This isn’t a shootout, but what about the retired marine who made modern body armor. Because he got tired of being robbed in Detroit delivering pizzas.. he also smoked the guys who tried the rob him a second time
It's no different than the FBI not being able to catch a international fugitive and then the next thing you know Dog the Bounty Hunter has the guy and is locked up with him in Mexico. It doesn't look good on the boys in blue
10k back then but with the price rising up he made a good investment and after that u no there was definitely less crack sold in that area anyway its great when people stand up for the community's just sad that we have bad apples that are currently making it harder for people to keep our constitution right to own and bare arm's and the militarization of common police which are some of the biggest gangs nowadays and literally get away with murder all the time and not just black lives either definitely all colors and we citizen's should have control of what our governments are doing I believe in the police having s.w.a.t of course but definitely not every single sworn in cop having a long rifle and military grade firearms, cause that's how they get there high horse attitudes with a badge and higher ups to cover their asses when they are beating there wives and kids or beating up citizen's or profiling people,thank God tattoos are actually accepted in the forces now cause they are able to except citizen's with art on them more not as gang members but as citizen's/civilians abit easier now than years ago but last thing we should do is take our constitutional right to own and bare arm's away cause we should be able to defend ourselves cause dialing 911 when there's a bad apple aka sicko or pervert in your home trying to kill u and God forbid rape ur wife or child or kidnap them a cop won't always be able to get there before the damage is already done and we should have armed police/teachers in our schools cause then them sick scumbags that go and kill our children cause they just tick one day and decide they're going to go kill some innocent lilkids it would be a much better chance for our children because that sick person will think alittle more knowing that they more then likely will get shot back at and will get a fight and they won't just be able to walk into a school and start shooting so it gives our children a much better chance by having people who have to take updated courses on safety to have there licenses to carry along with security officers or cops for safety purposes to help detour some crazy person from going and harming our children my prayers go out to all the parents who lost a child or loved ones in these shootings that could of possibly been prevented 🙏😢
I've said this elsewhere, but I think it bears repeating - if only one dog on the block barks at the mailman, nobody is focusing on the mailman. The chief was likely trying to cover his ass, but it's also possible that his subordinates were more resentful towards the ranger than the gang members for forcing them to enter a shithole neighborhood to deal with stuff they were able to previously ignore. In an extreme case of irony, It's likely both the beat cops and the criminals would agree that the ranger's presence was a disruption to their normal routine.
@@oceanwavesandcocaine1129 have some perspective. These guys might deserve it but not all gang bangers do I feel. Anyone selling high quality drugs to addicts without embellishing facts would be unironically saving lives by giving them a constant source where they don't have to worry about being laced. We are supposed to think the dealers and the gang bangers are the bad guys and don't get me wrong they can be but they wouldn't get away with a lot of this if people in power were not getting paid off. We should of started a war on corruption instead of drugs, we could of actually won that one
For real, he didn't do anything when they were just selling drugs. But when the police don't show up for stuff like that, he didn't feel like he could trust them to handle something this big. He made the right choice
@@Greendawn-di3dlthe United States constitution says "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." So it kinda does. Washington also has castle doctrine that allows you to protect your home and stand your ground
@@Greendawn-di3dl I don't think you understood what they meant by "were gonna burn your house down". its a double-slang (slang formed from slang) for "were gonna shoot so many bullets at your house its going to look like its on fire". everything else is fine.
Police: "sorry we can't do anything..." Also Police: "why didn't you call us?! Defending yourselves was a reckless move and could have got people hurt!"
"Nobody needs an assault rifle and nobody needs more than 7 rounds!" -idiots who know nothing about self defense. Also those same idiots, "Police brutality!"
I never comment on YT but it’s actually maddening how this video blames the rise of the crips in Tacoma on an over-emphasis on “community policing” being too soft on crime or whatever
Having 15 ranger buddies show up really tells you how close these guys are. That’s a very tight knit group and I bet if he ever needed to call them again they would all still be ready for that call. I wish I had friends like that.
@@3.kThis is the type of guy who thinks a 50 year old marine would lose to a 20 year old gangster. He definitely hasn’t heard the term “Second to none a marine and a gun.”
This story reminds me of how bullying is handled at public schools. The victim reaches out to teachers, only to be ignored. As soon as the victim has had enough and fights back, they get chastised and told they should have reported it to the school faculty. Both kids are suspended, but the bully who doesn't give a shit about school anyways, sees it as a free vacation.
I told my kid if he got expelled for fighting a bully he would get ice cream on the way home. He put the first one against a wall and never had another problem.
My 12 yr old had a problem last yr with a “bully”…/I told him ignore whatever he says, you should NEVER care what some stranger thinks/says…but if he puts his hands on you or threatens you, IMMEDIATELY crack him right in the nose….a few days go by and I get a call at work from the school and had to go pick my boy up….I walked into the office and there was my Jake sitting at a table with another kid, a big fat kid with a bloody nose and had been crying, lol…the kids parents were in there too and I immediately saw why the kid was a asshole….felt bad for him, but I guarantee he’s done trying to bully others…I hope
100%. I thought I was the only one that witnessed this happen I even talked to the kid that was bullied. He told everyone he knew and NOBODY stopped it..
The cops were angry that Foulk didn't call the police, but stated earlier, the police didn't know how to handle this or were too scared to act on gangs.
@@davefletch3063 I like LEO's more than I like gangs, though people would beg to differ that they're the same, but it takes a certain set of balls to leave the comforts of your home. Go off and abroad in a foreign land to fuck-shit-up at a moments notice. Especially when your buddy calls you up to come over for a BBQ and only asks to bring bullets and weapons to fight the neighborhood flunkies 👀💀
@@davefletch3063 you know cops have families & arent willing to die most of the time. These thugs are willing to die for they're set. What u think the cops are gonna do go to war with them & have shoot outs? 😆 its not in the job description. Cops arent soldiers
They didn't doublespeak. What they meant was, if Foulk had called the police, that the police would have responded and likely detained Foulk's men and weapons, so that the gang member wounding incident would have never occurred, but instead that when the gang members attacked un-opposed, that the great detectives of the area would have got some hot press time and been "hot on the trail" of those evil gang members for months, likely requesting more funding from down state at the same time. Phew, that's a lengthy one, but is totally reality. Attack your law abiding american citizens because they're easy targets that won't fight back is the name of the game for Police. And revenue generation as well. When you're the victim of a real crime involving property theft or violence the Police are about as worthless as birdshit on a freshly washed car. I speak from experience, not heresy!
"He was never promoted" He proactively organized a defensive fortification, established and adhered to rules of engagement, and led a team through a battle. The dude has officer material written all over his body.
If I were him, I wouldn't care. The organization showed him that it was dishonorable. Social accolades are nice, but you should never sacrifice your principles for them. Kudos to Community Barbecuing Ranger dude.
@@ahkimuhammad5876 That's because they drag their wounded away instead of taking them to the ER where they just might end up arrested. Guess you missed that part, huh?
Problem is they’ve always looked cool. Chicago was one of the earlier big hubs for gangs and to this day we make movies about bootlegging gangsters. The only thing that changed was the race of gangsters. The earlier US had a lot of gangs even before automobiles were a thing. There’s a cool documentary about it
I’ve never thought gangs looked cool at all. I have friends that grew up with me in the suburbs that ended up joining a gang and it always struck me as idiotic. Something wrong with the way you were raised if you think gangs look cool
Why it is ok for the Italian gang to look cool, which they already came from money and doesn't need a gang, but gangs like crip and blood that came from very poor family are seen as thugs?
"Lectured them for not calling the police for assistance" Because the whole first half of the video made it abundantly clear that the police department wouldn't have done a DAMN thing.
As someone in the army, I really feel like the police are a sub-par organization. They tread the space between soldier and lawyer and their training in both departments is very lacking. Not to mention their physical fitness standards being lower than even the Air Force… I’m my opinion the army national guard should work with the police. A soldier would’ve ended the shooting in Texas a lot sooner than the cop.
@@davideizzo2683 they wrapped everything up after all the work had been done. The "they resolved it in the end right" argument doesn't apply when, if the people the crips were after weren't rangers, they probably would've been killed.
