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Kelly says the sergeant chased him and the suspect fired at him with a gun that had been reported stolen in Virginia.

 

I'm glad all of NYC's strict gun laws kept this one outside the border.

 

When the officer approached, the man took off running the streets and through the Marriott Marquis hotel's passenger drop-off area, Browne said. The sergeant pursued, and the man turned and fired with a Mac-10 machine pistol that held 30 rounds; he got off two shots before it jammed, Browne said. The officer returned fire, killing the suspect, Browne said. It's not clear how many shots he fired.

 

OMGZ NO! a Machine Pistol! I thoughts those was illegals!

 

The d-bag was not immediately identified. Officers suspected him and another man were working a scam in which they would approach tourists, ask them their names, then write their names on the CDs and demand payment of $10.

 

I hate that shit. They tried it with me once. I just walked away. They started yelling and screaming. I said "call the cops" and kept walking. Good this D-bag is off the streets.

The slain man was not immediately identified. Officers suspected him and another man were working a scam in which they would approach tourists, ask them their names, then write their names on the CDs and demand payment of $10.

 

I hate that ****. They tried it with me once. I just walked away. They started yelling and screaming. I said "call the cops" and kept walking. Good this D-bag is off the streets.

 

 

errr....huh? How does that scam work? so they write your name on a CD....is there something bad on the CD and they are trying to blackmail you? And who would give their name to some guy who walks up to you in Times Square? Its the same as those guys at the fair that try to make you play their games...just keep walking and ignore them.

The slain man was not immediately identified. Officers suspected him and another man were working a scam in which they would approach tourists, ask them their names, then write their names on the CDs and demand payment of $10.

 

I hate that ****. They tried it with me once. I just walked away. They started yelling and screaming. I said "call the cops" and kept walking. Good this D-bag is off the streets.

 

 

errr....huh? How does that scam work? so they write your name on a CD....is there something bad on the CD and they are trying to blackmail you? And who would give their name to some guy who walks up to you in Times Square? Its the same as those guys at the fair that try to make you play their games...just keep walking and ignore them.

 

Exactly.. its a scam.

 

It's just BS "help the artist" "homemade" rap music junk. Anyone from NYC and probably most of North Eastern Jersey would just walk away. I can see lots of "normal Americans" like the mom from Georgia on vacation.. who gets scammed into this.

 

1. Guy approaches.. somewhat friendly.. asks the tourist their name.

2. Tourist says "Sally"

3. Guy spouts off unintelligible gibberish and writes the tourist's name on the CD (obviously burned.. who knows even if it has anything on it).. as if this will someday become a collectible. (This is done in only a second or two.. real fast.. combined with the gibberish and the lights and shit going on in times square.. the tourist doesn't know what's going on).

4. Tourist is alarmed that they now "own" this CD (which has been personalized for them).

5. D-bag requests money for the CD they just "bought" without knowing it.

6. Probably a good percentage pay for it ashamed they got conned into it. The shear number of people that funnel through times square every day.. you need only a few people a day (very small percentage) to make some decent money.

 

Just like the "homeless" people around Penn Station who "need something to eat".. EVERY FREAKING DAY.

Edited the first post to remove the word "slain". Sorry.

wow, cant believe they are doing that in nyc now.

 

the closest encounter to this was in Jamaica. there is a waterfall there that you climb up and is a big tourist trap. on the way out, you go through this little marketplace. The guys just come to you, ask you your name, carve it into some piece of wood or whatever and then ask you to pay for it.

Just like the "homeless" people around Penn Station who "need something to eat".. EVERY FREAKING DAY.

 

Get back at them by giving them EXACTLY what they ask for. A peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

Just like the "homeless" people around Penn Station who "need something to eat".. EVERY FREAKING DAY.

 

Get back at them by giving them EXACTLY what they ask for. A peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

 

Since BBK posted a family guy video on another thread, I feel compelled to do the same...

 

 

(you can skip to about 1:00 to get right to it)

wow, cant believe they are doing that in nyc now.

 

the closest encounter to this was in Jamaica. there is a waterfall there that you climb up and is a big tourist trap. on the way out, you go through this little marketplace. The guys just come to you, ask you your name, carve it into some piece of wood or whatever and then ask you to pay for it.

 

In Africa kids make these ornate, braided bracelets and then tie them on to your wrist and ask you to pay for it...

Just like the "homeless" people around Penn Station who "need something to eat".. EVERY FREAKING DAY.

 

Get back at them by giving them EXACTLY what they ask for. A peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

 

The guy with no legs who repeats the same thing in the same exact tone for weeks at a time is the one I hate. Somewhere around 7th and 36th.. right in front of the subway.. one day I really wanted to get a $5 footlong and tell him to shut up.. but I'm sure that woulda just pissed me off when we got into a fight..

 

I'm pretty sure the cops pushed him back a few blocks from the entrance to Penn station where he used to be stationed.

 

anyways.. the douche nozzle liberal media is now calling this guy "a street vendor" and making it seem like the big bad policeman killed him for nothing.. and he was just "selling cd's"

does he have a street vendor license? =) they are all required to have one.... even those selling bootleg dvd's. =)

does he have a street vendor license? =) they are all required to have one.... even those selling bootleg dvd's. =)

 

That's what the NYT is making it seem like.. that he was killed for not having a license. Not for scamming tourists.. or running from the cops.. or having an illegal stolen gun.. or... pulling out the illegal stolen gun and trying to shoot it at a cop... nope.. just cuz he didn't have a license.