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"We'd better mind our manners, mates, I heard they hired off-duty Polish policemen for security today."
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| Polish Cops Accidentally Use Live Bullets | ||
| 2004-05-10 | ||
Police mistakenly opened fire with live ammunition to stop a street fight in a central Polish city, killing a 19-year-old man and wounding three others, officials said Sunday. A 23-year-old woman was in critical condition with a gunshot wound to the head and two others were seriously wounded in the violence late Saturday in Lodz. The shootings prompted Lodz police chief Jan Feja and his deputy, Sylwester Stepien, to resign. Lodz Mayor Jerzy Kropiwnicki called for three days of mourning. The fighting began when a group of soccer fans, apparently angered when their team lost a match, attacked some students. The attackers threw stones and bottles at police as they arrived. Police responded by firing rubber bullets to disperse the fighters. But some officers accidently reloaded with live ammunition and fired six rounds before realizing their mistake, deputy national police chief Henryk Tokarski told Poland's PAP news agency. Four people were hit.
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| Posted by:Steve White |
| #10 Q. What's black and blue and floats down the river on its back? A. The next person to tell a Polish joke. |
| Posted by: Eric Jablow 2004-05-10 4:32:38 PM |
| #9 Six shots fired, 4 people hit.....hmmm, may be time to forget all those Polish jokes..... |
| Posted by: Mercutio 2004-05-10 2:40:10 PM |
| #8 Think the thugs will be sure there's rubber bullets next time? Play it like the Lotto - you never know when it's your turn! [DH] "But being as this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean off, you've got to ask yourself one question: Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya--punk?" |
| Posted by: Zenster 2004-05-10 2:31:17 PM |
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| Posted by: BigEd 2004-05-10 11:38:41 AM |
| #6 I like this Polish variant of Russian Roulette. Even if they assumed they were using rubber bullets, the police wouldn't fire randomly into the crowd but target the worst rabble rousers. So whether you got plugged by a rubber bullet or a full metal jacket you were likely doing something you shouldn't have. |
| Posted by: Dar 2004-05-10 10:49:10 AM |
| #5 Not unlike the San Diego police. One of the reasons San Diego is such a livable city is the low survival rate of thugs, hooligans, and assorted miscreants who challenge the local authorities. They only shoot the guns out of their hands in the movies. |
| Posted by: RWV 2004-05-10 10:13:42 AM |
| #4 Hmmmm "accidently" works for me.... Think the thugs will be sure there's rubber bullets next time? Play it like the Lotto - you never know when it's your turn! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-05-10 9:46:54 AM |
| #3 I've seen these thugs (Hooligans not the polish police) in action many times and strongly advocate the use of snipers to "thin the herd" a little. These people are complete and utta bastards, look at what happened when Arkan put kalashnikovs in the hands of "Belgrade red Star" supporters........ |
| Posted by: Eminem. 2004-05-10 4:59:34 AM |
| #2 What actually happened was the soccer thugs made their way to a university campus, which isn't even close to the stadium, and started attacking students. University security couldn't handle them, and the police stepped in. The police somehow bungled this, because soccer thugs are under constant watch. I've seen these thugs in action. They take over city buses and consider themselves invincible. Most of them are young teens, believe or not, easily pushed over on a single basis but in a group they are fearless. |
| Posted by: Rafael 2004-05-10 1:49:41 AM |
| #1 Who wants to bet the post-game frenzies assume a much calmer tone for a while? |
| Posted by: Zenster 2004-05-10 1:31:04 AM |