Thread: only in america

just picked this up on ABC news

Man arrested for throwing own prosthetic legs:eek:

An man has hurled both of his prosthetic legs at a state trooper, striking him with one, after his son was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving, police in the US say.

The incident began when the trooper stopped a sport utility vehicle going the wrong way on a highway in southern Oregon.

The trooper at first detained only the driver, Adam Kackstetter, 26, after he became aggressive.

But then his father, Joel Kackstetter, 53, a passenger in the vehicle, grew hostile, a police spokesman says.

The senior Kackstetter charged at the arresting officer several times before the trooper knocked him to the ground, the police report says.

"Passenger removed a prosthetic leg and threw it at trooper, hitting trooper in chest. Passenger removed second leg, threw it at trooper but missed," (:confused:.... Why I ask? ) the report said.

The father and son face multiple charges including assault on a public safety officer.

"It got to be quite a dangerous situation. I think the officer used a lot of discretion and restraint in the amount of force that he used in this situation," Ed Caleb said, Klamath County district attorney.

A lawyer for the Kackstetters could not be immediately reached for comment