The cops held their fire because they weren’t sure if he had unlock bullet reflection on his swordsmanship skill tree yet. If he had and they opened fire it may have gone very badly for them
The Seattle Samurai is homeless by choice. The entire world belongs to him. He is just generous enough to allow us to build homes for ourselves on his planet.
@@comyuse9103 you beg for equality even though equality isn't fair. How on earth is it fair for a highly experienced male to get the same chance of being hired for a job as a inexperienced female? The brain chemistry and testosterone of a man can't be compared to a female. It's easier for men to work harder compared to females. It's basic biology. So equality won't be just since they aren't equal. Simple.
It's so obvious that his ult has a 12 hour global cooldown and he was just waiting to use it. The cops don't understand what a bullet they dodged if they waited just a few minutes more
As a Seattle resident, I can say that the city has not been the same since the Seattle Samurai has fallen, it was truly a a devastating loss for the people of Seattle.
I'm convinced Seattle has some sort of underground superhero network. Apollo was standing on business to keep it hidden, Phoenix Jones tried to take it public. They're all prolly hiding in the Old City underground maze
Having grown up in the Seattle area when this happened, this guy was a legend to all us kids growing up, the older we got, the more we realized how actually insane he was.
It's not nearly as glamorous, but kinda reminds me of that older guy that spotted us smoking weed as kids and proceeded to blow our minds talking about shit like chem trails before inquiring about the music we were playing, he'd use graffiti to mark areas with mysterious symbols and shit, I bet every town has at least one of those.
@@Gnurklesquimp2there’s actually such a thing as hobo code. It was a big thing for hobos during the depression. For an example they would draw a cat in front of someone’s house to signify that a nice lady lives here. Take that as you will. As a woman, I find it kind of creepy.
@@SheelaNaGig Ah interesting, that kinda makes sense, definitely a little uncomfortable in that specific scenario though. That said, I'm pretty sure this guy was doing his own stuff... I remember it seemed to have to do with conspiracy stuff, not sure how much there was to them
@@SheelaNaGig Can you imagine some homeless guy knocking on your door and being like “yall got food?” Because someone spray painted a cat on your fence 😭
@chillisicle I think so! The movies are super fun with a ton of good action and comedy! The second and third movie are a bit over the top though. So if you're not a fan of that type of stuff, then I can't really recommend the sequels
You've inspired me to look at Seattle Public Library's newspaper archives. The Seattle PI had an article that did confirm the $50 and Big Mac. It also told of a sword incident 13 years earlier that ended with a cop stabbed to death and the killer shot 21 times. They really didn't wanna have any casualties from that kind of standoff again.
The samurai sword appearing at the homeless tent is like a fucking hero in a show showing his face after some huge legend is told to some grandchildren.
“Look Grandpa, it’s the blade of Rōnin Apollo! It’s really him!” “Can’t be, he was just a legend. Come along now.” *Apollo appears from the tent and winks at the boy before fading away*
It's like the moment in the ending you thought the hero was lost forever, but his signature sword was foreshadowing that his story was far from over...
I truly fear for my schizophrenic friends. imagine growing up in this world knowing that your worst breakdowns will end up being watched by millions of people and no one ever states the obvious that youre sick but instead focus on your psychosis as if youre a normal person choosing to do this.
I'm glad my episodes didn't get uploaded live, I even had a similar "stand off" with five guys in front of my house, holding a longbow and in this state things could've escalated so fckn ugly... I also see your point but Id wager for many people videos like this are somehow also a relief, because I know the feeling of thinking you're the only one in this world with a total screw loose
might depend on who you are and the help youve been given. i could see this as both a good and bad example. The cops treated him horribly though. Paramedics generally dont care about anything else except your safety. im more afraid cops will charge you with a crime.- @@dimadobrik4516
i really appreciate seeing comments like this, seems like we're only talked about in the mainstream when we're something doing ridiculous or being killed by police, and it's almost always just to laugh, not to show any empathy, so it's meaningful to see this. stay strong out there
Apollo stood his ground for 11 hours against an entire police force after being hit with bean bag blasts, tear gas, fire hoses, & an offer of $50 and a Big Mac ON HIS OWN!!! ABSOLUTE LEGEND. Hope he gets the help he needs in the future
Reminds me of an SCP called "the sword of apparent invincibility" It gave the wielders the delusion that the sword was all powerful, when really it was a poorly crafted weapon.
To be fair when he was retreating that was kind of athletic and he maintained his fighting stance the whole way. That's how you're supposed to move in a fight but of course he wasn't all there at that moment.
I don't know if the friend did that just to mess with the police or not but I guess it ended up working, considering it took them 11 hours to calm him down.
“I feel like if you have a sword, it’s just intuitive.” Charlie just dismissed 4 thousand years of melee combat as nonchalantly as the time he didn’t believe shepherds were a thing.
The bribes sound like a negotiation, to try and get him to relax a bit. Like "hey buddy? Hey, put down the sword. You hungry? We can get you some food if you put that down."
