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Stunning Video: Man Throws Woman on Philly Subway Tracks During Vicious Attack

Jan. 18, 2013 8:55am Jonathon M. Seidl

PHILADELPHIA (TheBlaze/AP) — Transit police in Philadelphia have arrested a man who allegedly threw a woman on the subway tracks at a station in the city’s Chinatown neighborhood.

Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) police say the attack happened around 3:30 p.m. Tuesday when the man approached the woman on the subway platform and asked for a light. Surveillance video shows the suspect then moved closer and began beating her.

Authorities say the man grabbed the woman by her ankles and threw here onto the tracks before walking away with her phone. It was unclear if he knew her.

SEPTA Police Chief Thomas Nestell says the woman was able to climb off the tracks and suffered only bumps and bruises.

Police say they arrested the man around 2:30 p.m. Thursday, identifying him by his jacket. NBCPhiladelphia.com reports the attacker is William Clark, pictured below:

Man Throws Woman on Subway Tracks During Fight

William Clark (Source: NBCPhiladelphia.com)

But the capture of Clark isn’t without controversy. While the attack happened on Tuesday, police did not go public with the footage until Thursday. That was a calculated decision according to SEPTA Chief of Police Thomas Nestel. That’s because police didn’t want the man ditching his very distinct jacket.

“He gets rid of that coat and I lose my best chance to get a dangerous man off the streets,” Nestel explained to the news outlet.

This story has been updated.

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Cavallo
Posted on January 18, 2013 at 10:01am
Democrat voter.

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- omgfolks
  Posted on January 18, 2013 at 11:02am
  This is not a political thing, it is about another Black man who has no respect for human life resortig to what he knows best. threats, violence and intimidation. The black culture is all about violence and intimidation. the music the clothes, the posture, all support the fact that this is a sub culture in our society we can do without.
  
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- Mil-Dot
  Posted on January 18, 2013 at 11:08am
  My last post got flattened. I guess some woman was offended that I said this chick was an idiot. Anybody that sits there plunking around on their stupid phone while a loser cretin as mulling about gets what she deserves for being so stupid. We must keep the gene pool clean. I see young women walking around all the time with earphones on. Completely unaware of what is going on around them. Just asking for somebody to sneak up on them. Too bad the truth hurts ladies. It was probably some pro-phone goon that ratted me out.
  
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- sligresda
  Posted on January 18, 2013 at 11:35am
  yeah mildot, i guess we are just asking for it. how dare we try to live life freely.
  
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- huufarted
  Posted on January 18, 2013 at 1:02pm
  If Obombo had a son…
  
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- CaptainCaveman
  Posted on January 18, 2013 at 1:50pm
  @Mil-Dot – Our society purposely suppresses information about Black criminal behavior. A good portion of America, especially young people, are completely brainwashed and taught to be defenseless against incidents like this. Some years ago, I took a self defense class and the instructor brought up crime stats and mentioned that females should be especially on guard against young Black males, since they have the highest violent crime rates. Some women in the class got so offended at his facts that they left the class.
  
  It’s easy to blame the victim, but you have to understand how severe the brainwashing is.The best thing you can do is try to educate others about reality, not condemn them for their ignorance.
  
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- WhatTheFrack
  Posted on January 18, 2013 at 1:57pm
  MILDOT IS RIGHT. Anyone, male or female willing to sit alone ANYWHERE is implying consent to play the odds that something may or may not happen that he or she may or may not be able to control. Whether it is willingness or stupidity is kinda moot. I wonder if she is in favor of gun control? Whether she is or isn’t, do you think that if she had a gun and knew how to use it the cops would have had a hard time finding him? He’d have been face down in his own blood right there on the platform. Get over your buttons being pushed and take responsibility.
  
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- Anonymous T. Irrelevant
  Posted on January 18, 2013 at 2:43pm
  CAVALLO
  Almost. OBAMA voter.
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on January 18, 2013 at 3:10pm
  sligresda
  yeah mildot, i guess we are just asking for it. how dare we try to live life freely.
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  Actually she was & you are asking for it.
  
