Wacky & Wild: Man Hijacks Fire Dept. SUV and Chases Police Around Airport
- Posted on May 27, 2011 at 3:14pm by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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The video you’re about to see is as nutty as the headline. Yes, you will actually see a man in a hijacked SUV chasing police around an airport. It all happened at Ireland’s Cork Airport, and yes, it does look like something out of a “Dukes of Hazard” episode.
According to the automobile website Jalopnik, the culprit is 37-year-old Edmond Stapleton, who stole two fire department vehicles at knifepoint at different points throughout the day. The video below shows his second hijacking. It also shows him multiple times narrowly missing police as he does figure eights and other driving-school-dropout maneuvers. Jalopnik explains the end result:
The chase picks up a few minutes into the encounter as police start chasing the SUV and then he starts chasing them. Eventually, a fire truck tries to help. It takes a few more minutes but eventually every police vehicle in all of Cork arrives to put him in jail.
By the way, there is a mild CONTENT WARNING for language — but that might not be surprising considering people thought that at different times throughout the chase they were going to witness someone’s death:
The Irish Times has more here.
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Comments (74)
EL CHOQUE
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 7:34pmSure & begorra, he couldn’t find the way to the nearest pub & the cops just wouldn’t give him any directions!! He just needed a large whiskey after a hard day.
Report Post »nomercy63
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 6:57pmAt least one guy at the Airport knew what the hell he was doing!!!!!!!
Report Post »stheide1
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 6:41pmI was ready to hear the music from the keystone cops play as I watched the video. Why did they not stop him when he first stopped. Just a thought.
Report Post »ChiefGeorge
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 6:35pmThe guys in the yellow vests can be seen running back out to confront and go na nanana na ya didn’t get us.
Report Post »lindap1667
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 6:21pmWe are suppose to be in control of our country and can’t even control our airports.
Report Post »cologoddess
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 6:02pmthat’s one of the funniest things I have ever seen – keystone cops in action – can you imagine that happening here? uhmmm NO! He woulda’ been shot…. in a matter of minutes…. at least his tires… good grief.
Report Post »true2myword
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 6:01pmLooks like Obama drove this guy nuts.
Report Post »heavyduty
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 4:44pmTeach them to leave the keys in the SUV.
Report Post »betterthantv
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 4:36pmWell that was fun. At least they didn’t shoot him 71 TIMES like they do here!
Report Post »redsred
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 4:10pmwhen a miscreant (especially here in the US) takes his escape atempt to “public danger, possible serious injury or death”, it should be legalized to use DEADLY FORCE to end it. and these 5 mph pursuits make the cops look like the fools that stupid regulations make them.
Report Post »RACERJ
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 4:09pmOnly thing missing is Benny Hill music!
Report Post »TexasHillsPatriot
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 4:03pmSure that wasn’t Benny Hill on location in Ireland?
Report Post »Michael600r
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 4:36pmThe theme song was running through my head the whole time.
Report Post »pavnvet
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 3:54pmHuge news events from Ireland in the same week. Obama was there and now this. However, both should have been arrested. Obama for impersonating a President and this guy for impersonating a firefighter.
Report Post »betterthantv
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 4:37pmLove it!
Report Post »cwilson60
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 3:45pmI realize this happened in Ireland, but I guess this means that TSA will now have to do mandatory cavity searches of EVERYONE here in the states to make sure we don‘t have the keys to the airport’s fire department SUVs stuck up our rear end.
Wait for it. The DHS and DoJ will be making the announcement in
5…4…3…2…1…..
Report Post »chips1
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 3:42pmNot if he was an illegal.
Report Post »Mr. Powers
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 3:40pmThat was kinda funny.
Report Post »outsidethebox
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 3:40pmROFL!!!!! That was classic XD.
Report Post »Rodster
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 3:39pmEuropean cops are such dumbasses. If he tried that in the US, the cops would have blown out all four tires in 60 sec. and cuffed the SOB. Gotta love Europe they are the best.
Report Post »redbone007
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 8:48pmthey were too gentle with him…but least he gets to see another day….funny video.
Report Post »brian8793
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 3:38pm@kickinback & zigzag — lmao!
Report Post »zigzag
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 3:37pmUsing the vehicle as a weapon. He should have been shot.