@@EchoTravelsUSAhere in a blue state; all we need to hear is them saying they wont do it again and they'll change their life around; you'll see them free in a week
@dragonwrath582 then the title needs to be "SCARED some crips in 1989" instead of "SMOKED" So crips shot at army rangers to harm them, but army rangers shoot back just to scare? Makes total sense, appreciate your input.
@DAA314 smoked can also just mean dominated, and that easily applies to this case. As the video also stated, the chips were amateurs and blindly firing, the Rangers weren't frightened at all by them, so they didn't need to retaliate lethal, with the exception of the mofo who charged them.
When seconds count, the police are just 30 minutes away. The police rarely prevent violent crime from occurring, they're mostly there to clean-up, after the fact, and file reports.
That’s literally what their job is. Bodyguards protect. Policemen are paper pushers. Their role is to present evidence in court to bring a criminal to justice. That’s why you always hear ppl complain that the police take too long to arrive on scene at a shootout. They’re only gonna collect shell casings and testimonials from the witnesses. If any
What’s crazy to me is I’m 25 years old, I grew up 45 minutes away from Tacoma, and I’ve never heard this story till now. Hats off to the Staff Sergeant and his buddies for implementing real change in their community even when the leaders and police wouldn’t.
My dad met this one person back in the 90s while living in Pretoria, we'll call him John. John was a former Recce (South African Special Forces), and had taken part in multiple operations in Angola. Even though he was according to my dad a fairly humble and rather kind person, he suffered alot from PTSD, always sleeping with a Beretta under his pilow. John lived in a lower middle class area with some gang activity and the area suffered from constant breakins (this will be important later) The story goes that at some point, one of Johns best friends/ neighboor came to him for help, he had been robbed in the middle of the night, with his family injured severly and hus watch stolen. John went, found out who the gang was that had committed the crime and left in the middle of the night. He returned the next morning with the money and gold watch. Never answered how he found it or what he did. Then it came out some gang members had been murdered and an investigation was launched before being quickly shelved and then written off. The gangs tried to retaliate (or it could have been some normal criminals) and tried to break into his house only for him to shoot 2 of them. After that, not a single criminal or gang came within 5 blocks of Johns house and he quickly became known as the boogyman of the area tl;dr: dont fuck with combat vets
I live in the country. There are redneck versions of thugs here, but the difference is everyone kinda knows who they are. When I was little, my dad was working in the mines in WV, and we lived in KY. It's pretty common for people to drive about 2 hours one way to go to work. These individuals knew this too. Well, my mom heard people talking and basically probing the house to see who's home or if it'd be a good place to rob. This wasn't a neighborhood; we were about a mile away from anyone, so the motive was pretty clear. Two nights after that, my dad took off work and parked his truck at my uncle's house to make it look like any other workday. Long story short, he killed a 23-year-old opiate fiend halfway through the window, heard footsteps running away, and shot in the direction of the sound. My sister said she still remembers the gun going off. I was just a baby, so all this was told to me secondhand. Apparently, the cops asked my dad why he didn't kill the other guy or something along those lines. Anyways my Dad is the the stereotypical type of redneck you're probably thinking about right now. very calm very kind but will fucking kill you if you fuck in and around his home. Anyways, idk why i sat n typed all of this. Its actually something i forgot about, so much that i don't think my wife even knows about lol. I wish i could tie it up nicely into a lesson but its pretty obvious. Dont fuck with men especially in their home. There's a joke that says something about you dont fuck with a place that has a car engine hanging in a tree, or a transmission in a bathtub because that's where a gun lives. its Jeff Foxworthy, holy fuck thats a name i haven't seen in awhile. I pasted this in the main thread too after typing it here. to justify all the typing mostly but yea less mystery same logic.
Faulk should have been promoted to Master Sergeant. He conducted a training exercise with provided OP-4, He took command over of a mission in an urban setting (non-vegetation) which miraculously resulted in zero fatalities; meaning the Rangers were trying to NOT kill them. Guy should have been promoted immediately ahead of his peers
Thats why gang violence in 80s been so big, when police were not so strong to take care of them, so these rangers realised we are the only one’s abel to put protect our house, when polices just send one police car, that simply does nothing. No Swat police comming to help.
This has to be one of the most badass shootouts I’ve ever heard of. The crips where like “Who do you think you are?” And foulk literally responded with “The Us army!”
@@timberlynknowles6026 where is the source or senator armstrong would be more deserving in trust & power than YOU. (Albeit he's fictional, I bet the senator would be an more trustworthy person than a person who can't even have human decency, and if the dude died, he never deserved theor death but an insensitive person would say you deserve it (timberlyn knowles) when you seem like not an 1% contributor to attempting to restore greatness, even you didn't give us any source link so why should we respect people like you, I bet back in the 80s / 90s, you would got beaten up for tryna hoax dogcrap like that, and you'd delude yourself and say "nah, I aint" when you have lots of issues).
The amount of restraint it took for these Rangers to hold their position, consider their background, and not just actually smoke all these idiots is commendable. Handled the situation the absolute best way possible. These dudes could have easily started stacking bodies but didn’t wanna deal with the hassle.
I love how the cops had the balls to say “you should have called us first” like it wasn’t directly under their watch and their fault that the area got completely overrun in the first place. “Maybe the situation could have been prevented if you called us before the shots” yeah and maybe it could have been avoided had the local PD done their fucking jobs in the first place.
You sound like the leftists who hassle the police all summer, try to defund them, then complain about why they're ineffective. The actual problem is criminals.
Love how the police had the audacity to lecture the rangers for defending themselves because they couldn't do their jobs properly. Aaaaand 33 years later, cops still can't do shit about this.
I love his chain of commands response. "Hey they were off duty and not on orders. Not something we need to get involved with." That's true leadership right there. Always looking out for your joes.
@@zepho100 Why would they promote him for something he did off duty while on home-soil, while not under any direct orders?? I get that he did something good by defending himself and his neighborhood, but that's something completely outside of the military's bounds. Be realistic lol.
@@bablo82 what are you talking about? I didn’t say they would promote him for the events in this video. I said that he was essentially blacklisted from a promotion hence why he left the armed forces (also mentioned in this video).
I know Bill personally, this was a very accurate depiction of what went down that day. I remember Bill showing me the bullet holes. He later pretty much owned that block of Ash Street. He’s a great dude. I miss him. Wish I hadn’t moved away. A little known fact about Bill, he can sing really really good. He sounds exactly like Neil Diamond.
The thing is, police shouldnt been seen as some great and overprotective officers of the law, instead, just keeping things in check, and whenever someone is in danger whether it’s life threatening or not, to be there when necessary. However I don’t disagree with people needing to be ashamed, i think in general our systems could be better, city/community leaders should strive for what’s right, not what feels good. But hey man, at the end of the day, humans are running it.
Just imagine being one of those gang members who escaped just to open the paper and find out they just tried to attack some of the most skilled and trained soldiers in America 💀
I'd be thanking my lucky stars I didn't get got that day. But gangbangers are known for being idiots AND ungrateful pieces of human excrement so I doubt they did.
Yup, and yet the have the unmitigated gall to say you shoulda called us. "You shoulda called 911 and this wouldn't have happened!" Those calls you've been ignoring till now? "Yeah those calls." It's amusing, frustrating, and laughable that the police have no legal oblation to protect people. Crazy.
All politics. There are enough members of the rank and file who have the guts to handle this but are reigned in constantly by high-level command whose only concern is protecting their retirement fund. Truly cutting cops loose on violent criminals requires permission to be aggressive and take the kid gloves off.
We are a reactionary society. Bleach probably didn't have a label on it to not drink it until after someone did. Something terrible has to happen before we realize it was a problem to begin with. Remember 9/11 happened by planes being highjacked by men with box cutters. Inch long blades and being told as a society to not be heros, be passive and comply. We did a lot of growing up after that very fast
The absolute gall of the civilian police sergeant who lectured a team of active duty Ranger vets on R&R from a fucking combat deployment about defending their buddies home while his officers literally *fled the scene* will never not amaze me.
Fled the scene? He's being fired on, and doesn't know where the assailant is. Getting out of his car could have been suicide. He reversed away and was joined by colleagues asap. Where does it say that he left? It doesn't, you're making it up because, what, you like to spout off?
