Shock Video: Gunmen Open Fire on Public Bus in Philadelphia
- Posted on August 5, 2011 at 12:05pm by
Buck Sexton
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The video from a violent gun attack in Philadelphia last month has just been releases. And it’s shocking.
According to prosecutors, two gunmen unleashed a hail of bullets into a city bus after a female passenger had a minor spat with a stranger. A hail of bullets ripped through the bus, creating havoc among passengers, but amazingly nobody was injured.
WNYW-TV reported the sequence of events as described by Philadelphia prosecutors. Penny Chapman, shown in the video, spanked her child for misbehaving on the bus. A bystander expressed disapproval and threatened to call the police for child abuse. That’s when things turned ugly.
Chapman allegedly made a phone call to a group of individuals, who met the bus at the next stop. One of those individuals, apparently the child’s uncle, held the rear door of the bus open to allow Chapman and her son off — and then the gunmen took their positions.
Two men, one with a pistol, the other with an assault rifle, fired off 5 rounds through the windows and several more at other targets.
Despite wild gunfire, miraculously nobody was hurt, as the bus driver hit the gas and everyone on board escaped.
Watch the startling broad daylight shooting yourself below:
But the most incredible part? Now Philadelphia defense attorneys are claiming that since nobody was hurt, no assault took place.



















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Comments (384)
V-MAN MACE
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 12:29pmProtect the 2nd Amendment by exercizing it…against criminals and Tyranny.
Report Post »Son_of_Liberty
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 2:17pm“A people armed and free forms a barrier against the enterprises of ambition and is a bulwark for the nation against foreign invasion and domestic oppression.” James Madison
3%
Report Post »techengineer11
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 4:41pmFlash Mobs in PA:
http://youtu.be/rRZNy1A3AkQ
Make sure the sound is turned down…
Report Post »TulsaYeeHaw
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 12:29pmNot trying to be that guy, but when someone whips their kids’ @$$, commend them or mind your business.
Report Post »That said, we are FACING CIVIL WAR!!!!
Jediusetheforce
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 12:49pmThe problem is we haven’t been in a fight on our own turf and people are more concerned about their own families than this country. We live to comfortable unlike the rough and tough days of the past and people will not try until it is to late.
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 12:55pmPhiladelphia defense attorneys are claiming that since nobody was hurt, no assault took place. Then these people are Terrorist, Treat them that way.
Report Post »Desert Dog
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 1:17pmTULSAYEEHAW: I think we are already there……Check out the Milwaukee news.
Report Post »I Love Howie Carr
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 2:09pmmmmm I kind of agree, mind your own damn business. At least she wasn’t letting the kid run wild like most parents these days. Whoever opened their big mouth is lucky they didn’t get hurt. You don’t go calling the cops or CPS on people for spanking. But look at the video, look who it is. That’s a typical overreaction by those sort of people.
Report Post »Dismayed Veteran
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 2:13pm@JEDIUSETHEFORCE
Remember all the western movies where the outlaws come to town and intimidate everyone. Didn’t happen. Following the Civil War a majority of people living in the west were veterans with guns. Just look at the James/Younger gang bank robbery in Northfield, MN. Didn’t end well.
There a easily over 1 million veterans now and I bet a lot have firearms. All have been taught how to survive and excel in combat. We may be old, not fast, not too athletic but we do know fields of fire.
Report Post »techengineer11
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 2:29pmDismayed Veteran: I don’t doubt your capabilities but I simply question do you know your enemy? Once can’t fight until they have defined the enemy.
rubbedlung
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 2:53pmWho is the enemy?
Report Post »JimCDew
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 2:58pm@TECHENGINEER – I don’t have to identify my enemies, they identify themselves by their words and actions. When someone threatens by word or deed they are my enemy. If they raise a weapon they are not my enemy, they are my target.
Advanced infantry trainIng teaches that any weapon pointed at you is a target SO SHOOT!!! If it is pointed at your buddies SHOOT!!! If it is pointed down at the ground SHOOT!!! If it is raised with a white cloth DON”T SHOOT BUT KEEP THEM IN YOUR SIGHTS AND YOUR FINGER ON THE TRIGGER!!!
AIRBORNE!!!
Report Post »techengineer11
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 3:39pmrubbedlung: I’ve identified the enemy of Western Civ many times on the Blaze. Many disagree with me and many more hate me for identifiying the enemy so if I’m wrong then just who is the enemy? Is it the Progressives as Mr.Beck would have you believe? To me that implies that they are losely organized and are really not all marching to the same beat. I believe our enemy is highly organized and they are carrying out well understood and proven plans.
Good question though considering what has happened to this once great nation.. We all need to know who’s behind our demise.
Report Post »Middle Finger
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 3:57pmPass the ammo.
Report Post »GOTT-EM-MAUSER
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 11:05pmDismayed Vet,
Here in Texas we addressed the Old Guys Syndrome way back when. The Young Bucks will have to comprise our Infantry Units, while we “The Old Farts” will all be in the Mechanized/Artillery Units. Lots of opportunities actually exist for the Old Farts. Ever notice how once you get to that Senior Citizen point, you magically become almost “Invisible”. One of the great things about our “Youth Culture” is that anybody that is “Over the Hill” is totally disregarded by the younger majority. A Shrink I know explained that the youngsters don’t perceive us to be a “Threat” anymore, so they pay little or no attention to what you say, what you do, where you go, etc. It is truly “AMAZING” what you can pull off if you use the “Screen” to it’s full potential.
