"Happy ending. Now let everyone else carry too."
I've always found that when people have asked me "Why do you carry a gun?", "Because I can't carry a cop" is a good retort.
Posted on 09/21/2009 11:56:50 AM PDT by Mac from Cleveland
A Philadelphia man was shot to death after trying to rob an off-duty cop Sunday, according to police.
It happened around 2a.m. in the 5800 block of Catherine Streets in West Philadelphia.
An off duty officer who was headed home after working the night shift at the 19th District, was approached by two men who announced they were going to rob him, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.
One of the men put a gun to the officer's chest. The officer, who had his gun with him, fired one shot at the suspect who later died at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. The other suspect fired at the officer while leaving the scene.
Police said the second suspect is between 18-20 years old, about 5 feet, 7 inches tall and wearing a tan hooded shirt.
The officer was assigned to desk duty until an investigation is completed.
(Excerpt) Read more at nbcphiladelphia.com ...
Good, solid description of the second suspect /sarc
Yep. Guy or gal?
Two men, nully, two men...
2009 Darwin contender.
I love a happy ending. BTT.
Next time a story like this comes down the pike, I want my “Snuggie” and some hot cocoa while I read it! It’s so heart warming!
Yeah, left out the part about the stained pants. And the dead perp had enough time to reflect on his pending trip to hell.
Much can be inferred from the fact that this took place in Philadelphia.
I take it that any further description of the suspect was deemed unnecessary.
Isn’t that a blues song?
Didn’t know I was robbing
I say I didn’t know I was robbing
A cop
Until Until Until
that cop shot me
Damn, I was shot...
Must be a guy—Amish women aren’t usually out that late....
; )
And his baggy shorts down to his knees and underwear to his hips. Hence he had to Hip Hop away.
Happy ending.
Now let everyone else carry too.
Somewhere, a grandmother is saying “He a good boy”....
He’s even better now.
It wasn’t that perp didn’t know ‘victim’ was a cop, it was that odds were low that a citizen would be armed
Give the cop a medal. He no doubt saved society a lot of trouble down the road.
Yeah, they'll tell us what color the perp's clothing was, but...
Dirt Nap Alert.
I ain’t sayin’ nothin’! Don’t wanna get zapped again!
The usual...The media angle is the perp got what he deserved because it was a cop that shot him, but an average citizen would be held to the fire over it.
Rehabilitation through reincarnation!
Well done, Officer!
Reminds me of this piece of dog$h!t that got a little more action than he bargained for...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Perry
Edmund Perry was a 17 year old Harlem resident who was shot to death by a plainclothes policeman on June 12, 1985. The case briefly generated a firestorm of protest in New York City when it was revealed that Perry was an honor student and was enrolled to attend Stanford on scholarship; however, witnesses claimed that Perry and his brother had attempted to mug the officer, and the shooting was ruled justifiable
Lee Van Houten, a 24 year old plainclothes policeman, was on assignment in the Morningside Park section of Manhattan on the night of June 12, 1985, when he was assaulted by two men who attempted to mug him. According to Van Houten, he was approached from behind and yanked to the ground by his neck, where two black men beat him and demanded that he give them money. He drew his gun from his ankle holster and fired three times, hitting Edmund Perry in the abdomen. The other attacker fled, and was later identified by witnesses as Jonah Perry, Edmund’s brother.
At the time of his death, Perry was a recent graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire, one of the most prestigious preparatory schools in the United States. The revelation of this fact led to significant press coverage, much of it unfavorable to the police. The front page headline of the New York Post the next day was “COP KILLS HARLEM HONOR STUDENT”. The Village Voice suggested that Perry was shot because he was “too black for his own good”, and the New York Times wrote that “...the death of Edmund Perry raises painfully troubling questions”.
However, 23 witnesses backed up Van Houten’s version of events, and the media firestorm was short-lived. Van Houten was cleared of any culpability in the shooting. Jonah Perry, also an alumnus of Exeter, was later put on trial for assaulting Van Houten. He was found not guilty.
Perry’s experiences at Exeter and the circumstances surrounding his death formed the basis of the best-selling 1987 book “Best Intentions: The Education and Killing of Edmund Perry”, written by Robert Sam Anson. On January 6, 1992, NBC aired the TV movie Murder Without Motive: The Edmund Perry Story, directed by Kevin Hooks. Perry was portrayed by Curtis McClarin.
Michael Jackson’s song, “Bad,” was inspired by Perry, as was a first-season episode of Law & Order, entitled “Poison Ivy”.
Reminds me of this piece of dog$h!t that got a little more action than he bargained for...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Perry
Edmund Perry was a 17 year old Harlem resident who was shot to death by a plainclothes policeman on June 12, 1985. The case briefly generated a firestorm of protest in New York City when it was revealed that Perry was an honor student and was enrolled to attend Stanford on scholarship; however, witnesses claimed that Perry and his brother had attempted to mug the officer, and the shooting was ruled justifiable
Lee Van Houten, a 24 year old plainclothes policeman, was on assignment in the Morningside Park section of Manhattan on the night of June 12, 1985, when he was assaulted by two men who attempted to mug him. According to Van Houten, he was approached from behind and yanked to the ground by his neck, where two black men beat him and demanded that he give them money. He drew his gun from his ankle holster and fired three times, hitting Edmund Perry in the abdomen. The other attacker fled, and was later identified by witnesses as Jonah Perry, Edmund’s brother.
