Freeway Standoff Ends When Man Backflips Off Highway Sign Onto Airbags
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LOS ANGELES (CBSDFW.COM) - A man who climbed atop a freeway sign in downtown Los Angeles ended his hours long standoff with a back flip onto an giant air bags and was taken into custody.
The standoff snarled traffic for miles and miles during Wednesday morning's rush-hour commute.
Firefighters were sent to the area of the 110 Freeway and Beaudry Avenue after the man was spotted about 8:25 a.m.
The man's banners read, "fight pollution not each other,'' "give a hoot, don't pollute,'' and -- written in graffiti type -- "Dephre.'"
As California Highway Patrol officers initially tried to take him into custody, the man -- apparently wearing only shorts -- gestured and posed as though he were an action hero.
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