Report Post »eat-more-bacon-USA
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 12:28pmWhere is the “SHOCK” part of the video? I see absolutely nothing shocking or out of the ordinary in this video.
Report Post »Attention2Detail
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 1:22pmI don’t see anything shocking here either. You idiot. You’d be shocked if your dumb a** was on that bus.
Report Post »Dkoonz
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 1:31pmMaybe the Prez should take away all the busses…They are dangerous.
Report Post »PaBowHunter
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 1:51pmI agree. Where’s the shock in that video? This type of violence occurs daily in most black communities.
Report Post »Bigliardi
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 2:03pmNothing out of the ordinary at all…Just a couple of blacks doing what they do best, shooting up things, with no concern at all regarding who gets hurt….And of course they wont be held accountable…They expended fourteen thousand rounds and didn’t hit a single white person…Man, I can’t WAIT….!!!
Report Post »PApeacemaker
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 12:26pmITS THE TEA PARTIES FAULT!!! Just like everything else in the world & take away law abiding citizens 2nd amendments rights. “Says MSLEFTBC” I can see it now that 90 yr. old chris mathews saying this just because some monkey that should never even be allowed to own a semi-auto rifle because they have NO idea how to operate one or have any respect for that weapon. He was most likely a convicted felon too & how the hell did no one see that gun when he was standing in the street before the bus pulled up?! If I would have seen him standing there I would have shot him dead where he stood. Thats called Old Western Justice!
Report Post »cloudsofwar
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 12:26pmno assault took place? this is beyond reason. the white tee shirt mob needs to go to prison and i bet they have been there before. nothing says mind your own bussiness like an ak47. it’s a good thing they are terrible shots. if it was black on white crime eric Holder would step in but because it‘s black on black he won’t. but we all know it’s the tea party fault. is that ak47 one of Holders guns?
Report Post »ForeignWatcher
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 12:29pmYes, he should go to prison, and like said in the video, they ARE beeing prosecuted. THEIR attorneys say no attack took lace. Thats their job you know, defending the bad guys…
Report Post »KPEdwards
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 12:52pm@foreign
So close. It’s their job to defend *anybody*. Everybody has a right to argue why they believe they are innocent. Sorry if I’m being a bit nit-picky, but that whole defense attorney’s defend bad people line is bunk. Defense attorney‘s are a person’s almost last hope to be proven innocent in court, and, you know, protect people from being wrongfully imprisoned.
What ever happened to Franklin’s, “it is better [one hundred] guilty Persons should escape than that one innocent Person should suffer” ?
Report Post »Josh_442
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 2:02pm@KP That is the problem with today‘s justice and yesterday’s quotes. It is not even possible that these morons have a “good” reason for doing this. Can you think of one? They can’t all be “not guilty by reason of insanity”, right? So, in Franklin’s day, there would be a trial that day and the jerks would be thrown into prison (or executed) right then. Now, we wait 6 months for a judge to see if they were guilty. They were. It’s on tape. Imprison the jerks and save some $$$.
Report Post »tiffanne
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 2:47pmHow the heck did this become the tea party’s fault. Come on, its the “shooters” fault, do they know any other way to settle disputes…crazies, these shooters do Not belong to the tea party!!!
Report Post »Its Only Dad
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 3:29pm@KPEdwards: “Defense attorney‘s are a person’s almost last hope to be proven innocent in court”, sorry to be nit-picky, but doesn’t our justice system work just the opposite? Aren’t you “innocent” until “proven” guilty? sarc/
Report Post »Wu Ming Ren
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 3:31pm“if it was black on white crime eric Holder would step in but because it‘s black on black he won’t.”
That doesn’t make any sense. Eric Holder has already said he’s not required to uphold white civil rights. Perhaps being black on black crime or black on white crime, Holder is not interested. It should be expected, however, that had it been white on black crime, Holder would have sent take swift action against the perpetrators.
Report Post »ForeignWatcher
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 3:44pmKPEDWARS, i think you misunderstood me, might be because english aint my first mother language.
Report Post »I think what you posted is absoluly right and doesnt contradict my posting.
KPEdwards
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 4:31pm@foreign
The fault is probably with me. The subject is a bit of a pet peeve of mine.
@ITS ONLY DAD
you’re definitely correct, what I meant is that a defense attorney can be the last thing between you and being found guilty for a crime you did not commit.
@JOSH_422
Report Post »Honestly, I don‘t see any problem between today’s justice and yesterday’s quotes. This is an obvious line of debate. The defendant wants to plead not-guilty to assault. However, you have evidence of what actions happened. Therefore it really only leads to saying one is not guilt of assault because those actions don’t constitute assault. You bring into question the legal definition of assault. Do I think this will fly? Of course not. I’m sure any prosecutor could find precedent of psychological assault.
Oh and to those who say just charge him with attempted murder. You could probably argue there was no murder attempt. I mean if the prosecution was really gunning for attempted murder, they could probably get there, but it’d be a bit more work.
HighCountry
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 12:26pmAre we sure that they weren’t some of those violent, unhinged Tea Party members? They hate senior citizens you know. ;)
Report Post »biohazard23
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 12:52pmYou forgot to add women, children, the terminally ill, the environment, gays, muslims, black people, (illegal) immigrants…… :)
Report Post »Attention2Detail
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 1:28pmDon’t forget, they hate government and this was a government run bus.
Report Post »XScramblerX
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 1:34pmI hear the sarcasm…too funny!
Report Post »The fact is that 96%to 97% of African American voted for Obama.
