For a few hours Friday morning, a massive statewide crime spree a la The Purge was theoretically possible as Michigan's 911 emergency system crashed.
"An update to the 911 system was attempted and there was a technical issue," a press release tweeted by Michigan State Police read, calling to mind the Keystone Cops.
There is a statewide 911 phone outage. pic.twitter.com/p9Q16TZJqV
— @MSPNorthernMI (@mspnorthernmi) January 31, 2020
According to CNN, the outage began around 2:30 a.m. and lasted until about 7:15 a.m. Of course, that didn't mean that the Great Lakes State had descended into lawless anarchy: MSP tweeted a list of alternate numbers people could use to contact police.
Still — what the hell, Michigan.
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