Nah. This was the 90s. Intermittent fasting wasnt a thing back then while Big Macs were all the rage. The fact he went almost 12 hours without any food and wasn’t homeless completely blew the donut-loving cops high school diploma wielding brains
Once was in a trauma medicine class with a SWAT guy, who was reminding us about KISS (keep it simple, stupid) and de-escalation etc etc etc. He told us about a training scenario he went through when getting into the big leagues and it was a barricaded subject w/family etc scenario. Every other squad went in and blew the place to bits, failed the scenario immediately. His squad went in, called the guy up on the phone and said “hey bro, we’ve got pizza. Come out and we’ll share.” Guy came out immediately and they passed with flying colors.
@@fishie3799 Where does it say they do NO harm? Last I checked they are called LESS than lethal, meaning they are not classified as weapons designed to kill someone innately.
I mean yeah, a beanbag gun doesn't feel good to be popped by, but they have been using those for many years before elevating to lethal force. Lethal force was not authorized on this man until he did an act of violence, with the sword, which he never had done, it was just a standoff. Not saying the beanbag doesn't harm you, but it feels a lot better to get hit by a beanbag than by a bullet, and in this case, they couldn't shoot him, so what would you suggest they do?
Yeah, it seems a bit cruel to resort to violence for something like this since in this situation, he hadn't hurt anyone, but you're right that things are far worse today.
Well, no, that is actually against the rules of deadly force that are used to justify a lawful killing. You need opportunity, capability, and intent. Him just having the sword would grant them capability, but unless he charges at them, they couldn't justify to the other two, which means if they shot him just for brandishing a weapon that can only be used at close range, they would be at fault, and it would be obvious.
Hey, it is literally the only rule in a sword fight, schizophrenia is a scary because those people can become an entirely unique personality and this guy may have deadass turned into a samurai for 11 plus hours that had real military level understanding of sword fights which is hilarious, which would explain why he acted like an actual rock when they shot him with the hose which is hilarious, and when he got hit with the sandbags he acted like it was arrows or something which was hilarious because he looks like a cave man vs a gun, he had no clue what was hitting him, and you guessed it, this made everything quite laughably hilarious indeed.
But that’s why throwing swords is a more new idea, people carried knives and darts if they needed to throw something back then, or they would just use bows and have short swords on their waist
Wow this is wild. I never thought I'd hear about this story again. I lived in the neighborhood where this happened in Seattle when it occurred and have a little more info. Tony was well known and pretty harmless considering his katana. He never drew it unless he felt his life or the life of others was being threatened. He was a huge dude too, so seemed pretty imposing. I didn't know him well or even at all, but I passed him on the street multiple times. I heard people saying that he had a "mental illness" at the time and thinking back about his actions and demeanor, maybe he was on the autism spectrum. I never knew what happened to him after the standoff, but if he is in fact still alive, I'd consider that a miracle considering the way that the police treat homeless people, let alone defensively armed homeless people. Thanks for sharing this!
I feel really bad for Tony. He didn’t really do anything wrong, he was just afraid and confused and mentally ill. I’m glad the cops didn’t hurt him too badly.
@@mildlymarvelousobviously you can't walk around with a huge katana, and once the offduty cop realized there was also something wrong with them, it was very reasonable to try to apprehend and disarm him
@goldensupporterIjust a tip: doing annoying shit like that does nothing good for you. Maybe a few people will go and block you or something, but I swear on my life nobody gives a shit (at least, not in a good way) about you saying that.
@@ChristianPeytavin they will easily rupture and completely destroy testicles. There was a dude hit in the balls during one of the infamous george floyd "curfews" where the police in a lot of cities marched around areas that were completely peaceful and werent rioting or even protesting and were demamding that citizens return home and stay inside. It basically exploded his testicle. And of course the cops got off scott free. (In case anyone mentions it, im not referring to the actual riots. There are long montages of cops using absurd force on innocent bystanders in areas that had no rioting whatsoever. The reason i specify is because the news didnt give much coverage to that part of the news at all and if you weren't paying close attention at the time you would have missed it. They were doing crazy shit like shooting rubber bullets at people in their windows and on their balconies, pushing down (and subsequently murdering) old people, and apparently even shooting men in the testicles.
You should also check that case about the guy with a Katana who attacked a military base in California, it happen on 2021, apparently "projectiles were noneffective" say the official report and also, the marines at the base ask for backup because they where unable to take him down.
@@tortolgawd4481 Although its really funny to think that the guy just deflected bullets like Jetstream Sam, I remember the report mentioning that he parry a rubber bullet and that is how the katana broke~
Are you out of your mind? Have you seen One Piece? In the right hands a blade such as that wielded by a master swordsman could split mountains. The risk was just too great to not bring an armored car.
lol.... back then....god I am old. I remember watching this back in the day on my awesome 27 inch crt and was something I will never forget. was basically a pre-streaming viral news clip. the lack of pixels made this man seem even more powerful.
@@Pear64just report, try not to engage. Report the account to for spam bot. They are obnoxious and numerous as hell but the only way to remotely beat them is to not engage and just report
12:20 "Textbook maneuver"? Were they writing the book during those 11 hours? lol I remember being in high school and seeing this on the news. Shrugging off the bean bags and standing up despite the tear gas had looked so awesome. I think some gifs or old .mov files of those bits were passed around in email, etc. Looking back on it now, he feels like a character from the Walking Dead that's out of his time.
Fun fact: the nightstick used by cops is based on the tonfa, which was used by okinawan fishermen (alongside Karate, which they invented) to utterly counter katana wielding pirates.