These numbers were quoted over and over again by the major networks and by the Washington Post as well as other national newspapers.
Tea Party supporters ? I don’t think so. But lets see how “pour me a drink” Chris Matthews spins it!
Bible Quotin' Science Fearin' Conservative American
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 2:04pmI didn’t detect any sarcasm. Just the cold, hard facts.
Report Post »biohazard23
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 2:43pm@BQSFCA, bless you poor, miserable, bleeding little heart…….
Report Post »inexiletill2012
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 12:25pmIt will only be hours for a call to enact MORE gun controll laws !
Report Post »does this burka make me look fat?
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 12:46pmI don’t need no more gun control! My aim is real good.
Report Post »OhioRifleman
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 1:27pm@ Burka
I side with ye, I laughed when I read your comment!
LIBERALS TAKE NOTE:
1. Gun Control is sight alignment + proper trigger squeeze.
2. Gun Regulation is making sure the gas tube on your semi-auto rifles is not clogged, so the pressure is nice and regular. Also, on recoil-driven weapons, regulation is making sure your springs are all in good order so it feeds easy.
3. Waiting Periods is when you have to hold your fire for a clean shot at your target.
4. Gun Rationing is making sure you have enough ammo for a pair for anyone that needs ‘attitude adjustments’.
Thank you, and have a good day
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 1:55pm@does this burka make me look fat?
You betcha, my aim is great, too!
Report Post »GOTT-EM-MAUSER
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 11:21pmEnacting and Enforcing are two totally differnt propositions. The most BASIC TRUTH of Enforcing any given Law is the WILLINGNESS of those having it ENFORCED upon them, to ALLOW it to be ENFORCED is the final determining factor for success or failure.
They can and have, ENACTED all manner of Unconstitutional and Immoral Gun Laws already, and ever more people have simply decided to ignore these laws. When PUSH comes to SHOVE, the STAZI GOVBOTS are going to be AMAZED at just how many folks will simple refuse to ALLOW them to ENFORCE their COMMUNIST CRAP on them.
Each Individual American will ultimately have to decide just where, or even IF, there is a LINE TOO FAR for the STAZIS to cross, on purely subjective basis mind you. But as my Father counciled me about this paricular situation, he said, “Son just remember that the FIRST ONE you put down is the Expensive One. After that ALL the REST you can take out come for FREE.”
Report Post »Daryn J. Moran
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 12:24pmThe drive by media and DOJ will be absent regarding this.
These people are there friends.
COUNT GUNS and MEN.
Report Post »GaryInTheMiddle
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 12:24pmCome on people. These are only well meaning people enjoying as day in Al Gore’s American Spring.
Report Post »polishboy
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 12:23pmWhere is Frank Rizzo when you need him?
Report Post »let us prey
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 12:46pmchizzle chest
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 1:06pmWhere is Paul Kersey when you need him??
Report Post »let us prey
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 1:49pm13
Report Post »Wildey eghh?
steveo427
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 12:22pmNo assault took place?? What?
Report Post »If I did that to someone I’d be charged with attempted murder,assault with a deadly weapon, etc…
Seeing as she used her cell phone to arrange the “hit” Seems like it’s premeditated too.
ForeignWatcher
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 12:27pmYes, and like said in the video, they ARE beeing prosecuted. THEIR attorneys say no attack took lace. Thats their job you know, defending the bad guys…
Report Post »Bigliardi
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 2:08pmBut she picked “The Gang That Couldn’t Shoot Straight” to come to her defense…They reminded me so much of the clips from the civil wars in Africa….Hundreds of blacks running around with kalashnikovs, firing thousands of rounds, and hitting nobody….
Report Post »nysparkie
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 12:21pmWhere is…
Report Post »ProbIemSoIver
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 12:43pmlol. ENCINOM? I would tell them Blacks commit 93% of ALL gun crimes in America, and see what they have to say about that statistic.
Report Post »Knowing the typical, pathetic liberal, they will state it is the white man’s fault, for our ancestor’s deeds from 200 years ago, or the old “because the white man has oppressed” line.
jessieH
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 12:20pmNot trying to profile, but backs are in every story on violence.
Report Post »steveo427
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 12:25pmFunny, I’ve noticed that too. How come all the black “leaders” in this country can’t seem to?
Report Post »jhrusky
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 12:26pmThat’s not profiling. It’s simple observation.
Report Post »cykoaudio
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 12:27pmur kidding right?..what about mcveigh,jared loughner,norway shooter,breivik?..chinese shooter in virginia 4years ago,etc..don‘t be naive and don’t post stuff like that w/o scanning the internet first to make sure you are at least a little close to the truth
Report Post »cessna152
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 12:32pm@cykoaudio
There are thousands of inner city murders by blacks… this is fact. Whites are also at fault but far, far less of these type of murders. Thanks for bringing up 4 compared to countless thousands like shown above. This is becoming a serious problem and a reason I limit my visits to any city. I will only go if I can carry…
Report Post »thomasdaddy
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 12:32pmCyko,
Report Post »Please don’t confuse them with the facts! LOL
jhrusky
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 12:35pm@cykoaudio
There are most definitely other races who cause violent trouble, but it seems the majority is being caused by black people. If you check out the ‘flash mobs’ that steal and pilfer, the fights in restaurants and stores as well as on public streets, it seems that a very large majority of these have mostly black participants. I believe black people comprise less than 20% of our population, so at the very most, all things being equal, there shouldn’t be more than 20% of these actions being caused by blacks. However, it appears that it’s closer to 80-90%.
