In 1997, Tony “Apollo” Allison had an 11-hour standoff with Seattle police, wielding a samurai sword. He was eventually subdued with tear gas and returned to psychiatric care.
In 1997, Tony “Apollo” Allison had an 11-hour standoff with Seattle police, wielding a samurai sword. He was eventually subdued with tear gas and returned to psychiatric care.
In 1997, Tony “Apollo” Allison, a man with a history of mental illness, held Seattle police in an 11-hour standoff while wielding a samurai sword. Despite various negotiation tactics, including offers of money and food, Apollo refused to surrender. The standoff ended when police used tear gas, fire hoses, and a ladder to subdue him. Apollo had been released from a psychiatric facility a year before and was returned to mental health care after the incident.
That pic goes hard, like some supervillain just waiting to go ham.
Good that he was subdued.
dexterthekilla on
There can be only one!
RJB9570 on
Tear gas, fire hose, and a ladder
ajohns90 on
In 2024, Seattle police wouldn’t even show up to find this guy.
dumpst88 on
read the name as *Apolo Anton Ohno* and thought this was about the speed skater, then i thought about swords and speed skating and how cool that would be
Bellemorda on
he clearly studied the blade.
MarlonShakespeare2AD on
More sad than interesting
Glad they managed to subdue him rather than shoot him
Enough-Frosting7716 on
He was hunting vampires.
Fit-Jeweler5299 on
Adam Smasher if he fought all of MaxTac:
thelionsden1986 on
I want to be his friend
thelionsden1986 on
We could totally be friends
Ksorkrax on
So let me get this straight – the guy was able to stave off an entire police force that is armed with guns, tear gas, tasers, water throwers et cetera while only carrying a sword himself for half a day?
Dude must be hell of a swordmaster.
deadletter on
I ate lunch as a bike messenger in the diner on the second floor across the street and watched this. It was slow and sad. He bought a sword cause it was cool, brandished it a few times, cops got called, and then they couldn’t figure out what to do. Eventually pinned him to the wall with a ladder and took it off him.
ridicalis on
Massive Ben Shapiro vibes
ClientOk2986 on
GammaDealer on
Hiro Protagonist
CALM_DOWN_BITCH on
Did a documentary come out or something? I’ve been seeing this story posted a lot the past 24 hours.
Goof141 on
That’s not Blade, that’s his cousin Edge
farm_sauce on
How is this not a Carti album cover
sookmaaroot on
Callme_Usernames on
Surprised they gave him 11 hours. In today’s age the cops wouldn’t give him two seconds.
Internal-Flamingo455 on
They were lucky he didn’t use his bankai
Jand0s on
Why they didnt shoot him?
Masturbating_Macaque on
It’s a lie. If it were real, he would have been shot 162 times by officers afraid for their lives
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In 1997, Tony “Apollo” Allison, a man with a history of mental illness, held Seattle police in an 11-hour standoff while wielding a samurai sword. Despite various negotiation tactics, including offers of money and food, Apollo refused to surrender. The standoff ended when police used tear gas, fire hoses, and a ladder to subdue him. Apollo had been released from a psychiatric facility a year before and was returned to mental health care after the incident.
[Source](http://stalkingseattle.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-samurai-swordsman.html)
a samurai has no goal, only a path…
He wanted to be Blade
That pic goes hard, like some supervillain just waiting to go ham.
Good that he was subdued.
There can be only one!
Tear gas, fire hose, and a ladder
In 2024, Seattle police wouldn’t even show up to find this guy.
read the name as *Apolo Anton Ohno* and thought this was about the speed skater, then i thought about swords and speed skating and how cool that would be
he clearly studied the blade.
More sad than interesting
Glad they managed to subdue him rather than shoot him
He was hunting vampires.
Adam Smasher if he fought all of MaxTac:
I want to be his friend
We could totally be friends
So let me get this straight – the guy was able to stave off an entire police force that is armed with guns, tear gas, tasers, water throwers et cetera while only carrying a sword himself for half a day?
Dude must be hell of a swordmaster.
I ate lunch as a bike messenger in the diner on the second floor across the street and watched this. It was slow and sad. He bought a sword cause it was cool, brandished it a few times, cops got called, and then they couldn’t figure out what to do. Eventually pinned him to the wall with a ladder and took it off him.
Massive Ben Shapiro vibes
Hiro Protagonist
Did a documentary come out or something? I’ve been seeing this story posted a lot the past 24 hours.
That’s not Blade, that’s his cousin Edge
How is this not a Carti album cover
Surprised they gave him 11 hours. In today’s age the cops wouldn’t give him two seconds.
They were lucky he didn’t use his bankai
Why they didnt shoot him?
It’s a lie. If it were real, he would have been shot 162 times by officers afraid for their lives