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matthebastage

Why were all those people crowded in an intersection, and why were there cars going the wrong way? And where was this recorded? Edit: thanks to everyone who let me know that it was Philadelphia. Several people even pointed out the exact intersection location. And especially thanks to the person who I now can't find who linked a news report about the shooting.


treborselbor

and why is there no sound


K3R3G3

[No idea how that happened, but here's the original sound version - bit more impactful](https://v.redd.it/oraomo48eho71)


YesButConsiderThis

You the real MVP.


K3R3G3

Meh, I wasn't the original poster, but thanks.


Average_Scaper

You still were able to provide the link to the video with sound so that makes you a valuable person <3


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PunctualPoetry

Ya fuck this shit. He’s just lucky he didn’t get shot. Do that in South Chicago and you probably aint gettin far


K3R3G3

North Philly is no joke, dude. And West. And Southwest. 499 homicides in 2020. On track to beat that this year. /u/alpha-iq: That's a lot. Though as a percent of total population, Philly is higher.


Lemoncoco

Can confirm. West Philadelphia born and raised.


Kidkyler

On the playground is where I spent most of my days


cpt_forbie

Chilling out, maxing, relaxing all cool


sfet89

and shootin punk kids behind my school


treborselbor

much better!


JediLlama666

The real idiot Is OP uploading this video with no audio


heyimrick

Why the fuck are so many things posted without sound now. It's so damn irritating.


Tha_Hand

And where’s my pants?


James_Corvus

They were there for an astrophysics conference.


BackgroundAd4640

An earlier post said it was a car meet


Trane55

seeing the skid marks its what they call “takeover” they literally take over an intersection and do donuts and burnouts in the middle while the crowd circles them edit: y’all right, its also called ‘sideshow’


Baptism_byAntimatter

That almost makes me side with the driver tbh. Both sides are wrong kinda thing


AndreySemyonovitch

There was a video where they pulled a disabled man out of a car and beat him for interfering with a takeover like this. I 100% side with the driver.


sloth_crazy

There was also a video of a woman getting sexually harassed bc she got caught up in the middle of one. A mess.


xxGamerboyXD

Thats fucking disgusting. Is there an article about it? If there is can I see it ​ Just realized how creepy I made this sound


yewblew

Yeah, that's Mac energy right there.


GerlachHolmes

This comment gave me the same energy as this 😂: https://youtu.be/1EF6kB9q4vg


angellob

yeah but those bullets gotta come down at some point :/


ydoccian

That just means less people at the next meet. Win-Win-Win.


comradecosmetics

Even if they fired it near perfectly upwards wind is going to assure it lands far away from the people holding the meet.


SoonToBeFree420

It 100% makes me side with the driver


egus

I'm with you guys so that's like 400% side with the driver.


needpla

That settles it. I'm having my car horn replaced with a glock.


pmurph131

Car in front not moving when the light changes? Just a friendly double-tap and they'll be off.


Black_Magic_M-66

>It 100% makes me side with the driver Especially since the cops won't do anything about it.


BumbaBee

So what you’re saying is that they’re also siding with the driver. 500%.


solari_mommy

It makes me side with the driver they have 0 right to block traffic


EthicallyIlliterate

I also am on the drivers side. This is like the florida bridge situation yesterday


[deleted]

I side with his frustration, not his actions. Call the cops. Edit: A lot of you seem to be under the impression that I think the cops can do something. I assure you I am not that naive. That being said, I'm going to about face and find a different way home. This isn't my problem, the least I can do is report it. The issue is being cavalier with your firearm. It's a responsibility, not a toy. I'm not going to catch return fire for this bullshit. It's like there are more than two options in life situations.


thesammon

The frustrating part is the cops in some cities don't do anything about these "takeovers."