As an older black man, I'm gonna follow these guys example and get some of my friends and we defend and take back our neighborhoods from these thugs. Because the police aren't doing it
The fact that the cops weren't stacking dead bodies like cordwood makes me wonder about the competence of these rangers, and exactly how much they'd had to drink that night. I mean we're talking about RANGERS here, supposedly the army's best, and they were dug in and expecting an attack, so those bangers should have been walking dick first into a wood chipper.
The real shame of this story is the beer. If those Rangers hadn't spent the afternoon sinking suds, there'd have been fifteen bodies on the lawn and street, not one wounded man. The gangbangers got off lightly.
I was stationed across the airfield from these guys at the time. We all heard about it, but never any details. It kind of became urban legend and grew in size and scope over time. Thanks for sharing the actual details of the incident.
Rangers! They went up against not just one, but several.. oh boy that was a silly move!!! haha I was expecting there to be a complete pile of gang members when the dust cleared. They got lucky- but then again, if you're in a gang-related shootout, it's not like you can go seek medical assistance. I served with a Ranger- They're not to be trifled with. :D We joined Navy boot camp at the same time... I was 17 and acted as most 17 year olds did.. and this other guy was very chill, friendly, but take no sh**. One day we were just chatting about how his prior service only let him get an automatic E3 in the Navy, but he wasn't too bothered about it. He said the REAL hassle, likely more than what it was worth... WAS that he had to wear his Bronze Star or he would be out of uniform by regulation. A few people took notice of his ribbon (and probably taken aback on the Jumpmaster pin as well) all like, "WHOAH hold on there." When confronted, he would usually reply, "I was just doing Airborne things, but it was just a case of I had to use the "facilities" (toilet) and that would have been hard to do with people shooting at us... So I had to go poo and confronted the enemy, so we could have a break." It was obvious he was prior service, but to see an E3 with a Bronze Star was something else. He would joke to the tune of, "I joined the Navy so I dont have to be put in the position to get another one." This was also around the same time a newly graduated recruit decided to wear a Navy SEAL pin and got in deep doodoo... So maybe the recruit commanders were just being overly cautious. But the Ranger (Now Navy Seaman) was like, "yup... it's mine. and never got pissy" :P
Yeah, that does happen! And most Rangers would be like, "oh yeah, some idiots came to our BBQ and it got out of hand for a bit, but then we settled things."
Yeah because it probably didn't happen like that. 15 rangers and not 1 death? I'm not talking about running away to the hospital and dying. Their whole gang shoulda been dead, scattered across the yards and street like beer cans... Didn't happen so either the rangers were trash at shooting, which I doubt, or it just didn't happen!
Going after a man you think is a civilian and finding out you've "cornered" essentially two squads of Rangers is like thinking you've treed a housecat and finding you've actually cornered a tiger.
The difference is, they were just civilians too before they went in the army Some gang members have dealt with things that give some soldiers nightmares too
@@getstrongby4038 gangs don't train you to be an operator and they don't train you to work as a unit. Just to be an animal that serves the greater collective and nothing more.
@@matrinezkevin11492 I hear you, im just saying some of the people I know who went in the army and served in tours of Afghanistan who were actually cowards, I've been in situations where they froze up just over a fist fight
@@matrinezkevin11492 I can see some being hardened, desensitized meatheads, but rangers are intelligent, witty and made of just as much muscle as they are made of mind
Said this to my lefty in-law and he literally shook his head, said no. He also believes there is no valid reason to own a firearm. Not even for hunting, not even if you live 100 miles from humans. All I told him was until he arms himself, any other emergency preparations were just stocking up for the hardest dude on the block.
I lived for a couple years with a PMC that would go deal with gangs and cartel pretty often. He always basically said most of those people were sick and cruel to a lot of people, but when it came to actually having to deal with anyone that was trained to actually fight them off, they were like toddlers
Thats why i respect more private armies over Country military troops, they know are k1lling for the money and dont bullsh1t about patriotism and liberty when their own country wont practice what they preach Also gangs and cartels deserve cruelty discipline the same way they give to inocent people They are animals...deserve animals treatment
@@KASHKUR_7.62 A private military vs. a national military is often a losing fight on the private side. Motivation isn't there like it is with the national military who are motivated from an ideological perspective. This is why when the USA goes to war in a foreign country with questionable at best motivations, they are given hell by what are essentially farmers with AKs. The same played out in Vietnam, Iraq, etc. Although there are private contractors who are ex-military who are there for the money and the thrill of being a door kicker too. Some of those guys live for it, but most of them just aren't going to fight like a national military with motivation.
@@drownthepoor The same is applied to national military, the soldiers enlisted today aren't infallible when it comes to motives, most join because they are dangled a shiny keychain of promises and advantages that they otherwise would struggle with obtaining through regular civilian work and as such even if they go through basic training most times aren't the mentally unrelenting forces you paint them to be, most of what keeps them from deserting is the fact that they are actually obligated by law to remain unless the situation calls otherwise whereas contractors are not. Also most mercenaries already are ex-military, the few that aren't are the ones that get commissioned from rich people or criminal groups since most serious PMCs know they are putting their money on the line if their employees don't meet their specific quality control and they must ABSOLUTELY make a profit, having soldiers that won't fight or protect your merch is a sure way that you'll never hire them again and that PMCs want to avoid at all costs.
Former Ranger Terrence Popp told this story on his UA-cam channel. He did not personally participate because he had duty that night but he knew all these guys and even loaned one a 12 gauge shotgun to bring to the gunfight. He said the crackhouse across the street had so many bullet holes in that it was condemned and torn down.
Let's take a moment, on Memorial Day, to remember and reflect on the fact that these Rangers discussed their defense of an imminent ambush "over a couple beers."
I mean... thats generally how it goes lol. I've had many casual discussions with my friends about defense of an ambush or any other possible incident you could think of while having a few beers with my buddies. When you've served long enough and its as ingrained in you as it is for a Ranger, you are always making contingencies. USMC 8 years myself between 2008-2016. Good buddy of mine at work was a Ranger from 2000-2008.
@@Animo2006 y’all discuss how to defend yourself and others in any situation other then a mass shooting huh? Anything to defend yourself from minorities but screw the real terrorist here in America
This was known locally as The Battle of Hilltop. In the1980s and 90s Tacoma was a war zone. Nobody was really upset about this except we were disappointed that the Rangers didn't kill the drug dealers.
Too much of a “hassle” to kill the thugs…courts and all. Much better to soundly put the fear of God into them. The guy apparently never had any “problems” after that!
@@jennismith2 I agree. Killing them will just lead to retaliation by someone who lost his older brother. That’s why these gang shootings between rival gang will never end, it’s a vicious cycle.
read my other post. It is believed some gang bangers were killed and more wounded. This was not publicized to discourage vigilante action by decent people. The Army took administrative action against the involved Rangers to ensure it didn't happen again.
Sounds about right. I just finished reading a book about a vigilante killing in 1982. The law failed the town repeatedly for decades, and two or three guys decided enough was enough. Then the county sheriff, state police & FBI poured far more resources into finding the killers of the criminal than they ever put into stopping the criminal.
Okay, as someone who was living in Tacoma back when this happened, let me tell you that TPD was not struggling to get the gang problem under control, they basically wrote off the Hilltop neighborhood and turned a blind eye to any and all crime within the boundaries of that part of town while cracking down on crimes outside of it. Things got so bad that people were writing letters to the editor of the Tacoma News Tribune demanding to know why the police were driving right by drug deals in progress, or prostitutes screwing johns right in the open in alleyways, and literally doing nothing. In the late 90's, local landlords got so fed up with the problems in Hilltop that they filed a class action lawsuit against TPD, the mayor and city council, and the city of Tacoma to force them to clean up Hilltop, which FINALLY happened in the early 2000s. The area still has higher crime than most of the city, with the notable exceptions of the Salishan neighborhood on the east side of town and nearby Spanaway, which is now meth dealer central for the entire county. I know one person who lived in Hilltop during the 90s and repeatedly called 911 to report drug deals on the front porch of the duplex he was living in, only to be told by 911 dispatch (and this is an exact quote), "There are no drug dealers in Hilltop. If you don't stop filing false reports, we're going to send an officer out to arrest you!" He was told this, and other equally nasty threats, on a regular basis. EDIT: TPD "found" the money to hire more cops because they were taking kickbacks from the Feds to "fight" the drug war on the one hand and bribes from the dealers to look the other way on the other.