Report Post »thomasdaddy
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 12:40pmcess,
It’s funny how you on this thread/site are so quick to attribute violent crimes to race rather than socioeconomic background and lack of education! When statistics show that less educated individuals are more prone to committing crimes of all natures you still revert back to it’s because their black! I never understood that in the face of all facts people still look for the untruths.
Report Post »Jaycen
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 12:49pmThe insinuation that blacks “cause all violence” is irrational and absurd. I can’t believe the stupid at The Blaze on this topic.
I thought most Blazers were good people. The number of racists jumping on the bandwagon is sickening.
Report Post »does this burka make me look fat?
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 12:51pmRemember….it’s the white folks fault that the blacks act as they do. It ‘cuz of all the oppression we’ve oppressed them with. All the welfare, food stamps, free medical care, housing and so forth. Imagine how bad they‘d be if we didn’t handed them all these things. They might actually have to work thus having no time for acting “stupidly”.
Report Post »ghostsouls
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 12:53pmLOL @ cykoaudio “ur kidding right?..what about mcveigh,jared loughner,norway shooter,breivik?.” You are comparing apples and oranges, try again. Lone gunmen who terrorize, are NOT the same as gangs and street thugs. All the ones you listed, sat there and painstakingly planned out their attacks, sometimes for years, Breivik planned his for nearly 10 years. First, looking at the video, I do agree that the woman did NOT beat the child, she merely disciplined him with a mild swat. But her calling in her “homies” was where a crime was committed. Her children could have been killed, other people, including people on the bus could have had weapons of their own.. ever hear of concealed carry weapons? Yeah the legal ones, unlike the illegal ones those gang bangers had. She should be charged as well, not for the child thing, for for inciting this whole affair. Where is Eric “my people” Holder? Where is Al Sharpton, Where is Van Jones, Where is Jesse Jackson? They need to come out in public and tell “their people’ to stop doing these things. But all you hear is silence. There are cameras everywhere today, every store, bus, taxi, street corner, cell phones etc… where are the videos of White people, or Asian people acting like this? There may be one or tow but I did scour the internet and 99.5% are black people. And anyone that says anything about this unfortunate FACT, is a racist…..that is what people are called for pointing out the truth. Even if you are black yourself.
Report Post »biggreenboo
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 1:01pmHey Thomas… thanks for reminding us that blacks are not only violent… but are poor and uneducated. Have a great weekend… I’m going boating… mostly because they also don’t swim very well.
Report Post »ajentoranje
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 1:03pmthomasdaddy
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 12:40pm
It’s funny how you on this thread/site are so quick to attribute violent crimes to race rather than socioeconomic background and lack of education! When statistics show that less educated individuals are more prone to committing crimes of all natures you still revert back to it’s because their black! I never understood that in the face of all facts people still look for the untruths.
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What you fail to realize is WHY they are poor and lacking education. Those factors are the END result, not the cause. When 70% of blacks are born to single mothers. Blacks have higher rates of poverty than whites. In 1998, the poverty rate for female-headed households with children and no husband present was 29.9 percent. By contrast, the poverty rate for married couples was just 5.3 percent.
So the truth is, their socioeconomic and education backgrounds are their own personal doing….its a culture….its not the cause.
Juan Williams is a black man.
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4188/is_20061014/ai_n16785614/
Report Post »KPEdwards
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 1:06pm@jessieh
yeah because those all white clubs like the KKK, or the Nazis were so peaceful.
Oh, and if you want to discount them because … well why the —- not? How about (hold on let me take a breath before I start)
Ed Gein, John Wayne Gacy, David Berkowitz, Albert Fish, William Burke, William Hare, Gillies de Rais, Gilles Garnier, Peter Stumpp, Charles Albright, Charles Manson, Richard Chase, Joseph Franklin, Gary Evans, Andrei Chkatilo, Alexander Pichushkin,
Honestly I could go on all day. Probably for every violent act you could name, I could find another non-black person who not only committed acts of violence, but killed. And in the cases where you’ve named a killer, I could find someone who had killed more.
So please take your snake oil to someplace else.
Report Post »jhrusky
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 1:08pm@thomasdaddy
Blame this on socioeconomic problems and lack of education? How much more of our tax dollars do you want to throw at these communities to “fix” this problem? Until you can get the parents to raise their children appropriately and actually be there for support for them, ensure they are in school learning and not causing trouble (and maybe even having a 2-parent household), you will never fix a lack of education problem no matter how much [of China's] money you throw at them.
Those of us pointing out that it’s the majority of black kids that are doing these things are not racist — we’re observing and commenting on that observation. That is NOT racism. I know some damn good black people who raised some damn good children. Unfortunately, they appear to be the exception to what most end up doing.
Get the so-called ‘leaders’ like Sharpton and Jackson to shut the hell up and find some real heros for these black kids to respect and you’ll be on your way to fixing the problem. Until then (and even after), there must be harsh penalties for violent actions no matter what color the perpetrators are. And, if they are mostly black, so be it.
No racism here — just plain old facts.
WOLVERINES!
Report Post »cromag11b
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 1:09pmOnly because the outlets that spoon feed your view of the world only tell you about black violence to promote racial divide and reinforce racist ideology. Then you come to a site like this where every third comment is openly racist and it reinforces the above goals through herd mentality
Same way liberal sites always find the best Bubba picture to go with a gun story.
