MiamiHerald.com | 11/25/2006 | Standoff at Herald ends with surrender — I suspect events such as this will increase over the next few years, especially in the newspaper business.
Decrying what he described to police as ethics issues at Miami’s daily newspapers, a cartoonist armed with a toy gun barricaded himself inside the newsroom of El Nuevo Herald on Friday, sparking a tense 3 ½ hour standoff before surrendering peacefully.
Wearing a black polo shirt with ”FBI” printed on the back, José Varela walked into The Miami Herald’s building Friday morning, gave a Cohiba cigar to the lobby security guard and took the elevator to the sixth-floor newsroom.
There, Varela brandished a hunting knife and what appeared to be a submachine gun.
When he could not find Executive Editor Humberto Castelló, Varela — a freelancer — declared himself editor.
Thanks to Dale H.
When I was Editor of a computer magazine, my staff were always doing this.
Hmm… we better watch Mr. Dvorak… his ego might grow out of proportion one of these days… 😉
…declared himself editor.
Ahhh, Rebellion. Haven’t you noticed that we’ve stopped inviting you to our meetings, John? Didn’t you notice that you were the only one who didn’t receive a secret decoder ring?
Keep an eye on Eideard and Uncle Dave. Me you can trust.
perhaps his crude drawings of the prophet mohammad were the mouthpiece for some higher power that whispered strains of madness and terror into his pink ear
So how was Miami, JCD?