Sniper Escape Bid (Sniper stopped 10 times for traffic offenses) KeystoneKops alert!

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SMIRKING ASSASSINS: Malvo and Muhammad in the home of a woman cops believe could be another victim.

FEAR: The Rev. Al Archer warned cops

POLICE SEIZE THIRD MAN

A THIRD man who bought the Chevy killing machine with sniper John Muhammad was arrested yesterday.

Nathanial Osbourne, 26, was at the car lot in Trenton, New Jersey, and his name was entered on the log book as co-owner. The ex-undercover police car was registered to an address where the Jamaican immigrant occasionally lives. The FBI put him on their "most-wanted" website. An investigation source said: "The FBI don't go to such lengths just to talk to someone. This guy could be well implicated."

SNIPER ESCAPE BID
FBI agents grab him as he flees

THE 17-year-old Washington sniper made a dramatic freedom bid—by punching his way through the CEILING of an interview room.

John Lee Malvo seized his chance after being left alone by FBI interrogators.

He leapt on a table and quickly smashed the flimsy ceiling tiles with his fists—then began hauling himself up into a ventilation shaft.

Agents dashed into the room, grabbed his flailing legs and wrenched the struggling teenager back down.

Last night the FBI refused to comment on the embarrassing incident at the "secure" and secret federal centre in Baltimore, Maryland.

Malvo and fellow sniper John Muhammad, 41—who face the death penalty in seven different jurisdictions —are refusing to help enquiries into their reign of terror in the US capital.

Posed

One agent said: "Never mind co-operation. They're not even talking."

The pair—who killed ten and wounded three in a 21-day spree— could also be charged with an unsolved murder on America's west coast.

Keenya Cook, 21, was killed in February with a single head shot as she opened her front door in Tacoma, Washington State, where Muhammad and Malvo were living at the time.

The assassins were friends with her family—and even posed for the now infamous picture together on their sofa.

But ex-Army marksman Muhammad, who changed his name from Williams because he converted to Islam, fell out with the Cooks when they befriended his ex-wife.

Claims of warnings about the pair to police BEFORE the killings started were piling up last night.

The Rev Al Archer, who runs the Lighthouse Mission Centre in Bellingham where the pair once lived, said he suspected the Gulf War veteran was a terrorist after September 11.

He said Muhammad distributed pro-Islam brochures, made anti-American slurs and also threatened to kill cops. He added: "If he'd been stopped at that time, a lot of people would be alive who are now dead."

Mr Archer revealed that Muhammad, who was existing on handouts, started travelling extensively by air. Harjeep Singh, who knew the snipers at a YMCA gym, said he was alarmed at their vow to go on a gun-rampage, targetting cops and fuel tankers.

Police and an FBI agent interviewed Mr Singh but no action was taken.

There were also chilling new revelations last night about how Malvo and Muhammad mocked police by repeatedly slipping through dragnets.

Their 1990 blue Chevrolet Caprice— a killing machine with holes in the boot to fire through—was first noted by police on October 3, just 24 hours after the first killing. But it was lost in the system while the entire hunt centred on a white van.

Meanwhile, Muhammad was stopped or spoken to by officers TEN times for various traffic offences.

During a spot-check on October 8, he was parked and asleep at the wheel. But cops failed to look in the boot, where they would have found the Bushmaster XM15 rifle.

The most chilling escape was last Monday when two illegal immigrants in a white van were held in a swoop as they used a phone booth being staked out by cops.

Muhammad and Malvo had given the number of the booth to detectives in a phone call. And just yards away, they were lurking in their blue Chevy, watching every move in the fiasco.

The car was even caught in the background on news footage—and still the jigsaw did not piece together.

Finally, police realised the car they were looking for. But Chief Charles Moose refused to reveal the number plate. It was only when one of his team leaked it that the pair were found one-and-a-half hours later.

 

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*sorry for the weird formatting*

They stopped him TEN TIMES since Oct. 3rd? And the FBI was told about this guy repeatedly from many sources? He should have been picked up months ago on those charges alone! What's up with our law enforcement? Im very pro cop, but this can't be ignored.

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The most chilling escape was last Monday when two illegal immigrants in a white van were held in a swoop as they used a phone booth being staked out by cops.

Muhammad and Malvo had given the number of the booth to detectives in a phone call. And just yards away, they were lurking in their blue Chevy, watching every move in the fiasco.

The car was even caught in the background on news footage—and still the jigsaw did not piece together.

Does anyone have saved pics from the news coverage that day? What an indictment. They were only yards away!! ARGGH! The family of that last victim have got to be upset at this.

[FreePaul]

If even some of the stories about these murderers are true they have to be the dumbest of the dumb. Surely they couldn't be smart enough to know that the whole law enforcement community is so hung up on political correctness and incompetence that the murderers could use it to their advantage. But then maybe most career criminals know what many honest people don't know or aren't willing to admit about law enforcement.

[spycatcher]

I agree, this was a battle of wits...at the lowest level

ANDREW SULLIVAN: Did PC policing extend the snipers' range?

[demlosers]

Muhammad and Malvo had given the number of the booth to detectives in a phone call. And just yards away, they were lurking in their blue Chevy, watching every move in the fiasco.

I remember reading a FReeper's post on one of the shooting threads who thought the Snipers were observing the keystone cops and laughing their @sses off.