Dude i remember this footage, I've seen it as a kid in the late 90s on a crime TV show and also NEVER forgot it, it was just so bad ass in a mentaly troubled way.
Now I think we need a cop show where the main character is a meme specialist consulting for the police. Like, a reddit mod who comes to situations like these and solves them with the power of internet autism. If this were the early 2000's his police partner would be some super muscular dude and the series could be named "Virgin and Chad".
“I feel like if you have a sword it is pretty intuitive, you swing it, a lot” new video idea, Charlie and the gang take legitimate high level swordsmanship classes. I promise you, swordplay does not come naturally. “Just swinging it” won’t cut it
To me this situation was an example of complete police incompetence and overreach, the man did nothing and had to endure all of this for no reason other than the suspicions of officers. Terrible situation and I feel terrible for the man
big giant agree, man. theres people bringing up his past crimes as if its the reason he was pinned down in the first place, or as if it excuses the police's incompetence smh
Yeah, because when we see someone walking around with a fucking sword and refusing to communicate with the police, they should just ride it out, see what happens. Y'all are fucking idiots
Do You really wanna have schizophrenic people seeing demons everywhere walk around a city with a katana? Of course they gonna take him down. I don't think it's overreach. But right, they were incompetent, it took way too long
As someone who lived through this event when i was like 16, i I remembe this happening. Every news channel had it on. It was a BIG deal. They also did try to give him food. Their is several other instances in Seattle over the years of people with knives and swords. Seattle is crazy, especially now
Ngl the way his katana was just standing upright next to his tent made it look like it was sticking in the ground. Like a scene out of a movie epilogue to tease that he will return when the time is right.
Poor Street Samurai must have been waiting for his Johnson to show up to get his payday and Lone Star pulled up on him. Shadowrunners got it rough in Seattle, UCAS.
I had entirely forgotten about this, I remember hearing about it when I was a kid. I grew up in the area around seattle, this unlocked some lost memories for me so thanks for that.
The cops thought they had him. But he trapped them in his genjutsu for 11 hours. Sadly his chakra ran out and got captured.
😂
the sharingan can only trap so many people
@@flappyflap2693 he should have used the mugen tsukuyomi on the moon for that but I guess seattle is having heavy clouds that night
@@oniplus4545 or it was those 2G waves back then!
Sad story for a samurai
This is the equivalent of going afk in a game with your weapon out and accidentally aggroing the NPCs in the area
🗿
bro you need to go outside wtf 😭💀
it's a joke
Best analogy 😂😂😂
Most accurate comparison 😂
@@DanYell Yo, what's the punchline.
Seattle Samurai sounds like a early 90s straight to VHS movie
my thoughts exactly
Yeah like real movie Samurai Cop
Charlie content is basically what he watched or learned on live and yet people find him entertaining, is this the genre of lazy content creations ?
Red Letter Media would review it lmao
Sounds like a character out of Black Dynamite
6:23 "Seattle Samurai Standoff" is a fire name. Love the alliteration.
Yeah I feel sorry nobody has heard of Punxsutawney Taser Man.
It's all about the cool nicknames I guess. 😂
The cops held their fire because they weren’t sure if he had unlock bullet reflection on his swordsmanship skill tree yet. If he had and they opened fire it may have gone very badly for them
bRO THIS IS SUCH AN UNDERRATED COMMENT XD
True could have went genji and got that team kill
That samurai sword laying around in the park is like finding a random Legacy weapon from Cyberpunk
😂😂😂😂
When you find Guts in Corpo Plaza:
@@cairox1509 ? Drop the deets
@@cairox1509 HOW ARE NOT MANY MORE MENTIONS BERSERK I MEAN HE'S STRAIGHT OUT LIKE A BERSERK CHARACTER...
this made me CACKLE
The Seattle Samurai is homeless by choice. The entire world belongs to him. He is just generous enough to allow us to build homes for ourselves on his planet.
new world of darkness character, lets gooo
Wow.
@@comyuse9103 you beg for equality even though equality isn't fair. How on earth is it fair for a highly experienced male to get the same chance of being hired for a job as a inexperienced female? The brain chemistry and testosterone of a man can't be compared to a female. It's easier for men to work harder compared to females. It's basic biology. So equality won't be just since they aren't equal. Simple.
@@comyuse9103 does men make more money because they work and perform better? Or do they get paid more because they're men?
@@SkibidiLeakzthroughout heaven and the earth , men alone are the privileged one
That samuri sword poking out the tent looks like an end credits cut scene teasing a sequel
LMAO
You saw the title and STILL messed up with the word "Samurai"
Ghost of Seattle 2
And a sequel it will it be
💀💀💀
That peeking sword by the camp at 13:25 makes it feel like an end credits scene opening up for the next sequel.
I loved that lol
"To be continued"
exactly my thoughts
*Kanketsu-hen plays*
armed with a sword and an umbrella in the sequel
Or that secret after credits scene
It's so obvious that his ult has a 12 hour global cooldown and he was just waiting to use it. The cops don't understand what a bullet they dodged if they waited just a few minutes more
An ability that allows him to deflect bullets and to cut down hundreds while seemingly never drawing his blade
@@bullfrogverified759 thats all you gng, ngs js having fun fh off
@@bullfrogverified759 your as prly js graduated middle school, cant make no comments bh what anybody does
@bullfrogverified759 what do you have against people have a lil fun man? You must be fun to be around. You sound miserable as hell 💀 gws 💓💓
@@bullfrogverified759guess people aren’t allowed to make jokes once they grow up
As a Seattle resident, I can say that the city has not been the same since the Seattle Samurai has fallen, it was truly a a devastating loss for the people of Seattle.