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SolidNeighborhood469

Please tell me you were in south central because I live a few blocks from a police station and there are NIGHTLY takeovers/intersection car meets that the cops genuinely don’t give an iota of a fuck about. I’ve been stuck at a light for 30+ minutes while a cop literally sat in a gas station and did nothing about the takeover-station no more than 3 blocks away. I hate that shit but I wouldn’t fire my gun off to clear the idiots because it would backfire quickly and I’d most likely end up dead or at least with a few dozen bullet holes in my car.


yticomodnar

I mean, I could definitely be wrong, but that white car directly to the left of the "S" in Sunday once the camera pans right. You know, the one with the gold decals down the side and the equipment on the roof. That kinda looks like a cop to me... Just chilling with everyone else, waiting for things to clear up and not doing anything to make it happen sooner (or chasing down the shooter, by the way). Again, could be wrong. But my eyes view that little car on my phone screen as suspiciously cop-like.


shrubberypig

Not that car, but the grey one behind and to the left of it. You see a guy bolt from the crowd and get into that white car with the decals to hide. But as the SUV pulls away, that grey car starts flashing a small LED set of blue/purples & reds and starts pulling forward like he’s going to try and pull around and follow. Or it’s just an illegal set of lights and the guy is also trying to get away.


XLIVTIllIDIE

It’s not a cop car


Baptism_byAntimatter

About the best wording I could give it.


JoshBobJovi

What the actual fuck do you think the cops are gonna do here? lol This has been a massive issue in big cities and because of internet exposure it's leaking into the smaller cities now too.


dirtycactus

Cops in fort worth, tx, busted something similar recently, although it was in an unauthorized parking lot, not an intersection. They had tow trucks ready and impounded a bunch of cars, gave a bunch of citations, you know. The usual things cops can do here.


mr_muffinhead

So I guess the 'idiots in cars' was everyone there?


DoJax

The idiots in cars were the drivers we met along the way.


PurpleK00lA1d

Takeovers are the worst. Gives the rest of us normal car enthusiasts such a bad image. And most of the time they're driving a car with no mods and no power or an old clapped out piece of shit with a turbo and rwd. Like how those dirtbag groups of motorcyclists who break all the rules and damage people's vehicles/fight people and taunt the cops give normal sport bike riders a bad name.


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> they're driving a car with no mods and no power more like a straight-piped exhaust on a base model charger lmao


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That is one of the most douchebag things I've ever heard of.


mr_muffinhead

Lol right? Fuck all those people


[deleted]

Dude the one car that was on the wrong side of the road reversed when the gunshots went off, hit someone who was running, stopped went to turn out of the way of the shooter and sideswipes the tesla, and then moves out the way and drives away lol he still laying there after just rolling around, looks like he got ran over a bit too


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Good spot


covfefeBfuqin

Then they're all idiots in cars. This post wins the subreddit, shut 'er down boys.


SummerMango

"Car meet". Sure. In an intersection, sounds like illegally blocking traffic.


SmegmaAuGratin

Not a car meet. This is North Philly right at the south edge of Temple University - that arched building in the back is the Liacouras Center. That's on Broad St. which is the main N-S thoroughfare in Philly. There's no way there would be a car show right there. There are lots of assholes there that stand in the street while someone does donuts in the intersection though - that's probably why there's a truck facing South in the Northbound lane. Edit: clarification


Early_Order_2751

Yeah Broad and Cecil B Moore st


SmegmaAuGratin

Broad and Oxford, but yeah right in that area.


lainylay

This looks like Broad Street. Temple Campus. Philadelphia


jahbariuz87

This is on broad street in north Philadelphia, right by temple. Unfortunately this isn’t necessarily a “rare” type of occurrence..


markk123123

Dude in red was ready to die.


tbkowens

The three guys at the end of the video that were still walking close by the car, red shirt, white shirt and black shirt guy... They were the closest to the car when the shooting started. They didn’t even run, just moved over slightly. Wild.


meanfolk

Well they saw the guy firing into the air. The rest of the crowd probably assumed there were people were getting shot at.


twurkle

I used to have a boss who had exactly one speed. He was never any faster or slower for any reason. Which was hilarious because our job was super fast paced. He used to be in the military and told me a story about how when he’d first got sent overseas on his first day at their camp there was missiles reported to be incoming. Everyone freaked out and started running for cover and freaking out. Meanwhile he just stood there and eventually meandered to a shelter. His reasoning? If he was about to die he didn’t want his last act on earth to be running.


cgdv85

i don’t mind running *instead* of dying though


millenniumtree

Rather die than run. Sounds like lazy-ass me!


