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(SFGate) Unlikely San Francisco man pulls gun on cops in the Tenderloin district. Cops respond by pumping 10 rounds into suspect. Just kidding, they tackled him instead. No, really, that's what they really did   (blog.sfgate.com) divider line 65
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ArkAngel [TotalFark]
2011-10-15 12:39:18 AM
It's San Francisco. It's not like a dogpile full of men dressed in cop outfits is all that uncommon
 
This About That [TotalFark]
2011-10-15 12:59:32 AM
A round of applause for the SFPD.

// also, what ArkAngel said
 
TwistedIvory [TotalFark]
2011-10-15 01:00:39 AM
I don't understand how this could happen. It's forbidden to carry guns in California!
 
fusillade762
2011-10-15 01:02:29 AM
Good thing he wasn't at the BART station. That kind of shiat will definitely get you bullet from the transit cops.
 
EatenTheSun [TotalFark]
2011-10-15 01:25:19 AM
Wonder how many times he "fell down" in his cell later.
 
jaylectricity [TotalFark]
2011-10-15 01:38:40 AM
I really thought this was a "beef pun" headline when I saw Tenderloin and rounds a few words apart.

Sadly disappointed.

/tackle is fishing
 
Anagrammer
2011-10-15 01:56:01 AM
A guy in Frisco with a big gun gets tackled by other guys?

Why is this even news? Sounds more like a daily occurence there.
 
Chinchillazilla [TotalFark]
2011-10-15 01:59:13 AM
Golf clap for the cops.
 
borg [TotalFark]
2011-10-15 02:06:55 AM
So they just proved to the board of Sups they don't need those tasers after all.

/they been fighting to get them for a couple of years.
 
Treize26
2011-10-15 02:07:43 AM
I know next to nothing about San Francisco, apparently. The Tenderloin district? Did we run out of names going from east to west, so just figured, "Eh, fark naming this place. What's for dinner Edna?... Hey!"
 
sillydragon
2011-10-15 02:08:17 AM
Jokes about men piling on other men aside, bravo to the cops for using non-lethal force instead of just shooting the guy.
 
Oznog
2011-10-15 02:10:44 AM
This story makes me hungry.
 
wildcardjack
2011-10-15 02:14:29 AM
Despite fearing that Turner would shoot them, the cops decided to tackle him. The officers worried they might shoot bystanders in a crowd gathered at Ellis and Jones streets, said Officer Albie Esparza, police spokesman.

This might be a dividend of having all your cops wear bullet proof vests. Once you realize that most GSW's from handguns are to the torso you let the vest break out the
americandad.biz
 
konigsforst
2011-10-15 02:15:10 AM
Treize26: I know next to nothing about San Francisco, apparently. The Tenderloin district? Did we run out of names going from east to west, so just figured, "Eh, fark naming this place. What's for dinner Edna?... Hey!"

wiki:

There are a number of stories about how the Tenderloin got its name. One says it is a reference to an older neighborhood in New York with the same name and similar characteristics. Another is a reference to the neighborhood as the "soft underbelly" (analogous to the cut of meat) of the city, with allusions to vice and corruption, especially graft. There are also some legends about the name, probably folklore, including that the neighborhood earned its name from the words of a New York City police captain, Alexander S. Williams, who was overheard saying that when he was assigned to another part of the city, he could only afford to eat chuck steak on the salary he was earning, but after he was transferred to this neighborhood he was making so much money on the side soliciting bribes that now he could eat tenderloin instead.[2][3] Another version of that story says that the officers who worked in the Tenderloin received a "hazard pay" bonus for working in such a violent area, and thus were able to afford the good cut of meat. Yet another story, also likely apocryphal, is that the name is a reference to the "loins" of prostitutes.
 
Phoenix_M
2011-10-15 02:16:06 AM
Treize26: I know next to nothing about San Francisco, apparently. The Tenderloin district? Did we run out of names going from east to west, so just figured, "Eh, fark naming this place. What's for dinner Edna?... Hey!"

It's been called that for a over a hundred years, It's pretty much as always been a place for hookers & blow.
 
jshine
2011-10-15 02:17:19 AM
konigsforst: Yet another story, also likely apocryphal, is that the name is a reference to the "loins" of prostitutes.

Seems reasonable, given the current state of that area.
 
vabeard
2011-10-15 02:21:10 AM
I'm sure someone will point out that these SFPD can't be "real" gunblazing, skull crushing, cops.
 
Anagrammer
2011-10-15 02:21:12 AM
Phoenix_M: It's been called that for a over a hundred years, It's pretty much as always been a place for hookers & blow.

So why not just call it the "San Francisco District"?
 
