Check out the video news story linked below Video: Gunmen Open Fire at Bus in Philadelphia MYFOXNY.COM - A nightmare came to life on board a public bus in Philadelphia back in July. Prosecutors showed security camera video in court showing passengers scrambling as men with guns open fire, according to myfoxphilly.com . Prosecutors say the shooting and violence triggered because of a phone call that a woman, Penny Champan, made after having words with someone on the bus. The video shows Chapman's boy running up and down the aisles by one of the seven cameras on board. Finally she grabs the child and spanks him. A man sitting behind her doesn't approve and he threatens to turn her in for child abuse. She then makes a phone call. Investigators say she made that call to set up what is about to happen. A few minutes later, Chapman exits from the back, where the boy's uncle is waiting. He helps them off and holds the door open for two guys, brothers Caron and Rahim Patterson. Investigators say they open fire with an assault rifle and handgun. Innocent passengers on board instantly turn into possible victims. A prosecutor said that at least 5 of the bullets came right through the back door and several come through the side. In the chaos a mother grabs her child and runs for the front. Other passengers try to hide. An 80-year-old woman freezes for a few moments before she drops and covers her head, just a moment before as a bullet shatters the glass above her. Passengers pile up in front, including the man who criticized Chapman, the initial target of the gunfire. Finally the bus driver hits the gas and everyone gets away unharmed. Defense lawyers argued that since no one was hit, no assault took place, according to MyFoxPhilly.com
Boys will be boys! These young men are some real characters, I tell ya! No harm done....no jaywalking or littering, so it's cool.
The reaction was completely unwarranted. But I hope the guy who made the comment learned his lesson, he needs to mind his own business.
On the contrary. If these are the kind of people the mother socializes with, and allows access to her child, she needs to have her parental rights removed. You can't have it both ways - mind your own business and let people raise their kids the way they want, yet bitch because the child grows up to be a criminal.
No, the commentary about a spanking was still most likely unwarranted. Whether or not the company mommy keeps makes her unfit, that is information "Mr. Disapproves of Spanking" didn't have at the time. Further, regardless of her fitness, if Mr. Disapproves hadn't opened his fucking mouth, it would never have started raining bullets in that bus.
Yeah and I guess if we feed the defense lawyers to some alligators, no assault will take place because no bullets will hit them.
That was fucking crazy..... All that over a spanking? Criminals just don't have any fucking standards anymore..... And damn they can't shoot for shit.
I think if they really wanted to some thugs can shoot, but spraying bullets is mainly just to terrorize and send a message in many cases. It has to be, because no one group of people can shoot that bad on a consistent basis.
But that is the ultimate insanity. If you want to take public transportation (other than in ultra-densely populated areas like NYC) and save on polluting and wasting our petrolium you put your life/wallet at risk. Around here buses only serve the "inner city" which makes sense since they are statistically more likely to not have a car. If you happen to live in that area and want to save money by riding the bus.....wow, you are one brave individual.
No. They tried to impose stricter ones but the state told them no, that the state has preemption on all firearms laws in the state. PA's laws aren't too different from those in FL IIRC.
You are MUCH more likely to die driving yourself than be killed on a bus. By a factor of about 100 to 1.
True, but when I drive nobody tries to rob or beat me. Then again, my wife and daughter do have some hellacious PMS.