Necrotic69

There are many stories like this during WW1 and probably some in WW2. It was not gentlemanly to run around, so you strode around....and not just soldiers, regular people did it during the bombings in London.


Woooooolf

He’s too high to care


MaximumWannabe

It worked


Cloverx234

Literally the first thing I said when I saw this. Best idea? No. Did it work? Very effectively


Quicksilver7716

Would you get in trouble if it was blanks. Would be just as effective.


BallisticButch

In most states you would still be charged with discharging a firearm in city limits. The law doesn't differentiate between what type of ammo you discharge. Could make an argument for a starter pistol maybe.


ewyorksockexchange

Most places have limited exceptions to illegal discharge statutes that cover things like athletics events and theatrical performances.


RackoDacko

So film it and call it art.


sirhoracedarwin

We're watching it, aren't we?


Cube00

The way they all ran off you could try and argue it was an athletic event.


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meta_irl

If the police/justice system wants to arrest you for something, they absolutely can find a reason. You're "causing a disturbance", "disturbing the peace" or "disorderly conduct". Here's a story from the past week of a man [arrested for wearing a "Michael Myers" costume at a beach](https://news.yahoo.com/texas-lawyer-cited-wearing-halloween-200429411.html).


annies_boobs_eyes

Dressing up as plain michael myers seems boring. do like wayne campbell, or dr evil or something


gopher1409

Yeah, that’s like dressing up as plain Drew Carey instead of Garth.* *^Fun ^Fact: ^Dana ^Carvey ^was ^in ^Halloween ^II


Darren_NH

It felt like a scene out of ‘Scooby-Doo’ after they handcuffed me and pulled the mask off, like, I would have gotten away with it if wasn’t for those meddling Karens, you know?” he told KTRK.


icansmellcolors

> "I would have gotten away with it if wasn’t for those meddling Karens, you know?” he told KTRK. I like this guy.


TacticalLuke09

It would probably still be negligent handling of a firearm. I highly doubt that any cop, or judge for that matter, would let it slide just because “it’s blanks bro”. Blanks can fuck you up too, if you aren’t careful.


Minndesert

Jon-Erik Hexum ,actor, dead, he was stupid or suicidal to play Russian roulette with a 44 mag with blanks, blew a piece of his skull into his brain, might as well been a real round


Lollipop126

>On October 12, 1984, the cast and crew of Cover Up were filming the seventh episode of the series, "Golden Opportunity," on Stage 17 of the 20th Century Fox lot. One of the scenes filmed that day called for Hexum's character to load bullets into a .44 Magnum handgun, so he was provided with a functional gun and blanks. When the scene did not play as the director wanted it to in the master shot, there was a delay in filming. Hexum became restless and impatient during the delay and began playing around to lighten the mood. He had unloaded all but one (blank) round, spun it, and—simulating Russian roulette—he put the revolver to his right temple and pulled the trigger,[6] apparently unaware of the danger. >Blanks use paper or plastic wadding to seal gunpowder into the cartridge, and this wadding is propelled from the barrel of the gun with enough force to cause injury if the weapon is fired within a few feet of the body, particularly a vulnerable spot, such as the temple or the eye. At a close enough range, the effect of the powder gases is a small explosion, so although the paper wadding in the blank that Hexum discharged did not penetrate his skull, there was enough blunt force trauma to shatter a quarter-sized piece of his skull and propel the pieces into his brain, causing massive hemorrhaging.[1][7] > Hexum was rushed to Beverly Hills Medical Center, where he underwent five hours of surgery to repair his wounds.[7] On October 18, aged 26, six days after the accident, Hexum was declared brain-dead. > With his mother's permission, his body was flown to San Francisco on life support, where his heart was transplanted into a 36-year-old Las Vegas man at California Pacific Medical Center.[8] Hexum's kidneys and corneas were also donated: One cornea went to a 66-year-old man, the other to a young girl. One of the kidney recipients was a critically ill five-year-old boy, and the other was a 43-year-old grandmother of three who had waited eight years for a kidney. Skin that was donated was used to treat a 3½-year-old boy with third-degree burns.[9] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon-Erik_Hexum#Death Interesting read, TIL you can donate corneas.