Netflix had a special about a couple cops in New York who finally got on the take from some local gang members. Sounds like the people out there in Washington never got busted for it but the same exact stuff happened. Money money money, just follow the trail.
I was in elementary school at that time and lived on the outskirts of Tacoma. We had gang members chase someone through our playground during recess and shots were fired. Not long after this incident the gang violence took a significant down turn. This guy and his buddies saved Tacoma from being over run by gangs. A true hero in my opinion.
When I was about 13 years old my Ranger step dad moved us to Tacoma in August of 1989 after his deployment in Panama ended and he was stationed to Fort Lewis. The 1990 New Year party in Lakewood was the first big military party I had been to. They had rented out an entire hotel complex just off base and had hundreds of well armed military guys with their families show up to celebrate the holiday. I remember being told something about a gang retaliation was possible and to stay within certain buildings. Never had any clue as to why until now...I need to have a talk with my stepdad lol.
Imagine being a gang member thinking your just ambushing a normal guy only to be locked in a firefight with a bunch of highly experienced combat veterans
Rangers are the tip of the spear though. The hardest of the hard. Some of the most feared are Army Rangers for they know how to survive all by themselves. Those gang members are lucky to be alive after that, some may not be for all we know
I find it a little concerning that a large Army Ranger "squad" with the benefit of defensive positions and a planned counter-ambush was unable to inflict a single confirmed casualty against untrained gang members w/ pistols and considering how many close calls and injuries they had it doesn't sound like they did any better at all _whatsoever_ and I don't get why the video keeps implying they were badass and the gang members were pussies because given the disparity in training and experience this was an outright _embarrassment_ for an elite group like the Rangers ...and if their intent was to not kill but rather suppress _in a residential neighborhood_ then that's even worse.
@@llYossarian not really a planned counter ambush.. they knew they were coming but they didn’t know when, how many, or where they would be coming from. Can’t really plan anything that way. But they did have defensive positions. And of course there wouldn’t be any confirmed injuries/casualties because they can’t go to any hospitals since ya know… it’s kind of illegal to have shootouts and they’d be put under police investigation. It was also dark, no lights at all apparently. So ya know there’s that. Kind of hard to hit people who are black, dressed in black, and have cover in the middle of the night on an unlit street… point is I’d like to see you last 3 seconds in a similar situation lmao
These stories involving special forces are incredible. The way you make it feel fast paced, with the upbeat 80s style synth music, and constant changing of images really takes things to another level. I think you found yourself a new lane, sir. ✊️
I played hockey in Tacoma with a guy that told me this story cause his Dad was one of the Rangers. I always thought he was full of sh*t because there was no real way to verify this story. There was no Google and you'd have to do extensive research at libraries to find this out. This kid went on to be a 20 year veteran of the Army Rangers, just like his Dad. The whole family is a family of bad asses. Truly amazing what they can do.
One gang of thugs vs another. Since the army rangers never moved from the house, it was the gang keeping up the battle for 10 minutes before they ran away & then only because the cops finally showed up. Title is HIGHLY misleading, it seems nobody got smoked whatsoever.
@@Grunchy005 yeah the narrator of this shit is so biased and im annoyed how he keeps insulting the gang members. No one laid no one out as bad as the title suggested ,like you said.
@@Grunchy005 lol youre really gonna call the rangers thugs when they were threatened with their live for just trying to protect their community from becoming a black slum?
@@Ocarina1786 ooh yeah feel bad for tha gang members, not the man defending his home from 20 mofuckers who came to shoot him and burn it down, what you think would happen if he didnt have help?
Goes back to how the police have no obligation to help you, the citizen. This happened in 1989, the same happened with the Koreans in 1992 in LA and every riot of 2020 where police stood by and did nothing
Yeah I think that ruling that the police are under no obligation to help you is a bunch of bullcrap if they're not under any obligation to help you then that motto to protect and serve is worthless and so are the police
James Sampson, and if that’s the only thing that makes you realize that your biased. Millions of reasons why police are worthless watch audit the audit
I dunno, maybe don't shoot a young girl in the face while she was trying to pay for an item in a community known for not tolerating brutality, even by the police if you want to keep doing business in said community....
now it should be "when seconds count, the police wait for forty plus minutes, a few yards away, for a negotiator as people are killed all around you"... _"Authorities have given confusing, piecemeal and contradictory accounts of the attack. Their latest version, delivered at a news conference Thursday, described officers’ pulling back and calling for help (body armor, snipers, negotiators) while gunfire could be heard from inside the classroom."_
You mean the guy who had 30 gangsters shooting at his house with 14 other trained military persons and not one person was hit? He’s the definition of an army bitch in my thesaurus
I think the most impressive thing about this is that he got 15 men to show up to his house armed and ready to fight to the death to protect his home. Not only were they prepared to fight but they did fight when the time came. As for the police, you can’t force someone to call you for help when calling you never worked in the past anyway.
@@lv2keepfit493 I think it’s amazing I wish it happened more often with more than just military. I guess that kind of bond is rare outside of the military
Army Rangers dude. They'd go through these clips or cropps or creeps wtf ever but clits again Rangers? Rangers would make a stew of dumbass from those yo man untrained flappers
That's actually only surprising if you haven't been around infantry units. As a vet I could call members of my old unit and they would definitely show up, no questions asked, if ever I was in a similar situation.
The cops wouldn't go in when it was happening, they bugged out during the shooting. My neighbor at the time was Adjunct for Ft.Lewis in family housing and I got to hear the story in the morning as he was finally getting home. Bill was a damn hero who had the military turn on him over what he did. He got the whole thing on video from a camera mounted in his attic. So when the crips claimed they were just driving by, Bill got to hand them his video showing the whole thing, including the TPD responding to the call and upon rolling onto the block all back out and leave... later claiming waiting for backup. This was the beginning of the end of the crips power over the area.
@@mantaship Indeed he did. And I bet the next time he had a barbecue the neighbors laughed and joked about it. Like "umm, we didn't bring guns and bullets, just hamburgers. Is that OK sarge?" Lol. Props to him and his boys though.
The resulting action by Ft. Lewis leaders was a line for every single Friday safety brief, "stay da fck off hilltop and don't be messing around with no gangs". We all knew to avoid areas with heavy gang activity but never was told the reason why they chose to tell us to specifically avoid this area, every Friday.
I'm sorry, the only guy they caught got 22 months for being involved in an attempted *RAID* on a civilian house? Look, man, I'm all for less incarceration. People get insane sentences for minor drug possession or other such crimes, and the fact that many detention facilities view number of arrests as profit centers is disgusting...but 22 months? For attempted assassination? Someone got bribed.
No nobody got bribed….. But when you have avery soft view on crime….. You can’t say, “oh well I want you to be easy on those crimes but these other crimes I want you to be tough on them”….there was a program in New York called broken windows…. Check it out it looked to the root beginning to crime
@@mrkoolio4475 Broken windows policing is an abject failure. There is another name for 'all crimes are worthy of equal punishment' and it's totalitarianism. If you want to see the results of such policies, simply move to Saudi Arabia and see how long you last. Also, bribery seems likely, considering the main advantage of the large narco-trafficking organization in this situation is money, not firepower or skill.
@@baba_babaa2 That's right--so to get unnecessarily high taxes down, the Rangers fucked up the gang. If the authorities are unable and/or unwilling to deal with it, they were ethically in the right doing what they did although the law probably has a problem with it.
I learned about this incident when I was in the U.S. Army, going through Ranger Indoctrination Program (RIP). It was told as a tangible lesson in how far Rangers will go for each other. Rangers are expected, and do, have each other's backs in any situation, as long as that Ranger is morally in the right. Loyalty to each other goes beyond blood, law, religion, or any other concerns. That was the lesson taught to a bunch of 18-20 year old boys, trying to become men, using this as an example of the dedication expected between brothers.
Thank you for sharing this. Becoming an Army Ranger ~ I can't imagine a more profound experience. This group of Rangers are the example of the power of true loyalty the kind most people will never experience in their lives.... beautifully written.
