Posted on 02/10/2016 4:05:20 PM PST by Kid Shelleen
POLICE ARE crediting a vigilant gun owner with saving the life of an Upper Darby cop Friday after he saw the officer being attacked and surrounded by a large group of teens.
"There were 40 kids. If it wasn't for the good Samaritan stepping forward, he'd have been dead meat," Upper Darby Police Superintendent Michael Chitwood said. "There's no doubt they would have attacked him."
About 3 p.m. every weekday, from six to eight township police officers patrol the area near Upper Darby High School as nearly 4,000 kids pour out of the building on Lansdowne Avenue near School Lane.
(Excerpt) Read more at philly.com ...
That sounds as dangerous as in Iraq. No policeman should be patroling alone in that area. No exceptions!
I as in Upper Darby on Friday...
Thank God. Been a rough neighborhood as long as I’ve been around. Chitwood is a good guy, been serving in that area a long time. Thankful to see an armed citizen come to the aid of the police officers.
Just another day in a ‘Rat-run Utopia.
So where are the names and the mug shots? Answer: Most likely Black cretins!
Most likely not even residents of Upper Darby. A lot of yutes matriculate there illegally.
when I was a kid I used to go shopping on 69th street every Saturday. I saw a lot of great shows at the Tower too.
That’s why God invented drum magazines... For just such an emergency...
Besides, I thought all cops carried 12g riot guns and/or AR15s in their cruisers now...?
Who says it wasn't a black homeowner that saved the cop? (I didn't read the whole article, so excuse me if I'm wrong.)
I was three blocks from The Tower on Friday. You know where St. Alice’s Church is?
Those who choose the thug life will suffer the thug life consequences. Like Trayvon and Saint Michael Brown. These thugs were lucky.
WhyTF didn’t the cop start bustin’ caps?
These damn kids and their runaway white privilege. /s
Were the kids “teens”?
Two thought. First, this show the line “no one needs and automatic weapon” to be a lie. Second, why did the “kids” listen to an armed home owner and not an armed cop. I think the “he didn’t point the weapon” statement may have been for the home owner’s legal benefit.
Their only real concern is getting enough $$$ to buy the next election.
The REAL crooks are never seen in public.
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