Posted on 08/15/2019 1:52:45 AM PDT by Altura Ct.
While Philadelphia police officers were dealing with a gunman who shot six of their own during a standoff at a home in the Nicetown-Tioga section, cops also had to deal with being taunted by some bystanders. CBS3’s Alexandria Hoff reports a crowd of people laughed and yelled at officers in the midst of gunfire during a standoff on Wednesday.
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I mentioned this at 10 and since I was harassed during that live shot, I’ll mention it here too. A major moment of disappointment this evening was watching a crowd of people taunt police officers, laughing and yelling at them in the midst of the gunfire. #PhiladelphiaShooting
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Police say officers were serving a narcotics warrant on the 3700 block of North 15th Street around 4:30 p.m. when the suspect opened fire. As police exchanged gunfire, officers escaped through windows and doors.
Six officers were shot and transported to local hospitals. The officers have since been released. From 4:30 p.m. until 8 p.m., gunfire did not cease for more than 40 minutes at a time. For some, the near constant sound of shots felt like nothing more than a reality of where they live, and for others it brought back memories of a war zone.
“It’s unsafe, but this is the hood. This is what we live with everyday,” one woman said.
“When they started dumping with the firepower and stuff like that, they did it in front of the day care, the babies were out and everything, that’s crazy. I’m a discharged veteran. I thought I was in a DMZ zone. It’s triggering PTSD, all types of things, all of this needs to be resolved. It’s senseless, seriously senseless,” another woman said.
Sources tell CBS3 that the scene was sheer chaos as officers were taking fire. Video from Chopper 3 showed officers with guns drawn at the scene.
Sources tell CBS3 the suspect was live-streaming some of the shootout while he barricaded himself inside the home. Police say the gunman surrendered and was taken into custody shortly after midnight.
Why don’t they bomb the house where shoot is holed up. Its been done before.
It would be a shame if he committed suicide in jail...
Democratic stronghold.
Time for the cops to let a stray round or two go.
In N. Philly gun standoff, alleged cop shooter Maurice Hill has a long criminal history
The Phil ^ | 14 August A.D. 2019 | Samantha Melamed, Jeremy
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Roebuck, Dylan Purcell and Craig R. McCoy,
https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3771862/posts
https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia-police-shootings-six-shot-suspect-maurice-hill-20190815.html
“Hill’s history in the adult criminal justice system began in 2001 when he was 18 and was arrested with a gun that had an altered serial number. Inquirer Morning Newsletter...and convicted six times on charges that involved illegal possession of guns, drug dealing, and aggravated assault...he was convicted of escaping, fleeing from police, and resisting arrest. Along the way, he beat criminal charges on everything from kidnapping to attempted murder. Hill also spent time in federal prison. In 2008, he pleaded guilty to federal firearms violations after he was caught with a Smith & Wesson .357 and later a Taurus PT .45 semiautomatic. His prior felony convictions should have barred him from owning those weapons.”
Perhaps it’s time for Perp control
These same individuals are the ones that might have been half-way on the right track up until the 4th or 5th grade. At that point, the very large majority of them made the decision that .... It’s fun to do bad things ... Just wanna do hoodrat shit with my friends .... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcqOgnQyXp4
They’re the ones that destroy schools. Don’t allow anyone to truly be educated since teachers and staff need to spend so much time breaking up fights and trying to get them to shut up. My nephew would tell that he would go to a 50 minute class and the teacher would spend 30 minutes breaking up fights and getting them to shut up.
Absolutely no reason to waste the money trying to educate a single one of them, that doesn’t want to be there. They’re going to end up like that anyway, no matter how much the taxpayer spends.
Some might make it out of there, but most do not. Put a wall up around the neighborhood, give them some food and drink, some bullets and let them have at it. No reason for the cops to risk their lives for ungrateful POSs like that. They can laugh at the police, they can handle their own problems. Let nature and Darwin do their things.
I’m sure the leftists will blame the NRA and not the culture of violence and addiction that the left promotes.
That's probably the kindest thing I can say about that city.
That’s accurate. I was born there - city is a literal sh*thole now. Every time ice been back, it’s gotten worse. Some of the good neighborhoods have just given up.
I also call Chicago SHITCAGO for much the same reason ....
Will Blacks EVER wake up from their Democrat Plantation?? If they ever realize how Democrats have RUINED them, there will be Blood in the streets!
Not nice in Nicetown.
Well gee. They’re just exercising their free speech. Give em a break!
Future Michael Brown.
Does the low IQ individual who wrote this article realize that Maurice Hill didn't but the guns he used legally?
“It’s unsafe, but this is the hood. This is what we live with everyday,” one woman said.
That is the root of the problem. People unwilling to take their neighborhoods back, and expect others to do it for them. I have zero sympathy, they reap what they sow. Too bad I can’t redirect my taxes away from crap like that.
Another Democrat mess that the Dems will blame the Republicans for.
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