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Fargo: Two North Dakota State University students got a scare when armed police officers mistook their telescope for a rifle.
WDAY-TV reports ( http://bit.ly/1MXfrDu ) that Levi Joraanstad and Colin Waldera were setting up the telescope behind their apartment Monday night when they were blinded by a bright light and told to stop moving.
They couldn't see who was shining the light and presumed it was a prank by other students.
An officer on patrol had spotted the two and thought the telescope was a rifle. He also thought Joraanstad's dark sweater with white lettering on the back looked like a tactical vest. He called for backup and the officers confronted the students.
Police say the students were never in danger and that it was a situation of "better safe than sorry."
A Fargo Police officer mistook a student with a telescope for a man with a gun. http://t.co/sBJEJmVIkK @WDAYnews pic.twitter.com/DtEsaybdk8
— Aaron Burner (@ABurnerWDAY) August 26, 2015( Source : AP )
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