Posted on 03/29/2008 5:10:37 PM PDT by Sammy67
By T.J. Pignataro - News Staff Reporter 03/26/08
A public alert was issued early this evening by Buffalo Police, warning that a gang could be staging rear-end collisions tonight on area roadways and then attacking drivers as part of an initiation ritual.
Commissioner H. McCarthy Gipson called an emergency news conference at police headquarters just before 6:30 p.m. to make the announcement.
He said police received "credible information" late this afternoon suggesting that the initiation ritual could involve gang member recruits intentionally causing rear-end collisions and then robbing or assaulting the other driver.
Gipson suggested motorists be aware of their surroundings. If they do become involved in a rear-end collision, he suggested they drive to a well-lit area and immediately call 9-1-1 from a cellular telephone, if they have one. Gipson also suggested motorists stay in their vehicles and continue moving until police arrive.
The Central American gang involved is considered "very well armed" and dangerous. It has a history of violence in other parts of the country but is new to the Buffalo area, Gipson said.
"This is the first time we've heard of this gang making inroads into the area," Gipson said.
Gipson wouldn't provide the name of the gang so as not to give the gang "notoriety."
The gang is known to the FBI to
(Excerpt) Read more at buffalonews.com ...
If this is just a bash-Bush thread, I won't check back for an answer.
Ten bucks says this is an urban legend.
Good job on that border after 9/11 George!
Rochester has over 3,000 gang members now roaming the area, Buffalo has even more!
Which is interesting but irrelevant. Experience tells us that 90% of these “gang alerts” are false.
Lets hope so!
Or maybe these tropicos just can't drive in the snow for sh*t.
Should someone check Snopes on this? Sounds like the ‘drive with the headlights off and kill you if you flicker your lights at them’ myth.
Isn’t the best advice to make sure you have a loaded handgun in your car at all times, and shoot to kill?
Hmm...
Am sposed to head for Buffalo Monday. Am rethinking my plans. Before you all tell me not to be intimidated, please know my seriously ill husband (Parkinson’s) depends on me to care for him.
Some trips just aren’t worth the risk of having one’s normal routine disrupted.
Every vehicle here may be considered ARMED unless you see a Hillary bumper sticker on it.
This is a cruel HOAX, taking advantage of the gullability of Buffalo cops. No gang would be so INEFFECTIVE as to initiate a STUPID plan like this.
Snopes says it’s undetermined:
http://www.snopes.com/crime/gangs/carbump.asp
It did say the Buffalo PD is taking it seriously based on a shooting which happened earlier in the month. You can scroll down almost to the end and read that part (it won’t cut and paste—sorry).
Anyway, the article quotes some who say it’s a hoax as well.
susie
A chain email? ;)
Snopes says it’s undetermined.
This hit our area a day or two ago. Police issues press release. Turned out to be nuthin.
Yeah, wasnt there something about flashing high beams or something that turned out to a myth?
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