  It should be a nigh perfect world. A woman should be able to go anywhere in the U.S. unharmed.
  
  But that is should be. In the real world we have people vote for Democrats. In the real world criminals have more rights than victims. In the real world the criminal has more sympathy than the victim merely because he has more relatives. Does he not have more sympathy?
  
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- Boots1
  Posted on January 18, 2013 at 3:36pm
  Mil-Dot has taken enough manure buts here’s more to shovel. Did she put herself at risk? Yes. But that doesn’t mean she deserved the robbery and attack. It simply means she stupidly or ignorantly put herself at risk. Rape victims still don’t deserve to raped even though some do stupid things like drinking to the point of passing out or not paying attention to who’s handled their drinks (date rape drugs). Criminals are really good at taking advantage of too easy to pass on opportunity. Hopefully I’ve trained all of my daughters to have better risk management skills. But that doesn’t excuse Mil-Dot for blaming the victim for the bad behavior or criminal acts of perps.
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on January 18, 2013 at 4:14pm
  Boots1
  Rape victims still don’t deserve to raped even though some do stupid things like drinking to the point of passing out or not paying attention to who’s handled their drinks (date rape drugs).
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  True, but when you elect Democrats you will get more of this.
  
  Democrats support bad policies, black studies women studies, victimology & all the rest. That is what we are saying.
  
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- ArchaicSEAL
  Posted on January 18, 2013 at 5:13pm
  I am with MIL-DOT on this. Spot on man.
  
  Moreover, I will up it a notch at the risk of getting banned (like I care.) I am sick and tired, beyond words of expression, with the black community. They want to be respected and (maybe) do away with racism against them… yet ALL we ever get from them is violence in EVERYTHING. Violence in their music, their “hang out groups,” their clothing (when they wear any,) and their attitudes. Sick of that BS. Man, I have no problem with the color of their skin, it’s the absolute Bull in their culture that I find repugnant and worthy of being removed from humanity.
  
  With that being said, I have met many black men (especially in the military) that are good natured, honorable Americans who believe in God, country and family. So what the hell? Look, I know it’s not about skin color, but the liberals make it all so much about skin color on such a constant basis that everyone just generally dumps even the decent black human beings into the general pool of filth.
  
  The FAR sadder thing to realize as well here is that, having been to other countries in the world, you don’t see the thug-life black people in their cultures. America seems to be the only country in the world with the overwhelming amount of this culture of “thug-life” black people. I mean, correct me if I am wrong here. Please.
  
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- HipJipC
  Posted on January 18, 2013 at 6:00pm
  @ OMGFOLKS No, this isn’t a political thing, you are right. But it isn’t a “black man” thing either. It is mostly a MAN thing, period, end of story!
  
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- techengineer11
  Posted on January 18, 2013 at 6:09pm
  Unfortunately the Jewish Media along with Jewish Hollywood has persuaded women that they can trust the black male..
  
  I’m so sorry. You’ve been so deceived and so many senseless pathetic rapes robberies and murders as a result of this deception.
  
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- ladymay
  Posted on January 18, 2013 at 6:23pm
  Its amazing to me that someone can’t even sit and talk on their phone without being called stupid for being attacked!! What kind of idiots think this way? Now we live in a world where you have to be on guard waiting for a train and it’s your fault if your attacks because you weren’t paying attention ?? How sad that some people are so SICK and Devil possed that they think this way, blame the victim and not the sick SOAB who attacks you… Get real and get SAVED before its to late moron!!
  
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- toto
  Posted on January 18, 2013 at 6:42pm
  Does he look like he could be Obama’s son?
  
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- ToddH
  Posted on January 20, 2013 at 7:11am
  There are some countries in the Middle East that have this kind of problem all figured out; Where women can not leave their home and especially could not leave their country without the company of a man at all times, you know, for “protection”.
  
