SAN ANTONIO - Eleven fans of the Mad Max movies were arrested this
weekend after their convoy of motorcycles and other vehicles
surrounding a tanker truck frightened other motorists on Interstate 10
and Loop 410.
Some of the people in the convoy were carrying fake machine guns.
Dispatchers received several calls about a "militia" moving toward the
city, according to a police report.
One of the organizers of the convoy said the arrests were unfair. The
organizer, Chris Fenner, said he didn't know why anyone would confuse
the costumed crew re-creating a scene from Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior
-- set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland -- with a real threat.
"I honestly don't know how that could be, because Road Warrior was so
over the top," he said.
The convoy was organized in conjunction with a Mad Max marathon at a
San Antonio movie theater. The procession formed at a Boerne motorcycle
dealership and traveled on Interstate 10 to Loop 410 to Texas 151 and
the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema.
Police accused nine people, including Fenner, with obstruction of a
highway and two others with possession of prohibited knives and
obstruction of a highway.
About 25 people participated in the convoy, and more than 50 had been
expected to attend the movie marathon, which was canceled after the
arrests.
weekend after their convoy of motorcycles and other vehicles
surrounding a tanker truck frightened other motorists on Interstate 10
and Loop 410.
Some of the people in the convoy were carrying fake machine guns.
Dispatchers received several calls about a "militia" moving toward the
city, according to a police report.
One of the organizers of the convoy said the arrests were unfair. The
organizer, Chris Fenner, said he didn't know why anyone would confuse
the costumed crew re-creating a scene from Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior
-- set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland -- with a real threat.
"I honestly don't know how that could be, because Road Warrior was so
over the top," he said.
The convoy was organized in conjunction with a Mad Max marathon at a
San Antonio movie theater. The procession formed at a Boerne motorcycle
dealership and traveled on Interstate 10 to Loop 410 to Texas 151 and
the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema.
Police accused nine people, including Fenner, with obstruction of a
highway and two others with possession of prohibited knives and
obstruction of a highway.
About 25 people participated in the convoy, and more than 50 had been
expected to attend the movie marathon, which was canceled after the
arrests.