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Gunman wearing body armor 'wanted to assassinate two cops in Starbucks' - but was shot [trunc]
AP via Daily Mail ^ | October 18, 2016

Posted on 10/18/2016 4:47:15 AM PDT by kevcol

A gunman wearing body armor targeted two California police officers who were taking a break at a coffee shop in an ambush that failed when his gun malfunctioned, authorities said Monday.

Adam Powell, 41, appeared in the doorway of a Starbucks and 'attempted to assassinate' the two officers on Sunday, Vallejo Police Chief Andrew Bidou said.

The officers were not injured because the battered weapon, its butt covered with duct tape or foil, appeared to jam. Powell of Suisun City was in critical condition after being shot by the officers during a foot chase.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: banglist; blm; leo; starbucks
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1 posted on 10/18/2016 4:47:15 AM PDT by kevcol
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2 posted on 10/18/2016 4:49:16 AM PDT by kevcol
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Wouldn’t take much to fix that baby up and get ‘er working again.

(I know. Off topic.)


3 posted on 10/18/2016 4:50:52 AM PDT by 2111USMC (Aim Small Miss Small)
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A psycho primed by Soros, Clinton, or the FBI.

So many questions since the Wikileaks revealed
murder of witnesses and judges orchestrated
as wetwork from the highest levels ...
and no one is arrested.


4 posted on 10/18/2016 4:51:14 AM PDT by Diogenesis ("When a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced.")
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Great the city might be in for another riot.


5 posted on 10/18/2016 4:51:40 AM PDT by Morpheus2009
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Was there any doubt as to the identity of the suspect being a BLM stooge?


6 posted on 10/18/2016 4:54:12 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal
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To be fair it can be tricky filling the hours until Midnight Basketball tips off.


7 posted on 10/18/2016 4:57:57 AM PDT by relictele (Principiis obsta & Finem respice - Resist The Beginnings & Consider The Ends.)
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BLM moron - if you’ll forgive the redundancy - couldn’t even manage a working weapon.

This is the intellectual caliber of the demonic imbeciles who are doing so much evil these fifteen years.


8 posted on 10/18/2016 4:58:17 AM PDT by Jack Hammer
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One of Obama’s sons.


9 posted on 10/18/2016 4:59:10 AM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (Molon Labe! (Oathkeeper))
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Got to be a fake because firearms like that with large capacity mags are banned in cal.


10 posted on 10/18/2016 4:59:46 AM PDT by Mouton (The insurrection laws maintain the status quo now.)
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Apparently intergalactic background checks kept him from getting a weapon that worked. And, guess he didn’t have any friends.


11 posted on 10/18/2016 4:59:49 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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Looks like the dude jiggered up the buffer tube assembly and the bolt didn’t retract correctly.


12 posted on 10/18/2016 5:02:06 AM PDT by Gaffer
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Must have duct-taped an ash tray to a broomstick.

No doubt one of those “High IQ” BLM members.


13 posted on 10/18/2016 5:02:13 AM PDT by Jack Hammer
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"The officers were not injured because the battered weapon, its butt covered with duct tape or foil, appeared to jam."


14 posted on 10/18/2016 5:04:30 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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Looks like a P-Mag 60 round drum which aren’t as reliable as box magazines, but with that much duct tape around the buffer tube, I don’t see how he could even pull back the charging handle.

I also not that this was in California, so that bullet button ban seems to be working wonders for reducing crime.


15 posted on 10/18/2016 5:07:19 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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The voices told him to use tin foil to protect the decoder receiver in the butt stock. Unfortunately, the voices failed to warn him about interfering with the function of the charging handle. LOL. Sucks to be batshit crazy.


16 posted on 10/18/2016 5:07:42 AM PDT by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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Paging Black Lives Matter.


17 posted on 10/18/2016 5:08:35 AM PDT by luvbach1 (We are finished. It will just take a while before everyone realizes it.)
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The Ferguson Effect.

Obama’s and Hillary’s race and police baiting has its consequences.


18 posted on 10/18/2016 5:08:42 AM PDT by Uncle Lonny
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Two words: test fire.

(Why is FR so slow these last few days?)


19 posted on 10/18/2016 5:16:24 AM PDT by PLMerite (Lord, let me die fighting lions. Amen.)
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That ar looks to be Chechnyan in origin. (If you haven’t seen the great Chechnyan made weapons, do yourself a favor and look them up.)


20 posted on 10/18/2016 5:18:55 AM PDT by walkingdead (It's easy, you just don't lead 'em as much....)
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