Posted on 08/15/2019 1:52:45 AM PDT by Altura Ct.
While Philadelphia police officers were dealing with a gunman who shot six of their own during a standoff at a home in the Nicetown-Tioga section, cops also had to deal with being taunted by some bystanders. CBS3s Alexandria Hoff reports a crowd of people laughed and yelled at officers in the midst of gunfire during a standoff on Wednesday.
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I mentioned this at 10 and since I was harassed during that live shot, Ill mention it here too. A major moment of disappointment this evening was watching a crowd of people taunt police officers, laughing and yelling at them in the midst of the gunfire. #PhiladelphiaShooting
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Police say officers were serving a narcotics warrant on the 3700 block of North 15th Street around 4:30 p.m. when the suspect opened fire. As police exchanged gunfire, officers escaped through windows and doors.
Six officers were shot and transported to local hospitals. The officers have since been released. From 4:30 p.m. until 8 p.m., gunfire did not cease for more than 40 minutes at a time. For some, the near constant sound of shots felt like nothing more than a reality of where they live, and for others it brought back memories of a war zone.
Its unsafe, but this is the hood. This is what we live with everyday, one woman said.
When they started dumping with the firepower and stuff like that, they did it in front of the day care, the babies were out and everything, thats crazy. Im a discharged veteran. I thought I was in a DMZ zone. Its triggering PTSD, all types of things, all of this needs to be resolved. Its senseless, seriously senseless, another woman said.
Sources tell CBS3 that the scene was sheer chaos as officers were taking fire. Video from Chopper 3 showed officers with guns drawn at the scene.
Sources tell CBS3 the suspect was live-streaming some of the shootout while he barricaded himself inside the home. Police say the gunman surrendered and was taken into custody shortly after midnight.
Let me guess, the Amish took to ridiculing the police?
“Nicetown secxtion”...
Aptly named.
This story was the only thing on the news last night. Drudge was all red with links also.
Work up this morning and nothing. Nothing on local news. No update. One headline midway down on Drudge.
Appears the perp did not fit the template. I’m sure if the shooter has been of the Caucasian persuasion, the white supremacist/gunsbad/Trump evil narrative would be all over news.
Media must be really disappointed.
Baltimore PA has been Africanized. The Africans hate cops
This is probably one of the neighborhoods that had 110% of voters voting for 0bama and Hiliary.
Treat it like the Philly police treated MOVE Headquarters.
Problem solved.
MOVE is a black liberation group founded in 1972 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by John Africa and Donald Glassey, a social worker from the University of Pennsylvania.
The name is not an acronym. The group lived in a communal setting in West Philadelphia, abiding by philosophies of anarcho-primitivism. The group combined revolutionary ideology, similar to that of the Black Panthers, with work for animal rights.
The group is particularly known for two major conflicts with the Philadelphia Police Department. In 1978, a standoff resulted in the death of one police officer, injuries to several other people, and life sentences for nine members who were convicted of killing the officer.
In 1985, another confrontation ended when a police helicopter dropped a bomb on the MOVE compound, a row house in the middle of the 6200 block of Osage Avenue.
The resulting fire killed eleven MOVE members and destroyed 65 houses in the neighborhood.
Should have picked our own cotton.
Now that’s some next level thinking right there.
I think they tried that once in Philly and things didn’t quite go as planned. So, I’m betting they’re a little hesitant to use the same tactic.
When shootings are very common in an area, the news barely mentions them. The news covered this particular shooting because a large number of police officers were shot and the perp barricaded himself for a long time. Otherwise, yesterday would’ve been just another day in Philly.
Uncivil ferals...GONE WILD!!!
As I said in another threat, this is reason #5,142 why Trump will win next year.
Yep. Plus, the children hiding in the basement of the MOVE house were killed.
Hopefully, the morons doing the pushing will get arrested and jailed for assault
Amen. That crowd knew the police couldn't retaliate while the perp was shooting at them.
Some of the cops on the newscast who were a block away from the shooting were cowering behind cars and around corners.
Maybe those were the ones getting dissed.
There were still cops inside.
It didn't work out so well last time.
Ahhh... the city of brotherly love. :(
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