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WillG
Posted on January 18, 2013 at 10:00am
Gutless Coward.

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- karencole
  Posted on January 18, 2013 at 11:57am
  Shame she didn’t have a license to carry…..
  
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- tightline
  Posted on January 18, 2013 at 3:28pm
  YEP, could have been a clean up instead of a man hunt
  
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ChiefGeorge
Posted on January 18, 2013 at 9:59am
Speechless…again!

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progressiveslayer
Posted on January 18, 2013 at 9:59am
I hope they recovered her O phone.
We know the answer to street thugs like this and it’s a .45 round to his chest but the politicians are determined to keep guns out of the hands of law abiding citizens.

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- wildjoker5
  Posted on January 18, 2013 at 10:45am
  Well, the violence happened because of the phone, so lets start banning where people can use their phones so they arent targeted.
  
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- Mil-Dot
  Posted on January 18, 2013 at 11:16am
  The violence occurred because she was hypnotized by that stupid device. These devices are responsible for the dumbing down of our society. They distract people from being concerned about the freedoms we are losing by the day. I have actually seen a video of a young mindless chick walking in front of an SUV and getting run over by her boyfriend, who was texting while driving. This is what these stupid little phones do to people. She let a GD phone steal her natural instincts and it almost cost her her life. Wake up ladies.
  
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- BenKatz
  Posted on January 18, 2013 at 11:37am
  Yeah its to bad she couldn’t break free of that hypnotic device and do something more meaningful…like sitting in front of the computer for hours on end doing your patriotic duty on the Blaze message boards.
  
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- sligresda
  Posted on January 18, 2013 at 11:40am
  lol, thanks ben. im stupified by mildot
  
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- FstEti
  Posted on January 18, 2013 at 12:03pm
  Well, let’s not be hasty; she could have been reading “War and Peace” on her phone. Or not. Let’s all just be glad that he wasn’t a white man or all hell would be breaking loose.
  
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thegreatcarnac
Posted on January 18, 2013 at 9:58am
Obviously the woman instigated this attack and should be jailed. Poor crazy Willie has ruined his life and is now homeless and this woman had the nerve to be sitting quietly talking on a phone in subway. Doesn’t she realize she is ‘acting white’ around poor homeless Willie? She hurt his pride by ignoring his stinky presence. Who does she think she is?

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betteroff
Posted on January 18, 2013 at 9:46am
too bad this woman didn’t have a CWP. It would have solved a lot of problems. His mental issues will allow him to excape justice and in a short time will be on the streets again.

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- kaydeebeau
  Posted on January 18, 2013 at 9:52am
  Well according to leftists, the phone is the best defensive weapon – I guess she should have thrown it at him after she finally got thru to the 911 operators…except for the reality that the attacker was long gone in less than 2 minutes -
  
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- barber2
  Posted on January 18, 2013 at 9:57am
  BETTER: Exactly. The ” homeless” wandering our streets with their mental / drug issues fly quite under the radar. Guns, however, are a politically expedient part of the Chicago radicals ‘ agenda…
  
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- Mil-Dot
  Posted on January 18, 2013 at 10:07am
  You don’t want to shoot somebody unless you absolutely have no other choice. The best way to protect yourself is situational awareness and not letting yourself get into a compromising spot to begin with. Don’t hang out with bad people or go where they are present or inhabit. A handgun is not the answer to everything. You better be damn sure your life is in danger or the so called justice system will come down on you like a ton of bricks. You want to stay as far away from the “legal” system as possible. They have pensions to feed and they want your money to do it with.
  
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- LBJDIDIT1963
  Posted on January 18, 2013 at 6:33pm
  A 1911 is better than 911 when violence is upon you!
  
