Chicago Police Recover Old-Timey Gun; Hilarious Pillorying Ensues
By Stephen Gossett in News on Apr 20, 2017 7:15PM
Twitter / Chicago Police Department
It scans like a three-week-post-dated April Fool's joke, but apparently it's legit. The Chicago Police Department's Twitter feed was a deeply uncharacteristic barrel of laughs on Thursday morning when the account posted the above photo, proclaiming that "great intel" prompted the recovery of (perhaps, down the line, legal?) bag of weed and an antique gun that looks like it's seen more time in the Smithsonian than on a street corner. From the internet that brought you #OtherRahmRequirements and #BetterSoxStadiumNames, a quick and steady outpouring of gleeful mockery did flow.
It looks like the photo was was actually first sent out by the 10th District of the Chicago Police Department's account yesterday, but it landed on our radar when Waldo Jaquith took a shot on Thursday morning, as it were, when the official CPD feed threw it out there. You can check out his and other select digs below, and laugh along at DNAinfo too, which also noticed the viral WTF-ery.
Good thing the Chicago PD stopped this dastardly outlaw before high noon. https://t.co/ZEwTZ2030I
— Waldo Jaquith (@waldojaquith) April 20, 2017
@Chicago_Police @ChicagoCAPS10 Damn they booked my guy who came all the way from Jumanji.
— Asocial Optimist (@SarcasticPoet33) April 20, 2017
@mirriam71 @SarcasticPoet33 @FeministaJones @Chicago_Police @ChicagoCAPS10 Can't wait to hear the Joker has been convicted! pic.twitter.com/8gT9n0XDqx
— Michael Stribling (@voltattoo) April 20, 2017
@Chicago_Police @ChicagoCAPS10 Pot & beautiful antique guns. The person you are so proud of hindering seems much cooler than you.
— Suzette (@suzettepetillo) April 19, 2017