Dairy King
2011-10-15 02:22:24 AM
Yet, someone on here will find fault with this.
 
belhade
2011-10-15 02:25:37 AM
They should have shot him, right in the tenderloin.
 
LaughingRadish
2011-10-15 02:26:15 AM
This antique vibrator has nothing to do with this incident. But still.
blog.sfgate.com
 
Notabunny
2011-10-15 02:27:41 AM
fta Esparza is not identifying the officers involved, but called their decision not to shoot "commendable" and "very brave."

Yes, indeed. Good work, gentlemen.
 
KenShabby
2011-10-15 02:30:04 AM
Dairy King: Yet, someone on here will find fault with this.

My tax dollars go toward those police officers bullets and I demand they insert them into raggedy drunken negroes in the Tenderloin!

How's that?

/No longer a SF resident
 
davidphogan
2011-10-15 02:30:32 AM
Phoenix_M: Treize26: I know next to nothing about San Francisco, apparently. The Tenderloin district? Did we run out of names going from east to west, so just figured, "Eh, fark naming this place. What's for dinner Edna?... Hey!"

It's been called that for a over a hundred years, It's pretty much as always been a place for hookers & blow.

Don't forget that cheap bar where the staff all wore tuxes that burned down. I liked that place.
 
Gobobo
2011-10-15 02:35:10 AM
They should've shot him 10 times, It would've sucked to be him BUT suddenly criminals would be leaving at a rapid pace to Las Vegas
 
Katolu
2011-10-15 02:36:51 AM
LaughingRadish: This antique vibrator has nothing to do with this incident. But still.
[blog.sfgate.com image 300x200]

Holy crap, I bought one just like that at an auction a few years ago.
 
Ed Grubermann
2011-10-15 03:11:17 AM
Treize26: I know next to nothing about San Francisco, apparently.

That is certainly true.
 
GladGirl
2011-10-15 03:13:58 AM
davidphogan: Phoenix_M: Treize26: I know next to nothing about San Francisco, apparently. The Tenderloin district? Did we run out of names going from east to west, so just figured, "Eh, fark naming this place. What's for dinner Edna?... Hey!"

It's been called that for a over a hundred years, It's pretty much as always been a place for hookers & blow.

Don't forget that cheap bar where the staff all wore tuxes that burned down. I liked that place.

Blow? Easy there, richy rich. More of a crack hood than a blow hood. The TL is just ridiculous, the kinda area where you'll see a homeless man shiatting in a pizza box. I work about five blocks away, in the financial district. Luckily, the pee smell dissipates by that point.
 
krackpipe
2011-10-15 03:14:59 AM
Well played, officers. If only the rest of the nation's departments had your balls...wait

/why no hero tag?
 
Jensaarai
2011-10-15 03:31:22 AM
Hero cops.
 
phunkey_monkey
2011-10-15 03:32:51 AM
Was his life worth saving?

We will see when he makes parole...AGAIN.
 
illannoyin
2011-10-15 03:39:51 AM
 
Tainted1
2011-10-15 03:48:35 AM
fusillade762: Good thing he wasn't at the BART station. That kind of shiat will definitely get you bullet from the transit cops.

That's only if you're on the face down on the ground with your hands cuffed behind your back.
 
Daviticus
2011-10-15 03:53:10 AM
Dairy King: Yet, someone on here will find fault with this.

Gobobo: They should've shot him 10 times, It would've sucked to be him BUT suddenly criminals would be leaving at a rapid pace to Las Vegas

Done!
 
DreamyAltarBoy
2011-10-15 03:54:06 AM
SF cops rock like that, San Jose cops will shoot you if you're pointing a gun, Oakland cops might shoot you if you're holding a gun, and BART cops will shoot you if you're unarmed and face down.
 
friedlinx
2011-10-15 03:55:39 AM
illannoyin: NSFW Link

Would someone please seed this torrent
 
GriffXX
2011-10-15 03:58:20 AM
There ain't nothing tender about the Tenderloin.
 
JPINFV
2011-10-15 04:16:01 AM
fusillade762: Good thing he wasn't at the BART station. That kind of shiat will definitely get you bullet from the transit cops.

Actually, in this case he would probably get tazed.
 
Leishu
2011-10-15 04:44:01 AM
TwistedIvory: I'd like to point out that I'm completely ignorant of the actual situation in California by making a moronic comment implying how liberal it is there and associating it with something I hate in a complete nonsequitur to this situation!

Hey! Good to know! Thumbs up to you for warning us first so we know precisely what an idiot you are! Keep farking that chicken and don't look back, no matter what those ivory tower elitists yell at you!
 
illannoyin
2011-10-15 04:47:51 AM
friedlinx: illannoyin: NSFW Link

Would someone please seed this torrent

Really NSFW Link

More very NSFW Links

/You're welcome?
 
