Terrorist attack in Philly?

When I think of the Philadelphia music scene, The Hooters will always be the first group to come to mind.

 

What, exactly, are you hoping to glean from the profile page? Seasoned creepers will at least anonymously visit your LinkedIn page.

 

How so?

The suspect said he did it in support of ISIS.

The police commissioner said the suspect claimed to do it "in the name of Islam."

The suspect was wearing robes reminiscent of traditional Muslim clothing.

His mom said he was a devout, long-practicing Muslim who had been going through a lot of tough times lately (which just happens to be a main characteristic of candidates for radicalization).

There is also another witness or family member saying he targeted a cop because they enforce rules he doesn't like.

As much as I don't like question-mark hedes, it seems entirely appropriate here.

 

By the way, someone mentioned the stolen cop gun used in the shooting.

And, the officer apparently used to be a cop in East Lansdowne, which, "coincidentally," is pretty much right next to Yeadon.

I'd say it's equally likely this is the result of some personal beef that's been going on for a while.

 

What do you know about journalism?

 

This morning in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, some drug dealing gangsta with a long rap sheet shot a cop who fortunately was not gravely wounded. I daresay this is the first many here have heard of this. This fuck does the same thing but says "ISIS" and it's national news and a three-page thread. How many homicidal losers decide to give their violence some false dignity behind claiming an act of Islam-inspired terror? It is a fact that many of the European Muslim men who've gravitated to ISIS and before that al-Qaeda had backgrounds in gangs and various low-level urban crimes. I'm sure some were sincere radicals, but I'll bet as many or more saw it as joining the world's best gang, like being a SuperCrip.

 

Michael, that involved an ex-con, who was puller over, and didn't want to go back to jail:

Boston Police Commissioner William B. Evans identified the suspect as 27-year-old Grant Headley of Dorchester, who had previously served a five-year prison sentence for illegal gun possession and was driving without a license when police pulled him over on Mount Bowdoin Terrace in Dorchester around 10:20 a.m.

Boston police officer shot in Dorchester - The Boston Globe

That's very different than the attempted execution in Philadelphia.

Unfortunately, cops know that every traffic stop involves potential danger.

The purpose of terrorism is to terrorize. Attempting to kill a cop in cold blood in the name of Islam is an act of terror, and deserves to be national news.

 

The Dorchester shooting does deserve national attention though. I'll give you that.

The Mayor went right into the whole, "there's too many guns," routine:

Mayor Martin J. Walsh, who visited the officer at the hospital, said the city is fortunate the officer’s injuries were not life-threatening. “There are too many guns on the street,’’ he said, adding that the department had seized 800 guns in 2015. He called the department the “best in the nation. ... I commend the officers for their incredible restraint.’’

Boston police officer shot in Dorchester - The Boston Globe


How about, despite all the talk of "over incarceration", there's too many criminals on the street?

What did folks expect this guy to do when he got out of jail?

Headley is well known to police, Evans said. After being released from prison on gun charges in April, he restarted his drug business while on probation, the commissioner said. He’s referred to as an “armed career criminal” in court records.

Headley, who lives in Dorchester, spent five years locked up after he pleaded guilty to charges of having a firearm without a license and possession of a Class D substance with intent to distribute, according to Suffolk Superior Court records.

While awaiting trial on those charges, he had an “outburst” in a Suffolk Superior courtroom in May 2012 and tried to attack a court officer, records indicate.

Those gun charges stemmed from a raid on a Four Corners apartment on New Year’s Eve 2009, where officers found loaded guns, drug paraphernalia, a police scanner and other items.

But his troubles with police began long before that. His criminal record as an adult begins in August 2005, when officers saw a 17-year-old Headley pass a loaded firearm to another man at the annual Caribbean festival near Franklin Park. Officers arrested the men, who they said were members of the Greenwood Street Posse.

In January 2006, a judge sentenced him to two years in jail, with five years of probation.

Later that same month, Headley admitted to two firearms charges in Dorchester District Court: carrying a gun without a license and without a firearms identification card. He was sentenced to 18 months in jail, with one year concurrent with another sentence from the earlier firearms charge.

In November 2007, he was stopped with several other men outside a barber shop on Harvard Street in Dorchester. The officers, members of the Youth Violence Strike Force, said Headley had loose marijuana in his pocket; he was charged with possession of a class D substance. The charge was dismissed after six months of probation.

Boston police officer shot by ‘armed career criminal’ expected to recover

 

ES, the overlord of fresh.

And let me say that this officer is a hero. Gravely wounded and he still pursues and shoots the perp? I'd be wallowing in my own blood and praying I didn't die.

 

Whatever. There are badasses in the area who would have snuffed out the situation with a single ocular patdown.

 

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