Have Vampire attacks gone up since they arrested Blade?
Truly a downfall
Woah.
@@SkibidiLeakz have you ever seen a grown man naked?
@@SkibidiLeakzhow is that even relevant 🤨
The cops should have sent their champion swordsman to duel him
I like to imagine they get Guts from Berserk out there with the Dragonslayer
They did it with the front loader. Cop sanctioned samurai duel in the city is possible in this whackadoo timeline.
They surrounded him for standing there and realizing.
I think he was just like me, trying to make history.
but honestly whos to judge the right from wrong!
But when their guard is down i bet they’ll all agree
That violence only breeds more violence
Its safe to say that in the end, it has to be this way
STANDING HERE, i"M JUST STANDING HERE TRYING TO STANDING HERE
I'm convinced Seattle has some sort of underground superhero network. Apollo was standing on business to keep it hidden, Phoenix Jones tried to take it public. They're all prolly hiding in the Old City underground maze
Man now I've got to go watch that phoenix Jones documentary again
Imagine batman dealing crack to fund his lifestyle
@@AAARREUUUGHHHHHey can you share the link to the documentary, I’m also interested in learning more about the Phoenix Jones superhero story.
@@rahimirahim1107kid, it's not hard to google or yt search...
@@rahimirahim1107 it’s a video on YT called The Fall of Phoenix Jones by Atrocity Guide
Having grown up in the Seattle area when this happened, this guy was a legend to all us kids growing up, the older we got, the more we realized how actually insane he was.
It's not nearly as glamorous, but kinda reminds me of that older guy that spotted us smoking weed as kids and proceeded to blow our minds talking about shit like chem trails before inquiring about the music we were playing, he'd use graffiti to mark areas with mysterious symbols and shit, I bet every town has at least one of those.
@@Gnurklesquimp2there’s actually such a thing as hobo code. It was a big thing for hobos during the depression. For an example they would draw a cat in front of someone’s house to signify that a nice lady lives here. Take that as you will. As a woman, I find it kind of creepy.
@@SheelaNaGig Ah interesting, that kinda makes sense, definitely a little uncomfortable in that specific scenario though. That said, I'm pretty sure this guy was doing his own stuff... I remember it seemed to have to do with conspiracy stuff, not sure how much there was to them
@@SheelaNaGig Can you imagine some homeless guy knocking on your door and being like “yall got food?” Because someone spray painted a cat on your fence 😭
Have you tried finding him?
His friend saying “yeah, he knows how to use a sword” followed by the menacing orchestration was comedy gold.
"Seattle Samurai" sounds like something out of the Kingsman franchise
Why do I find it funny that the comment above you on my end is the heaven version of sir pentious?
@@SG-fm9wd Bad foreshadowing 😔😔😔
@@ItsEstella69420 ?
is the kingsman worth watching ?
@chillisicle I think so! The movies are super fun with a ton of good action and comedy! The second and third movie are a bit over the top though. So if you're not a fan of that type of stuff, then I can't really recommend the sequels
You've inspired me to look at Seattle Public Library's newspaper archives. The Seattle PI had an article that did confirm the $50 and Big Mac. It also told of a sword incident 13 years earlier that ended with a cop stabbed to death and the killer shot 21 times. They really didn't wanna have any casualties from that kind of standoff again.
What is a killer again?
@@starsixtyseven195 somebody who kills humans?
so Seattle had a ronin problem?
Link?
@@TurboKingCandyhe just said it was in the Seattle public library newspaper articles. That shit sounds like it’s not digitized.
I cant believe it that the cops brought there useless guns to a sword fight. He is a true ninja master.
*their
@@ferretyluv don't worry mate, the kids will "learn" when the next grammar update for IOS comes out.
@@p-__I can smell you from here.
He graped a women u sicko
@@SquirrelDarling1is it good?
He really had the whole forced trapped in a genjutsu for 11 hours. They never stood a chance.
The samurai sword appearing at the homeless tent is like a fucking hero in a show showing his face after some huge legend is told to some grandchildren.
season 2 confirmed
“Look Grandpa, it’s the blade of Rōnin Apollo! It’s really him!”
“Can’t be, he was just a legend. Come along now.”
*Apollo appears from the tent and winks at the boy before fading away*
Arkham game riddle answer
It's like the moment in the ending you thought the hero was lost forever, but his signature sword was foreshadowing that his story was far from over...
Except the hero was previously charged of "second degree assault with attempt to rape" lol
I was mildly sad to see how charlie didn't talk about how this SINGLE man withstood MULTIPLE TASER SHOTS, WITHOUT EVEN FLINCHING.
He was on so many painkillers
He was use to electro shock therapy so...
@@nunya___ yeah that makes more sense lmao
CEDs like tasers have to make a proper, full connection, which is why newer tasers have two charges of prongs per cartridge.
Heavy clothing will shield you from tasers, they're not nearly as effective as Hollywood would have you think.