Report Post »thomasdaddy
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 1:09pmghost,
i get where you’re coming from, but the bottom line and the reason you and others are considered or called “Racist” is because all attribute the act to the race of the perpetrator. I don‘t think you’re a racist based on your comments. I think you just fall for the media reporting only negative portrayals of black people! You tried to make the crimes of the VA tech, and Norway shooters seem better because they planned them! That makes no sense! Killing is killing! Whether you kill 20 at once in a calculated plan on 1per day on impulse it’s wrong! The black “leaders” you referred to have all come out in opposition to gang violence, absentee “fathers”, government dependency, etc, but you do know it, because you aren’t looking for it, and it’s not publicized the way inflammatory remarks are. You can’t kill a weed by clipping its leaves! You have to kill the root! The root in this case is not race! It’s lack of education. Dismissing it as a racial issue stops us from tackling the real problem!
Report Post »thomasdaddy
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 1:19pmajen,
“What you fail to realize is WHY they are poor and lacking education. Those factors are the END result, not the cause. When 70% of blacks are born to single mothers. Blacks have higher rates of poverty than whites. In 1998, the poverty rate for female-headed households with children and no husband present was 29.9 percent. By contrast, the poverty rate for married couples was just 5.3 percent.
So the truth is, their socioeconomic and education backgrounds are their own personal doing….its a culture….its not the cause.’
I can appreciate your view point! I honestly can, but let’s look at it seriously! The schools in the inner-city are horrible! You can not expect to receive a quality education in many of the inner city schools! That’s facts. The schools are poor because there isn’t much tax revenue coming out of these depressed neighborhoods. You can’t get a decent paying job without and adequate education. See the circle!? You mentioned single moms, and statistics say that girls who attend school regularly are far less likely to get pregnant than girls who don’t. If we focus the discussion on education instead of getting race bated the problem can be addressed.
Report Post »Wayne
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 1:30pmI lived in Africa for a year and every country I was in they were violent. They would shoot or stab their own family. Most are like animals, and should be treated that way.
Report Post »thomasdaddy
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 1:36pmjh,
That’s just the problem. Education is the first thing to be cut, and the cuts usually happen in the most depressed communities! Not sure how you got the impression that the government is throwing gobs of money at the inner city school system, but that is simply not the case in any way shape or form!
I totally agree that parents must be more responsible for the education and behavior of their children, but that‘s difficult when the parent isn’t much older than the child! The root cause is always going to come back to education, or the lack thereof.
In regards to you being a racist or not. Nothing in your comments would lead me to call you a racist. A bit misguided, but not a racist! Case in point, the fact that you think that the “Damn good” black people you know are the exception rather than the rule. If the “Damn Good” black people were the exception there would be a lot more crime! The fact is, the black community does have a problem with a small portion of its population engaging in criminal activity! That’s a fact, but it’s a small percentage of the Black population. There are 40 million blacks in the country. If we were all committing crimes this would be a totally different country! LOL
Report Post »thomasdaddy
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 1:38pmIf you want a racist reference point, see wayne’s comment!
Report Post »OhioRifleman
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 1:41pm@ Thomas
Close…not quite. I suffered through city schools for eleven out of fifteen pre-college education years, and I am not part of the failure statistic even though I have just as much reason to be under your logic. I have an Associates of Sciences, two professional certifications, trade training, and a very stable middle-class job.
Will power and discipline will get you a lot farther than making excuses for someone’s socio-economic straits. Excuses lead to a form of apathy for this manner of nightmare, and apathy only increases the lethality of these incidents as they happen more and more frequently.
Report Post »stogieguy7
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 1:45pmBut Wayne is correct. I too have been to Africa and what I found there was a continent full of violence and ignorance. Many of the behaviors that you see in inner-city black slums here in the US are exactly the same as take place over there.
While its true that “all crime” is NOT committed by blacks (not by a longshot), they do perpetrate far more than their proportional share of crime. Especially violent crime. Name me the least violent countries and I’ll name you the ones with the lowest percentage of blacks in their respective populations. If you don’t like it, you can label this comment as “racist” too – but all you are doing is throwing out that label because you apparently can’t handle the truth.
And not one part of the above comment is untrue.
Report Post »jhrusky
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 1:55pm@thomasdaddy
All in all, I don’t think you can convince me that these perpetrators do not know what they are doing is wrong. That being the case, it doesn’t matter if they had a poor upbringing or not; wrong is wrong and as long as they know it’s wrong, it should not be tolerated in any manner.
As to the inner city school system, throwing money at it won’t help … it never does. What those kids’ parents need are VOUCHERS — something that people who want more money thrown at the public school system seem to always be against. Let the parents decide where to send their children for a quality education. I am unsure even that would help them, though — and if it wouldn’t, what would you suggest? How do we fix the problem?
Report Post »thomasdaddy
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 2:06pmohioRifleman,
There is an exception to every rule! I spent 22yrs in the projects growing up. I’m a college educated legal profession managing groups in 2 states. My parents had me when my mom was 36yrs old, and my dad was 38yrs old. Mature, settled, and stable! Kids growing up do not have that in their lives, and the cycle will continue for most if education is not a focus. There are always a lucky few that get out, but we need to increase the odds for success!
Report Post »Bigliardi
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 2:14pmIt is because blacks have been “maligned and marginalized” for so many years..Blacks like Al Sharpton, Maxine Waters, Jesse Jackson, The McKinney Freak, Sheila Jackson Lee, all say it is payback time….While white liberals quake in their boots, turn a blind eye, and hope it doesn’t come to their neighborhoods….
