An “extremely active” shooting situation is ongoing in Pittsburgh after authorities attempted an eviction, city spokesperson Maria Montano said Wednesday.
Shots are “continuing to be fired” after the Allegheny County Sheriff’s Office tried to evict a resident in the Garfield area and the suspect opened fire on deputies, officials said.
So die in a hail of bullets while shooting at cops? Doesn’t seem like the best solution.
This ain’t the first time in American history this happened…
During the great depression when a bank showed up with a Sheriff to repossess and evict, the whole community was there with their guns.
If people hadn’t done that, America would have been hurt a lot worse.
The difference is cops used to back down, because they can’t win against a whole community where they also.lived. Now people mostly have to stand on their own and cops routinely live an hour plus away from where they work.
I’m willing to bet there are more people with guns in Philly than there are cops, it’s just only one group is standing united. If people stood united, the cops would back down and there’s be zero violence
But how are we supposed to be united with our neighbors when my favorite color is purple and theirs is orange?? And I mean, don’t get me started on the pineapple! They can go fuck themselves if they think I’m going to stand with them!
You of course realize you can die that way without ever breaking a law or picking up a firearm?
That might be why people are getting harder to deal with.
When it’s a choice between a quick death-by-cop or a slow death from having to live on the streets, the choice can be simpler to make. :(
You might be able to eventually improve your life and get off the streets. That won’t happen if you’re dead.
You literally won’t fucking care if you’re dead lol?
Sure, it’s the solution to all of life’s problems.
You’ve obviously never lived there.
I have one, the only plus was I still had a car to sleep in, at least for a little while before it got towed. Fun fact, I learned about the bank bailouts from my car radio while this was going down. I remember thinking that at this moment if I could I would detonate every nuke on earth and send us back to square one.
Are you saying no one ever gets off the streets? Because that’s just blatantly false.
I’m saying you seem to have no idea of how difficult it is to do because taxpayers don’t want to spend money on housing and social programs to help people get off the streets.
I never said it wasn’t difficult. Of course it’s difficult. You know what would make it impossible though? Being dead.
Better than dying hungry and delusional from heat and thirst on the street because you weren’t useful enough to the landed gentry.
Again, there’s a possibility you’ll get off the streets which is not there if you’re dead.
So many people here willing to let this person die for their cause.