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Lakewood Police murders may be gang retaliation
Seattle Examiner (Examiner.com) ^ | November 29, 4:14 PM | Virginia McCabe

Posted on 11/29/2009 3:46:23 PM PST by Jack Black

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Four Lakewood Police Officers murdered on Sunday may have been the target of gangs on the east side of Tacoma. Previous attacks on officers have been reported.

On Sunday, Nov. 29, four Lakewood officers were gunned down in a coffee shop ambush before the start of their shift in Parkland. There are no suspects in custody.

The police have recently started a crack down on Mexican gangs in the state. In July 2009, after the gang crackdown was announced.

On July 30, 2009 a Lakewood police officer's personal car was spray painted with gang tags and set on fire, according to the News Tribune.

The car was parked at the officer's house and was painted with gang tags, then set on fire about 10:45 p.m. Gang tags were also spray painted on the officer's driveway. The officer was in his home at the time, but no injuries were reported by Lakewood Police. His police car was parked next to his personal car and suffered minor heat damage.

The officer had spray painted over gang graffiti in his neighborhood, according to Lakewood Assistant Police Chief Mike Zaro. He did not rule out that it could have been a random act of vandalism after someone spotted a police car parked in the driveway.

Mexican gangs are causing havoc in the Tacoma-Yakima area of Washington with methamphetamine being the drug of choice for the gang. They are moving into Native American territories where a police presence is scant.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: gangs; huckabee; lakewood; lakewoodshooting; police; shootings; tacoma; terrorist
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Some interesting background on the police shooting. I'm not quite sure the connection between Yakima and Lakewood/Tacoma. They are many hours apart, as pointed out in the comments section. Still this does show the brazeness of the bangers, their lack of fear of the police, and the level of tensions between them already.
1 posted on 11/29/2009 3:46:25 PM PST by Jack Black
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To: Jack Black
But diversity is our strength!!!
2 posted on 11/29/2009 3:47:14 PM PST by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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To: 2banana

We become more and more like Mexico every day.


3 posted on 11/29/2009 3:47:39 PM PST by SengirV
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To: Jack Black

And who was the police guy who said this was not gang related?


4 posted on 11/29/2009 3:48:31 PM PST by Right Wing Assault (The Obama magic is fading.)
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To: Jack Black

Welcome to the Third World our politicians are working overtime to create.


5 posted on 11/29/2009 3:49:38 PM PST by pallis
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To: Jack Black

They’re in for a world of hurt. There will be thousands of law enforcement tracking down a pair of quad cop-killers. Most likely they will commit suicide whether “suicide by cop” or not. Cops don’t put up with this crap. They can’t, or it’s open season on cops.


6 posted on 11/29/2009 3:50:25 PM PST by FlyVet
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To: Jack Black

simple solution...kill gangs


7 posted on 11/29/2009 3:51:35 PM PST by dalebert
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May be gang related

Duh,, 5'7" to 6 foot black male, age 20-30's with an assault rifle.........gang related.....Ya THINK!

8 posted on 11/29/2009 3:51:40 PM PST by MrPiper
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To: Right Wing Assault

I’m still thinking muslim


9 posted on 11/29/2009 3:51:44 PM PST by manonCANAL
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To: Jack Black

I just heard about that right now. They were just sitting and using their computers.


10 posted on 11/29/2009 3:52:17 PM PST by Telepathic Intruder (The right thing is not always the popular thing)
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To: Jack Black

Amnesty is the answer! Quit holding the brown brother down. If only he could be a citizen he’d stop joining drug gangs. It’s the man keeping him down I tell you. These are good boys from good families.

Did I miss anything?


11 posted on 11/29/2009 3:53:11 PM PST by ChuckHam
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To: MrPiper

To Mexican gangs? Not a black guy, I wouldn’t think. They usually run the competing gangs.


12 posted on 11/29/2009 3:53:22 PM PST by proxy_user
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To: pallis

Instead of locking up the bad guys, one of our local PD’s decided that their patrol officers should go to the local vo-tech for spanish lessons......


13 posted on 11/29/2009 3:54:30 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo (Fight Crime. Shoot Back.)
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To: LucyT; FARS; potlatch

maybe another wannabe lone jihadist.???


14 posted on 11/29/2009 3:54:30 PM PST by bitt (You canÂ’t make a weak man strong by making a strong man weak (Abraham Lincoln))
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To: dalebert
simple solution...kill gangs

I second that!

15 posted on 11/29/2009 3:54:36 PM PST by varon (Allegiance to the constitution, always. Allegiance to a political party, never.)
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To: FlyVet

Please, this is America. If these guys are caught, and that is a big if, they will sue the police for abuse and win then the police officers will be tried and convicted.


16 posted on 11/29/2009 3:54:36 PM PST by JoSixChip (It's better to die on your feet than live on your knees. km_freep@yahoo.com)
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To: manonCANAL

So am I.


17 posted on 11/29/2009 3:54:49 PM PST by EggsAckley (There's an Ethiopian in the fuel supply. W.C. Fields)
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To: manonCANAL
"I?m still thinking muslim"

If the media reports are correct, it was very targeted, only the police were shot and the other customers and coffee shop staff were not even threatened. That doesn't really sound like the usual Muslim terrorist IMO.

18 posted on 11/29/2009 3:56:43 PM PST by Truth29
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19 posted on 11/29/2009 3:56:57 PM PST by sionnsar (IranAzadi|5yst3m 0wn3d-it's N0t Y0ur5:SONY|Remember Neda Agha-Soltan|TV--it's NOT news you can trust)
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To: EggsAckley

was this the same area a US Ranger squad got into a firefight with a gang offbase using government weapons?


20 posted on 11/29/2009 3:57:47 PM PST by Pavegunner72
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