Report Post »joe1234
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 2:15pm@fascistdaddy: we’ve spent TRILLIONS trying your failed socialist policies…they don’t work…in fact they are the cause of the dysfunction in the black community…encouraging the breakup of families…and your precious education spending is a TOTAL FAILURE…how many decades of failed socialist policies do you need to see before you get a clue?
Continuous spending increases have not corresponded with equal improvement in American educational performance. Long-term measures of American students’ academic achievement, such as long-term NAEP reading scale scores and high school graduation rates, show that the performance of American students has not improved dramatically in recent decades, despite substantial spending increases. The lack of a correlation between long-term Education spending and performance does not suggest that resources are not a factor in academic performance, but it does suggest that simply increasing spending is unlikely to improve educational performance.
http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2008/09/does-spending-more-on-education-improve-academic-achievement
Report Post »thomasdaddy
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 2:19pmjh,
“All in all, I don’t think you can convince me that these perpetrators do not know what they are doing is wrong. That being the case, it doesn’t matter if they had a poor upbringing or not; wrong is wrong and as long as they know it’s wrong, it should not be tolerated in any manner.”
i never said that they didn’t know right from wrong or that i was trying to convince you otherwise! I’m simply sating the facts! The liklihood of an educated person committing a violent crime is extremely low than someone with little to no education. That’s my point, and never did I say it should be tolerated! I’m saying that society on a whole is tackling an issue in the wrong way! It’s like given a pregnant woman a birthcontrol pill!
“As to the inner city school system, throwing money at it won’t help … it never does.”
It never happened!! Lets try it first before we say it won’t work! If you have evidence of inner city schools being flooded with tax money i’d love to see it!
“I am unsure even that would help them, though — and if it wouldn’t, what would you suggest? How do we
fix the problem?”
First we have to make serious investments in education! This means not making the Board of Education the countries piggie bank! This means entitlement reform! Make people who are on welfare have to work for that money, and make it temporary! I could go on, and on, but we just really have to address the education system in the depressed neighborhood
Report Post »joe1234
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 2:35pm@fascistdaddy…I mean seriously can you ever tell the truth? we need to spend more on education??? oh please…from my previous article…
For example, in Detroit, per-student spending is approximately $11,100 per year, yet only 25 percent of Detroit’s students are graduating from high school according to a recent estimate.[21] In these communities and across the country, policymakers should focus on reforming policies and resource allocation to improve student achievement.
11,100 per year per pupil…how much do you think spend?? a million,,,a billion? I mean you’re absurd.
Despite its poor results, District public schools have boasted one of the highest spending rates per pupil, the Washington Post reports.
According to the census, with figures taken from the 2008-09 school year, D.C. spent $16,408 per student; second only to New York, which spent about $2,000 more. The national average is $10,499. By contrast, D.C. ranked last in the 2011 Education Week rankings.
http://www.tbd.com/articles/2011/05/d-c-schools-have-second-highest-per-pupil-spending-rate-61358.html
how much more of a ‘serious’ investment in education do you think we need?? duhhhhhhh
Report Post »thomasdaddy
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 2:58pmjoe,
come on with the conservative talking points! Let’s deal with the facts! The federal government does not spend trillions on education!
States and localities are the primary sources of K-12 education funding and always have been.
Total U.S. Expenditures for Elementary and Secondary Education
In the 2004-05 school year, 83 cents out of every dollar spent on education is estimated to come from the state and local levels (45.6 percent from state funds and 37.1 percent from local governments). The federal government’s share is 8.3 percent. The remaining 8.9 percent is from private sources, primarily for private schools. [ * * ] This division of support remains consistent with our nation’s historic reliance on local control of schools.
Report Post »joe1234
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 3:10pm@fascistdaddy…didn’t say the federal government spend TRILLIONS on education…nice lie. and nice diversion, notice you couldn’t answer any of my points…no surprise…
Other spending categories that have grown rapidly since 2000 include: anti-poverty programs (89 percent faster than inflation), K–12 education (219 percent),
http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2010/06/federal-spending-by-the-numbers-2010
federal spending for k-12 education rose 219 percent since 2000….and of course we have this…
the president’s Fy2011 budget for the Department of Education tops $77 billion. This includes $50 billion in discretionary spending, $1 billion for successful ESEA reauthorization, and $35 billion for Pell grants, which became mandatory in 2010. The budget increase comes on top of last year’s $100 billion infusion of “stimulus” cash into the Department of Education’s coffer. Unfortunately, the sacred cow of education spending has been spared of the spending freeze.
http://blog.heritage.org/2010/02/01/budget-2011-education-spending-skyrockets/
in other words you were lying about “First we have to make serious investments in education” we have done that and it does NOT work….
your idiotic assertion “It never happened!! Lets try it first before we say it won’t work! If you have evidence of inner city schools being flooded with tax money i’d love to see it!”
I already debunked….again do you ever tell the truth about anything?
Report Post »Perspective
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 3:24pmAs I’ve said before, the N-word is not a race, it’s a way of life. They come in all colors believe me. The lifestyle this woman and her brothers showed is definitely the N-word way of life. I had a stretch of my life from age 12 to 16 where my family was on welfare. My mother busted her @ss going to school full time taking nursing classes. That experience of being poor and on the “dole” made me decide I was never going to live like that again. I worked hard in school and in life to make a good career for myself and a good life for my family. It’s called personal RESPONSIBILITY.
