Philly Mayor, Police Commissioner Condemn 'Vigilante Justice' After Small Business Owner Shoots, Kills Looter

townhall.com ^ | 6/3/2020 | Leah Barkoukis

[rktman]

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney and Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw paid lip service to the right of citizens to defend their businesses and lives on Tuesday during a press conference, but in the next breath expressed how disturbed they were that they would take matters into their own hands.

The statement came after a gun store owner in the city shot and killed a looter.

[rktman]

Commissioner OUTLAW? Fitting. Looks like defending your self in Philly is now unacceptable? WTH happened to PA? Oh, dems happened. And in Philly. May as well put the Liberty Bell in storage someplace. Or is it a symbol of systemic racism too? In that case, it must be destroyed. Hey 'mare'-----phu cough!

[Boomer]

But it was true justice and look at all the money saved by not going through the court process and incarcerating him. Of course dem mayors would probably insist on probation or some such nonsense.

[Skywise]

This is communism 101 - the government will let the criminals do what they want and only punish those who stand in the way of the elites wishes.

Rest assured had this man been shooting “white fascists” or had a black man shot corrupt police the message would be far FAR different.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

Faint praise for defending a gun store???

Whatever happened to the argument that we need to control who has guns???

A gun store is a natural target for the lawless to attack - where were the police?

[Altura Ct.]

OTOH riots, violence, mayhem and looting are OK

[stockpirate]

Damn, that’s gonna leave a mark. 5-10 more of these and the riots will stop.

[EvilCapitalist]

I had wanted to see the Liberty Bell this summer(lived my whole life in PA and never saw it), but with the Antifa/Democrat riots, I think I’ll give it a miss this year.

[CMailBag]

Has anyone heard one critical word from a Democrat about the rioters???

[RikaStrom]

Commissioner Outlaw - isnt she the one that immediately changed the grooming standards so that she could have her ghetto nails??

[monocle]

The gun grabbers should be satisfied with this set of facts.

[Ouchthatonehurt]

When all is said and done this will be understood as the Virus Riots.
Police Brutality is the catch-all for understanding the mayhem.

In the end, it is just a massive public health policy failure.

[KC_Lion]

Now Shut Up and Pay your Property Taxes!!

Or Else! >:(

[Truth29]

Real vigilante justice would be to take Kenney and Outlaw out and hang them as enemies of freedom.

[PGR88]

Looting by their low IQ minions is OK. Protection of your own property? outlawed!

[PGR88]

I had wanted to see the Liberty Bell this summer(lived my whole life in PA and never saw it), but with the Antifa/Democrat riots, I think I’ll give it a miss this year.

The Liberty Bell will eventually have to be moved somewhere safe.

[Steely Tom]

Has anyone heard one critical word from a Democrat about the rioters???

Yeah, but that word is not "rioters." It's protestors, and they must be given "room to destroy."

And lots of free flat-screen TVs.

[chris37]

Well, Democrat officials, if you won’t protect us from your voters, then we will protect ourselves from your voters.

Cry moar!

[ScottfromNJ]

Typical sleazeball big city officials.

[Steely Tom]

The Liberty Bell will eventually have to be moved somewhere safe.

The Liberty Bell is supported on a metal gantry that can be retracted into a deep underground vault under Independence National Historical Park. It's supposed to be able to resist a hydrogen bomb.

[fireman15]

In an ideal situation, gun stores would have incinerators large enough to handle looters. Then we would not have be forced to listen to as many idiot mayors and police commissioners criticizing law abiding citizens who have defended themselves and their property from dangerous people who have criminal intent.