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HipChick

(25,485 posts)
Wed Aug 14, 2019, 05:26 PM Aug 2019

Active Shooter situation...6 Officers shot...

https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Gunman-Shoots-Police-Officer-in-Nicetown-Tioga-542724941.html

t least four Philadelphia police officers were shot in the city's Nicetown section Wednesday afternoon, officials said, prompting a massive response to the North Philadelphia neighborhood.

Frantic calls from responding officers came in around 4:30 p.m., according to audio obtained via Broadcastify.

"Officer calls for everything you got. SWAT, long gun," a law enforcement officer can be heard saying on the audio. "I got an officer shot."

SkyForce10 remains over the scene as an unidentified gunman continues to fire at dozens of police officers nearly 30 minutes after officers descended on the corner of 15th and Butler streets.
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Active Shooter situation...6 Officers shot... (Original Post) HipChick Aug 2019 OP
pics Demovictory9 Aug 2019 #1
Vibes to law enforcement. applegrove Aug 2019 #2
I agree, but remember now, many here consider cops "pigs." cwydro Aug 2019 #4
I don't think people are mad at anything but the bad apples poorly trained. applegrove Aug 2019 #5
I've seen more than I would have expected to. Very recently. cwydro Aug 2019 #6
Some of them have earned that epithet gratuitous Aug 2019 #8
I don't recall seeing anyone call cops "pigs" TheRealNorth Aug 2019 #9
Many here want Police to stop killing Black People when they don't have to. maxsolomon Aug 2019 #10
Exactly! Iwasthere Aug 2019 #12
+1 leftstreet Aug 2019 #15
Only the ones who are white supremacists, ronnie624 Aug 2019 #21
Nicetown---hmmmmm! virgogal Aug 2019 #3
Another sad day. Nt BootinUp Aug 2019 #7
Six officers now...per cnn spanone Aug 2019 #11
Just saw that too..and updated HipChick Aug 2019 #13
This is madness malaise Aug 2019 #14
total madness. spanone Aug 2019 #16
I read yesterday that violence follows the locations of his speeches. sheshe2 Aug 2019 #17
I think that's a big leap of logic. onenote Aug 2019 #20
AK-47 CousinIT Aug 2019 #18
Why does someone need an AK-47? HipChick Aug 2019 #19
Because it pisses off Gun-Grabbers. maxsolomon Aug 2019 #22
 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
4. I agree, but remember now, many here consider cops "pigs."
Wed Aug 14, 2019, 05:32 PM
Aug 2019

I hope they stay safe.

And I hope no one dies.

applegrove

(118,764 posts)
5. I don't think people are mad at anything but the bad apples poorly trained.
Wed Aug 14, 2019, 05:40 PM
Aug 2019

Some police forces pay crap. I don't hear most here call police pigs.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
8. Some of them have earned that epithet
Wed Aug 14, 2019, 05:58 PM
Aug 2019

It would be impolite not to recognize their efforts.

That being said, I don't think anyone here is rooting for more death from unregulated and unfettered firearms.

TheRealNorth

(9,500 posts)
9. I don't recall seeing anyone call cops "pigs"
Wed Aug 14, 2019, 06:04 PM
Aug 2019

People are critical that police often get the benefit of the doubt when the facts on the ground suggest otherwise- maybe you are confusing the criticism (valid and invalid) with the name-calling.

maxsolomon

(33,384 posts)
10. Many here want Police to stop killing Black People when they don't have to.
Wed Aug 14, 2019, 06:06 PM
Aug 2019

You are broad brushing.

No one at DU wants police to die. SMDH.

Iwasthere

(3,169 posts)
12. Exactly!
Wed Aug 14, 2019, 06:11 PM
Aug 2019

Stop killing Black people. And if you turn your back or close your eyes when your partner, needlessly shoots an unarmed kid, you ARE part of the problem.

ronnie624

(5,764 posts)
21. Only the ones who are white supremacists,
Wed Aug 14, 2019, 08:05 PM
Aug 2019

and there are many. The infiltration is so great, in fact, that the FBI issued a warning about it, several years ago.

sheshe2

(83,862 posts)
17. I read yesterday that violence follows the locations of his speeches.
Wed Aug 14, 2019, 06:54 PM
Aug 2019

The statistics are heartbreaking. He incites. He inflames. He brings the accelerant then lights the match. He walks away...laughing.

The violence comes in his wake. That sure did not take long, he was in PA yesterday spewing filth on our dime.

No matter the color of the shooter, he leaves dead bodies behind because of the hate he promotes with glee.

The disgusting POS is loving this.

onenote

(42,748 posts)
20. I think that's a big leap of logic.
Wed Aug 14, 2019, 07:53 PM
Aug 2019

This apparently was a narcotics bust turned violent. And Trump's Pennsylvania speech took place almost 200 miles from Philadelphia.

maxsolomon

(33,384 posts)
22. Because it pisses off Gun-Grabbers.
Wed Aug 14, 2019, 08:06 PM
Aug 2019

Never underestimate the power of Spite to motivate humans.

That or Feral Hogs.

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