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Charlotte Horror: How Trapped Drivers Pleaded with 911 to Rescue Them From Seething Mob
Heatstreet ^ | 9/27/2016 | Emily Zanotti

Posted on 09/28/2016 4:53:22 PM PDT by RightGeek

Charlotte motorists were caught in a terrifying nightmare as rioters flooded onto I-85 and surrounded their cars during last week’s unrest– and many drivers pleaded with emergency services to rescue them from the demonstrators.

The city of Charlotte has released a number of 911 tapes, including calls made from gridlocked motorists on Charlotte streets who feared for their lives as protests over the death of Keith Scott moved to block highways going in and out of the city. Dozens of vehicles were stopped on I-85 and other major thoroughfares. According to some of the motorists trapped on the streets, protesters jumped on cars, mobbed trucks, and threw rocks.

“I’m trapped,” one motorist told the 911 dispatchers. “They’re all in the street … Oh my God, they’re coming!” Screams could be heard in the background, according to local media who reviewed the tapes.

One family who had their window smashed by a rock was instructed by a 911 dispatcher to get to safety before pulling over to inspect the damage. “I’m still stuck in this,” the driver told emergency services. “I would like to get out of it before I pull over.”

The dispatcher responded, “I don’t want you to stop there, period. Just follow traffic and get out of the area.” The dispatcher stayed on the line with the woman until she had reached a safe, lit parking lot.

Even big rig truckers were unnerved by the melee, calling 911 to report that they were trapped in their trucks as looters opened their trailers and stole their cargo. “They’re breaking into my truck, the mob out here,” one trucker told Charlotte police. “I can’t move. There’s a whole mob of people, I’m not kidding. Yep, they’ve taken everything. They’ve got the whole road blocked.”

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: blm; charlotte; charlotteriots; highwayblocked; mobs; riots
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Love those peaceful protests.
1 posted on 09/28/2016 4:53:22 PM PDT by RightGeek
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To: RightGeek

CCW will do wonders for your confidence.


2 posted on 09/28/2016 4:55:06 PM PDT by Cannonball Bill
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To: RightGeek

The Charlotte Police were there to “protect and serve”. This is one time I’m negative on the police but I understand they got their orders from the Mayor and the other Democrats in power.


3 posted on 09/28/2016 4:56:27 PM PDT by vetvetdoug
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To: RightGeek

When seconds count, the police are minutes away.

Better to call Officers Glock, SIG, Beretta, Smith and Wesson, and Colt.


4 posted on 09/28/2016 4:57:27 PM PDT by Jack Hammer
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To: RightGeek
A 50,000 lb truck can become a might intimidating force when correctly employed.
5 posted on 09/28/2016 4:59:11 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: vetvetdoug

The Charlotte Police were there to “protect and serve”. This is one time I’m negative on the police but I understand they got their orders from the Mayor and the other Democrats in power.

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the police job is to carry out the law. There is no mandate to protect. this was determined by the Supreme Court


6 posted on 09/28/2016 4:59:15 PM PDT by Chickensoup (Leftist totalitarian governments are the biggest killer of citizens in the world.)
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To: RightGeek

Absolutely terrifying. This kind of violence MUST be stamped down. As it is the rioters have no fear. I can’t imagine how scary it must be to be caught in the middle of a violent mob.


7 posted on 09/28/2016 4:59:54 PM PDT by leaning conservative (snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!)
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To: vetvetdoug

The mayor is a liberal democrat. She refused to let the National Guard come into the city. She is aligned with a group led by a registered sex offender who wants to make women’s bathrooms and showers open to men.

Charlotte is the headquarters of a lot of banks. Why are they putting up with that?


8 posted on 09/28/2016 5:01:18 PM PDT by ladyjane
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To: Cannonball Bill

“CCW will do wonders for your confidence”

I’m surprised no CCW person didn’t protect himself during this riot. Maybe more targets than ammo. Believe me to drag me out of my car these thugs would have to climb over their lifeless “bras”.


9 posted on 09/28/2016 5:01:52 PM PDT by hardspunned
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To: RightGeek

Sounds just like the Rodney King Riots. We have really good friends from Texas that had just moved to korea town in Hollywood. When the Riots broke out we were in Santa monica and I begged them not to drive back to their apartment in Hollywood. They said... bah we will be fine..... They were stopped on the street when thugs were pulling white people out of their cars and savagely beating them in front and behind them. They made it to their apartment where they watched korean businesses burn all night around them.... the next morning at first light they ran for their car and drove all the way to Texas non stop. They didnt come back for 3 weeks. I learned a lot from that...


10 posted on 09/28/2016 5:01:53 PM PDT by Walkingfeather
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To: RightGeek

Run their sorry asses over.


11 posted on 09/28/2016 5:03:05 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (TRUMP THAT BEYOTCH!)
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To: Cannonball Bill

I never ride without it! I will be carrying extra mags.


12 posted on 09/28/2016 5:04:42 PM PDT by Recon Dad (Force Recon Dad)
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To: RightGeek

It is time for lawsuits—big time lawsuits.


13 posted on 09/28/2016 5:05:03 PM PDT by Mamzelle
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To: Chickensoup
the police job is to carry out the law. There is no mandate to protect.

Who do they work for? The PEOPLE of their municipality. The function of the police includes serving the community in many ways beyond cut and dried law enforcement.

this was determined by the Supreme Court

Please elaborate with specifics

14 posted on 09/28/2016 5:05:06 PM PDT by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them)
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To: Chickensoup

>>the police job is to carry out the law. There is no mandate to protect. this was determined by the Supreme Court

They protect and serve themselves. For everyone else, they draw chalk outlines and fill out reports.


15 posted on 09/28/2016 5:07:49 PM PDT by Bryanw92 (If we had some ham, we could have ham and eggs, if we had some eggs.)
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To: Jack Hammer

These rioters need to be be shot down like dogs. Not the protestors. I’m talking about the communist thugs.


16 posted on 09/28/2016 5:08:19 PM PDT by WENDLE (Let's wear our hats every day until the election!!! Put your sign out!! Be brave -Donald is!!)
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To: Magnum44

The Supreme Court has ruled that law enforcement has no duty to protect the general public. I believe Justice Scalia wrote the majority opinion.


17 posted on 09/28/2016 5:08:49 PM PDT by .45 Long Colt
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To: RightGeek

For 911 AUDIO of the drivers:

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/special-reports/charlotte-shooting-protests/article104279951.html

Scroll down about 9 cm, there is a blue link for the audio.

At NO point do dispatchers say stuff like, “We have units on their way now to your position...” Nothing like, “You’ll have help in 5 or 6 minutes..”

The dispatchers seem to just be documenting on some computer screen what the callers say as the hostiles approach.


18 posted on 09/28/2016 5:09:02 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: hardspunned

>>I’m surprised no CCW person didn’t protect himself during this riot. Maybe more targets than ammo.

People have seen “Blackhawk Down”. Best BLM movie ever.


19 posted on 09/28/2016 5:09:40 PM PDT by Bryanw92 (If we had some ham, we could have ham and eggs, if we had some eggs.)
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To: .45 Long Colt

I don’t doubt that a ruling was made as you describe. I would be highly suspect of the circumstances to which his ruling was intended to apply. Public servants absolutely have a duty to the public who employ them (through the taxes they pay), though in this upside down world, it often seems that the public servants believe its the other way around.


20 posted on 09/28/2016 5:13:40 PM PDT by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them)
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