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Reporters Sleep as 60 Black People Rob a BART Train in Oakland
American Thinker.com ^ | April 25, 2017 | Colin Flaherty

Posted on 04/25/2017 11:15:26 AM PDT by Kaslin

The "weekend cops" beat is not the most glorious job in journalism, but it is the easiest. All you have to do is check into the newsroom, grab a portable scanner, go to breakfast, visit the cop shop, ask a few questions, check the police blotter, eat lunch, scribble a few paragraphs about a car accident, then meet your fellow scribes for an after-work libation.

But you do have to do one thing. Always listen to the police scanner.

Every newspaper has its own horror story. The one related to me during my first turn on the cop beat in Colorado Springs was about the weekend reporter who thought he would turn off his scanner while he played some basketball.

The next day, the owner wanted to know how his newspaper failed to report on the major train crash near downtown, the largest of its kind in that city's history.

Maybe that is why all the weekend cop reporters in the San Francisco Bay area did not hear any police scanner traffic Saturday night at 9:30, when 60 black people rampaged through a BART train, robbing, beating, threatening, and laughing – always laughing.

Because not one word of this leaked out for 36 hours.

The San Francisco Chronicle began dribbling out the details Monday morning:

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Editorial
KEYWORDS: bart; california; hatesite; media; msm
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To: Kaslin
It's absolutely baffling that 40-60 "youths" commandeer a train in San Francisco where they beat and rob people and the media sits on the story.

This should be the only news event we're talking about right now.

41 posted on 04/25/2017 1:30:54 PM PDT by Drew68
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To: eyeamok

I don’t thing strong arm robbery and assault/battery fall within that...


42 posted on 04/25/2017 1:36:28 PM PDT by Axenolith (Government blows, and that which governs least, blows least...)
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To: Kaslin

I am sure that most of us are asking ourselves,”What would Archy Bunker say?”


43 posted on 04/25/2017 1:40:46 PM PDT by Mark (Celebrities... is there anything they do not know? -Homer Simpson)
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To: Axenolith

Neither of which are classified as a “Violent Felony” MAX Sentence is 10 days in Jail and 1 year Probation. I doubt they would even be prosecuted if they turned themselves in. There simply is NO Money in it for the Government.


44 posted on 04/25/2017 2:08:35 PM PDT by eyeamok (destruction of government records.)
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To: Drew68

Actually the media did not sit on the story. I read about it yesterday. They just did not report that it was blacks who did the crime.


45 posted on 04/25/2017 2:16:14 PM PDT by Kaslin ( The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triump. Thomas Paine)
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To: Kaslin

Racism!

What makes this author think the robbers were black? I’ve read they were “teens” or even “youths” but no other description. Also, even if they were black, isn’t random violence justified because income inequality, Trump, and reparations?


46 posted on 04/25/2017 2:19:15 PM PDT by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: Kaslin

So it finally came out, the teens are black, what a surprise


47 posted on 04/25/2017 3:02:12 PM PDT by ronnie raygun (Trump plays chess the rest are still playing checkers)
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To: Grampa Dave
So the local Fox tv mentioned that gang had robbed a large number of passengers on a Bart.

But did they mention that the gang had robbed a large number of unarmed passengers on a Bart?

48 posted on 04/25/2017 3:15:54 PM PDT by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Building the Wall! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: JimRed

In California, they don’t have to say unarmed passengers.

They were and we are and can be!


49 posted on 04/25/2017 3:29:36 PM PDT by Grampa Dave ("Fake news is just another name for slander or libel, and should be prosecuted.")
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To: Kaslin

That’s a lot of liberals mugged by reality. I wonder how many will see the light?


50 posted on 04/25/2017 3:30:16 PM PDT by xp38
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To: Kaslin
Finally found it. A similar thing happened back in 2010 in India. A retiring Gurkha, Bishnu Shrestha, on his way home from the from the Indian army faced off in a hijacked train car with ~40 bandits who were swarming his train in a Jesse James style take over robbery. He sat still and let the bandits take loot including his wallet. Just property it can be replaced.

The tipping point was when the bad guys decided to gang rape a 18y/o passenger near him. She pleaded for help so he decided enough is enough. The bandits overlooked his kukri. Bad mistake. He stood up and went to her aid. For 20 minutes he went H2H, steel on steel. End result 3 dead bad guys 8 wounded and the attack repelled. Straight up Audey Murphy.

http://www.badassoftheweek.com/shrestha.html

51 posted on 04/25/2017 4:17:14 PM PDT by Polynikes ( Hakkaa palle)
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To: WorkerbeeCitizen
we used to hang train robbers...

I've emphasized the IMPORTANT words...

52 posted on 04/25/2017 5:04:15 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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53 posted on 04/25/2017 5:05:15 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: BenLurkin

Dodge


54 posted on 04/25/2017 5:13:56 PM PDT by Dalberg-Acton
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To: Dalberg-Acton

Speak plainly then, friend. What do you mean by “them?”


55 posted on 04/25/2017 5:29:54 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Kaslin

Riders on Bart need to carry forehead tattooing devices so to identify the perps.

56 posted on 04/25/2017 5:35:50 PM PDT by jetson
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To: BenLurkin
I’d say Feherty’s unceasing hatred for his fellow Americans borders on the pathological. In my opinion, he needs to see a shrink.

You can choose to regard violent criminals as nothing more than "fellow Americans". I, instead, choose to see reality.

57 posted on 04/25/2017 5:37:01 PM PDT by PapaBear3625 (Big government is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
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To: PapaBear3625

Feherty is what the late George Putnam referred to as a “one note Johnny”. The guy is obsessed.


58 posted on 04/25/2017 5:43:42 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin
More like Feherty has found his niche.

Some people specialize in documenting Second Amendment issues, and people who are interested in the subject can scan though their research unencumbered by articles about chili recipes and the best way to unstop a clogged drain. Feherty has a web site where he is engaged in documenting the extent of black-on-white crime -- something the "mainstream media" is notoriously reluctant to acknowledge.

You may regard him as "obsessed". Others may see him as providing needed balance.

59 posted on 04/25/2017 5:53:46 PM PDT by PapaBear3625 (Big government is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
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To: PapaBear3625
Feherty has found his niche.

True.

60 posted on 04/25/2017 5:58:00 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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