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If we decided to grow a pair and fight this war the way it's supposed to be fought, EVERY ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT would be on the way out, Concealed/Carry permits would be way up, and the INS waould actually be doing something other than eating donuts. Political Correctness has now cost us ten lives around the DC area. Who's next?

[woofer]

What's up with our law enforcement? Im very pro cop, but this can't be ignored.

Afraid of the dreaded "profiling" canard. And the Feds, rather than being accused of panic-mongering, would rather harrass grandmothers at the airport.

Both are better options for them as it reduces public criticism and negative press coverage. They'd suffer at the hands of Congress or other appropriating authority proportionately. And the money is the goal.

[evad]

Moose refused to reveal the number plate. It was only when one of his team leaked it that the pair were found one-and-a-half hours later.

This, if true, is scary!!

[PJ-Comix]

Mr Archer revealed that Muhammad, who was existing on handouts, started travelling extensively by air.

So where did he get all those funds to travel extensively by air?

[The_Media_never_lie]

Political Correctness has now cost us ten lives around the DC area.

Agreed. Political correctness has permeated all the way from the top to the bottom. It is a generalized fear by the police not to appear to accuse thugs of certain groups for fear of offending PC sensibilities.

Just like its ugly counterpart on the other extereme, racisim, it is ingrained in society and will continue until confronted.

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I think they were afraid of vigilantes looking out for this creep on their own. I don't have a problem with that scenario personally. A covertly armed citizen on every corner? I'll take that any day.

It used to be called a posse. Very effective way to deal with scum like this.

[Yeti]

I agree, this was a battle of wits...at the lowest level

The Special Olympics of crime and punishment ...

[evad]

Political Correctness has now cost us ten lives around the DC area.

Gun don't kill..
P C KILLS.
Be on the lookout for it..it's everywhere :(

[Deep_6]

Man, I'm sick of reading this mentality:

"...the whole law enforcement community is so hung up on political correctness
and incompetence that the murderers could use it to their advantage....."

It's called FREEDOM and it's something we all enjoy equally. When we allow
our "law enforcement" agencies to control freedom without just cause, or
acting on a "hunch", we all lose all our freedom.

You cannot be detained without just cause.

At the time those suspected killers were stopped, the police did not have
sufficient reason to detain them.

True freedom does not guarantee safety and protection, it guarantees you the
ability to protect yourself.

We've been brainwashed by the liberal camp, to rely on "Law enforcement"
for our mere existence.

UGH.

 

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Yes, we have to differentiate between discrimination and racism. I discriminate when I choose to hang around certain types of people and avoid other types. Mouth breathing wrestling fans come to mind. Or frequenters of strip clubs. You get the idea.

Racism is the belief in the genetic or inherent superiority of one race over another. (Now I believe that Formula 1 is superior to Nascar, but that's a different kind of race.)

[evad]

A covertly armed citizen on every corner?

I dunno about every corner but citizens are definitely beginning to carry.

I know I do now and I'm in a show cause state..the peoples republic of Md.

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You said:At the time those suspected killers were stopped, the police did not have sufficient reason to detain them.

Read the article! Here's your answer:

"The pair—who killed ten and wounded three in a 21-day spree— could also be charged with an unsolved murder on America's west coast.

Keenya Cook, 21, was killed in February with a single head shot as she opened her front door in Tacoma, Washington State, where Muhammad and Malvo were living at the time.

The assassins were friends with her family—and even posed for the now infamous picture together on their sofa.

But ex-Army marksman Muhammad, who changed his name from Williams because he converted to Islam, fell out with the Cooks when they befriended his ex-wife.

Claims of warnings about the pair to police BEFORE the killings started were piling up last night.

The Rev Al Archer, who runs the Lighthouse Mission Centre in Bellingham where the pair once lived, said he suspected the Gulf War veteran was a terrorist after September 11.

He said Muhammad distributed pro-Islam brochures, made anti-American slurs and also threatened to kill cops. He added: "If he'd been stopped at that time, a lot of people would be alive who are now dead."

Mr Archer revealed that Muhammad, who was existing on handouts, started travelling extensively by air. Harjeep Singh, who knew the snipers at a YMCA gym, said he was alarmed at their vow to go on a gun-rampage, targetting cops and fuel tankers.

Police and an FBI agent interviewed Mr Singh but no action was taken. "

[Yeti]

It's called FREEDOM and it's something we all enjoy equally ...

You cannot be detained without just cause.

Finally, police realised the car they were looking for. But Chief Charles Moose REFUSED to reveal the number plate. It was only when one of his team LEAKED it that the pair were found ONE-AND-A-HALF HOURS LATER.

I think this, and ignored earlier reports regarding the pair is what people are upset about.

[ovrtaxt]

True freedom does not guarantee safety and protection, it guarantees you the ability to protect yourself.

We've been brainwashed by the liberal camp, to rely on "Law enforcement" for our mere existence.

An armed citizenry is way more effective than a police force any day. But when they withhold intelligence, LIKE THE LICENSE PLATE NUMBER, what are we supposed to do? You can't have it both ways. If they want to be totally in charge of the situation, then they should take full responsibility for the screw ups.

[A Vast RightWing Conspirator]

But it was lost in the system while the entire hunt centred on a white van.

Hmmm... they were after the WHITE MAN (da man) in the the white van.