Post-9/11 Era?
More like post-Seinfeld. Pro-Israel UN watchdog/unassuming Canadian Hiller Neuer is mistaken for a deranged killer in a suburban Boston pizza shop. Boston Herald. Go for the photos, stay for the 911 tape, and Hiller’s own story in his own words. Our tale begins Friday in sleepy Needham … one town over from Waltham, the fictional “Latham” of the famous last Seinfeld mistaken-arrest episode …
Back story. On Friday afternoon, an elderly man was found beaten to death in his Needham home, allegedly by a contractor he had argued with. It was a horrifying crime. A massive manhunt for the suspect was underway and the local schools were in lockdown.
At the same time, in a downtown pizza shop, the help and the clientele were becoming alarmed by the nervous, erratic behavior of a man who changed his clothes in the shop’s restroom, took a bite of his slice, asked for a cab five times, ran out to a nearby drug store, came back in …
“Oh my God he has a gun,” screamed a woman who called 911 to alert cops about man inside Stone Hearth Pizza, her voice growing more fevered by the second. “We think he has a gun. Oh my God, we need someone here.”
But you’re really going to need to see and hear it all for yourself:
Needham rocked by slay, lockdown.
Judge dismisses charge against man caught during Needham frenzy
Hiller: “I never threatened anyone … I’m a very nice Canadian and the most non-confrontational person in the world.”
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Posted by Jules Crittenden at 9:22 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2007
3 Responses to “Post-9/11 Era?”
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November 6th, 2007 at 11:45 am
The very nice Canadian (and most non-confrontational person in the world) sounds like he’s preparing to sue. He ought to. This sounds just like those vicious, violent, gun-totin’ Americans! A man can’t order a damned pizza without almost getting killed by trigger happy swat Rambos.
Really, though, disorderly conduct?
November 6th, 2007 at 9:15 pm
Jules:
Needham is about two towns over from Waltham. Newton intersects the two.
November 7th, 2007 at 2:48 pm
How did they have an hour long standoff with the police if there wasn’t anyone to stand off with?