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Southerner01
Posted on January 18, 2013 at 9:41am
Psssh, clearly the problem is that the greedy woman was refusing to spread her wealth around. Look at her hogging her phone when the poor guy needs to make some calls. The government approved response is she should have let him take her phone, then showed him how to apply for an Obamaphone.

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- plumjuice_1
  Posted on January 18, 2013 at 12:43pm
  That has more trueth to it than a person realizes.
  
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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on January 18, 2013 at 9:34am
Something tells me it was more than just the ‘distinctive jacket’ that kept them from releasing the video to the public. Much more.

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term limits for congress
Posted on January 18, 2013 at 9:30am
ban women with phones.

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- rambosharley
  Posted on January 18, 2013 at 9:47am
  Ban the homeless!
  
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- willingtoupe
  Posted on January 18, 2013 at 9:52am
  Ban Gerrymandering in the South
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on January 18, 2013 at 9:55am
  Ban white women.
  
  That was the cause. If the woman had been black he would never have attacked. Just ask the Black Panthers.
  
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- barber2
  Posted on January 18, 2013 at 10:03am
  WILLINGTOOL: We got ” the message.” You can go away now. Unless you are NeedyTim and plan the endless repeating…
  
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- neocon1
  Posted on January 18, 2013 at 2:39pm
  willingt………..BINGO!!!!
  
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JeanetteVictoria
Posted on January 18, 2013 at 9:28am
Look it’s one Obama’s sons (uh no surprise here)

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- Soulfire1975
  Posted on January 18, 2013 at 9:45am
  LMAO!
  
  I personally would have shot the guy after he threw me I don’t’ care if he was walking away or not. Because if I might be losing my life from a train I am taking that piece of crap with me so he can’t do it to anyone else.
  
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Tigress1
Posted on January 18, 2013 at 9:26am
Ban subways. If it saves just ONE life it’s worth it. There have been far too many people getting thrown on the tracks lately. This woman was lucky that she didn’t get killed, but just think; if there wasn’t any subways this never would have happened!

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- Tigress1
  Posted on January 18, 2013 at 9:33am
  Correction: “WERE not any subways” not “WASN’T” (I’ve been in Memphis too long. It’s rubbing off on me!)
  
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ares338
Posted on January 18, 2013 at 9:26am
Did you see those dangerous tracks attack that poor woman. We obviously need to have more subway track controls. Mr Prez…get those executive orders flowing!

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N5DVC
Posted on January 18, 2013 at 9:26am
All joking aside, this is what concealed weapon permits are for. I imagine the Philly subways are ‘gun free zones’… Brilliant.

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- kaydeebeau
  Posted on January 18, 2013 at 9:55am
  I suspect the whole city of Phily is supposed to be a gun free zone – and the criminals leave their weapons at the city limits before entering just like they do in all gun free zones dont ya know
  
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- Anonymous T. Irrelevant
  Posted on January 18, 2013 at 2:48pm
  You mean like Little Bill in “Unforgiven?” Who became the thugs when everyone had to leave their guns at the city limits?
  
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barber2
Posted on January 18, 2013 at 9:25am
” Mental issues “….Did you hear that, President Obama ? ” Mental issues – ring a bell ?”

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- walkintruth
  Posted on January 18, 2013 at 9:51pm
  Exactly. There are many mentally ill people living in the subway. It is sad and nothing is being done to help them. The worse the economy gets, the more there will be. Obamacare will do nothing to address it.
  
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taintso
Posted on January 18, 2013 at 9:23am
And just think a few years ago this man was a pillar of the Philly Flash Mob Community.

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13th Imam
Posted on January 18, 2013 at 9:19am
“The world is Not full of good or bad people”

The not so reverend Jim Wallis

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- jungle J
  Posted on January 18, 2013 at 9:25am
  ten four
  
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woodyee
Posted on January 18, 2013 at 9:18am
I demand that the cities of NY and Philadelphia perform a background check on anyone wanting to ride the subway, before being allowed on the platform. They should be photographed, fingerprinted, physically and mentally examined before being registered and issued a temporary Rider’s Permit. Taxes must be increased to pay for the improved security measures, but hey, if it saves just ONE LIFE, the life of just ONE CHILD, isn’t it worth it?

