Hopefully, none of the cop's wives had chosen pulled pork sandwiches for their evening meal.

Looking at the article, slurpee boy was a "day laborer" AKA illegal with zero safety training.

I've used one of these things.  Once you start feeding a long branch in there, you need to let go and get back toot sweet.  It pulls pretty aggressively, and if you get a glove or article of clothing caught up in the branches you are in trouble.