There are rational responses to an annoying police helicopter buzzing around your private home. Perhaps, a decision to the local authorities to complain? Shooting the pilot within the face with a laser? Not so rational. In actual fact, pretty screwed up!
Mark Hazlitt decided this was his strategy for peace and quiet, and aimed his green laser pointer at a nearby chopper that was seeking a man threatening suicide. When Hazlitt hit his target, ” The laser illuminated the cockpit with such intensity that the pilot and flight observer’s night vision equipment became inoperable,” in keeping with a police rep.
But joke’s on you, Marky boy! The pilot was in a position to steer away, recalibrate his gear, and then track down the laser to its source. Hazlitt’s now charged with ” misuse of a laser lighting device” –a felony. What possible justification can he have for putting the aircraft and its crew susceptible to destruction and death? Mark says he was just ” bored with hearing it.” Next time, we advise headphones. Even noise canceling ones are cheaper than a lawyer. [ The Ledger ]
Photo by Edward Simpson
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