The Southern Dandy
2011-10-15 05:45:11 AM
This About That: A round of applause for the SFPD.


This! Finally, cops acting like cops used to act, with bravery. Instead of like thugs, like alot of cops have been acting lately.

Bravo officers! Keep it up.
 
pervvywanker
2011-10-15 05:57:32 AM
Things would have ended differently in the Porterhouse District.
 
MajorityWhip
2011-10-15 06:22:39 AM
Anagrammer: A guy in Frisco with a big gun gets tackled by other guys?

Why is this even news? Sounds more like a daily occurence there.

Please stop calling our City "Frisco" and "San Fran". It's annoying. We can enunciate words here.
 
MajorityWhip
2011-10-15 06:25:32 AM
Treize26: I know next to nothing about San Francisco, apparently. The Tenderloin district? Did we run out of names going from east to west, so just figured, "Eh, fark naming this place. What's for dinner Edna?... Hey!"

It's named after the red light district in NYC.
 
rico567
2011-10-15 06:33:19 AM
vabeard: I'm sure someone will point out that these SFPD can't be "real" gunblazing, skull crushing, cops.

Impossible to tell from TFA whether the cops should have employed other means to neutralize the subject. I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt and say that they acted correctly. In other circumstances, I might also be willing to give them latitude to use taser, phaser, or flame thrower.
 
ambercat
2011-10-15 06:42:46 AM
GladGirl: davidphogan: Phoenix_M: Treize26: I know next to nothing about San Francisco, apparently. The Tenderloin district? Did we run out of names going from east to west, so just figured, "Eh, fark naming this place. What's for dinner Edna?... Hey!"

It's been called that for a over a hundred years, It's pretty much as always been a place for hookers & blow.

Don't forget that cheap bar where the staff all wore tuxes that burned down. I liked that place.

Blow? Easy there, richy rich. More of a crack hood than a blow hood. The TL is just ridiculous, the kinda area where you'll see a homeless man shiatting in a pizza box. I work about five blocks away, in the financial district. Luckily, the pee smell dissipates by that point.

Really? I've always found it difficult to find areas of SF that are entirely free of pee smell for an entire block. More of a Pee Lite and a Pee Moar kinda smell situation that constantly fluctuates according to temperature, moisture levels, wind, and other overlying smells.

Seriously it's one piss smelling city.
 
GDubDub
2011-10-15 06:49:22 AM
FTFA: Police chose to sack a man instead of shooting him in the Tenderloin early this morning, even after he drew a .380.

Subby is playing it kinda fast-and-loose with the definition of "gun" isn't s/he?

/looks at mug

Oh, subject was black. Anything designed to be held in the hand is a "gun" in that case.

This *is* a miracle.
 
Zombie Butler
2011-10-15 09:04:54 AM
Gobobo: They should've shot him 10 times, It would've sucked to be him BUT suddenly criminals would be leaving at a rapid pace to Las Vegas

Not in the tenderloin, the ooze would just come in from the sides to take his place. "As the man fell into the trash, dozens of citizens were heard to say. ""I call dibs on his apartment.""
 
oukewldave
2011-10-15 09:47:28 AM
pork tenderloin?
 
TwistedIvory [TotalFark]
2011-10-15 10:48:34 AM
Leishu: TwistedIvory: I'd like to point out that I'm completely ignorant of the actual situation in California by making a moronic comment implying how liberal it is there and associating it with something I hate in a complete nonsequitur to this situation!

Hey! Good to know! Thumbs up to you for warning us first so we know precisely what an idiot you are! Keep farking that chicken and don't look back, no matter what those ivory tower elitists yell at you!

Wow, you're really flying off at the wrong windmill there, aren't you?

I don't think we've become acquainted on these boards. You may note that I identify as a rather left-leaning libertarian (lowercase 'l'). Though my current profession is decidedly blue-collar, it's possible that my formal education would cause people of a certain political bent to call me an "ivory-tower elitist," but of course that's just silly.

Realistically, however, I think that California has a number of excellent legislative movements on the books -- and a number of tremendously dumb ones. For instance, their most recent legislation that effectively bans both concealed-carry AND open-carry weapons? Well, I'm not a Constitutional scholar but it does seem pretty un-Constitutional. Furthermore, it's just naive to assume that just because you've officially banned something that it goes away. Case in point: Dude draws a .380 in a crowd. Great job to the cops who had the presence of mind not to open fire, but the situation highlights the axiom that when (x) is outlawed, only outlaws will have (x).

To decry me as some sort of Teabagging hyper-conservatard, well, that just kind of makes me laugh.
 
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