At the time of his death, Perry was a recent graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire, one of the most prestigious preparatory schools in the United States. The revelation of this fact led to significant press coverage, much of it unfavorable to the police. The front page headline of the New York Post the next day was “COP KILLS HARLEM HONOR STUDENT”. The Village Voice suggested that Perry was shot because he was “too black for his own good”, and the New York Times wrote that “...the death of Edmund Perry raises painfully troubling questions”.
However, 23 witnesses backed up Van Houten’s version of events, and the media firestorm was short-lived. Van Houten was cleared of any culpability in the shooting. Jonah Perry, also an alumnus of Exeter, was later put on trial for assaulting Van Houten. He was found not guilty.
Perry’s experiences at Exeter and the circumstances surrounding his death formed the basis of the best-selling 1987 book “Best Intentions: The Education and Killing of Edmund Perry”, written by Robert Sam Anson. On January 6, 1992, NBC aired the TV movie Murder Without Motive: The Edmund Perry Story, directed by Kevin Hooks. Perry was portrayed by Curtis McClarin.
Michael Jackson’s song, “Bad,” was inspired by Perry, as was a first-season episode of Law & Order, entitled “Poison Ivy”.
I didn't know the Amish wore hooded shirts.
I've always found that when people have asked me "Why do you carry a gun?", "Because I can't carry a cop" is a good retort.
OK, I was thinking Pennsylvania Dutch, but they're a little farther west. So maybe it was one of them Quakers.
When they ask me why I carry a .45 I say.."because they don't make a 46!"
Yes, he was "turning his life around", I'm sure.
Yes, but do you have an .88 Magnum? It shoots through schools!
And for something completely different, read the concealed carry law in Pa. It is actually easier to get a CC license there than in many other states. As a KY resident, I can even get a 5 year, non-resident CC license for Pa by forwarding a copy of my Ky CC license and drivers license to the State. (Althought my Ky license is recognized there.) Given the utter criminal in the Gov’s mansion, I would have though a CC license would have been impossible.
Well, you live and you learn.
Sometimes, of course, you learn to late to do any further living.
Which is where "If you can't be a good example, you'll just have to serve as a horrible warning" comes into play.
Yeah, shame that...about the cooks and carpenters....
Yeah. I used to be a deputy in a mexican part of county an the description was always .....hispanic male, 5’4” , white tshirt an blue jeans running south on broadway etc etc.
Good day when criminals die !!
All is well, that ends well!
Be Ever Vigilant!
Especially tan ones. I would at least have expected the hooded shirt to have been a black one.
A friend of mine in high school joined the Marine Corps after graduation,as I did. He got out after 4 years and returned to Cleveland.
He went to school on the GI Bill. A year after his return, he was shot and killed in robbery. The decription of the perp was “a black man, medium height, 20-30 years old, with a gun”
I said “Hell, that narrows it down to 500,000 suspects”
PS—amazingly, they wound up catching the guy—he kept robbing, killing someone else and finally got caught.
He’s even better now."
Now THATS Funny!!!
I'm going to use that (while giving full credit where due of course)!
The scumbag baby mommie's and baby grammies and auntie's same the same freaking thing here in Cincy.
Must be a universal scumbag reflex.
Is that because you don't want 0.04" larger???
.50 GI
* Model No. 2 50GI
.50 Action Express
* Desert Eagle .50 AE
* Automag V
* Grizzly Mark V
.500 S&W Magnum
* BFR .500 S&W Magnum
* Raging Bull Model 500
* Smith & Wesson Model 500
* JTL-E .500 S&W Magnum[1]
* Thor Raptor (.500 S&W Magnum pistol)
Other
* Model 83 .500 WE (.500 Wyoming Express revolver)
* Ruger Bisley .500 Linebaugh (.500 Linebaugh revolver)
* Ruger .500 Maximum JRH (.500 Maximum JRH revolver)
* BFR .50 Beowulf (.50 Beowulf revolver)
* Remington M1865 Navy (.50 Remington pistol)
* Tranter .577 (.577 Boxer double action revolver, 5 round cylinder)
* Bland-Pryse .577 Revolver * Braendlin .577 (.577 Boxer double action revolver, 6 round cylinder)
* Webley .577 (.577 Boxer double action revolver, 4 round cylinder)
* Zeliska (.600 Nitro Express revolver)
* Thunder .50 BMG (.50 BMG pistol)[2]
..and pants with a dark stain in the rear.
He may have been hesitant to back shoot him if he was running away.
The cop could have said, "Aaargghh, your buddy got me, I'm fading fast, at least you didn't get my genuine Rolex.. and the $5000 cash money in my back pocket.."
I have carried a handgun since age 17 an am now 55. Thanks to the handgun in a few cases I made it thus far......
The scum there in Cincy were what made me a dedicated FReeper, and really, really opened my eyes to just how lame the lamestream media really are/were. This was during the riots of April 2001, which were not well-reported at all by the national news, but which were well-covered here at FR. The aftermath was totally overshadowed by events a few months later on 9/11/2001.
But I remember.
Now where have I seen that before?
pssssst.....look below
Bang, ping...
I don’t think they described the policeman either; what does that mean? :-)
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