A man has been jailed for brandishing a replica of a sword from the Nintendo game The Legend of Zelda on the streets of a Warwickshire market town, which he said was a “fidget toy” to keep his hands busy.
Anthony Bray, 48, of Nuneaton, was sentenced to four months in prison after being found in possession of a bladed article in public.
The article in question was a replica of the “master sword” from The Legend of Zelda series which had a total blade length of 6in, Warwickshire police said.
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Sgt Spellman, of the patrol investigations unit, said: “We take a zero tolerance [approach] to bladed articles in public, and Bray has fallen afoul of this.
“It is possible to find fidget toys that aren’t six-inch blades. It is possible not to walk down the street holding them out in front of you. With a bit more self-awareness, Bray could have avoided contact with us completely.”
In the US I’ve seen video of white teens walking out in the open carrying automatic rifles, yelling shit like, “Yeah, we’re carrying a fucking gun down the street!” At one point a cop even stops them and talks to them for a bit, then lets them go on their way. Granted, had they been black with obvious toy guns they’d be dead, but in some places openly carrying guns around is apparently a casual occurrence.