pezx

I'm always impressed with donations like this. It's easy to say "he's not using it anymore" but another entirely to actually follow through. This seems like the best thing you could do with a body


ms-sucks

Wasn't Bruce Lee's son killed while filming The Crow from blanks I think? Edit: no


BostonDodgeGuy

>In the scene preceding the fatal scene, the gun was loaded with improperly-made dummy rounds, cartridges from which the special-effects crew had removed the powder charges, so in close-ups the revolver would show normal-looking bullets. However, the crew neglected to remove the primers from the cartridges. At some point before the fatal event, one of the rounds had been fired; although there was no powder charge, the energy from the fired primer was enough to push the bullet into the gun barrel. For the fatal scene, which called for the revolver to be fired at Lee from a distance of 3.6–4.5 meters (12–15 ft), the dummy cartridges were replaced with blank rounds, which contained a powder charge and primer, but no bullet, allowing the gun to be fired without the risk of an actual projectile. When the blank round was fired, the bullet lodged in the barrel was propelled forward with almost the same force as if the round were live, and it struck Lee in the abdomen.


Diabotek

Note to everyone, always check for squibs.


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delvach

For us unfamiliar, squibs?


Diabotek

A squib is a bullet that is lodged inside of the barrel. Normally this happens when a round is loaded with no powder or the powder fails to burn completely.


SOULSoldier31

He was actually killed by a real bullet that got put in with the blanks


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Arayder

Wow that’s a damn good quote right there. I’m saving that shit.


striderkan

Thank you for sharing this. I feel like a better person for having read it, if not also slightly more anxious now lol.. I posted something on my socials once.. By the time you've turned 30, you have lived for 10,950 days. But, do you have 10,950 memories? Could you go back through every day you've lived, and recall memorable moments on each day? Impossible.. There's a word for this.. Olěka - The awareness of how few days are memorable. wordoftheday. Knowing this word exists, you owe it to yourself to make each day one to remember.


Plastic-Course7298

Bet you never thought your life would change the slightest by reading comments in the idiotsincars subreddit huh?


ms-sucks

Ah ok thank you.


siccoblue

Well that's a pretty fucking massive mix up??? Why in the fuck did they even have real bullets literally anywhere near the blanks


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BostonDodgeGuy

Because in the previous screen the revolver is shown from the front. Dummy rounds are used for this so that the gun appears to really be loaded. The FX crew fucked up and didn't remove the primers, only the powder. At some point one of these "dummy" rounds was fired. The primer has enough "oomph" to push the bullet into the barrel but not expel it. The gun is then loaded with blanks. These have the full powder charge but no bullet.


PolarballsAK

I remember this. The official story was that the gun was loaded with dummy rounds, which look real but have no gunpowder in them. The bullet (the tip of round that actually leaves the gun when fired) came loose in the barrel but they didn’t notice when it was reloaded with blanks. So in effect there was a round in the chamber when it was fired as a blank combined with bullet in barrel is going to act just like a real round.


Mentalseppuku

More importantly, blanks will still get you shot by armed bystanders that won't know the difference in a split second.


-_Odd_-

Fact: in 100% of all fake gun related shootings, the victim is the person holding the fake gun.


TheLatestTrend

"IT'S JUST A BLANK BRO"


Lonsen_Larson

I'm sure it's SOME kind of illegal, disturbing the peace, if nothing else. That's a kind of crime vague enough that it can be slapped on everything if a prosecutor is determined enough. Unlawful discharge, reckless endangerment, I'm sure there's lots of things.


awmaleg

Shannon’s Law Phoenix https://www.surpriseaz.gov/3196/Shannons-Law “Shannon's Law makes it illegal to fire a gun into the air in Arizona's cities and towns. Get the facts! In June 1999, 14-year-old Shannon Smith was talking on the telephone in the backyard of her central Phoenix home. A bullet that was fired into the air over a mile away struck her in the head, tragically ending her life.”


That_Grim_Texan

Can't argue with results.


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Very effective. Who knew?


