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Hero Texas rabbi threw chair at crazed terrorist to end 10-hour hostage ordeal
New York Post ^ | January 17, 2022 | Lee Brown

Posted on 01/17/2022 2:34:27 PM PST by nickcarraway

The hero rabbi held hostage in his Texas synagogue has credited active-shooter training for helping him save his congregants — revealing Monday that he threw a chair at the terrorist so they could finally escape.

Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker said the training he got from police and the FBI kicked in toward the end of the terrifying 10-hour standoff Saturday at his Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville.

“In the last hour of our hostage crisis, the gunman became increasingly belligerent and threatening,” the rabbi said in a statement of British terrorist Malik Faisal Akram, who “wasn’t getting what he wanted.”

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: rabbi; taxas; terrorism
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1 posted on 01/17/2022 2:34:27 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Why was the FBI involved?


2 posted on 01/17/2022 2:35:41 PM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: nickcarraway

That man is a hero, all right.


3 posted on 01/17/2022 2:35:59 PM PST by gitmo (If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is it?)
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To: nickcarraway

If only he had something harder like lead to throw at him.


4 posted on 01/17/2022 2:36:15 PM PST by SkyDancer ( I make airplanes fly, what's your super power?)
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To: nickcarraway

I’m surprised the FBI didn’t gun the rabbi down.


5 posted on 01/17/2022 2:36:51 PM PST by JudyinCanada (Aim low, avoid disappointment.)
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To: ifinnegan

“Why was the FBI involved?”

To clean up the evidence of their prior involvement.

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6 posted on 01/17/2022 2:36:57 PM PST by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: ifinnegan

Terrorism?


7 posted on 01/17/2022 2:37:39 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: gitmo

[non-Islamic] Clerics were deeply involved in the US Revolution.

Personal Liberty is to be sustained, supported, celebrated and fought for.


8 posted on 01/17/2022 2:38:29 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: Lurker

Bttt your post


9 posted on 01/17/2022 2:38:32 PM PST by Guenevere (When the foundations are being destroyed what can the righteous do t)
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To: nickcarraway

“British terrorist”

I knew they would grasp heavily at this characterization.

Yup, just another evil white westerner.


10 posted on 01/17/2022 2:40:40 PM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMV)
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To: Lurker
“Why was the FBI involved?” To clean up the evidence of their prior involvement.

Yes.

If the FBI doesn't like the bad publicity then reform and get clean and honest. Unless it's much too difficult for you guys.

Get on America's side for a change.

11 posted on 01/17/2022 2:43:09 PM PST by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: Lurker
“Why was the FBI involved?”

To clean up the evidence of their prior involvement.

Aaaand scene.

12 posted on 01/17/2022 2:44:19 PM PST by Allegra
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To: JudyinCanada
I’m surprised the FBI didn’t gun the rabbi down.

Give them time. Charges may be pending against the rabbi. This would have been obvious sarcasm 10 years ago, but who knows anymore.

13 posted on 01/17/2022 2:45:53 PM PST by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021 and beyond.)
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To: nickcarraway

That’s bad when a fidgety wimp gunman gets agitated. They often start to kill all the hostages.

Maybe the Arab was pining away for his goat back home and decided he couldn’t go on without her love.


14 posted on 01/17/2022 2:46:04 PM PST by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: Allegra

😁

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15 posted on 01/17/2022 2:46:50 PM PST by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: nickcarraway

Have the feds charged him with assault yet?


16 posted on 01/17/2022 2:47:19 PM PST by libertylover (Our BIGGEST problem, by far, is that most of the media is hate & agenda driven, not truth driven.)
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To: nickcarraway

I think throwing a 10mm slug at him would have been better…


17 posted on 01/17/2022 2:49:40 PM PST by Magnatron
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To: Paladin2

>>>[non-Islamic] Clerics were deeply involved in the US Revolution.<<<

Preachers (even some of my own stripe) that claim preachers have no business getting involved in politics or self-defense make me sick. Jesus was NOT a pacifist. Those that think He is never read their Bibles:

“And he said unto them, When I sent you without purse, and scrip, and shoes, lacked ye any thing? And they said, Nothing. Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one” (Luke 22:35-36).


18 posted on 01/17/2022 2:50:29 PM PST by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
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To: ifinnegan

Hostage situations almost always bring the feds in because it is a federal crime. Plus, where can they get their positive press if the locals don’t let them have it?


19 posted on 01/17/2022 2:50:41 PM PST by silent majority rising
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To: nickcarraway
Here in Texas, even our Jewish population is badassed.


20 posted on 01/17/2022 2:50:46 PM PST by MuttTheHoople (The best slaves put their own chains on )
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