I truly fear for my schizophrenic friends. imagine growing up in this world knowing that your worst breakdowns will end up being watched by millions of people and no one ever states the obvious that youre sick but instead focus on your psychosis as if youre a normal person choosing to do this.
Nice to see someone who realises what was really going on with the guy and not talking rubbish like 99% of the comments under this video.
its a sad cycle because little sympathy and help is given as a result and makes things worse
I'm glad my episodes didn't get uploaded live, I even had a similar "stand off" with five guys in front of my house, holding a longbow and in this state things could've escalated so fckn ugly...
I also see your point but Id wager for many people videos like this are somehow also a relief, because I know the feeling of thinking you're the only one in this world with a total screw loose
might depend on who you are and the help youve been given. i could see this as both a good and bad example. The cops treated him horribly though. Paramedics generally dont care about anything else except your safety. im more afraid cops will charge you with a crime.- @@dimadobrik4516
i really appreciate seeing comments like this, seems like we're only talked about in the mainstream when we're something doing ridiculous or being killed by police, and it's almost always just to laugh, not to show any empathy, so it's meaningful to see this. stay strong out there
Calling him a Samurai implies that he is serving under a master. That means there’s a James Bond level supervillain that he’s merely the henchman of.
why do I hear boss music
The Seattle ronin does slap as well
Next he fights the Chicago ninja
“As commissioner Gordon states there” had me laughing 😂
Wth?? I read this EXACTLY as Charlie was saying it!😂
@@KnockedupNout Same lol
He really looks like him and they’re both cops
Bro this video is full of odd things, even including commissioner gordon irl
Apollo stood his ground for 11 hours against an entire police force after being hit with bean bag blasts, tear gas, fire hoses, & an offer of $50 and a Big Mac ON HIS OWN!!! ABSOLUTE LEGEND. Hope he gets the help he needs in the future
What? He tried to r4p3 someone, which schizophrenia is not responsible for.
I can’t believe it, I wont. How did he resist the big mac?
He is a warrior stronger than you or I, Ranger. @@MoonWalkerTexsRanger
We need a book on the man the myth the legend Apollo
Honestly would have took the big mac
Bro took a nutshot with a beanbag and barely flinched
Mania turns you into something else
Balls of steel.
@@Psyrus88 his blade was forged from one of his nuts
That cliffhanger was brutal, I cant wait for the next season
Reminds me of an SCP called "the sword of apparent invincibility"
It gave the wielders the delusion that the sword was all powerful, when really it was a poorly crafted weapon.
That just sounds like every mall katana ever made
Do you know the SCP number? Easier to search😅
Edit:
Nvm, it's 572, got it
This only affects people who would abuse power lol
@@Purcyless really?! I dont remember reading that?
@@Scotch7574they mean that the fact that the sword that seems all power would only affect those who would attempt to abuse said "power"
His friend made it worse by telling police he was "trained" 😂
To be fair when he was retreating that was kind of athletic and he maintained his fighting stance the whole way. That's how you're supposed to move in a fight but of course he wasn't all there at that moment.
He was probably delusional as well
he most definitely was i mean he seems pretty resilient and determined
I don't know if the friend did that just to mess with the police or not but I guess it ended up working, considering it took them 11 hours to calm him down.
Honestly yeah. Cops will believe anything that’ll let them reach a guilty verdict and an excuse to use excessive force.
“I feel like if you have a sword, it’s just intuitive.”
Charlie just dismissed 4 thousand years of melee combat as nonchalantly as the time he didn’t believe shepherds were a thing.
Magazines bro.
Yes and no
Same as martial arts, most of it isn't practical
@@kylespevak6781 blud does not train lmao
He… he realky thought shepherds werent real?
Those cops soaked up that overtime real nice
The bribes sound like a negotiation, to try and get him to relax a bit. Like "hey buddy? Hey, put down the sword. You hungry? We can get you some food if you put that down."
cuc unalive tonight pls@@p-__
Also after 11 hours he presumably was hungry.
i would if they let me pick the food
Nah. This was the 90s. Intermittent fasting wasnt a thing back then while Big Macs were all the rage. The fact he went almost 12 hours without any food and wasn’t homeless completely blew the donut-loving cops high school diploma wielding brains
Once was in a trauma medicine class with a SWAT guy, who was reminding us about KISS (keep it simple, stupid) and de-escalation etc etc etc. He told us about a training scenario he went through when getting into the big leagues and it was a barricaded subject w/family etc scenario. Every other squad went in and blew the place to bits, failed the scenario immediately. His squad went in, called the guy up on the phone and said “hey bro, we’ve got pizza. Come out and we’ll share.” Guy came out immediately and they passed with flying colors.
His spiritual pressure is so strong that the police is too scared to approach him😂
Whether it was his KI/Chakra/ or Even his Stand powers, he was absolutely SURGING WITH IT
"They're designed to halt, not harm suspects"
- Product now categorized as 'less-lethal'
Your fist is less-lethal than a gun, but it can still kill someone.
"it's the same force as a heavyweight boxer throwing haymakers at you...
...but it's designed not to harm suspects."
My fingers are deadly weapons.
@@fishie3799 Where does it say they do NO harm? Last I checked they are called LESS than lethal, meaning they are not classified as weapons designed to kill someone innately.
