Cities on High Alert as July Fourth Nears: 'Threat Is Very Real'

ABC News ^ | 7/1/11 | PIERRE THOMAS

[Dilbert San Diego]

I cannot remember past events, in which so many of the inner city gangs have been coming up out of the ghetto. They are going into downtown areas or nicer residential areas, and causing mayhem the way they have been doing this year.

Memorial Day weekend was very bad in a number of cities for this very reason.

I couldn’t believe what happened in Chicago on Memorial Day. The youth gangs were causing unrest on a beach. The beach was ordered closed. The official reason for the beach closing was due to heat. Chicago was having a heat wave that day.

That one doesn’t pass the smell test, because why would you close a cooler beach next to a cool lake on a hot day???

That one sure showed that officials are taking great pains not to call a spade a spade, and not wanting to say that the youth gangs are coming up out of the ghetto and threatening everyone in formerly safe areas.

[HereInTheHeartland]

“Amish Flash Mobs?”

So they exchange messages by mail and take a year to assemble somewhere?

Or is an Amish Flash Mob otherwise known as a barn raising?

[ladyjane]

There were a number of cities that had riots over Memorial Day weekend. Incredibly Boston did. They usually don’t have any problems. Chicago, Myrtle Beach some other cities. Charlotte - where the DNC convention is going to be held next year - had thousands of thugs rioting.

I think this summer we are going to have some serious inner city problems. I hope I’m wrong.

[Chode]

thank you...

[Lancey Howard]

It’s ironic that the primary targets for terrorism are the concentrated Democrat parasite nests (”cities”).

[familyop]

It’s no surprise. We don’t have the national will to fight a real war, yet. So we only use our cops as catchers (as in baseball) to the best of their abilities.

[SatinDoll]

Yes, the Jihadi threat is as real as ever; but that is not the group Obama wants eliminated.

[Longdriver]

re: Post #7

Seriously uncool to post stuff like that without a BARF ALERT.

just sayin’.

[CrazyIvan]

No you too. And I thought I had the only family that flew the Gadsden Flag, drank beer, plinked from the deck, and grilled over the 4th.

A friend of mine once commented that if archaeologists ever
dig up the area around my deck they will conclude that a
long, desperate battle was fought over a liquor store.

[John W]

According to your sign up date you weren’t around here when Bush was around.

[Velveeta]

Threats ping.

[PGalt]

Thanks so much for the ping, Velveeta. BUMP for AM read.

/FR

[boatbums]

Happy Independence Day!!!

[STARWISE]

Never did pass the smell test.

Memorial Day 911 tapes cite fighting near beach before closing
http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/6145536-417/memorial-day-911-tapes-cite-fighting-near-beach-before-closing.html

Rahm Emanual = liar and bully

[Jeff Winston]

It’s real, but not as big a threat as we were led to believe.

From what I've seen, al Qaeda proper seems to be mostly hunkered down in safe houses watching old videos of themselves on TV.

We do have a recent history of mass shootings by individuals inspired by al Qaeda. Not very many, but a few.

For that reason, those who are legally able to carry concealed, who will be near big public events where carry is possible and a firearm can be WELL controlled (and by this I mean kept out of the reach of children and others who might gain access - I wouldn't want to inspire a 4th of July accident) - such people may find this weekend a suitable one to be responsibly prepared.

[Cindy]

Thanks for the ping Vel and wishing you and your family a happy and blessed Independence Day.

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2733760/posts

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[newzjunkey]

Haven't we've heard this before? There's no specific plot but there's a "very real" "threat"... How is this different from any other July 4?

Is this simply rampant paranoia because it's the first July 4th post Bin Laden ?

[WKUHilltopper]

Yeah...I was gonna say, watch out for those Republicans enjoying a 4th of July parade. According to Harvard, they’re terrorists.

[newzjunkey]

Maybe the poster was with the DU then she a comparison was made. Just a thought.

Does a Fourth of July attack make sense? 9/11 was a workday so offices were ripe with targets for Al Queda. But on the 4th? Are they expecting Olympic Park bombing type events at fireworks cookouts?

[ecomcon]

Exactly right. The 4th was right next to Christmas for me. Liberty is being destroyed through fear.

Btw, your tag line puts it well.