Report Post »brian8793
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 3:35pmI’m surprised none of those cops had the sense to get right in front of that car immediately. Poor police work if you ask me. Cops here in Tempe, AZ would have had those guys face down on the concrete about 2 minutes after this started…
Report Post »Drum Man
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 3:27pmTop of the mornin’ to ya! Now off to the pokey with ya laddie…
Report Post »Ari Ben TZion
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 3:27pmStole two fire department vehicles? This guy has got too much time on his hands.
Report Post »Elena2010
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 3:25pmNo more Guinness for you, Edmond!
Report Post »biohazard23
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 3:17pmMy suspicions have now been confirmed: my ex-husband DID go back home to Ireland.
Report Post »enemy of the statist
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 3:27pmOne guy says they should shoot the tires out. With what, their pepper spray?
Report Post »CatB
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 3:27pmLOL … well now you know!
Report Post »KickinBack
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 3:28pmlol!
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 3:29pmOne word :
Report Post »PIT maneuver
/biden
cheezwhiz
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 3:32pmenemy of the statist
Report Post »One guy says they should shoot the tires out. With what, their pepper spray?
———–
The cops had guns
very powerful guns made specially for them
Check it out :
http://www.festivaloffun.com/weapons/bang_flag_gun.jpg
biohazard23
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 3:33pm;) If only it were so easy to haul his lazy arse back there…….
Hey, a girl can dream, right?
Report Post »TexasCommonSense
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 3:40pmIn the paddy-wagon with ya!
Report Post »taxed
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 3:41pmAttention libs:
Don’t worry… he’s in jail now, but one of your liberal judges will let him out so we can figure out his feelings.
http://conservativepoliticalforum.com/index.php?board=1.0
Report Post »NOTAMUSHROOM
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 3:41pmYour kidding? I thought that must be MY ex-husband!
Report Post »chfields62
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 3:51pmCan we say Keystone cops??? LOL
Report Post »thegrassroots
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 3:52pmNope! Not your ex-husband! BHO ditched “the beast” and went back to Ireland to hi-jack a couple of their SUVs. Payback for his “beast” getting hung up on that Irish road. BHO, still hung-over from all that Irish Guinness, just couldn’t find his way out of the airport. :)
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 3:56pmSomeone plz compress this wacky vid and set it to this music :
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MK6TXMsvgQg
biohazard23
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 3:59pm@NOTAMUSHROOM, you mean you have an Irish ex, too? Girl, I feel your pain.
@THEGRASSROOTS, of course he couldn’t find his way out of the airport. The teleprompter wasn’t plugged in.
Report Post »chazman
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 4:13pm… what the hell was that?
Report Post »NES
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 4:24pmSounds more like Benny Hill meets The Dukes of Hazzard. :D
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 4:40pm@Biohazard
@Not a Mushroom
Sorry to hear about the Irish in-laws; have a now ex brother-in-law here, my sis’ ex 8th husband; wish he had stayed overseas instead of trying to move to the USA…would have done everyone a lot of good.
Nice to know I am not alone in the world.
Report Post »pavnvet
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 4:48pmI have an ex-wife from there…. basically (and I am of Irish decent) there has to be something in the water…or, maybe it is the Guiness?
Report Post »Sinista MACE
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 5:04pmWhere’s the Benny Hill theme music?
Report Post »Diamond Girl
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 6:08pmThat’s hilarious Bio…plus a great point Enemy made as well.
I’m laughing all the way ’round…this was a great break from politics to a point, I’m still smiling.
Report Post »SLARTIBARTFAST
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 6:10pmWhat’s with the firetruck? I was sure they were gonna’ hit him with the water cannon, but nooooo……. In the US we shoot you if we even THINK that you might have drugs. Shouldn’t we be in the middle somewheres?
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 6:41pmLOL…
Looks like something straight out of a Warner Brothers cartoon!
Report Post »Cemoto78
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 7:49pmThere needs to be some type of knife control. If I lived there I would be suing the pants off of the manufacturer of the knife, the people who made the steel for the blade, and of course the company responsible for making the handle. It couldn‘t be this guys fault cause I’m sure he had a bad childhood and never got to play in the sandbox with the other kids.
Report Post »thebarbarian
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 10:27pmWTF don’t those officers know about the PIT maneuver?
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on May 28, 2011 at 2:05amWas that BO playing outside Air Force 1??
Report Post »Meyvn
Posted on May 28, 2011 at 6:54amHehe. One pint too many?
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