I mean yeah, a beanbag gun doesn't feel good to be popped by, but they have been using those for many years before elevating to lethal force. Lethal force was not authorized on this man until he did an act of violence, with the sword, which he never had done, it was just a standoff. Not saying the beanbag doesn't harm you, but it feels a lot better to get hit by a beanbag than by a bullet, and in this case, they couldn't shoot him, so what would you suggest they do?
yeah, if this would've happened today, that "standoff" would've ended in less than five minutes..."he reached for his katana...I feared for my life"
Yeah, it seems a bit cruel to resort to violence for something like this since in this situation, he hadn't hurt anyone, but you're right that things are far worse today.
Shut up.
Well, no, that is actually against the rules of deadly force that are used to justify a lawful killing. You need opportunity, capability, and intent. Him just having the sword would grant them capability, but unless he charges at them, they couldn't justify to the other two, which means if they shot him just for brandishing a weapon that can only be used at close range, they would be at fault, and it would be obvious.
@@Yunglex313 without hard camera footage the cops could easily fabricate intent.
i mean even then, im 90% sure this was just kinda racist
Did that guy take a nutshot with a beanbag without flinching? Damn, we can all only but aspire to have such fortitude as this man.
It did look like it.
You wanna aspire to be a criminal rapist? what?
Jeans can stop a lot, especially if you're saggin'
Looked like two nut shots
As a fan of swordsmanship in general, I can only admire Apollo's commitment, focus, and sheer will to keep hold of his blade for as long as he did.
Hey, it is literally the only rule in a sword fight, schizophrenia is a scary because those people can become an entirely unique personality and this guy may have deadass turned into a samurai for 11 plus hours that had real military level understanding of sword fights which is hilarious, which would explain why he acted like an actual rock when they shot him with the hose which is hilarious, and when he got hit with the sandbags he acted like it was arrows or something which was hilarious because he looks like a cave man vs a gun, he had no clue what was hitting him, and you guessed it, this made everything quite laughably hilarious indeed.
But that’s why throwing swords is a more new idea, people carried knives and darts if they needed to throw something back then, or they would just use bows and have short swords on their waist
@@samuelbrown7466 ah yes the manufacturing of the worlds first idea of ranged weapons😎😎
@@limpbizkit6245 yup, horrifically true to history as well
He's literally Blade, but only fighting imaginary vampires
That’s my great uncle
BRO💀 i dont know if this was intentional or not but thats messed up considering he was schizophrenic
*invisible
Member of the PLRSO (Pole-Ladder Riot Shield Offensive) here. I can confirm that is the most textbook method we use here on base.
Wow this is wild. I never thought I'd hear about this story again. I lived in the neighborhood where this happened in Seattle when it occurred and have a little more info. Tony was well known and pretty harmless considering his katana. He never drew it unless he felt his life or the life of others was being threatened. He was a huge dude too, so seemed pretty imposing. I didn't know him well or even at all, but I passed him on the street multiple times. I heard people saying that he had a "mental illness" at the time and thinking back about his actions and demeanor, maybe he was on the autism spectrum. I never knew what happened to him after the standoff, but if he is in fact still alive, I'd consider that a miracle considering the way that the police treat homeless people, let alone defensively armed homeless people. Thanks for sharing this!
I feel really bad for Tony. He didn’t really do anything wrong, he was just afraid and confused and mentally ill. I’m glad the cops didn’t hurt him too badly.
@@mildlymarvelousobviously you can't walk around with a huge katana, and once the offduty cop realized there was also something wrong with them, it was very reasonable to try to apprehend and disarm him
@@aeizn1012I’m from Arizona and, yeah…. You actually can….
@@mildlymarvelousdid you forget about the assault and attempted rape ??
@@zan_len No, I meant on this particular day of the “showdown” 😅
The blade peeking out from the tent is the cherry on top
Apollo the Samurai would be a sick Steven Seagal movie
Itd be better as an anime in the style of Afro-samurai
hell yea, but steven sitting on a chair instead
Coming back to drop this gem, since he's balding "Halfro-Samurai" .....I'll see myself out
Steven Seagal has been a samurai for like 87 years
That sword by the tent looks like the answer to a riddle in the Batman Arkham games
Exactly, like finding the weapon of a supervillain in Arkham asylum as a riddle
@@LiquifiedMoose
“Not far from his debut does his weapon lay, maybe he will use it again someday”
Seattle is known for their super heroes
And it’s fentanyl! Our fent is world famous
@goldensupporterIno, no your not
@@hunters6940Is it actually? I have never seen crazy people in seattle before
@goldensupporterIjust a tip: doing annoying shit like that does nothing good for you. Maybe a few people will go and block you or something, but I swear on my life nobody gives a shit (at least, not in a good way) about you saying that.
And the seahawks
10:30 they shot my man in the balls😭
And he's still standing??? Dude's superhuman 😱
This comment better blow up, because it had me laughing so hard. I'm curious to know how hard those bean bags hit.
@@ChristianPeytavin his cojones blew up
@cdubs061 look up Johnny Knoxville vs bean bag. I think he did the bean bag stunt, back in 2000 so its ikely that it is the same loading used here .