You should have no problem with this suggestion, unless you’ve got something to hide…

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poster
Posted on January 18, 2013 at 9:18am
Hmm… looks like a cultural thing to me. Just a youth doing what youths do. Good thing he didn’t have a gun, huh?

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biohazard23
Posted on January 18, 2013 at 9:13am
Ban subways ASAP. It’s for the children!

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lynnissmart
Posted on January 18, 2013 at 9:11am
Let’s ban subways along with high capacity AR15-like people!

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- AlanE
  Posted on January 18, 2013 at 9:20am
  Piers Morgan calls for a ban on jackets featuring images of Taj Mahal. Sites not enough regulation has lead to violence. Then goes to the gym to crumple legal-sized paper.
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on January 18, 2013 at 9:35am
  In Europe & the Middle East the Moslems denied guns use acid instead.
  
  But any liberal will tell you treating burns, disfigurement & blindness form an acid attack is much easier than treating a gunshot wound.
  
  If you just give in to gun control, liberals will get right onto banning acid. They’ll set up a new 501 (c) charity called Acid Control, Incorporated.
  
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Dde13
Posted on January 18, 2013 at 9:08am
The man should have his hands chopped off….by removing “the assault weapon” being his hands. Im sure a liberal judge will go light on his sentence and this low life will be doing more crime soon, possible with a gun and the progressive (Marxist) trolls will blame the conservatives for it.

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Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on January 18, 2013 at 9:04am
These, sniff-sniff, subway attacks, are, sniff-sniff, excuse me, are getting out of control. I think it’s about time we, sniff-sniff, ban subway trains and tracks, so this kind of, sniff-sniff, thing can’t happen to our children.

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- AlanE
  Posted on January 18, 2013 at 9:11am
  LOL so it never really happened? OMG I just heard Piers Morgan is threatening to leave the country if subways aren’t banned.
  
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- Gonzo
  Posted on January 18, 2013 at 9:25am
  Let’s get our kids to write dear leader some letters. Seems to be all it takes.
  
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eat-more-bacon-USA
Posted on January 18, 2013 at 9:04am
I’m not sure what, but SOMETHING needs to banned as a result of this attack – you know, “for the children” and stuff.

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- barber2
  Posted on January 18, 2013 at 9:27am
  Ban cities
  
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- willingtoupe
  Posted on January 18, 2013 at 9:51am
  Ban southern districting gerrymandering.
  
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- barber2
  Posted on January 18, 2013 at 10:00am
  WILLINGTOOL : Apparently, that is your ” Distract the Dumb Conservatives ” message today
  
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ellietoo
Posted on January 18, 2013 at 9:02am
So they have the surveillance video for entertainment purposes?

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- Anonymous T. Irrelevant
  Posted on January 18, 2013 at 9:11am
  Old, blurry, equipment at that. They couldn’t even tell what the guy looked like and had to go by the jacket. When seconds count, police are only 5 days away. If Obama had a son, this is what he would look, and act, like.
  
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- jhrusky
  Posted on January 18, 2013 at 9:40am
  I was wondering the same … back in the 1980s I had better surveillance video cameras with higher resolution and a much clearer picture in my car wash. It’s amazing that 30 years later the video cameras in large metropolitan areas have gotten worse.
  
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Gonzo
Posted on January 18, 2013 at 9:01am
Thank goodness there were no guns involved, someone might have been hurt!

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- Fubared
  Posted on January 18, 2013 at 9:08am
  Don’t need them in the city of Bro-therly love.
  
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- Anonymous T. Irrelevant
  Posted on January 18, 2013 at 9:26am
  You mean Brutha ‘ly love. With Bruthaly love like this, who needs to be hated?
  
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