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Gunman wearing body armor 'wanted to assassinate two cops in Starbucks' - but was shot [trunc]
AP via Daily Mail ^ | October 18, 2016

Posted on 10/18/2016 4:47:15 AM PDT by kevcol

A gunman wearing body armor targeted two California police officers who were taking a break at a coffee shop in an ambush that failed when his gun malfunctioned, authorities said Monday.

Adam Powell, 41, appeared in the doorway of a Starbucks and 'attempted to assassinate' the two officers on Sunday, Vallejo Police Chief Andrew Bidou said.

The officers were not injured because the battered weapon, its butt covered with duct tape or foil, appeared to jam. Powell of Suisun City was in critical condition after being shot by the officers during a foot chase.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: banglist; blm; leo; starbucks
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To: kevcol

You know There are moments as a cop that I’m glad bad guys aren’t real good about weapons hygiene. Case in point.

CC


21 posted on 10/18/2016 5:19:25 AM PDT by Celtic Conservative (CC: purveyor of cryptic, snarky posts since December, 2000..)
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To: kevcol

critical condition


Oh well.


22 posted on 10/18/2016 5:32:33 AM PDT by boycott (S)
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To: Morpheus2009

>>Great the city might be in for another riot

What else would you expect after the police gun down another ‘Gentle Giant’ aspiring rapper that was just trying to turn his life around. It was just another ‘unprovoked’ murder by the cops. (/BLM BS)


23 posted on 10/18/2016 5:35:04 AM PDT by vikingd00d (chown -R us ~ur/base/*)
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To: vikingd00d
What else would you expect after the police gun down another ‘Gentle Giant’ aspiring rapper that was just trying to turn his life around.

NBC Bay Area used this pic in their story...


24 posted on 10/18/2016 5:39:39 AM PDT by kevcol
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To: kevcol

That drum magazine would seem to indicate that the perp had more in mind than assassinating a couple of police officers.


25 posted on 10/18/2016 5:46:43 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Don't question faith. Don't answer lies.)
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To: kevcol
"Adam Powell, 41, appeared in the doorway of a Starbucks..."

Isn't Starbucks an ardent 'gun free' corporation? Looks like he was real close to breaking their rules! Tsk, tsk...

26 posted on 10/18/2016 5:48:51 AM PDT by DJ Frisat (Hey, what happened to my clever tag line?!)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Hey bro, it says the BLM guy was from Suisun City. I am from Suisun City too. I didn’t know the Chump, fortunately. What a chump.


27 posted on 10/18/2016 6:10:18 AM PDT by Mark17 (Calvary's love has never faltered. All it's wonder still remains. Souls still take eternal passage.)
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To: kevcol

How soon til they discover he changed his name to Ali Aziz?


28 posted on 10/18/2016 6:14:41 AM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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To: kevcol

*click*
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“Oh crap.”
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BLAM, BLAM, BLAM, BLAM.

LOL!


29 posted on 10/18/2016 7:06:32 AM PDT by Moltke (Reasoning with a liberal is like watering a rock in the hope to grow a building)
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To: kevcol

Wanna bet this guy was not wearing body armor but just some kind of chest rig?


30 posted on 10/18/2016 8:28:43 AM PDT by Paine in the Neck ( Socialism consumes EVERYTHING!)
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To: Mouton

And it looks like an SBR (short barrel rifle) too, so there’s federal law...


31 posted on 10/18/2016 9:15:58 AM PDT by Axenolith (Government blows, and that which governs least, blows least...)
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To: DJ Frisat

Actually, they didn’t have an issue with open carry in their stores, but people needing to “demonstrate it was legal” in same were what propelled the doucheocracy to ban it a couple years ago.


32 posted on 10/18/2016 9:19:29 AM PDT by Axenolith (Government blows, and that which governs least, blows least...)
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To: kevcol

I prefer darker duct tape when I’m assembling my latest Weapon of Missed Destruction. Sure, it costs a little more but quality counts at a time like that.


33 posted on 10/18/2016 9:20:56 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: kevcol

Thank God for Jams.


34 posted on 10/18/2016 10:36:41 AM PDT by This I Wonder32460 (There are no coincidences.)
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To: wastoute

“Sucks to be batshit crazy”.
No; sucks to be BRAIN DEAD STUPID.


35 posted on 10/18/2016 10:52:56 AM PDT by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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