@@ChristianPeytavin they will easily rupture and completely destroy testicles. There was a dude hit in the balls during one of the infamous george floyd "curfews" where the police in a lot of cities marched around areas that were completely peaceful and werent rioting or even protesting and were demamding that citizens return home and stay inside. It basically exploded his testicle. And of course the cops got off scott free.
(In case anyone mentions it, im not referring to the actual riots. There are long montages of cops using absurd force on innocent bystanders in areas that had no rioting whatsoever. The reason i specify is because the news didnt give much coverage to that part of the news at all and if you weren't paying close attention at the time you would have missed it. They were doing crazy shit like shooting rubber bullets at people in their windows and on their balconies, pushing down (and subsequently murdering) old people, and apparently even shooting men in the testicles.
You should also check that case about the guy with a Katana who attacked a military base in California, it happen on 2021, apparently "projectiles were noneffective" say the official report and also, the marines at the base ask for backup because they where unable to take him down.
It was California, but it is a wild story.
No way they experienced a boss battle
to be fair those were rubber bullets
@@tortolgawd4481 Although its really funny to think that the guy just deflected bullets like Jetstream Sam, I remember the report mentioning that he parry a rubber bullet and that is how the katana broke~
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The way they zoomed in on the sword at the end absolutely sent me into a laughing fit that I spat my drink out. 😂😂😂
He's just standing there MENACINGLY
It began with protecting himself from a random person
lool
I died laughing
@@Lurkipohya
the pic of his blade at the end blew me back like i just learned Darth Vader is Luke's father
5:59 why do you need an armoured car? Were they worried his ancient Samurai blade would cleave their unarmoured cop cars in half.
They get is for cheaper prices from DOD when they get rid of old gear , probably the response teams specific vic
They were afraid he was a certain cyborg samurai. A common threat really
police militarization
Are you out of your mind? Have you seen One Piece? In the right hands a blade such as that wielded by a master swordsman could split mountains. The risk was just too great to not bring an armored car.
Logically I want to say it was to intimidate him, but what I really want to believe is it was to level the playing field
lol.... back then....god I am old. I remember watching this back in the day on my awesome 27 inch crt and was something I will never forget. was basically a pre-streaming viral news clip. the lack of pixels made this man seem even more powerful.
Bros aura is insane
“Yea he knows how to use a sword” 💀
I love your username lol
Deinstitutionalization started happening in the 70s, many mental hospitals on the west coast were shut down due to lack of funding.
"Nice piece you got there. Just keep it holstered." - Diamond City Guard
Yoooo, im playin thru fallout 4 again rn
i havent played in like 2 years but i got over 4k hours on that game bro, it hits different, especially with mods@@killer_nerd_R
Bro was definitely from sekiro, took them 11 hours to break his posture bar
Apollo deflected the tear gas. He was so fast we didn’t even see his movements
Bro found all of the prayer beads
😂
This story has been burned into my brain since I was a kid. What a flashback this gave me
The last American Samurai was defeated with a garden hose and a step ladder...damn that's a trip.
Bruh he’s the only American samurai lmao
that ain’t no garden hose they are blasting 😂
Not a step ladder nor a garden hose
"garden hose and step ladder" bro had to have the entire police force take him down wtf lmao
Every superhero has a weakness.
0:55 and it wasn't even his final form!
imagine if he actually just stood there and after some time yelled "BAN-KAI"
senbonzakura kageyoshi
"Final Getsugatensho"
Zanka no Tachi, Kita: Tenchi Kaijin
A guard might get nervous; a man approaches with his weapon drawn.
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That man’s conqueror's haki was next level.
he is the embodiment of "he's just standing there.... menacingly"
They legit behaved like his blade could slice a mountain in half.🤣
“Bushido dignified, it’s the last stand of the Samurai. Surrounded and outnumbered, 50 to 1 the sword face the gun”
\m/
Seattle Samurai sounds like something you'd find on Cartoon Network or Disney XD 💀
@@Pear64just report, try not to engage. Report the account to for spam bot. They are obnoxious and numerous as hell but the only way to remotely beat them is to not engage and just report
I pop my headphones in and listen to these videos like a podcast lmao Charlie helps my job be a little less boring
I see all that "surviving edge-based attacks" training was absolutely pointless.
This is my favorite video of yours in a while. Good stuff, keep the rediculous coming, we need it.
Yasuke didn't get this treatment when he was in Japan but once he touched land on the west coast, he gets into a standoff.
Imagine having all that modern tactical equipment and getting held off by sword bruh.
12:20
"Textbook maneuver"? Were they writing the book during those 11 hours? lol
I remember being in high school and seeing this on the news. Shrugging off the bean bags and standing up despite the tear gas had looked so awesome. I think some gifs or old .mov files of those bits were passed around in email, etc.
Looking back on it now, he feels like a character from the Walking Dead that's out of his time.
Mental health is a serious problem and I hope everyone gets the help they need.
Because in a way it’s a very sad story 😢
That is my great uncle and my dad was telling me that he made it back that day to the family dinner and my dad asked him all about it
Fun fact: the nightstick used by cops is based on the tonfa, which was used by okinawan fishermen (alongside Karate, which they invented) to utterly counter katana wielding pirates.
This adds some more spice to it lmao
Thank you for this fun fact it actually genuinely interested me
@@callmecalamity I'm fairly certain none of that is true. Edit: Don't drink and comment, it makes you type dumb things.
