01 Mar 2007 13:08:41 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Will in Seattle Qui custodes custode?

It's just like shroom hunting ...

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_capitol_hill_poster_battle_gets_ugly#c643538 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_capitol_hill_poster_battle_gets_ugly#c643538 City Tue, 20 Feb 2007 17:50:54 -0800 Comment by fixo By whom else would you be threatened at gunpoint, if not a gunman?

]]> fixo http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_capitol_hill_poster_battle_gets_ugly#c643571 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_capitol_hill_poster_battle_gets_ugly#c643571 City Tue, 20 Feb 2007 18:01:07 -0800 Comment by infrequent 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.

]]> infrequent http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_capitol_hill_poster_battle_gets_ugly#c643588 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_capitol_hill_poster_battle_gets_ugly#c643588 City Tue, 20 Feb 2007 18:13:03 -0800 Comment by Ari Spool That's why the cops were on our block yesterday!

]]> Ari Spool http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_capitol_hill_poster_battle_gets_ugly#c643608 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_capitol_hill_poster_battle_gets_ugly#c643608 City Tue, 20 Feb 2007 18:37:18 -0800 Comment by Aaro)))n Edge -- sheesh, getting "poster of the week" isn't THAT important...

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]]> Aaro)))n Edge http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_capitol_hill_poster_battle_gets_ugly#c643609 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_capitol_hill_poster_battle_gets_ugly#c643609 City Tue, 20 Feb 2007 18:37:24 -0800 Comment by chris 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.

]]> chris http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_capitol_hill_poster_battle_gets_ugly#c643639 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_capitol_hill_poster_battle_gets_ugly#c643639 City Tue, 20 Feb 2007 19:37:17 -0800 Comment by 9X 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.

]]> 9X http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_capitol_hill_poster_battle_gets_ugly#c643656 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_capitol_hill_poster_battle_gets_ugly#c643656 City Tue, 20 Feb 2007 20:21:10 -0800 Comment by jamier "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.

]]> jamier http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_capitol_hill_poster_battle_gets_ugly#c643675 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_capitol_hill_poster_battle_gets_ugly#c643675 City Tue, 20 Feb 2007 21:29:51 -0800 Comment by The CHZA I think being threatened at gunpoint by a swordsman would be far more interesting.

]]> The CHZA http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_capitol_hill_poster_battle_gets_ugly#c643793 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_capitol_hill_poster_battle_gets_ugly#c643793 City Wed, 21 Feb 2007 03:42:45 -0800 Comment by elswinger I would like to know what both of the posters said.

]]> elswinger http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_capitol_hill_poster_battle_gets_ugly#c644081 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_capitol_hill_poster_battle_gets_ugly#c644081 City Wed, 21 Feb 2007 12:17:47 -0800 Comment by michael strangeways wow, i love the P-I...you go to the website and you get fuckin' pop-ups...did myspace design their website...douchebags...

]]> michael strangeways http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_capitol_hill_poster_battle_gets_ugly#c644098 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_capitol_hill_poster_battle_gets_ugly#c644098 City Wed, 21 Feb 2007 12:34:31 -0800 Comment by him 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.

]]> him http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_capitol_hill_poster_battle_gets_ugly#c644133 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/the_capitol_hill_poster_battle_gets_ugly#c644133 City Wed, 21 Feb 2007 12:58:15 -0800 Comment by ParisSexHiltonS Hello guys!!!
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