That's capitalism in America for ya and it wont change until smarter people outnumber idiots which atm the idiot to non indiot ratio is broken as fucking shit
Yeah, these cheeky bastards are usually from the same Party too, Democrats in action! Good for the Rangers for not taking the crap from the criminals, yet having the discipline to drop their weapons when the police arrived. Too bad the SSG wasn't promoted to SFC and stayed in the Army. More corrupt politicians at work there, most likely. Just saying....
Imagine picking a fight with literal regiment guys. Crazy that any of the bangers got out alive. I was born in Tacoma in 1992 while my dad was at Fort Lewis. I asked him about this story and he remembered it happening. I love the "You don't know you you're messing with" and then "No, YOU don't know who you're messing with." Hahaha
Trust me, as someone who's trained with some Rangers (I am not a Ranger nor have I been to Ranger School, I mean in general combat exercises at Ft Irwin) those bangers only got out because the Rangers were going EASY on them. They don't f%ck around at all, bro.
@@Eye_Of_Odin978 I would think that many of the attackes actually died and that there was a cover up, because nobody including the CRIPS was interessted in a story in which the street was littered with deceased bodies.
Having grown up in Kitsap County (north of Tacoma) and at the time, stationed out of Ft Lewis/Camp Murry, one important note not commonly mentioned was the commander of the 2/75, while no "official" punishment was meted out, regulated the chocks to endless days of marksmanship training stating "if my soldiers are going to expend over 300 rounds, there G*****m well better be bodies on the ground..."
I have a couple theories on this, and personally I think they're the only theories that remotely make sense. Since they're Rangers, marksmanship is a given. I would say that there were no bodies piled up on the lawn because they deemed it so, and that one wannabe John Wayne who tried to breach through the front door was only hit once in the shoulder because they deemed it so. Even though they were in full contact at the time, they saw these gang bangers as dumb kids who just needed guidance and help to turn their lives around, not as the enemy who needs to be neutralized. My other theory is the fact that they were all black and the attack happened at night, combined with the probability that most of the Rangers were probably three sheets to the wind from over-indulging during the BBQ, IDC how straight you can shoot, it goes south fast when you're drunk. Maybe a little of both? Maybe none of the above? The guy still lives there and no one messed with him since, so I'd say "mission probably accomplished".
@@somethingtrulyhorrifying they were stuck playing defense , probably didn’t have NODS, and one of them was only using pistols , their goal definitely wasn’t to kill all of them
They took their time to gather evidence then arrest like 32 others on multiple charges. They had to do this because the Army Rangers had drawn attention to what a bad Job they had been doing.
@@mikeskidmore6754 I understand how the process works. I’ve been in law enforcement for almost 9 years. It doesn’t change that dude only got 22 months.
Lol, they aren't gonna do shit if ur being stalked, threatened by a crazy ex/psycho, u really thought they was gonna do anything against armed criminals?
Idk, the FBI/ATF stepped in pretty quickly after I told a biker gang I was going to bomb their dumbasses. Self defense with binary explosives 🤷♂️ I haven't had an issue since then
Yes! Use your rights, because either way, violent criminals do the obvious, they don’t follow the law,, do politicians and anti gun people really want to stop crime or just wish their thinking works when they think “oh murder is illegal, but because that gun is illegal and their in a gun free zone, so violent criminals won’t break 1-2 laws to break another law (murder.)” ? :(
I knew a couple of the rangers involved, our unit was about a hundred meters from the Ranger compound and we hung out with them ant the snack bar between our units. I remember one interviewer asking the rangers why they shot so many rounds without killing anyone and the ranger said 'if we wanted to kill them we wouldn't need 300 rounds'.
It's called ROE, rules of engagement, ingrained by training, and playing it smart. Which is why, they only shot defensively. If they wanted to take out those homies. It would've been an offensive operation. They would've flanked them, and the whole gang would be gone. But since they're living in a liberal bleeding heart state. They'd be charged for murder. I'm a Ranger myself, just in case you're questioning my knowledge.
sounds like bs, they're being shot at by "30+" gang members who are trying to kill them and their goal was to fire warning shots? lol doesn't sound right.
The cops found that it was his bullets from him and his friends that ended uo hitting neighbors houses and almost killing a baby in a neighbors home they did more damage to their neighbors homes then the gangs
"What are we gonna smoke?" "Just some crips" This was the actual interaction the rangers had with each other and you can't convince me otherwise 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭😭
Everybody tough as fucqq when they have left their former weakling life to be trained to become tough. But why not act tough without the training. That separates a man from a scary person. It's crazy how much people talk shit ONLY after they have been trained to hurt,shoot kill others,but I see those " gangbangers" are not trained and got more toughness than the so called rangers etc @@kravmaga1632
There's a small difference between rangers and special forces. Rangers eat the bark off of trees. Special Forces teach how to eat the bark off of trees.
@@user-dd1bb4tw4r 75th Rangers are SF tho… you mean there’s a difference between someone in SF vs someone went to Ranger School… If you payed attention the UA-camr said that SSG Foulk is with the 75th..
After hearing the police stand outside Robb Elementary School for an hour while 20 kids were getting murdered, it’s seems the protection of your life is non of their interest. Seems we’re on our own now. Stay safe stay armed.
What historical shootout should I cover next?
Rooftop Koreans!
I second rooftop Koreans!!
@@LazarusSpeaks definitely yes
This isn’t a shootout, but what about the retired marine who made modern body armor. Because he got tired of being robbed in Detroit delivering pizzas.. he also smoked the guys who tried the rob him a second time
1986 Miami FBI shootout! Its a dousy! It caused the FBI and many law enforcement agencies to make the switch from revolvers to semi auto handguns.
Its nuts how the cops won't police an area sufficiently then lecture people for organizing a defense against people trying to kill them.
Cops are useless, really.
It's no different than the FBI not being able to catch a international fugitive and then the next thing you know Dog the Bounty Hunter has the guy and is locked up with him in Mexico. It doesn't look good on the boys in blue
That's by design, same thing with punishing the victim of bullying for self defense.
You usually don't get caught for going first, but everyone sees the retaliation and focuses on that.
@@j0hndobile802 It's ego, they don't want to be shown up, could care less about people's safety.
The most incredible part of this story is being able to buy a home for $20k
Nah wouldn’t live there even if you paid me 100k that’s why it’s cheap
lmaoooo😂
Different era
@@ArizonaJoshua and different area💀💀💀 you think they could sell that house on ASH ST for anything more?
10k back then but with the price rising up he made a good investment and after that u no there was definitely less crack sold in that area anyway its great when people stand up for the community's just sad that we have bad apples that are currently making it harder for people to keep our constitution right to own and bare arm's and the militarization of common police which are some of the biggest gangs nowadays and literally get away with murder all the time and not just black lives either definitely all colors and we citizen's should have control of what our governments are doing I believe in the police having s.w.a.t of course but definitely not every single sworn in cop having a long rifle and military grade firearms, cause that's how they get there high horse attitudes with a badge and higher ups to cover their asses when they are beating there wives and kids or beating up citizen's or profiling people,thank God tattoos are actually accepted in the forces now cause they are able to except citizen's with art on them more not as gang members but as citizen's/civilians abit easier now than years ago but last thing we should do is take our constitutional right to own and bare arm's away cause we should be able to defend ourselves cause dialing 911 when there's a bad apple aka sicko or pervert in your home trying to kill u and God forbid rape ur wife or child or kidnap them a cop won't always be able to get there before the damage is already done and we should have armed police/teachers in our schools cause then them sick scumbags that go and kill our children cause they just tick one day and decide they're going to go kill some innocent lilkids it would be a much better chance for our children because that sick person will think alittle more knowing that they more then likely will get shot back at and will get a fight and they won't just be able to walk into a school and start shooting so it gives our children a much better chance by having people who have to take updated courses on safety to have there licenses to carry along with security officers or cops for safety purposes to help detour some crazy person from going and harming our children my prayers go out to all the parents who lost a child or loved ones in these shootings that could of possibly been prevented 🙏😢
The chief is upset about him not calling the police, I'd bet the Ranger was more upset the times he did call and they did nothing.
the Ranger is a hero who will be remembered for getting rid of criminal scum losers who are better off 6ft under
I've said this elsewhere, but I think it bears repeating - if only one dog on the block barks at the mailman, nobody is focusing on the mailman.
