It took Seattle police several hours to get a man out of a basketball rim. According to reports, the man, wielding a hammer, is believed to have climbed into the net during Mayday celebrations on Friday.
Officer Drew Fowler said Monday the man was not booked into jail but sent to a hospital for a mental health evaluation.
News helicopter video showed him hanging upside down from the rim, sometimes by just one foot, as he waved the hammer around. It took several officers to get him down, helped by a firefighter who climbed a ladder to cut the net.
The police department wrote on its Twitter feed it was considering citing the man for destruction of property — “or at least goal-tending.”
