Why would looters steal a mannequin?  Was there nothing else left in the store?

Emmy's Ceremony: "And the winner is... CSI: Estonia!"

Seems like someone was trying to get more than a leg up!

Well, maybe they are going to sell the parts for profit.

well you think about it that now all the officers are looking at the mannequin instead of the looters!!

very surreal ^o^

This is a promo for Nip/Tuck.

Haven't you ever seen the movie Mannequin? It turns into Sex in the City's Kim Catrell after midnight!

The police should be looking for Borat.

It looks as though the mannequin is located on some sort of track.  The top half is missing.  It could be seen as threatening, where is the other half of the woman, and was the other half strategically placed there?It could just nothing, or if interpreted another way, very threatening.  

a phalanx of men, a nude symbol of the feminine ... it's a stand-off!!

The mannequin was so embarrassed at being left nude, she threw herself on the tracks and awaited the next train.

Of course the men are just standing there, staring and giggling, "Tee hee.  She's nekkid!"

"Put your hands where I can see..."

Only fools doing that. They thing its all give them soe honor. Someone are have been killed. Some Russian Maniacs atakk everthimg but peaple dont think or see what happened. They are ayse on ass. Estonians and Russians fight diffrent thigns. Estonians protekt their honor. Russians wanna some justice, to respect their fallen soliders. Are someoe think are is it close of war.

Someone likely stole a mannequin for whatever it was garnished with.  One would imagine it easier in a smash and grab to carry the light plastic torso than to take the time to carefully disrobe the artificial model.

What a striking photo!  

LOL  Liked the comment made by MD... that's what I would like to know as well!  Why a mannequin?  If I were to loot (which would be when hell freezes over!), I think I'd have to grab something better than a mannequin! ***giggle***

The looters actually were taking the garment on the mannequin when the legs disengaged upon making a hasty escape.

That's the cleanest "war-torn street" I've ever seen.

For a naked woman severed in two by train, there's not any blood.  Maybe that's why all the cops are there.

Wow...what a mystery.

The police seem to know something we don't know  - like where the rest of her is.

Some of the riot police look really young.

I bet even the looters were puzzled seeing one of their thug commrades hauling off with a mannequin: "What the (*^&%!!"

talk about police brutality!

King's to you, MIA. What else is missing?

...and the right-wing, totalitarian government law officials swarmed in on the pair of legs.  Resembling female freedoms of sex and expression, they were far too dangerous to be left in the public eye.  The stormtroopers closed in, and the stage was set for mayhem.  Quietly, the legs sighed.  It was an undeserved fate, but the legs knew that with their destruction.  Ten more bare legs would take its place.

I'm glad it was only a mannequine.  She serves as a symbol for the potential violence that might erupt.

Where have our language skills gone?

With a part of a mannequin which was apparently stolen from a shop by looters, in the background, Estonian police cordon a battle-scarred street of Tallinn shortly after riots early Friday, April 27, 2007.

To what does the phrase 'in the background' apply?  The mannequin?  The police?

looks like someones idea of a joke to me. It wouldn't of been there in the 1st place if the Goverment would have left well enough alone. No wonder the people of Estonian were up set a monument is put up to give thanks and rememberence to the Red Army and now you want to just up and move it kind of defeats putting it up in the 1st place. So maybe the mannequin stands for how stupid the people thing their goverments actions are.

Margaret...stop trying so hard to be funny because you aren't.

This reminds me of a ZZ Top song...can't think of which one, though...

K...I'll try being funnier if you try being smarter.

"Estonian police cordon a battle-scarred street".

Oh, the bloodshed. The humanity...I mean, the mannequinity!

Did anyone get the License Plate?

It appears the thief was only half the "man" he could be!  Perhaps this is a (bad) public service announcement for Mannequin vs Train Safety. I hear it is an epidemic in Europe! Apparently enforcement is at a Maximum now.

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Why does everything look so clean, is this staged, or what are they saying about the place

"Keep your eyes open, gentlemen!  The other half is still at large!"

The police are looking around for the other half!!

Any grown man knows that women are dangerous, even half of one. Even half of one that doesn't look real. I think the police where wise in approaching with caution.

How many cops do they call if a car gets stolen?

I'm suprised the cops haven't started beating the legs.  Oh wait, maybe thats why the other half isn't there.  Anyway for cops to get practice beating on people.

I love this shot but the more I look, the more staged it looks.  Still like it though.  Very striking.  How many times was she struck?

Hey there, come here often?

They must have had tequila at that store. In Arkansa its refured to as "hogging"

This reminds me of Stephen Chow's "Kung Fu Hustle" street scene with the Axe Gang.  Now, if the Estonian police can just perform a well choreographed, synchornized dance number...

The mannequin represents the people of Estonia, who are torn on an issue. The officers represent the potentially over powering government indicating that sometimes, the people are not important.
The truth is, no matter which country is being written about or photographed, the people are too often an afterthought. Whether the photo was staged or not, the message is not.

they should have had horses named silver then maybe they could have gotten there in time to save the damsel in distress that was tied up on the train tracks.

Apparently the looter/rapist was only able to get away with the TOP half of the lady....

and worst of all, she's got BUNIONS...

i cant see the captions under the photos bc of the comment sections.

this picture looks like the policemen don't know what to do with it.... "should we leave it there or not?" looks kind of funny. i am just suprised that the street is so clean. riot? where?

Oh no! The large metal pole in her butt was the only thing keeping her alive!

Why would someone steel a models legs??

Be on the lookout for a nude female.  She is armed but not necessarily dangerous.

"now you guys go that way, and you go that way, you men come with me. were not going to rest until we find the other half of this manikin."

Somehow this reminds me of Ghost Busters...?

Are you sure those are real police and not more mannequins in police uniforms?

Sort of like scarecrows for rioters. Smart.

Ambiguity Sot! I told the wife my spare fell off the truck!

I like this. These people, although there are many of them, don't seem to know what they are doing or looking for. With their sticks, they stand there, in the middle of the road no less, seeming to be unsure if it's even worth their time. They reminds me of drones, or robots. They all look the same, and don't seem to know where to be without specific intruction.

All of this, of course, is amazingly ignorant of me to say. Sorry if it offends.

what the!

even manikin are prone to thieves?

what will they do with the manikin ..... tsk