The chief was likely trying to cover his ass, but it's also possible that his subordinates were more resentful towards the ranger than the gang members for forcing them to enter a shithole neighborhood to deal with stuff they were able to previously ignore.
In an extreme case of irony, It's likely both the beat cops and the criminals would agree that the ranger's presence was a disruption to their normal routine.
The chief was mad that his incompetence was exposed.
@@oceanwavesandcocaine1129 have some perspective. These guys might deserve it but not all gang bangers do I feel. Anyone selling high quality drugs to addicts without embellishing facts would be unironically saving lives by giving them a constant source where they don't have to worry about being laced. We are supposed to think the dealers and the gang bangers are the bad guys and don't get me wrong they can be but they wouldn't get away with a lot of this if people in power were not getting paid off. We should of started a war on corruption instead of drugs, we could of actually won that one
For real, he didn't do anything when they were just selling drugs. But when the police don't show up for stuff like that, he didn't feel like he could trust them to handle something this big. He made the right choice
Little known fact Washington's Constitution says that you have a right to defend yourself with firearms.
@@Greendawn-di3dlthe United States constitution says "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." So it kinda does. Washington also has castle doctrine that allows you to protect your home and stand your ground
Oh yes it does
And surprisingly enough it has a castle doctrine and stand your ground law, I know cause I have in laws who are cops in Washington State.
@Greendawn-di3dl how is it insane to defend yourself? You'd prefer criminals to keep hurting people and doing whatever they want?
@@Greendawn-di3dl I don't think you understood what they meant by "were gonna burn your house down". its a double-slang (slang formed from slang) for "were gonna shoot so many bullets at your house its going to look like its on fire". everything else is fine.
Police: "sorry we can't do anything..."
Also Police: "why didn't you call us?! Defending yourselves was a reckless move and could have got people hurt!"
What is Uvalde police?
being a police give you an excuse to be useless and still demand for respect
@@Psionifier cowards..?
"Nobody needs an assault rifle and nobody needs more than 7 rounds!" -idiots who know nothing about self defense.
Also those same idiots, "Police brutality!"
I never comment on YT but it’s actually maddening how this video blames the rise of the crips in Tacoma on an over-emphasis on “community policing” being too soft on crime or whatever
Took an oath to protect America from enemies both foreign and domestic and he took that shit seriously mad respect
That's called terrorists
@@PROLIFIC_TRAVELS The wiki is a bit more informative than this video.
And what a surprise American policy creates there enemies
assignment understood.
How many trips did they kill? Zero. They should be embarrassed people remember this failure.
Having 15 ranger buddies show up really tells you how close these guys are. That’s a very tight knit group and I bet if he ever needed to call them again they would all still be ready for that call. I wish I had friends like that.
Join the military then
It's a life bond. Anyone who goes all the way loves to fight, has killed and will be way ahead of a criminal in skillet and capability.
Would love to. Tried to. Took the asvab and did really well. Unfortunately I have a disability that disqualifies me.
I understand.
@@machninety7334 I failed cos of my hearing lol almost went marine
Local Crips: use pellet guns and other small(ish) sidearms
Rangers: *R I F L E S*
There are Rangers and there are The Power Rangers. One of them uses toy guns. ;)
Does it matter ? Even if the gangs had rifles and the rangers only had pistols, rangers would win man
@@dgfiresshows453 I’m pretty sure the rangers win with nothing but spoons 😂
@@3.kThis is the type of guy who thinks a 50 year old marine would lose to a 20 year old gangster. He definitely hasn’t heard the term “Second to none a marine and a gun.”
@@dgfiresshows453Tell that moron.
This story reminds me of how bullying is handled at public schools. The victim reaches out to teachers, only to be ignored. As soon as the victim has had enough and fights back, they get chastised and told they should have reported it to the school faculty. Both kids are suspended, but the bully who doesn't give a shit about school anyways, sees it as a free vacation.
I told my kid if he got expelled for fighting a bully he would get ice cream on the way home. He put the first one against a wall and never had another problem.
My 12 yr old had a problem last yr with a “bully”…/I told him ignore whatever he says, you should NEVER care what some stranger thinks/says…but if he puts his hands on you or threatens you, IMMEDIATELY crack him right in the nose….a few days go by and I get a call at work from the school and had to go pick my boy up….I walked into the office and there was my Jake sitting at a table with another kid, a big fat kid with a bloody nose and had been crying, lol…the kids parents were in there too and I immediately saw why the kid was a asshole….felt bad for him, but I guarantee he’s done trying to bully others…I hope
@@elund408 --- That is the only EFFECTIVE way to definitively deal with a bully. Full stop.
EXACTLY
100%. I thought I was the only one that witnessed this happen
I even talked to the kid that was bullied. He told everyone he knew and NOBODY stopped it..
The cops were angry that Foulk didn't call the police, but stated earlier, the police didn't know how to handle this or were too scared to act on gangs.
Some things never change. It’s what led to the LA riots. The Police wussed out and the gangs took over
@@davefletch3063 I like LEO's more than I like gangs, though people would beg to differ that they're the same, but it takes a certain set of balls to leave the comforts of your home. Go off and abroad in a foreign land to fuck-shit-up at a moments notice. Especially when your buddy calls you up to come over for a BBQ and only asks to bring bullets and weapons to fight the neighborhood flunkies 👀💀
@@davefletch3063 you know cops have families & arent willing to die most of the time. These thugs are willing to die for they're set. What u think the cops are gonna do go to war with them & have shoot outs? 😆 its not in the job description. Cops arent soldiers
They didn't doublespeak. What they meant was, if Foulk had called the police, that the police would have responded and likely detained Foulk's men and weapons, so that the gang member wounding incident would have never occurred, but instead that when the gang members attacked un-opposed, that the great detectives of the area would have got some hot press time and been "hot on the trail" of those evil gang members for months, likely requesting more funding from down state at the same time. Phew, that's a lengthy one, but is totally reality. Attack your law abiding american citizens because they're easy targets that won't fight back is the name of the game for Police. And revenue generation as well. When you're the victim of a real crime involving property theft or violence the Police are about as worthless as birdshit on a freshly washed car. I speak from experience, not heresy!
@@Guillotines_For_Globalists It's a shame that "vigilante" justice is sometimes the only justice you can have.
How has Clint Eastwood not picked this story up and turned it into an absolute banger of a movie
Wasn’t Eldorado the movie
Because he got 15 buddies instead of just 2
@@agps4418 true 😂🤣😂🤣😂
gran torino
@@SouthernCharmDetailingLLC pretty close.
The Buddy: “What are we going to smoke?”
The host: “Just some crips”
I couldn’t contain the laughter
This is what happens when you don't kill a nest of cockroaches they multiply the only stop them is squash them like the bugs are
LOL
"He was never promoted"
He proactively organized a defensive fortification, established and adhered to rules of engagement, and led a team through a battle. The dude has officer material written all over his body.
No, NCOER should read, "Promote ahead of Peers"
Sadly, most officers don't have those skills unless they have 10 years in
If I were him, I wouldn't care. The organization showed him that it was dishonorable. Social accolades are nice, but you should never sacrifice your principles for them. Kudos to Community Barbecuing Ranger dude.
@@greggkunkle8539 send to ALC immediately
he also took out 0 enemies with hours of preparation and extensive research on tactics that could be used by the opposition 😂
“What’re we gonna smoke?”
“Just some crips”
Oh my lord that hit so hard
Jesus loves yall and died for us! Jesus calls for all of us to repent!!!!! !! !!! !
Rumor has it Hill Top Crips are still smoking to this day Sincerely an Army🪖brat
Except nothing happened afterall 😂
cringe comment
@@proudamerican3651 *Getting smoked more like it
sincerely a fellow military brat
“Hey c’mon over I’m gonna have a BBQ ”
“Cool, what we smoking”
“Crips.”
Dude that line was freaking mint
Yeah, most dudes aren't army rangers
@@deanriley5618 Oh, you mean guys like you?
But no crips got smoked?
@@ahkimuhammad5876 That's because they drag their wounded away instead of taking them to the ER where they just might end up arrested. Guess you missed that part, huh?
