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UNARMED PARIS POLICE OFFICERS FORCED TO FLEE AS ARMED TERRORISTS ATTACK
Breitbart ^ | January 7, 2015 | by AWR HAWKINS

Posted on 01/07/2015 1:59:41 PM PST by Jim Robinson

During the January 7 terror attack on the Charlie Hebdo headquarters, several Paris police officers fled, unable to disarm the threat, because they themselves were unarmed and outgunned.

Breitbart News previously reported that “black-hooded-men” with Kalashnikovs entered the Charlie Hedbo headquarters and opened fire, killing 12 people–including those who were killed outside the building as the gunmen headed back to their car.

CBS News relayed reports from Britain’s Telegraph newspaper that the first two officers to arrive “were apparently unarmed” and “fled after seeing gunmen armed with automatic weapons and possibly a grenade launcher.”

The UK’s Independent reported that “three policemen arrived on bikes but had to leave because [the attackers] were armed.” A policeman who had been assigned the position of bodyguard to Charlie Hebdo editor, Stephane Charbonnier, was killed, and one policeman on a mountain bike was killed, as well.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: attack; banglist; francemagazine; frenchpoliceunarmed; islamicterrorism; paris; police; terrorattack; terrorist; unarmed
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To: Jim Robinson; Candor7
Current atrocity in France shines a whole new light on what the pResident said:

"The future must not belong to those who slander the prophet of Islam. "

81 posted on 01/07/2015 5:19:23 PM PST by Fred Nerks (Fair Dinkum!)
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To: Jim Robinson

The Benghazi video our governmeny lied about and pushed ... The French newspaper cartoon ... Both so related to obvious terrorism events? ... So that’s what Hillary meant “what difference does it make” They knew Benghazi was a terrorist attack all along and thought they could grubber it away.


82 posted on 01/07/2015 5:22:21 PM PST by Recompennation
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Or spitballs! (courtesy of Sen. Zell Miller)


83 posted on 01/07/2015 5:49:27 PM PST by dsutah
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To: Jim Robinson

As the LAPD experience during the North Hollywood incident made clear, “outgunned” is the operative issue. Exchanging fire with a 9mm when the other guys are throwing 30 caliber rifle rounds at you at full auto rate is pretty much an exercise in futility.

Yeah, as pointed out, you can try to disable the vehicle, but that’s pretty much it. When they have the ability to reach out and touch you before you can reach them, that whole “run away” thing (perhaps styled as a tactical retreat) makes a lot of sense.


84 posted on 01/07/2015 6:21:29 PM PST by ArmstedFragg (Hoaxey Dopey Changey)
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To: LaRueLaDue

If that’s the standard then it died in the Napoleonic Era, just after that failed revolution.


85 posted on 01/07/2015 6:45:04 PM PST by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: Jim Robinson

Pathetic. Even when failed policies are demonstrated to be unworkable failures, they keep pushing them.


86 posted on 01/07/2015 7:17:17 PM PST by Eleutheria5 (End the occupation. Annex today.)
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To: Fred Nerks

“The future must not belong to those who slander the prophet of Islam. “>>>>

The “in your face” black nationalist, wealth redistribution socialist now has a true face shining out to all.It is a fascist face.

Now let his true colors shine through for all to see.


87 posted on 01/07/2015 7:58:01 PM PST by Candor7 (Obama fascism article:(http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html))
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To: Reverend Wright
kinda says it all about the future of france

Very much reminded me of the society of the future depicted in the movie "Demolition Man" with Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes, and Sandra Bullock.

88 posted on 01/07/2015 8:43:28 PM PST by VideoDoctor
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To: NEMDF

Well, we saw the french police man clearly saying hands up do not shoot, and what now?

No outrage at the tyranny of the religious police of islam?


89 posted on 01/07/2015 8:54:18 PM PST by lavaroise (A well regulated gun being necessary to the state, the rights of the militia shall not be infringed)
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To: Eleutheria5

London is going to double down on the religious police state of islam by allowing shariah...

Politicians abandoning women to them is not going to stop them elsewhere shooting up police.


90 posted on 01/07/2015 8:55:29 PM PST by lavaroise (A well regulated gun being necessary to the state, the rights of the militia shall not be infringed)
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To: RinaseaofDs; Jim Robinson
French cops carry guns, usually 9MM automatics. In the old days, they used to carry 7.65 autos (.32 ACP but in a different load than common in the US).

So I am finding the "unarmed" part of the story either a misinformed translation, or simply untrue. At any rate, it's hard to believe. If the Muslims were packing AKs and a grenade launcher it is true that the cops would have been "outgunned."

Guns or no guns, there are Muslim sections of the Paris suburbs where the police do not enter unless in substantial force.

91 posted on 01/07/2015 11:43:41 PM PST by Kenny Bunk (No Program, No Plan, No Leader ... no Constitutional Reforms.. no Republic..)
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To: Jim Robinson
policemen on bikes...themselves were unarmed and outgunned.

against men in vehicle and with Kalashnikovs ...

What could possible go wrong?

unarmed AND outgunned

um wouldn't "unarmed" be automatically assumed to be "outgunned"?

92 posted on 01/07/2015 11:59:44 PM PST by maine-iac7 (Christian is as Christian does - by their fruits ye shall know them.)
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To: Jim Robinson
At least the cops get a lot of good clean exercise pedaling their butts away from dangerous situations.

I almost did a double take when I first heard (on Fox) that two cops arrived on bikes and promptly left. Then I remembered we're talking France which does it's cops the way England does hers.

93 posted on 01/08/2015 3:32:45 AM PST by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: Jim Robinson

This crazy scenario would have never happened in America, but for the sake of argument if the first cops that arrived on the scene in America were unarmed, they could simply ask bystanders for their firearms and in short order firearms would be produced to fight these Islamofascists.


94 posted on 01/08/2015 7:29:12 AM PST by Old Teufel Hunden
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To: Old Teufel Hunden
This crazy scenario would have never happened in America

It would if DeBlasio had his way.

95 posted on 01/08/2015 7:32:50 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: Tzimisce

Pity they didn’t then. Why do all Americans think Europeans are unarmed?. France has 19m guns.


96 posted on 01/08/2015 9:50:45 AM PST by the scotsman
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To: tillacum

Wrong.


97 posted on 01/08/2015 9:51:47 AM PST by the scotsman
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To: lavaroise

What are you talking about?.


98 posted on 01/08/2015 9:54:00 AM PST by the scotsman
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To: Marcella

One gets the impression you didn’t really like the UK?.


99 posted on 01/08/2015 9:54:31 AM PST by the scotsman
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To: uncitizen; MrB; SaveFerris; Red Badger; P-Marlowe; jazusamo; Zhang Fei; Pollster1; jespasinthru; ...

French police ARE armed.

Of the 261,000 French police, only some of the 18000 municipal police are unarmed. Sadly this brave man was one of them.

BUT literally 93% at least are armed, and well-armed. Given that some municipal police are armed, the % is probably 95%. So almost all French police are armed.


100 posted on 01/08/2015 10:00:54 AM PST by the scotsman
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