Philadelphia police setting record for kills

Waterbury Republican-American ^ | July 26, 2006 | AP

[hollywood]

Rizzo was da MAN! in the mid-70's. Now, I'm in AZ, and it's Rizzo-part II with Sheriff Joe Arpaio out here.

[csvset]

Here locally, we've had two fatalities this week. A Norfolk officer shot & killed a sailor involved in a domestic dispute.Here

A Virginia Beach Poice officer shot and killed a knife wielding wacko.Here

[MikefromOhio]

He once boasted that the Philadelphia Police Department could invade Cuba and win.

LOL, now that's just Eagle fan :)

[Gondring]

And now they're advertising Philly with...
Philadelphia. Get Your History Straight and Your Nightlife Gay^TM

If your stomach can handle it, try the "Pen Pals" movie to see part of the three-year, $1,000,000 campaign started in November 2003. (I'm hoping that means it's done, without renewal, in a few months.)

[Gondring]

Virginia vs. Philly AGAIN?

Philly doesn't even need cops, as long as there are 66-year-olds with jars of applesauce: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1667168/posts

[Mo1]

This kind of crime rate didn't go on when Rizzo was Mayor

[Mo1]

I don't think many people realize but there was a major MOVB incident during Rizzo's term as mayor. A policeman was killed but nobody else, and certainly no block was burned down.

I still remember that

I also remember being on vacation in Colorado when Willie B. Goode was Mayor and watching on national tv ... several blocks in flames

[csvset]

Thanks for the link.

[moonman]

"as long as there are 66-year-olds with jars of applesauce"

apple butter! They like it on scrapple! LOL

[Gondring]

A quick-thinking patron, Thomas Santana, 66, then grabbed the gunman around his legs from behind - in a "bear hug" - as he stood on the freezer with his back to the customers, said Matthews.

Gomez came from behind the counter and helped Santana, 5-foot-4, wrestle the 6-foot-1 gunman to the floor, said Matthews.

Startled, the gunman fired two wild shots, shooting himself once in the head - the bullet entered and exited his head. Still, he wouldn't give up his gun, Matthews said.

So, Santana grabbed a nearby jar of Mott's applesauce off a shelf and slugged him four times in the head.

"Finally, the guy passes out," said Matthews. "There's blood everywhere - on the floor, all over." Meantime, the 15-year-old girl and her cousin had fled to the kitchen with another man and woman and closed the door. "I started crying and praying and stuff," the girl said.

[ladyjane]

Many years ago Esquire Magazine used to have the Dubious Achievement of the Year Awards every January.

One of my favorites: the 6 Philadelphia police officers who were suspended for having a shaving cream fight in a squad car.

Another fave, the guy who held up a bank with a jock strap over his face.

A runner-up was a vet who specialized in artificial insemination of elephants. What he had to do to obtain his raw materials, OMG.

[ladyjane]

According to Wikipedia:

" About 10,000 rounds of ammunition were fired by the police in to the house. 62 houses burned to the ground; only Ramona Africa and Michael Ward (aka Birdie Africa) escaped alive. Six adults and five children in the MOVE house were killed."

[jrsygrl30]

Well, think of it this way. If they're dead, all of our hard earned tax dollars will not go to them for housing in prison!!

Cops have a hard enough job as it is, without all these idiotic gun-toting creeps having the nerve to even pull a gun on them. Give the cops a break, people!! Do you expect these cops to be mind-readers too, and when one of these morons pulls out a gun, they're supposed to know if the guy is going to shoot him dead or injured or just being a big shot and gets the "honor" (EXTREME SARCASM ON "HONOR") when he gets put in prison (hopefully wounded to teach him a lesson), to tell his fellow inmates "Hey, I pulled a gun on a cop!!"

If ANYONE has the nerve to pull a gun on a cop, he/she should be shot dead on site. These men & women chose a very honorable career, to PROTECT & SERVE THE CITIZENS.

By the way, GO PHILLY POLICE!! You're the best!

[jrsygrl30]

Yeah, one of the biggest dealers in there gets to live, and the 7-year old drug dealers die??

Too bad she didn't roast along with them......

Yes, she was employing her kids, as young as 7 yrs. old, to deal drugs!!

They'd grow up to be cop-shooting, murdering, raping, gang bangers who don't deserve the gift of life. I'M GLAD THEY DECIDED TO DROP A BOMB ON HER HOUSE!!!!!!!

[ladyjane]

It sounds like you know a lot about that situation.

Is that woman still alive?