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Mon 18 Apr, 2005 08:30 pm
'Mad Max' fans end up jailed after causing commotion on highway
By The Associated Press
(4/18/05 - SAN ANTONIO, TX) ?- Eleven "Mad Max" fans were arrested after alarming motorists as they made their way to a movie marathon in a theatrical convoy in which they surrounded a tanker truck armed with fake machine guns.
As the group was headed to San Antonio from nearby from Boerne on Saturday morning, police received several calls from motorists who reported a "militia" surrounding a tanker truck, a police report states.
Police charged nine people with obstruction of a highway and two others with possession of prohibited knives in addition to obstruction of a highway.
One of the organizers of the convoy, Chris Fenner, said the arrests were unfair. He said he didn't know why anyone would have confused the costumed crew recreating a scene from "Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior" -- set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland -- with a real threat.
"I honestly don't know how that could be, because 'Road Warrior' was so over the top," he said.
About 25 people participated in the convoy and more than twice that number were expected to attend the movie marathon, which was canceled after the arrests.
Well, I thought it was funny.
Charges dropped against 13 in 'Mad Max' convoy
Associated Press
SAN ANTONIO ?- Misdemeanor charges have been dropped against 13 people who in April were arrested on their way to a movie marathon in a theatrical convoy that included a tanker truck while armed with fake machine guns.
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The fans were traveling from Boerne to the Alamo Draft House in San Antonio while recreating a scene from Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior. The arrests followed calls from motorists who spotted the convoy, which included several fans wielding fake machine guns and knives.
Prosecutors said the case lacked sufficient evidence.
Sounds like a fun idea, but these days, you can't be too careful. They coulda been some of Osama's boys...
They could easily have been nuked, true enough, but it's just some good ole boys having Texas style fun.
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