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Homeless man was mistaken for terrorist (PDF file). Given the absurd state of the nation, I may have to reconsider doing a Flavor Flav costume for Halloween…

Police responded to the corner of Atlantic Avenue and Court Street at about 3:30 pm on July 13, after a caller reported seeing a scraggily haired man of Middle Eastern descent with a bomb tied around his chest. When police arrived, they described seeing a man kneeling on a prayer rug with a fanny pack around his waist and an oversized-dial clock hanging from his neck.

The bomb squad and Emergency Services Unit were called to the scene, two blocks of Court Street and two blocks of Atlantic Avenue were temporarily closed to traffic, and a fruit vendor on the southwest corner of the intersection was ordered to move his wares.

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By 4 pm, police had determined that the “bomb” was only a small black bag with a leather strap, a clock with a large face, exposed nuts and bolts, a calculator and a small pan. The “terrorist” turned out to be a homeless man with a pillow, rather than a rug.

[Incidentally, I rarely read Brooklyn newspapers since I absorb too much news on a daily basis as is, but I was looking for references to the Chipotle which is opening in Brooklyn Heights (Montague between Court and Clinton) at the end of this month.]