@@tacticorememes its crazy I was born in this neighborhood bro
I think we need to make gangs look not cool again 🤡🤡🤡
Problem is they’ve always looked cool. Chicago was one of the earlier big hubs for gangs and to this day we make movies about bootlegging gangsters. The only thing that changed was the race of gangsters. The earlier US had a lot of gangs even before automobiles were a thing. There’s a cool documentary about it
Or at least, when stories are told, portray them as a bad place to be.
I’ve never thought gangs looked cool at all. I have friends that grew up with me in the suburbs that ended up joining a gang and it always struck me as idiotic. Something wrong with the way you were raised if you think gangs look cool
Why it is ok for the Italian gang to look cool, which they already came from money and doesn't need a gang, but gangs like crip and blood that came from very poor family are seen as thugs?
@@EricaEarth because they look gay and cringe
"Lectured them for not calling the police for assistance"
Because the whole first half of the video made it abundantly clear that the police department wouldn't have done a DAMN thing.
As someone in the army, I really feel like the police are a sub-par organization. They tread the space between soldier and lawyer and their training in both departments is very lacking. Not to mention their physical fitness standards being lower than even the Air Force…
I’m my opinion the army national guard should work with the police. A soldier would’ve ended the shooting in Texas a lot sooner than the cop.
Still, the police solved the situation in the end, didn't it
@@davideizzo2683 they wrapped everything up after all the work had been done. The "they resolved it in the end right" argument doesn't apply when, if the people the crips were after weren't rangers, they probably would've been killed.
@@davideizzo2683 if they relied on the police they would've been dead, the police didn't solve anything
Tacoma PD employed the CYA tactic toward dealing with this incident! At least the Rangers forced Tacoma's hand in beefing up its law enforcement.
The most unbelievable part of this story is the fact the guy left his house unoccupied for an entire deployment and it never got robbed.
Pretty much sounded like because he hadn't made himself a Target yet.
@davidcollver6155 im a trucker away for 5 days at a time and i had to get a roommate literally just for defense, and i live in a decent neighborhood.
The penalty for having membership in a gang should be life without parole, and with hard labor. You can’t change my mind.
@@EchoTravelsUSAhere in a blue state; all we need to hear is them saying they wont do it again and they'll change their life around; you'll see them free in a week
they already had full time jobs.....selling crack.
All the hilltop homes are like $1 million now..
About half that
@@tsc7018 True, only 25x more expensive instead of 50x - point overruled, not the same thing at all!
@@sammy4538 half a million is worth mentioning
A pack of army rangers with pistols, rifles, & and shotguns, yet NOBODY got smoked
They were aiming to scare them off, these are Rangers, if they missed, it's because they chose too.
@dragonwrath582 then the title needs to be "SCARED some crips in 1989" instead of "SMOKED"
So crips shot at army rangers to harm them, but army rangers shoot back just to scare? Makes total sense, appreciate your input.
@DAA314 smoked can also just mean dominated, and that easily applies to this case. As the video also stated, the chips were amateurs and blindly firing, the Rangers weren't frightened at all by them, so they didn't need to retaliate lethal, with the exception of the mofo who charged them.
@@dragonwrath582 So people are trying to end you yet you miss on purpose? Never knew Rangers were this beta
Yes that's what I'm saying lol
he took ''im not in danger I AM THE DANGER'' to a whole new meaning.
Call an ambulance, but not for me
He was the one that knocks
I'm surprised that they really didnt kill the crips off completely. Rangers , true hardcore wont back down & usually want blood
He is the one who knocks
@@patrick_mactan or the gang members.
I literally grew up in this area and kids today don't believe me when I tell them this story. Now we have this video. Thank you
I’ve never heard anything about this and I grew up here too, I’m at my job rn showing all of my coworkers and we’re all so confused and amazed lmao
It's not well known out side the area. In Aberdeen I have heard many people talk about this but outside the area not a single word.
You need not have said “literally”. It is already understood to be literal. Stop misusing/overusing the word
LITERALLY.
@@brucejemcek6986 nobody cares
we all know the story but the details are not the same.
When seconds count, the police are just 30 minutes away. The police rarely prevent violent crime from occurring, they're mostly there to clean-up, after the fact, and file reports.
“Observe and report”
Especially the cops in Uvalde Texas.
That’s literally what their job is. Bodyguards protect. Policemen are paper pushers. Their role is to present evidence in court to bring a criminal to justice. That’s why you always hear ppl complain that the police take too long to arrive on scene at a shootout. They’re only gonna collect shell casings and testimonials from the witnesses. If any
Of course, by 'reports' you mean fabricated accounts.
Much like the movies, the cavalry always arrives as the credits start to roll :p
What’s crazy to me is I’m 25 years old, I grew up 45 minutes away from Tacoma, and I’ve never heard this story till now. Hats off to the Staff Sergeant and his buddies for implementing real change in their community even when the leaders and police wouldn’t.
Man, how in the hell has this whole thing not been made into a big time movie?! This is some real life badassery
It’s pretty boring tbh. Would make for an okay short story but not a 2 hour big budget film.
Because it portrays minorities in an unflattering light. And that won't sell in a "woke" market.
@@slappybigalow8971 Well if they made the ranger and his friends black that would sell.
@@tomsnowden6201i mean its trained people vs hustlers thats like watching a pro boxer vs a crackhead
@@bullybullyi love watching those types of stuff
It keeps me grounded
My dad met this one person back in the 90s while living in Pretoria, we'll call him John. John was a former Recce (South African Special Forces), and had taken part in multiple operations in Angola. Even though he was according to my dad a fairly humble and rather kind person, he suffered alot from PTSD, always sleeping with a Beretta under his pilow. John lived in a lower middle class area with some gang activity and the area suffered from constant breakins (this will be important later)
The story goes that at some point, one of Johns best friends/ neighboor came to him for help, he had been robbed in the middle of the night, with his family injured severly and hus watch stolen. John went, found out who the gang was that had committed the crime and left in the middle of the night. He returned the next morning with the money and gold watch. Never answered how he found it or what he did.
Then it came out some gang members had been murdered and an investigation was launched before being quickly shelved and then written off. The gangs tried to retaliate (or it could have been some normal criminals) and tried to break into his house only for him to shoot 2 of them.
After that, not a single criminal or gang came within 5 blocks of Johns house and he quickly became known as the boogyman of the area
tl;dr: dont fuck with combat vets
😂 I like the boggy man part.
Real life John Wick
Don't mess with South Africans. We fight from birth
@anniejohndoepker1403 yeah you do. Had to fight all those natives who outnumbered you.
I live in the country. There are redneck versions of thugs here, but the difference is everyone kinda knows who they are. When I was little, my dad was working in the mines in WV, and we lived in KY. It's pretty common for people to drive about 2 hours one way to go to work. These individuals knew this too. Well, my mom heard people talking and basically probing the house to see who's home or if it'd be a good place to rob. This wasn't a neighborhood; we were about a mile away from anyone, so the motive was pretty clear.
Two nights after that, my dad took off work and parked his truck at my uncle's house to make it look like any other workday. Long story short, he killed a 23-year-old opiate fiend halfway through the window, heard footsteps running away, and shot in the direction of the sound. My sister said she still remembers the gun going off. I was just a baby, so all this was told to me secondhand. Apparently, the cops asked my dad why he didn't kill the other guy or something along those lines. Anyways my Dad is the the stereotypical type of redneck you're probably thinking about right now. very calm very kind but will fucking kill you if you fuck in and around his home. Anyways, idk why i sat n typed all of this. Its actually something i forgot about, so much that i don't think my wife even knows about lol. I wish i could tie it up nicely into a lesson but its pretty obvious. Dont fuck with men especially in their home. There's a joke that says something about you dont fuck with a place that has a car engine hanging in a tree, or a transmission in a bathtub because that's where a gun lives. its Jeff Foxworthy, holy fuck thats a name i haven't seen in awhile. I pasted this in the main thread too after typing it here. to justify all the typing mostly but yea less mystery same logic.
In the Army, we swear to protect from foreign and domestic. These soldiers should of recieved honor for standing up to what the police hadn't done.
