- Bruce Bishop, Chronicle Telegram
The two most important and enjoyable parts of this story are right up top. The headline basically explains the situation: Malt Liquor Bottle Causes Bomb Scare in Amherst. Self-explanatory.
And then there’s the picture. Two officers of the law. One with his hands on his hips. Intense furrowed brow behind the cop glasses. The other undoubtedly on the phone to the CIA.
This is what happens when Amherst cops get a tip that someone left a suspicious bag in the road and mentioned blowing something up. They closed off streets, according to the Chronicle Telegram, and called in the bomb squad. Of course, it was just a bottle of King Cobra malt liquor.
Wonderful.
After the jump, we imagine the conversation the two cops are having while staring intently at the plastic bag.
This article appears in Sep 28 – Oct 4, 2011.
If it was a domestic terrorist it’d have been a Miller Lite bottle.
If an illegal alien terrorist, a Dos Equis or Corona bottle.
But a malt liquor? Had to be a legal minority terrorist.