Who knew hashing could land you in court
Two siblings have a September court date for setting up a local hash in New Haven, Connecticut. While marking the trail for a local chapter of the Hash House Harriers, someone at IKEA called police which resulted in a bioterrorism scare. Laying down flour as a form of marking has been done at hashes for many years. It seems one person however has been watching too much Dateline and thought the flour was Anthrax (or some other poison) and called police. Now Daniel and Dorothee Salchow have a scheduled court date for a first degree breach of peace (a felony).
I think it’s pretty ridiculous that Daniel and Dorothee are facing felony charges. Someone over reacted and now they are paying the price. They also say in the article that the city plans to seek restitution. Restitution for laying down flour; what is that about 25 cents? My favorite quote has to be, “You see powder connected by arrows and chalk, you never know”. Yeah, because if a terrorist is laying down Anthrax I’m sure he/she would put arrows around it.
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