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Hundreds ‘ambush’ Tampa police responding to report of shots fired, 2 officers injured, chief says
Fox News ^ | 06/23/2020 | Stephen Sorace

Posted on 06/23/2020 12:45:28 PM PDT by DFG

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To: Leaning Right

Tampa is totally leftist and weird. That whole area (Tampa St Pete) is controlled by Scientologists, which adds a whole nother level of weirdness.


21 posted on 06/23/2020 1:08:55 PM PDT by livius
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To: Responsibility2nd

One of the complaints agains the Ferguson police was that they left Michael Brown’s body on the ground too long—a form of disrespect for the ‘Gentle Giant’. If the police respond, they are racist, if they don’t respond, they are racist.


22 posted on 06/23/2020 1:09:34 PM PDT by hanamizu
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As offices searched for a possible victim, Duggan said the hundreds of people blocked all four ends of the intersection and became aggressive. The crowd surrounded officers, threw bottles and glass, and jumped on a police vehicle. Officers could not locate a victim.

"It's an ambush. I have no other way to describe it,” Duggan said. “When there are that many people out there and clearly no one had been shot. It was just a set up to get the cops there."

23 posted on 06/23/2020 1:10:02 PM PDT by Starboard
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To: DFG

Reminds me of a scene out of “Blackhawk Down”.


24 posted on 06/23/2020 1:10:24 PM PDT by Texas resident (Remember in November)
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To: Yo-Yo

Shades of ‘Nam ...... it works!


25 posted on 06/23/2020 1:10:26 PM PDT by Highest Authority (DemonRats are pure EVIL)
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To: DFG

A close relative LEO in a large metroplex mentioned this exact scenario to me a week ago as one of his and MANY of his co-workers fears thanks to media’s portrayal.


26 posted on 06/23/2020 1:11:51 PM PDT by JCL3 (As Richard Feynman might have said, this is reality taking precedence over public relations.)
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To: DFG

Did you think the violent protests were over? not by a long shot. The hate-America crowd hates cops too. This cannot end well. The country is sliding into anarchy and chaos, an ideal situation in which to topple our form of government.


27 posted on 06/23/2020 1:18:13 PM PDT by I want the USA back (THERE ABSOLUTELY NEEDS TO BE A DEBATE TRUMP VS BIDEN! It will be the best show ever!)
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To: hanamizu
One of the complaints agains the Ferguson police was that they left Michael Brown’s body on the ground too long—a form of disrespect for the ‘Gentle Giant’. If the police respond, they are racist, if they don’t respond, they are racist.

 

Right? And yet them people left garbage on the ground all over Ferguson as a "tribute" to him.

Michael Brown Memorial Ferguson Missouri | This is at the lo… | Flickr

28 posted on 06/23/2020 1:18:15 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Click my screen name for an analysis on how HIllary wins next November.)
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To: DFG

Damn, something similar happened here in Charlotte over the weekend. 400+ people at a “block party,” rounds start flying, 100+ shots into the crowd by one estimate...two dead, 12 injured. CMPD rolls in and while no officers were hurt, things got a little rowdy apparently.

BTW, out of those 400+ people, apparently exactly ONE of them has provided any information to the police. I guess those two Black Lives Don’t Matter.

}:-)4


29 posted on 06/23/2020 1:21:17 PM PDT by Moose4 (I am father to a teenager. My opinion is invalid.)
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To: DFG; Travis McGee

“Paging Matt Bracken: Mr. Bracken, When the Music Stops please pick up the white courtesy phone”

Mrs. AV


30 posted on 06/23/2020 1:21:32 PM PDT by Atomic Vomit (http://www.cafepress.com/aroostookbeauty/358829)
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To: DFG

Blacks don’t like cops? Don’t give them any.


31 posted on 06/23/2020 1:24:46 PM PDT by CodeToad (Arm Up! They Are!)
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To: I want the USA back

Far worse in the 60s and 70s.

It helped us get Reagan.


32 posted on 06/23/2020 1:26:29 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Any driver who touched the pile of trash was taking his life in his hands. The city was finally able to get rid of it by installing a memorial plaque in the grass by the sidewalk.


33 posted on 06/23/2020 1:26:30 PM PDT by hanamizu
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To: A Navy Vet

Exactly. I believe they have authority to do that, and they should.


34 posted on 06/23/2020 1:27:32 PM PDT by Fester Chugabrew (I'd rather have a rude President than a polite tyrant.)
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35 posted on 06/23/2020 1:29:52 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: Mouton

One person was arrested.


36 posted on 06/23/2020 1:35:27 PM PDT by Iowa Slim
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To: ocrp1982

I’ve been to Ybor City several times over the last 10-15 years. Was there mostly during the day. Saw some historical sites, ate at the Columbia restaurant, bought some cigars, etc.

Liked the place. I knew it was a nightclub place in the evening but didn’t know that it got kinda iffy there after 1AM. I’d have thought because of tourists and clubbers that the police would have good coverage through that area.


37 posted on 06/23/2020 1:36:49 PM PDT by MplsSteve
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To: Texas resident

Exactly. Mogadishu, USA.


38 posted on 06/23/2020 1:41:06 PM PDT by Eagles6
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To: DFG

Give them a whiff of the Grape.


39 posted on 06/23/2020 1:47:00 PM PDT by Afterguard (Deplorable me!)
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To: Leaning Right

Technology has given us multiple relatively newer methods of crowd control. Sound can be used to create great discomfort without damage with this technology dating back to the early 60’s.


40 posted on 06/23/2020 1:50:31 PM PDT by billyboy15
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