Posted on 10/13/2005 3:05:20 PM PDT by Fun Bob
Anarchist-run Wooden Shoe Books (508 S. 5th) has been a place where one could buy pro-Mumia Abu Jamal shirts and other anti-police merchandise.
But when the store was held up on the afternoon of Oct. 7 by a man who claimed he had a gun, guess who was called to help?
According to the Philadelphia Police Department's report, an assailant flashed a bulge in his belt to a female clerk and demanded the store's money. She gave him about $200 in cash, and $40 worth of SEPTA tokens.
When we asked about the irony of an anti-police organization calling the cops when it's robbed, James Generic, a member of the volunteer collective that operates the not-for-profit bookstore, said, "It was the individual who was staffing when the storefront was robbed who called the police, since she was extremely shaken up and it was not the organization's decision... though we will support her in any way we can."
It's unlikely the store will press charges or pursue any further police action about the robbery.
Another example of liberal hypocricy.
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