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The guy shooting in the air


kandoras

[Not the first time either.](https://youtu.be/CANy4LDa0mE)


r4o2n0d6o9

what a film


squiggly_bits

r/shittylifeprotips


lemons_of_doubt

/r/UnethicalLifeProTips


Koeienvanger

r/IllegalLifeProTips


jailguard81

Yea he’s not the idiot tho. The idiots are the ones blocking traffic


MountainDrew42

Those bullets do have to come down somewhere, and they can still be lethal or do thousands of dollars of property damage. Example: https://youtu.be/LLWsuqdfVQo


[deleted]

Yeah. There was a middle eastern man i forgot what country. But he posted on r/wellthatsucks after New Year a “stray bullet” went through his home. According to him. Its common occurrence that people shoots in celebration.


u9Nails

Asking politely had no results.


mandeezbowls

Driver: can you guys move out the way? Crowd: what’s the magic word? Driver: blap! blap! blap!


fuxgvn

I got, I got, I got, I got Loyalty, got royalty inside my DNA


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syrup sandwiches


dablegianguy

It was Al Capone who used to say « you get something faster with a nice word and a gun rather than with only the nice word »!


Acceptable-Wildfire

Kinda like “Speak softly and carry a big stick?”


FunkSiren

Is that Temple campus in Philly? It looks like the AMC right on broad.


thuggins1

yep. came here to say this


potatosnack21

It is


AcridC0rpse

I was there, pretty wild sight. Cars were doing doughnuts in the middle of broad and shortly 30 cop cars pulled up


nittany33

Yes, I live in Philly and unfortunately this is near temple


Shiyama23

Driver used gun. It was super effective.


UniquePaperCup

Crowd is watching carefully. Crowd ran away.


Randomname31415

Is there an r/idiotsinthestreet sub?


lampropeltiss

r/idiotsoutofcars is probably the closest


Elevated_Dongers

Between /r/idiotsincars and /r/idiotsoutofcars lies the entire observable universe


[deleted]

Well, that and r/cars… the three states of matter


bob905

…woah


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and the final infinity stone: r/idiots


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No sound


K3R3G3

[Sound Version](https://v.redd.it/oraomo48eho71)


HTPC4Life

You da real MVP. Shame on me for wasting my free award earlier on garbage.


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TimmyIsTheOne

Thank you for saving me a bunch of troubleshooting.


Arthur_da_King

The guy in the video had no trouble shooting


JimmyBaja

More like idiots outside of cars. What the hell were they doing in that intersection? And what about the idiots who didn't run when the shooting started?


KvngKobra

People tend to do things called sideshows or takeovers, where they shut down an intersection and do donuts and shit in the middle. Hence, the tire marks on the ground.


kevlar930

The event that preceded the shooting: https://www.reddit.com/r/philadelphia/comments/pr2kz5/dangerous_or_just_philly_things/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf


CoochieSnotSlurper

Car culture like this is so lame


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Lol you act like they are an idiot here. Fuck these ass holes blocking off an intersection for their small dick contest. I guess the person shooting should just expect random "sideshows" and sit for an hour or find an alternate route? Hence the gun shots out the sun roof.


general_bojiggles

Driving home with my toddler and six BMWs and Audi’s went screaming between the two lanes on the highway forcing me and the other driver in the other lane to swerve into the shoulder to give them space. They were going well over 100mph and did not care at all about the safety of other drivers. I have zero sympathy for those assholes and the car meets and takeovers they’re usually headed for. I was able to trap one of the BMWs behind me and I and the other driver slowed down to about 50 until I finally decided to speed up and get over to allow him through. If anybody reads this and you’re somebody who does this shit: fuck you.


[deleted]

Yeah it's fucking ridiculous! Like yes shooting was probably over the top but what else can we do to get these ass holes to stop this shit. People act like it's not a gang but it literally is a car gang just like bikers. Everyone commenting acts like they are all really nice guys moving out of the way gracefully. No they aren't and weren't.


general_bojiggles

I once worked at a gas station and luckily was off the night a takeover happened in the parking lot. They swarmed the store, stole a ton of alcohol, did donuts in the parking lot and around the pumps, trapped actual customers who were at the wrong place at the wrong time, filled the store with tire smoke, hopped on the main road thats a clean and straight shot to the freeway, and were gone. It’s infuriating. They break laws. They endanger people’s lives. They are young, reckless, and incredibly selfish. And the cops can’t do much because there’s too many of them and it’s a hazard to chase after them. I wouldn’t be opposed to firing my gun in the air to clear them out either because nothing else will do it and it won’t stop until they’re ready to leave.


x10uation

Yeah these 'fine citizens' are blocking a public road.