Report Post »thomasdaddy
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 4:12pmjoe,
“didn’t say the federal government spend TRILLIONS on education”
Yet you post the president budget appropriation for education! LMAO!! O.K.! Come on joe, surely even you are smart enough to consider all the cuts over the past decade when attempting to tell me how much we are spending on Education!! these are cuts are in 2011 alone!
Texas Cutting $5 Billion From Public Schools
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/19/texas-school-budget-cuts
More than half of the $38 billion in spending cuts that lawmakers agreed to last week in the 2011 budget compromise that averted a government shutdown would hit education, labor and health programs.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/38-billion-in-cuts-in-budget-deal-will-cover-various-domestic-areas
But, under the House bill, those programs would be scrapped entirely, including:
Report Post »• Even Start Family Literacy program: $66.5 million
• Mathematics and Science partnerships: $180 million
• Striving Readers program: $250 million
• The Obama admin $50 million high school graduation initiative, which is a fairly new program
• Literacy Through School Libraries: $19 million
• Education Tech State Grants: $100 million
• Foriegn Language Assist: $26.9 million
• The National Writing Project: $25.6 million
• Ready-to-Learn Television: $27.3 million
• Civic Education: $35 million
• Elementary and Secondary School Counseling: $55 million
• Smaller Learning Communities: $88 million
• Te
TRUTH
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 5:47pmI hope your amnesia gets better…NORWAY!
Report Post »joe1234
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 10:09pm@fascistdaddy uh you say ““didn’t say the federal government spend TRILLIONS on education”
Yet you post the president budget appropriation for education! LMAO!! O.K.! ”
LMAO Ok that makes NO sense…but nothing else you say makes any sense either…glad to see you’re easily amused…the simple always are….
hey gomer, newsflash: THERE ARE NOT CUTS IN THAT DEBT LIMIT DEAL…how hard is this?? there are decreases in increases…in other words instead of a 10% increase we are only going to do a 8% increase LMAO…you are beyond stupid….
I wish all those cuts you listed would have gone through…you want to improve education??? eliminate the department of education…and get rid of the thuggish teacher unions…..the entire public EDUKASHUN system is a failure…just another example of your failed socialist ideas…when are you gonna get a clue??? your ideas fail every time…but you ‘progressive’ fascists don’t want to help people, you just want power over other people’s lives…..
Report Post »joe1234
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 10:17pm@fascistdaddy…maybe a nice chart would be easier for you to understand, since english seems a bit difficult for you…
Since 1970, inflation adjusted public school spending has more than doubled. Over the same period, achievement of students at the end of high school has stagnated according to the Department of Education’s own long term National Assessment of Educational Progress (see chart above). Meanwhile, the high school graduation rate has declined by 4 or 5%, according to Nobel laureate economist James Heckman.
http://simplecomplexity.net/education-achievement-data/
Report Post »SON OF JEFFERSON
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 12:19pmSo attempted murder is no longer a crime
Report Post »zigzag
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 12:23pmMy thought exactly.
Report Post »ForeignWatcher
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 12:28pmIt is,, and like said in the video, they ARE beeing prosecuted. THEIR attorneys say no attack took lace. Thats their job you know, defending the bad guys…
Report Post »moreteaplease
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 12:32pmWell it is and isn’t…depends on what color you are it seems.
Report Post »AlansTigg
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 12:54pmit’s not a crime if you are incompetent and therefore unsuccessful
Report Post »NotFooled
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 12:17pmYa, Those Right -Wing terrorists… (Sarcasm)
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 1:47pmMaybe they were fed up with social workers telling them not to spank their kids…
Report Post »American Infantry
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 12:15pmdid any one else catch the shooters names SHOCKER
Report Post »The_Fox
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 12:14pm“…no assault took place” ???
This is a REAL problem when reality hits you in the face and you say it is something different; it’s a LIE, plain and simple.
Speak the truth America, no matter what !
Report Post »cessna152
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 12:28pmIt’s only an assault if they are a white Christian or Conservative.
Report Post »ForeignWatcher
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 12:28pmIts an assault, yes, and like said in the video, they ARE beeing prosecuted. THEIR attorneys say no attack took lace. Thats their job you know, defending the bad guys…
Report Post »Hoosierchap
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 1:52pmThe truth is: It‘s George Bush’s fault!
Report Post »johnj1952
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 12:14pmHow come i’m not surprised that they are black.
Report Post »jhrusky
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 12:30pmIt is sad that this apparent fact is causing more and more racism and hatred. I agree that it appears the majority of crime is being committed by blacks. At the same time, I know some damn fine black men and women and it’s unfair to paint them with that wide of a brush. I just wish they, like the good family-oriented Muslims would speak out against this sort of thing as it does nothing but breed hatred toward their race. We need courts with common sense, DAs willing to prosecute swiftly and harshly when it comes to violence and to forget about political correctness crap!
WOLVERINES!
Report Post »ProbIemSoIver
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 1:22pmYou are not surprised because blacks commit 93% of ALL Gun Crimes in the U.S.of A.
Report Post »Perspective
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 2:47pmBill Cosby has repeatedly spoken out and he just gets beat up by the left.
Report Post »johnj1952
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 6:12pmThis is not racsism, it is just the fact that these animals were waiting for the fat ass bitch and pull several guns. What was their intention to highjack the bus ? No it was to KILL. I did’nt see any NRA logos, so I am correct that these ferel animals have stolen guns, or maybe the EFIN Gov. gave them to them. Did you watch the video? Did you see that they showed no regard for anyone. An eighty year old women cowerring in the asile of the bus as a bullet slamed through the window she had just been standing in front of. Racsisim will stop when these animals are sent back to Africa to fight along side the animals throughout that country.
