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Ax attack on D.C. cop prompts warnings, new protocols for police
CNN ^ | 10/31 | Pamela Brown and Shimon Prokupecz

Posted on 10/31/2014 10:42:55 AM PDT by TangledUpInBlue

An officer with Washington's Metropolitan Police Department came under an unprovoked attack Friday from a man wielding an ax, police said, the second such attack in two weeks that is prompting warnings and new protocols to officers on the job.

The attack, and another last week in which a man attacked four New York City officers with a hatchet in Queens, prompted an immediate increase in security for officers in both D.C. and New York. The New York Police Department said in a memo: "Police Officers on patrol should maintain a heightened level of awareness."

The attack in Washington occurred around 3 a.m. as the officer was sitting in his marked squad car in Washington's Brookland neighborhood, near the campus of Catholic University of America, police said.

The officer, who hasn't been identified, wasn't injured by the ax, but he chased the suspect and suffered a shoulder injury in a scuffle before the attacker ran away, police said. No motive is known and the suspect remains at large. Police said he was an African-American man about 6 feet tall and of stocky build.

A photo provided to CNN by a law enforcement official shows the ax implanted in the window of the police car, just inches away from where the officer's head was inside the car.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


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To: lexington minuteman 1775

“I read today that 80% of Muslims in London support ISIS if that support is that high amongst Muslim population in the USA we will have major problems”

America actually has quite a bit of historic experience dealing with primitive, violent, and savage societies.

Once America realizes what Islam is, and what Muslims do, they will play Cowboys & Muslims.

Put your money on the Cowboys.


21 posted on 10/31/2014 11:12:43 AM PDT by GladesGuru (Islam Delenda Est. Because of what Islam is - and because of what Muslims do.)
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To: TangledUpInBlue
No motive is known....

islamist or islamist facilitator. Just like our so-called _resident.

22 posted on 10/31/2014 11:15:19 AM PDT by onedoug
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To: TangledUpInBlue

These jihadists done messed up now. They attacked The Legitimate Authorities. They should have stuck to killing random Americans in “workplace violence”. Now, hacking up one of the “boys in blue”, that’ll get you in heap big trouble. It gives the ruling class the heebie-jeebies, makes them think they’re next.


23 posted on 10/31/2014 11:21:00 AM PDT by backwoods-engineer (Blog: www.BackwoodsEngineer.com)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Now cut that out.


24 posted on 10/31/2014 11:26:38 AM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: TangledUpInBlue

Scuffle? He has already shown intent to murder, shoot his arse.


25 posted on 10/31/2014 11:32:37 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: TangledUpInBlue

I’d say this was workplace violence, but we all know that zero work takes place in Washington DC.


26 posted on 10/31/2014 11:34:36 AM PDT by Dr. Thorne ("Don't be afraid. Just believe." - Mark 5:36)
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To: TangledUpInBlue

http://wtop.com/109/3733492/DC-police-officer-injured-in-ambush

An officer in full uniform was in a police cruiser when he was ambushed, according to Officer Araz Alali, a D.C. police spokesman. The suspect swung an ax and shattered the cruiser’s window.

Read more: http://wtop.com/41/3733492/DC-police-officer-injured-in-ambush#ixzz3HkVgEY8P


27 posted on 10/31/2014 11:36:10 AM PDT by OwenKellogg (Fundamental transformation leads to ... ebola and vomitus for all!)
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To: ex91B10

Probably a bad idea to approach a cop and say “May I axe you a question.”


28 posted on 10/31/2014 11:37:50 AM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: ex91B10
Gives cops one more reason to shoot first, question later

Being a cop isn't even on the top ten list of dangerous jobs.

29 posted on 10/31/2014 11:45:05 AM PDT by Carry_Okie (The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
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To: sphinx
Was it an assault ax?

No, it was only a double-action ax.

30 posted on 10/31/2014 11:45:29 AM PDT by bkopto (Free men are not equal. Equal men are not free.)
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To: TangledUpInBlue

Nobody expects Sudden Jihad Syndrome


31 posted on 10/31/2014 12:28:46 PM PDT by lightman (O Lord, save Thy people and bless Thine inheritance, giving to Thy Church vict'ry o'er Her enemies.)
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To: PapaBear3625
Ferguson is making cops more skittish about shooting a black guy. Especially in a black-dominated city, and especially when Obama is in office.

Black dudes get a pass in Øbamastan.

32 posted on 10/31/2014 12:30:54 PM PDT by lightman (O Lord, save Thy people and bless Thine inheritance, giving to Thy Church vict'ry o'er Her enemies.)
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To: TangledUpInBlue

In order to really give a shi’ite I need to know was the attacker a real muzzie and waas the cop a registered Democrat?


33 posted on 10/31/2014 12:55:45 PM PDT by rrrod (at home in Medellin Colombia)
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To: TangledUpInBlue
I'm wondering if this isn't somehow ISIS inspired

It's Allah inspired.

34 posted on 10/31/2014 1:02:12 PM PDT by Fresh Wind (The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
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To: TangledUpInBlue

The one in NY was black on white, so I’m guessing Holder-related.


35 posted on 10/31/2014 2:57:01 PM PDT by DPMD
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To: TangledUpInBlue
No motive is known and the suspect remains at large. Police said he was an African-American man about 6 feet tall and of stocky build.

Hmmm. Yeah, I can't think of anything. Not even a guess.

36 posted on 10/31/2014 3:13:06 PM PDT by MileHi (Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
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