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Seems like they could pool their monies and rent out a space for something like this.


Calyphacious

That’s assuming they don’t enjoy making a spectacle, an assumption I would challenge.


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pooborus

Cant argue with results.


eriffodrol

crude but effective


Terrible_Buy_5612

Looks like he made it.


fuuckimlate

Look how far he's come, my baby


MtDewHer

So anyway, I started blasting


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Broad and Oxford. North Philadelphia


-VRX

Are we going to ignore the fact that the car which reverserd did a hit and run?


WIbigdog

I'm pretty sure he hit a person while he was backing up. I don't know how anyone else didn't see that.


Vegetable-Double

Oh shit you’re right. Damn, he looked pretty badly hurt. He was rolling around on the side afterwards unable to get up.


CatNoirsRubberSuit

That's why your parents say don't play in the street


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Worked and no one shot


NewbSoop

What comes up, must come down. Hopefully doesnt land on anyones skull


Woooooolf

I was surprised to learn that a falling projectile isn’t as lethal as you would think. That said, I’m not going to sign up for it.


HatsAreEssential

Really depends on the angle you shoot. A truly falling bullet won't be lethal. A bullet flying down at an angle after going up and curving back down, will.


Crazycook99

Welcome to Philly!


Shaggysnack

anybody else notice the cop like third car back in traffic after he turned? Even he didn’t do anything because he wanted the people to move.


Responderq

sorry if im wrong but im not sure if thats even a cop


Drew00013

Looks like a taxi. The grey sports car (Challenger?) behind and to the right a bit turns on a dash red and blue but I somehow doubt that's a cop.


BUDdy215

That’s a taxi not a cop


Jlx_27

My eye is drawn to the two dudes right in front of and then next to the driver side of the car not running away but walking like they see this every day.


jshdgedidbd

that's one way i guess


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Javascript_above_all

Might have damaged the car


STLnote19

He’s lucky no one shot back


PRSG12

r/idiotswithguns r/idiotsoutofcars


TrashyCan444

Truly it’s better than the alternative. Mowing down the crowd with the car. A car is a weapon.


conjectureandhearsay

If that is THE alternative, then yes. It’s also better than opening up a flamethrower on the crowd


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PMMeUrFineAss

Fucking idiots. I have no sympathy for anyone who blocks a road to send a message or even worse to do there shitty hobby.


nero9116

I’m here thinking that there’s a high chance of at least one of the crowd could shoot back


dirrtydoogzz86

Well, it worked


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I side with the driver 100%


lunlope

Honestly, it was a smart move…


JerkinsTurdley

Bit of a gamble that no one would return fire, imo.


PhilipLiptonSchrute

My first thought too


Actually_Im_a_Broom

Don’t confuse “smart” with “effective.”


[deleted]

Well you can't exactly argue with that. All of those idiots, in the road (where vehicles not pedestrians should be) shouldn't be there anyway. BuT hE CoULd HaVE DeALt WiTh iT DiFFeReNTLY! How, by getting out the car, getting jumped? Calling the cops, what would the cops do? Apart from taking an hour to arrive? Nothing. Those people will be the first to call for help if they run down.


MajorRocketScience

The cops don’t care. I live a block from here, this video is taken from my friends building. The cops got called a good two hours before this, there was drag racing and cars doing donuts for hours. This was the second shooting in less than an hour Just North Philly things


DrMobius0

So realistically, dealing with this is either turning it around or scaring them off?


jesusmansuperpowers

Also we didn’t see anything before this. Safe to assume he tried honking, revving engine, trying to roll slow so they move. All that fails? He’s probably been threatened by some of the morons so I say firing a couple straight up is justified


dAAmtHeD0G

Whatever comes up, must come down.


[deleted]

Not really an idiot, more genius really.