Report Post »nysparkie
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 12:14pmPhilly, the City of brotherly Love. Not from YOU KNOW WHO! It sure doesn’t look like the kids from the Christian Academy there.
Report Post »spirited
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 12:14pm“No assault was made –because no one was injured. ”
>Really now!
Report Post »olddog
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 12:14pmThere is also a repot of hundreds of blacks terrorizing whites at a state fair but not reported by Lib. Media that way… All the violent rhetoric coming from the left Is working. We will protect ourselves our homes and families. At All Costs!!!
Report Post »spirited
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 12:29pmIowa apparently had a similer experience: “Beat Up Whitey Night”.
At least the bus experience –where there was “no assault” (gasp & sigh)–,
> was attempt to ‘kill my own’.
Report Post »dtitus1304
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 12:14pmWhen are people going to admit that some poeple are just different than others. Reality sucks sometimes but you just have to admit it.
Report Post »nysparkie
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 12:15pmaye aye to that
Report Post »thomasdaddy
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 12:24pmAre you saying black versus white, or criminals versus law abiding citizens?
Report Post »GiveUsJustice
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 1:20pmOnly a racist would make a statement like that Thomas. Way to show your “colors”.
Report Post »stogieguy7
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 1:51pmWell, in the animal world, many wide-ranging animals have evolved into different subspecies. Much as we have “races”. And it would be natural that different races and genetic backgrounds would result in certain groups having similar characteristics. Why is it that so many Asians are proficient at mathematics and in the technical sciences? How is it that the NBA is overwhelmingly black (80+%)? Different races and ethnic groups have different proficiencies. So, lastly, how is it that I cannot think of one country with a black majority that is not violent?
So yes there are differences. The sooner we all accept these differences and embrace them, the better off humanity will be. We’re not all equal in every way – but it does average out.
Report Post »let us prey
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 1:58pmThomastroll
Report Post »What about people taking responsibility for themselves and their families. Holy crap man, you blame everything on impoverished, education, broken families, and whatever else you can. Try birth control or some self restraint. At some point people have to man up and take responsibility. Get a job, discipline your kids, live a clean life and quit blaming the world and the citizens and the gov. Life is complicated, do your best. Clearly this segment of the country has given up due to entitlements and selfishness.
thomasdaddy
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 2:01pmstogie,
WOW!! Blacks are not genetically apt to play basketball! That’s a cheap sport to play! you get a ball and a hoop! No cleets, bat, glove etc.
Report Post »The sad part is, you’re racist and in denial about it!
biggreenboo
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 2:22pmOh Thomas… Your defence is starting to crack.
Why don’t you just give up… take a bus ride… go to a fair.
Report Post »thomasdaddy
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 4:14pmbig,
just saying my defence cracked means nothing! You actually have to prove it! LMAO!!
Report Post »I.Gaspar
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 12:11pmIf these animals and the stupid b*tch who arranged for the shooting do not serve time, then there can be no doubt that under eric holder, no blacks can be convicted in obamerica.
Report Post »thomasdaddy
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 12:16pmThis has to be the most idiotic comment today! It’s not surprising that no one on this thread that is of your far right ilk spoke against this ridiculous comment!
Report Post »I.Gaspar
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 12:19pmdaddy:
Report Post »Sorry, I forgot that title usually belongs to you.
smithclar3nc3
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 12:24pmDefense attornies aren’t suppose to knownly defend the guilty…
Report Post »Oh wait I forgot they‘re lawyers and justices doesn’t matter it’s win or lose that matters to them.
The fact that there is even a trial when theres this kind of evidence show how broken down our system really has become.
let us prey
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 2:17pmigaspar
Report Post »Do you think she used one of those free Pennsylvania [it is the rights of all people to have a free cell phone] for the hit? Betcha she did. Noone will be charged. Sad
JimCDew
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 3:33pm@THOMASDADDY – You’re right. Holder has no say in the enforcement of PA state law and cannot be used to imply an unbalanced enforcement favoring Af-Ams.
That said the parties involved should be tried and, if found guilty, sentenced to jail. I would also ask whether Holders’ DOJ will charge them with terrorist acts?
Report Post »CS_GUY
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 12:10pmWhere did the Philadelphia defense attorneys take the Bar exam, Venus? Looks like war to me……
Report Post »myfamily04
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 10:28pmIs this the same city where those Black Panthers came from and I guess threatening people with a billy club is not a crime either???
Report Post »AlansTigg
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 12:10pmWOW when did no harm no foul become a legal defense?????
Report Post »spirited
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 12:18pmSeriously, ….Look at what happened to Blagojevich!
>Moral of the story: Use a bullet shooting device instead of a mouth.
Report Post »thomasdaddy
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 12:22pmSeems like assault to me, even in Philly!
Pennsylvania Assault Penalties & Laws
Report Post »Under Pennsylvania assault laws, a person is guilty of assault if a person intentionally or knowingly causes bodily harm to another, or attempts to do so putting another in fear of injury.
GiveUsJustice
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 1:18pmSweet, so I can go there and shoot up property and not be charged! Awesome way to take out your frustration at the city’s and taxpayers expense. What a great city to go to when I’m angry! Would suck to be a taxpayer though!
Report Post »NWalters78
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 2:09pmI wouldn’t be surprised in the slightest. They could be doing a dry run for the DAY AFTER ELECTION DAY 2012, when they rage at Deir Boyz’s loss of Da Prezidency.
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