You know I really don;t have any words that can cover this one.

A Manhattan face-painter and balloon-animal maker said overzealous cops tackled him off his bike, shoved two guns to his head and threw him in the slammer for more than four hours - all because his misplaced balloon pump looked like a bomb.

Hmmm, now how can we tell when US law enforcement has come unhinged?

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