Geez that Philly bus shooting video is some scary shit

[RamboLiberal]

Philadelphia prosecutors claim that Penny Champan triggered a violent shooting because a fellow bus passenger threatened to report her for spanking her child.

Security camera video shows Chapman making a call on her cell phone shortly after the man threatens to report her for child abuse.

Several minutes later, Chapman exits the bus and several men open fire on the vehicle with an assault rifle and a handgun, according to MyFoxPhilly.com. At least five bullets were fired through the back of the bus and several more came through the side, prosecutors said.

Defense lawyers argued that the gunmen should not have been charged with assault because no one was injured.

http://www.rawstory.com/rawreplay/2011/08/gunmen-open-fire-on-city-bus-over-threat-to-report-child-abuse/

Early show: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aE4q9xBkcPU

Long version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2NEzu8cQgs

[iverglas]

1. defense lawyers seem to have missed that day of law school

But what the heck, attempted murder seems reasonable.

So I wonder where the guys got their guns?


edit: If you got to this thread via the latest page, you're in the Guns forum! Do have a look around while you're here. ;)

[spin]

4. I have to agree with you on the lawyers for the defense ...

it will be interesting to find where the guns came from.

[rl6214]

6. Just lawyers being lawyers, nothing to see there

except them prostituting themselves at anyones expense.

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[benEzra]

8. Yeah, no kidding. Not sure I've ever heard the "No Harm, No Foul" defense offered

in a shot-at-people-and-missed case before...

[iverglas]

9. now in the law biz, we call that

de minimis non curat lex

;)

[monmouth]

2. When Penny threatens "I know people" she isn't kidding.. n/t

[enough]

3. That is one of the strangest things I have seen in my very long life. (nt)

[krispos42]

5. What the hell was #33 doing standing on the bus driver?

Wow. Some bizarre shit going on in Philly.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

10. Running for his life.

There was a mass of bodies piled in front of the front door. Perhaps we was going for the driver's window.

[SteveM]

11. Probably not as scary as the motivation for shooting before a camera...

No doubt these thugs knew that cameras were on the bus, but they did it anyway. I wonder, were they out for juice among their peers? We do live in an entertainment/celebrity society where anything counts.

Other possibility: These thugs know that they won't be in jail long, if at all.