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MAN ACCUSED OF SHOOTING 6 PHILADELPHIA POLICE OFFICERS WAS FEDERAL INFORMANT
theappeal.org ^ | 8/21/2019 | Joshua Vaughn

Posted on 08/22/2019 9:57:46 AM PDT by bitt

A federal prosecutor in Pennsylvania blamed DA Larry Krasner for a bloody standoff, but the suspect has a long relationship with the government that includes a sentence reduction because of his cooperation.

U.S. Attorney William McSwain quickly blamed Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner for the August 14 shooting of six police officers who were trying to serve a warrant. In a statement released less than 24 hours after the standoff ended in North Philadelphia, McSwain, the U.S attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, said the shooting was “precipitated by a stunning disrespect for law enforcement” that was “championed” by Krasner.

“The [district attorney’s office] has no interest in engaging with Bill McSwain’s inappropriate attempts to run for political office from his taxpayer-funded perch in Donald Trump’s DOJ,” Krasner spokesperson Jane Roh told The Appeal.

McSwain failed to mention, however, that alleged shooter Maurice Hill’s interactions with law enforcement predated Krasner taking office. Nor did McSwain acknowledge that the 36-year-old Hill, who on Saturday was charged by Krasner’s office with attempted murder and multiple counts of aggravated assault related to the incident, has been a federal informant for years, according to documents obtained by The Appeal.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Government
KEYWORDS: banglist; fedinformant; informant; philly; shooting; waroncops
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1 posted on 08/22/2019 9:57:46 AM PDT by bitt
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To: Whenifhow; null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; 2ndDivisionVet; azishot; ...

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also see

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-08-21/philly-cop-shooter-was-federal-informant


2 posted on 08/22/2019 9:58:31 AM PDT by bitt (The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody had decided not to see.- Ayn)
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To: bitt

So was Whitey Bulger.


3 posted on 08/22/2019 9:59:05 AM PDT by AU72
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To: AU72

So were Lee Harvey Oswald and Jack Ruby.


4 posted on 08/22/2019 10:00:43 AM PDT by rx (Truth will out!)
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To: bitt

And had been attending a mosque.


5 posted on 08/22/2019 10:02:27 AM PDT by little jeremiah (When we do not punish evildoers we are ripping the foundations of justice from future generations.)
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To: bitt

If you want to dismantle the FBI
start digging deep on who their informants are.


6 posted on 08/22/2019 10:03:32 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer.)
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To: bitt

LOl, the FIB, of course...


7 posted on 08/22/2019 10:04:36 AM PDT by chris37 (Monday, March 25 2019 is Maga Day!)
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To: bitt

“Well, it looks like he’s not as cooperative as we thought...”


8 posted on 08/22/2019 10:06:30 AM PDT by proxy_user
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To: bitt

this guy => FIB => Philadelphia incident


9 posted on 08/22/2019 10:06:49 AM PDT by combat_boots (God bless Israel and all who protect and defend her! Merry Christmas! In God We Trust!)
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To: bitt

He won’t be able to go back to his old neighborhood anymore.


10 posted on 08/22/2019 10:10:41 AM PDT by ryderann
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To: bitt

Lefty smokescreen, as you can tell by the way they smear McSwain for working in the Trump DoJ.

First, they conflate “witness” with “informant.” Bulger was a known criminal who continued to walk free in exchange for secret information. This guy simply MAY have gotten a slight less-than-average sentence in exchange for cooperating after-the-fact with prosecutors, “you help us and we won’t recommend the max.”

Secondly, The Appeal oddly admits that the feds wanted to yank his release, but the State kept dropping charges. Then a local judge Heyden barred evidence, and then the State passed a “clean slate” law... all consistent with McSwain’s complaints. So all The Appeal really succeeds at is emphasizing that Krasner was representative of a pro-crime local attitude.

Seriously, if Krasner went after the Philly politicians the way he goes after Catholic leaders, Judge Hayden would be serving a life sentence for murder.


11 posted on 08/22/2019 10:12:22 AM PDT by dangus
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To: bitt

Why am I not surprised.


12 posted on 08/22/2019 10:14:33 AM PDT by VTenigma (The Democrat party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
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To: bitt

Providing information post arrest to get a lesser sentence is not called being an informant.

That is being a cooperative witness.

An informant is someone who is out of custody and getting paid money to gather information on criminal activities and oersons.

The source for this information is a website meant to push back against “mass incarceration” and is a doing a “high tech” stop snitchin with this article.


13 posted on 08/22/2019 10:32:09 AM PDT by TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig (We need a consent decree for the FBI like Obama' DOJ was slaping on all those police agencies.)
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To: bitt

So will he be treated as a snitch in prison or a hero for shooting cops. Or both shake his hand as they shank him.


14 posted on 08/22/2019 10:35:05 AM PDT by pas
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To: Intolerant in NJ

Wow, lookee here.


15 posted on 08/22/2019 10:41:52 AM PDT by Albion Wilde (It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it. --Douglas MacArthur)
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To: TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig
Providing information post arrest to get a lesser sentence is not called being an informant.

That is being a cooperative witness.

An informant is someone who is out of custody and getting paid money to gather information on criminal activities and persons.

The source for this information is a website meant to push back against “mass incarceration” and is a doing a “high tech” stop snitchin with this article.

Everything you wrote is 100% true, BUT, AX JOE, is it fact.

I believe truth more than facts, I think, maybe, OK, I'm confused.

Is there a difference between facts and truth, because I've been axing my pals, and they are really stupid, because they don't know...either:)

16 posted on 08/22/2019 11:01:46 AM PDT by USS Alaska (Nuke the terrorist mooselimb savages, today.)
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To: bitt

If an informant wants to remain confidential then he should not shoot at cops. This guy signed his own death warrant even if he can’t receive the death penalty.


17 posted on 08/22/2019 11:08:53 AM PDT by Brilliant
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To: bitt

Check bounced???


18 posted on 08/22/2019 11:16:58 AM PDT by Don Corleone (Nothing makes the delusional more furious than truth.)
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To: Brilliant
If an informant wants to remain confidential then he should not shoot at cops.

Perhaps an extreme form of "take this job and shove it".

Wouldn't be the first time such things have happened.

19 posted on 08/22/2019 1:00:33 PM PDT by flamberge (The wheels keep turning)
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To: bitt

It figures.


20 posted on 08/22/2019 2:10:25 PM PDT by sport
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