An Oregon man hurled both of his prosthetic legs at a police officer, striking him with one, after his son was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving, police said today.
The dad got mad, and charged at the police officer several times. The officer knocked finally knocked him down to the ground, when - according to the police report:
Passenger removed a prosthetic leg and threw it at trooper, hitting trooper in chest. Passenger removed second leg, threw it at trooper but missed.
Now the father faces charges of assaulting a public safety officer. When the District Attorney was asked if they might issue a temporary insanity plea, he commented:
Well… They could try [an insanity plea] but they really don’t have a leg to stand on there.
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