Raymond Garcia Arrested For Allegedly Fighting A Stop SignHuffington Post | By David Moye
Posted: 10/10/2012 2:16 pm EDT Updated: 10/10/2012 2:16 pm EDT
Raymond Garcia was mad and allegedly refused to back down against his adversary — a stop sign in Roswell, N.M.
The alleged altercation happened Friday when officers responded to a report of a man, later identified by cops as Garcia, fighting a stop sign, UPI reported.
Officers said Garcia, 45, appeared to be under the influence of drugs, according to the AP.
But while it appears the alleged war between Garcia and the stop sign came to a draw, Garcia still had some fight left for police, according to authorities.
First, he allegedly reacted belligerently and ran from two officers, who shot him with Taser darts. Garcia continued kicking at the cops as they got closer, police said according to KRQE-TV.
Garcia was darted again, but broke off the Taser leads from his stomach. When one officer tried to use his baton, Garcia got a hold of it and attempted to use it against officers, according to police.
The man who fought a stop sign didn't stop, despite the pepper spray the arresting officers deployed. He simply wiped his face and allegedly continued running while throwing an officer's baton back at him.
Back when I was in my early twenties we would often hit the Pumping Company on Wednesday night for quarter beers. Sometimes we would proceed onward to one of the late night bars in Rogers Park after the Pumping Company closed.
I had a good friend named "Scrawny". Scrawny was a tall Jewish guy who was always as skinny as a rail. But he had taken to lifting weights and possibly taking steroids and suddenly he was a big dude. We started to jokingly call him "Brawny". Scrawny also was studying martial arts. It was like the guy who gambles a stamp on Charles Atlas and becomes "The Hero of the Beach".
So one night we were standing in front of Fiddler's Green on Devon just east of Clark Street and two guys tried to push past us into the bar. Scrawny turned to them and asked, "Can't you say excuse me?" Of course, everyone was loaded and so the guy had some smartass rejoinder and it looked like a brawl might break out. But then Scrawny walked over to a parking meter and began punching it like it was a speed bag. When he finished his knuckles were bleeding and his hands were all fucked up. He turned to the guy and said, "That's your face. Now get the fuck out of here." They went across the street to Chaser's instead.