A man dressed as a shark has been fined under new anti-burqa laws in Austria. A PR agency has admitted the incident was a stunt designed to make a "socially relevant" point.
Police had confronted a man on Friday after he was seen promoting a new outlet of the McShark electronics store in Vienna in a costume that covered his face. When he refused to remove his shark head, he was given a fine of €150 ($176).
[...] Regional daily Österreich reported the officers acted after a call from an unidentified member of the public. Police had suspected the report came from someone who wished to prove a point about the new laws.
http://www.dw.com/en/austria-burqa-ban-man-dressed-as-shark-falls-afoul-of-new-law/a-40872491
(Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 19 2017, @09:00PM (1 child)
How could you skip what happened today???
Pikachu tries to jump the White House fence [thehill.com]!!
(Score: 2, Funny) by Ethanol-fueled on Friday October 20 2017, @12:59AM
Yeech. What a horrendous choice in costume.
Let's hope that some kind of poetic justice was served and they tazed him through his suit until he shit himself.