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"Gunman 'lying in wait' kills 3 Pittsburgh officers" by Ramit Plushnick-Masti and Dan Nephin, Associated Press Writers | April 4, 2009
PITTSBURGH --A gunman wearing a bulletproof vest and "lying in wait" opened fire on officers responding to a domestic disturbance call Saturday, killing three of them and turning a quiet Pittsburgh street into a battlefield, police said.
Police Chief Nate Harper said the motive for the shooting isn't clear, but friends said the gunman recently had been upset about losing his job and feared the Obama administration was poised to ban guns.
So WTF does he do? HELPS HIM OUT by shooting dead cops!?!!! So WHAT ANTI-DEPRESSANTS was the MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE on anyway?!!!!
Richard Poplawski, 23, met officers at the doorway and shot two of them in the head immediately, Harper said. An officer who tried to help the two also was killed.
Poplawski, armed with an assault rifle and two other guns, then held police at bay for four hours as the fallen officers were left bleeding nearby, their colleagues unable to reach them, according to police and witnesses. More than 100 rounds were fired by the SWAT teams and Poplawski, Harper said....
The shooting occurred just two weeks after four police officers were fatally shot in Oakland, Calif., in the deadliest day for U.S. law enforcement since Sept. 11, 2001. The officers were the first Pittsburgh city officers to die in the line of duty in 18 years....
Poplawski had feared "the Obama gun ban that's on the way" and "didn't like our rights being infringed upon," said Edward Perkovic, his best friend....Yup, ANOTHER McVEIGH-TYPE PATSY being set up to ADVANCE the AGENDA AGAIN!! This SHIT is GETTING OLD, folks!!!!!!!!
Poplawski had once tried to join the Marines, but was kicked out of boot camp after throwing a food tray at a drill sergeant, Perkovic said.
Almost as if he was LEE HARVEY OSWALD talking about how much he loved Communism while in the Marines, right?
Another longtime friend, Aaron Vire, said Poplawski feared that President Barack Obama was going to take away his rights, though he said he "wasn't violently against Obama."
The AGENDA-PUSHING MSM is REALLY FLOGGING that ONE POINT, aren't they?
Yeah, he wasn't violently against Obama -- until yesterday??!!!!
STINK STENCH!!!!!!!!!!!!
Vire, 23, said Poplawski once had an Internet talk show but that it wasn't successful.
Yeah, I'm VERY SUSPICIOUS of those guys, too!!!!
They KNOW WHO THEY ARE!!!!!!
Never got up and running, huh (like I even care to know)? Them and their fantastic tales! Hope you got what you want.
He said Poplawski owned an AK-47 rifle and several powerful handguns, including a .357 Magnum. Obama has said he respects Americans' constitutional right to bear arms, but that he favors "common sense" gun laws. Gun rights advocates interpret that as meaning he would approve some curbs on assault and concealed weapons.
Poplawski had been laid off from his job at a glass factory earlier this year, said another friend, Joe DiMarco. DiMarco said he didn't know the name of the company, but knew his friend had been upset about it. Poplawski had often fought with neighbors and had even gotten into fist fights with a couple, Sand said....
I smell a FRAME-UP PATSY, folks!!!
About AS SUBTLE as a COCKROACH crawling across a white rug!
Just wondering why the paper version cut it there.
"This is a relatively really quiet neighborhood except for him," Sand said. "He was just one of those kids that we knew to stay clear from."
Harper confirmed police had responded to calls from the Poplawski house several times but said the incidents were still being investigated.
But he WASN'T VIOLENT or anything!!!!!!!!!!!
Rob Gift, 45, who lives a block away, said the well-kept single-family houses with manicured lawns are home to many police officers, firefighters, paramedics and other city workers. "It's just a very quiet neighborhood," Gift said.
Yeah, this is REEKING MORE by the MINUTE!!!!!!!!
WHAT ELSE are they CUTTING that WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT, readers?