@@XxDigitalDaftPunkxX state your sources, you cant just do a "trust me bro" thats not how this works
@XxDigitalDaftPunkxX Well I googled 'tonfa' and yeah, it is.
Dude i remember this footage, I've seen it as a kid in the late 90s on a crime TV show and also NEVER forgot it, it was just so bad ass in a mentaly troubled way.
Imagine the entire police force not being able to stop one man, but the people who finally beat him are the fire department.
Imagine? What do you mean
@@starsixtyseven195since they used ladders and fire hoses
“Police fuck up and firemen save the day” actually sounds like the normal scenario.
Nice strawman
I like how my neighbors house got shot up and they sent a car the next day, but Seattle Samurai gets a whole ass APC.
27 years ago and this still just seems like a normal day in the Sea-Tac area
Now I think we need a cop show where the main character is a meme specialist consulting for the police. Like, a reddit mod who comes to situations like these and solves them with the power of internet autism. If this were the early 2000's his police partner would be some super muscular dude and the series could be named "Virgin and Chad".
I repeat send max tac, we have a cyberpsycho
😂
Apollo has plot armor. Of course the police gets nervous when they have to deal with such a powerful man
“I feel like if you have a sword it is pretty intuitive, you swing it, a lot” new video idea, Charlie and the gang take legitimate high level swordsmanship classes. I promise you, swordplay does not come naturally. “Just swinging it” won’t cut it
"wont cut it" literally lol
I feel like swordsmanship is a dying art and will only continue to decline as firearms get more advanced.
@@sl0thman353 Why use sharp stick when tiny ball do good?
-A real samurai
@@sl0thman353The issue is that its a very expensive martial art form.
-Former HEMA member.
To me this situation was an example of complete police incompetence and overreach, the man did nothing and had to endure all of this for no reason other than the suspicions of officers. Terrible situation and I feel terrible for the man
big giant agree, man. theres people bringing up his past crimes as if its the reason he was pinned down in the first place, or as if it excuses the police's incompetence smh
Meanwhile the is whole bunch of thieves raiding stores in the city and getting free drugs to get high.@@Kammithekiller
Yeah, because when we see someone walking around with a fucking sword and refusing to communicate with the police, they should just ride it out, see what happens.
Y'all are fucking idiots
Do You really wanna have schizophrenic people seeing demons everywhere walk around a city with a katana? Of course they gonna take him down. I don't think it's overreach. But right, they were incompetent, it took way too long
No captains zanpakuto has ever come close to the power of Seattle samurai
Such powerful spiritual pressure
As someone who lived through this event when i was like 16, i I remembe this happening. Every news channel had it on. It was a BIG deal. They also did try to give him food. Their is several other instances in Seattle over the years of people with knives and swords. Seattle is crazy, especially now
The question is, do you know if they offered him a big mac?
He's a lost case
I remember when someone was walking around West Seattle with a crossbow. I’m gonna need my fellow Seattleites to chill on the wild weapons.
This looks straight out of an episode of The Boondocks. Man looks like he's about to team up with Huey to fight Bushido Brown or The Hateocracy lol
as someone in Seattle this is incredible. Straight up live a good 15 mins away.
The fact that this guy is immune to tear gas is insane lol i think he was temporarily the main character for that moment
Maybe he still is.
@@wendigo90yago62he’s on a quest, a quest to level up and then return to liberate Seattle.
he walked so Afro Samurai could run
Ngl the way his katana was just standing upright next to his tent made it look like it was sticking in the ground.
Like a scene out of a movie epilogue to tease that he will return when the time is right.
When the aliens come.. When the world needs him most..
@@heliumpai7627he shall rise with the aid of Apollos powers and the moonlight sword in hand.
I was waiting for the day this story finally goes big... Apollo truly deserves it.
Poor Street Samurai must have been waiting for his Johnson to show up to get his payday and Lone Star pulled up on him. Shadowrunners got it rough in Seattle, UCAS.
The Star gotta justify their wages, scan? They're lucky the runner wasn't just some chipped out razorboy, or they might've all been geeked.
@@mr_unknown_man5050 Ain’t that the chip truth? Lol
It was inevitable that someone would make a Shadowrun reference when Seattle and Samurai was involved.
I had entirely forgotten about this, I remember hearing about it when I was a kid. I grew up in the area around seattle, this unlocked some lost memories for me so thanks for that.
I LOL'd at comissioner Gordon bc this samurai guy is straight outta DC Universe
the oldest trick in the book. the ladder, riot shield, fire hose pin.
We need a full length documentary on this Samurai. He has so much to teach us.
Bro triggered npc aggression and went afk 💀
Bros begging for likes copying the top comment 💀
@@RichardCranium69420 That wasn't the top comment when I commented, I literally didn't even see it until now 💀
Bro triggered a random person only commenting 💀
April 3, 1997 also happens to be the exact day I was born and that isn’t a coincidence
Why are you doxxing yourself like this?
youre a manifestation of his sheer power
@@ferretyluv I don't think date-of-birth is doxxing, you've gotten the meaning entirely wrong.
@@Aesyaan Your username combined with your birthdate can be used to dox you.
Welcome back Apollo's nuts.
His final words were, "perfect, they are all perfect", while looking at a cherry blossom tree.