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Philadelphia crowd TAUNTS police as six officers are shot and two held hostage [tr]
UK Daily Mail ^ | August 15, 2019 | Valerie Edwards and Ryan Fahey

Posted on 08/15/2019 6:54:42 AM PDT by C19fan

A crowd outside a Philadelphia home taunted police as they battled an AK-47 wielding gunman accused of shooting six of their officers and holding another two hostage on Wednesday.

The man finally surrendered after a dramatic standoff that lasted nearly eight hours.

'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,' tweeted CBS3 reporter Alexandria Hoff early Thursday morning.

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: ghetto; obamalegacy; police; shole
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To: C19fan
The police there should have a severe bout of the blue flu and let the people get what they want no police and no protection from their wonderful fellow residents.

Seriously if I were an officer there I would resign immediately, sue the city for emotional distress and move the hell out of the sewer.

41 posted on 08/15/2019 8:05:09 AM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: drwoof

“...but could start in just this kind of setting/event, and then spread..”

Very real possibility for those of us old enough to remember the Watts riot, the MLK assassination riots which sent most of the major shithole cities up in flames, the Rodney King riot, and many others.


42 posted on 08/15/2019 8:06:48 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: BookmanTheJanitor
They hate the cops....but only the cops should have guns...hmmm

They hate the cops, but they FEAR the armed citizen. They know that gun laws with not disarm the criminals.

43 posted on 08/15/2019 8:09:23 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 ("Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities." -- Voltaire)
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To: V_TWIN
Did not want this to end violently huh?............was that before or after he shot 6 police officers I wonder.

The cops knew they could just kill the guy. They also knew that if they did, the guy's friends in the crowd would riot and burn.

44 posted on 08/15/2019 8:10:47 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 ("Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities." -- Voltaire)
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To: Disambiguator

Typically, it’s a rally by PP or PB that Antifa shows up at because “Nazis.” Eugene news outlet refered to slabs as a hate group. I guess the short answer to your question would be that, in Oregon, Portland is where a lot of the people are. This State is deeply divided.


45 posted on 08/15/2019 8:31:09 AM PDT by gundog ( Hail to the Chief, bitches!)
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To: C19fan

When the time comes, set up checkpoints/roadblocks and starve these rats out.


46 posted on 08/15/2019 8:33:28 AM PDT by The Toll
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To: The Toll

Cop friends lament their tactics. Tactical units should have been called in immediately.

They have a very mobile tank like, bullet proof vehicle that rams the front door, and inserts tear gas, then retreats and SWAT teams enter with gas masks and takes the perp down.

This could happen in minutes, all the while SWAT team member create a perimeter to protect the site, and prevent interference during the operation.

This has been practiced and perfected in every city and town in the nation, except where populations do not warrant it. but can be deployed within an hour from any major city.

This was political, pure and simple. And the police were not prepared. When political, they tie the hands of the police, and that should not happen IMO unless the politician is standing in FRONT, not behind, the police.


47 posted on 08/15/2019 9:08:46 AM PDT by Rustybucket
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To: Scrambler Bob

Mayor Jim “The Toilet Czar” Kenny and DA Larry Krasner.
Both radical socialists.

What did you expect, that they’d blame the career criminal holed up with a stolen AK??? The cops were there to serve an arrest warrant.

It’s GOT to be the gun’s fault, no matter what.


48 posted on 08/15/2019 9:16:08 AM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: C19fan

Wall such neighborhoods up and don’t let anyone out.


49 posted on 08/15/2019 9:25:30 AM PDT by bgill
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To: C19fan

Take this to the bank. The Philly cops will remember this just as the Baltimore cops remember the betrayal of the people there. When the cops go dead on a city, it might as well pack up and close. You can’t have a country with walls and you can’t ave a city without a functioning police department. Cops can go dead so subtly the target can’t prove it and will look stupid trying. This old cop knows this.


50 posted on 08/15/2019 9:27:37 AM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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To: Disambiguator

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/proud-boys-members-indictment-portland-attack

These are indictments for a May 1 event, handed down without benefit of a grand jury hearing. How timely.


51 posted on 08/15/2019 1:24:41 PM PDT by gundog ( Hail to the Chief, bitches!)
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To: gundog

Of course the Antifa goons who start the violence are untouched by the legal system.


52 posted on 08/15/2019 2:06:07 PM PDT by Disambiguator (Keepin' it analog.)
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To: Disambiguator

Yeah, I heard that Joey Gibson of Patriot Prayer was also indicted. There is speculation that attending Saturday’s rally may not be possible for him. As for the Andy Ngo case, Ted Wheeler is looking into it.


53 posted on 08/15/2019 2:15:27 PM PDT by gundog ( Hail to the Chief, bitches!)
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