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If you haven't been reading the Georgetown Voice's coverage of the bizarre events that led to the destruction of a Georgetown University toilet on Friday night, head over there and take a good look. The Post picked up the story today, while the Voice continues to toil away at every last detail.
The facts so far are these: the university held its annual "Midnight Madness" event at McDonough Gym on Friday night, and during the course of the festivities, off-duty U.S. Park Police officer Sherice Clanton noticed her gun was no longer in her purse. A short time later, someone entered the men's bathroom inside the gymnasium and fired the gun one time at a toilet, busting it up pretty good (we used a little thumbnail of one of the Voice's photos, but be sure to click through for the whole picture).
Following a tip, police later arrested student Alex Thiele at the Village C West residence hall, where they also recovered Clanton’s gun. Thiele was subsequently charged with felony theft, possession of a handgun without a license, and destruction of property.
The Vox reports that Thiele appeared in court for the first time this morning, but there's not too much more information at this point. Reporter Will Sommer asks some good questions about the alleged crime (most crucially, "Why shoot the toilet?"), but here's one we'll add: in what capacity was officer Clanton attending Midnight Madness, and why was her gun just lying around in her purse?
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Won't someone please think of the toilets!
Why has Balloon Boy's Father been the lead story on the Today Show all week and not this?
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I did that once after a visit to Ben's.
(may he RIP)
Damn! I want to know what was in that toilet that so threatened the guy! Actually, I don't.
who cares. he should be given a free gun so he can use it whenever he wants. clearly, things like this won't happen all the time when we're all armed to the teeth.
Guns: still easier to get in DC than a vote in Congress.
And this is EXACTLY why we shouldn't have free healthcare, because people will just eat whateverthehell they want and destroy toilets with their violent, explosive diarrhea and swampy, drunken, pickled egg farts. At least with free guns, you get the warm, reassuring aroma of burning cordite instead of boiled cabbage.
Clearly, the toilet in question was behaving in a threatening manor and was in posession of a dangerous object. Modesty forbids me describing said object, suffice to say there's a guy at work who seriously needs to see a doctor. A healthy person should not be making those noises, emitting those odors, or consistently making the toilet unusable on a monthly basis. I blame that guy. And illegal immigrants.
No way to flush the gun down the toilet after shooting it.
I do hope someone places a ghost toilet in its place.
Aren't they white already?
It's not uncommon for police officers to carry their guns while off duty. And it's not unreasonable to think this kid could have swiped it from her purse without her noticing. Though it is kinda scary that a drunk kid would have that kind of skill, but I've seen stranger things.
We've all done things in college that "seemed like a good idea at the time," but this kid took it to a whole new level.
Whatever, people always shoot the shit at parties.
That john was talking $h!t 'bout his momma. He knew the score. He had what was comin to him. Alla yall's toilets need to stop disrespecting him.
all I can really say to this is: "sounds about right..."
Well, if you're going to ruin your undergraduate career and leave Georgetown in disgrace, you may as well go out with a BANG.
Tee hee hee ...
well, he certainly looks like he needs to take a dump in his facebook profile picture (just look up Alex Thiele) -so he probably shouldn't be shooting toilets.
"toil away"? awesome, sommer. that made my day!
I aim to please.
oh god! you did it again! sommer is on a ROLL!
Hilarious comments, keep up the good work...
Is this any relation to the douche looking for a personal assistant?