I looooooove this.

Well, Root, if you don't want them to get in too much trouble, you should ask them to do a civil compromise, where the judge can drop the charges if your damages get fixed.

Or, you know, not call the cops in the first place.

Sounds like a smashing good time.

I came upon the "cops show up and arrest the guy" portion of this scene, as I was out walking my dog at the time. It was quite an armada--at least 6 cop cars and a fire truck. All the cops had blue latex gloves on, and it looked as though the guy had run back into someone's driveway, as that's where about 6 cops were clustered. Kinda hard to not have cops called when there's a drunk (just speculating here) bloody guy running down the street.

Why the hell would customers run after the guy? It's not a fucking hijacking, it's a broken window. I hate Portland.

tom potter: still making news

Why the hell would customers run after the guy? Maybe they ran after him because they were concerned about the guy? You can really get lacerated in a bad way crashing through/into a large window like that, and from what I heard he was bleeding pretty badly.

@6: To be helpful?

I was there and helped catch the guy. Pretty random and the cops that it was hilarious. A quote from one of the cops (who was speaking to the audience and neighbors) "Nothing to see here. These guys aren't a danger to anyone except maybe glass." We thought they shattered it on purpose though.

Seriously, what the fuck are you mud wrestling for on a weekday afternoon? I guess they couldn't get a seat at the Bagdad, which seems to be seating 200+ hipsters with beers in front of them every time I drive by there on the way to work in the middle of fucking day. Keep Portland Idiotic.

jesus christ, the people who comment on these things have the worst grammar

@6 M. Meyer If you hate Portland why don't you fuck off and move somewhere else? Portland would obviously be a better place without you. People try to help others out and you get pissed off. Idiot.

M.meyer, get the fuck out

Haha! I'm not leaving!

http://a242.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/6/l_66697837637b7ef8ba44e625b61a6981.jpg this leads to the kids myspace

stumptown's window on the 34th side was also broken recently, and as far as i know, no culprits were identified. so that might help explain the furor of the vigilante reaction.