Faulk should have been promoted to Master Sergeant. He conducted a training exercise with provided OP-4, He took command over of a mission in an urban setting (non-vegetation) which miraculously resulted in zero fatalities; meaning the Rangers were trying to NOT kill them. Guy should have been promoted immediately ahead of his peers
@@golgo13fan53 agreed
@@golgo13fan53 and all of that with minimal equipment against an opposition of unknown size
Thats why gang violence in 80s been so big, when police were not so strong to take care of them, so these rangers realised we are the only one’s abel to put protect our house, when polices just send one police car, that simply does nothing. No Swat police comming to help.
@DaSilva R. I didn't know you lived over there
Dude! you went after a Ranger company?😆🤣😂
That’s like picking a fight with Mike Tyson with your arms tied behind your back. 😆
This has to be one of the most badass shootouts I’ve ever heard of. The crips where like “Who do you think you are?” And foulk literally responded with “The Us army!”
yeah you don't fuck with special forces. They will massacre you
@The Stock Trader dude they where army rangers
Criminals vs War Criminals
The real live Boogeymen. The one that make you lose your bladder when we arrive.
More like, "The best in the world"
"He still owns the property to this day"
Well, he definitely got his investment back, that's for damn sure.
@@timberlynknowles6026 sauce?
@@timberlynknowles6026 bruh he's not dead 🤣
@@timberlynknowles6026 still ain't give no sauce, BRUH.
@@timberlynknowles6026 nah those gangs ran scared just like they always do, just bunch of weak little babies.
@@timberlynknowles6026 where is the source or senator armstrong would be more deserving in trust & power than YOU.
(Albeit he's fictional, I bet the senator would be an more trustworthy person than a person who can't even have human decency, and if the dude died, he never deserved theor death but an insensitive person would say you deserve it (timberlyn knowles) when you seem like not an 1% contributor to attempting to restore greatness, even you didn't give us any source link so why should we respect people like you, I bet back in the 80s / 90s, you would got beaten up for tryna hoax dogcrap like that, and you'd delude yourself and say "nah, I aint" when you have lots of issues).
At least the military had their back
"I dunno guys, seems like clear cut self defense to us, people fucked around, they found out"
He still didn't advance. They weren't happy about having to cover for his ass.
@@gretholondeporey8527still got his ass covered
The amount of restraint it took for these Rangers to hold their position, consider their background, and not just actually smoke all these idiots is commendable. Handled the situation the absolute best way possible. These dudes could have easily started stacking bodies but didn’t wanna deal with the hassle.
Teal threat engenders fear/thoughts of self preservation. Deaths would have given then excuse to think they had nothing to lose.
I love how the cops had the balls to say “you should have called us first” like it wasn’t directly under their watch and their fault that the area got completely overrun in the first place. “Maybe the situation could have been prevented if you called us before the shots” yeah and maybe it could have been avoided had the local PD done their fucking jobs in the first place.
You sound like the leftists who hassle the police all summer, try to defund them, then complain about why they're ineffective. The actual problem is criminals.
Well considering the involvement of our government with the trafficking...Id say a large part of the crack epidemic could have been prevented.
I'm sure the cops in Uvalde live by the "call us first" standard... cowards
Good point
The police chief was on the take and on the payroll
Love how the police had the audacity to lecture the rangers for defending themselves because they couldn't do their jobs properly. Aaaaand 33 years later, cops still can't do shit about this.
They could if they were directed to. The Democrats who run the current problem cities cultivate and perpetuate the problem.
Can't, won't, or have been ordered not to? Just like Uvalde TX.
People are realizing police only keep them less safe because we are constrained to actually defend ourselves.
@@828enigma6 won't.
Cops losing face😂
What a legend that he still lives there til this day. He fought for the right to live where he did and him still being there is awesome
Hilltop is gentrified now. His property must be worth a pretty penny.
@@Nutnchancy there’s still some less than savory areas in hilltop
@@Nutnchancy and that's a damn good thing
8.3 million people watched this, is that doxing to mention he still lives there?
@@6Sparx9 If anyone is actually stupid enough to try anything after watching this, it's _their_ funeral lmao
“Hey guys wanna have a bbq? sure, what are we gonna smoke? Uhh just some crips” is so cold
"Attempted murder" has to be one of the most humiliating crimes.
Maybe but no one was charged with Attempting Murder in this case. He said 2nd degree assault was the convicting charge.
Unless it was the result of a fist fight. Then it's a badge of honor.
@Austin Batton merched dese old heads js b talkin😭
Fuck no a rape case is. Do you know how desperate and a failure at not getting no play to do some shot like that ?
@@benzostaxkin bro what
I love his chain of commands response. "Hey they were off duty and not on orders. Not something we need to get involved with." That's true leadership right there. Always looking out for your joes.
Yet they shunned him from the possibility of promotion over it. Not as glorious as we may think, they’re spineless compared to this great man.
@@zepho100 You really are lacking any evidence of that. It's must be nice to read wikipedia or reddit and jump to conclusions, isn't it?
@@djmaster1995 was he promoted?
@@zepho100 Why would they promote him for something he did off duty while on home-soil, while not under any direct orders?? I get that he did something good by defending himself and his neighborhood, but that's something completely outside of the military's bounds. Be realistic lol.
@@bablo82 what are you talking about? I didn’t say they would promote him for the events in this video. I said that he was essentially blacklisted from a promotion hence why he left the armed forces (also mentioned in this video).
I know Bill personally, this was a very accurate depiction of what went down that day. I remember Bill showing me the bullet holes. He later pretty much owned that block of Ash Street. He’s a great dude. I miss him. Wish I hadn’t moved away. A little known fact about Bill, he can sing really really good. He sounds exactly like Neil Diamond.
I'm glad Rambo Neil Diamond owned a block in a shithole neighborhood. Cool
Army Rangers Smoked Some Crips in 1989: The Official Rumor Mill | Live From The Lair
Bro, This dude sounded tuff as they get until he got compared to the nay nay Neil Diamond
Owned the block, more like owns Tacoma!!!
If you ever meet him again send regards from India. 👏👏👍🙏
"While you were all smoking crack and killing each other, I studied the art of war"
When the only way to defend yourself involves calling in the army (unofficially), the police system should feel ashamed.
Agreed.
Rangers are Special Forces. Not just an Army Unit
You know the police are the first line of government defense, if they cant handle the situation, army dudes take over
@@ryneagheilim9782 they still part of the army
The thing is, police shouldnt been seen as some great and overprotective officers of the law, instead, just keeping things in check, and whenever someone is in danger whether it’s life threatening or not, to be there when necessary. However I don’t disagree with people needing to be ashamed, i think in general our systems could be better, city/community leaders should strive for what’s right, not what feels good. But hey man, at the end of the day, humans are running it.
Just imagine being one of those gang members who escaped just to open the paper and find out they just tried to attack some of the most skilled and trained soldiers in America 💀
I'd be thanking my lucky stars I didn't get got that day. But gangbangers are known for being idiots AND ungrateful pieces of human excrement so I doubt they did.
In the world more like
@@MGKmuziqueno not in the world
@@jaco8f7y15the world
Laughing in Finnish
Never ceases to amaze me how cowardly and incompetent civil authorities are, until something like this happens.
Yup, and yet the have the unmitigated gall to say you shoulda called us.
"You shoulda called 911 and this wouldn't have happened!"
Those calls you've been ignoring till now?
"Yeah those calls."
It's amusing, frustrating, and laughable that the police have no legal oblation to protect people. Crazy.
civil authorities are politicians, big talk no action.
All politics. There are enough members of the rank and file who have the guts to handle this but are reigned in constantly by high-level command whose only concern is protecting their retirement fund. Truly cutting cops loose on violent criminals requires permission to be aggressive and take the kid gloves off.
Cowardice and incompetence are downstream from corruption.
We are a reactionary society. Bleach probably didn't have a label on it to not drink it until after someone did. Something terrible has to happen before we realize it was a problem to begin with. Remember 9/11 happened by planes being highjacked by men with box cutters. Inch long blades and being told as a society to not be heros, be passive and comply. We did a lot of growing up after that very fast
How on earth is this not a movie what an incredible story! Great job with narration.
Wrong racial dynamic.
In modern Hollywood, black gang members are required to be portrayed as "downtrodden underdogs with hearts of gold"
Because it is too amazing to be true and not Hollywood.
The absolute gall of the civilian police sergeant who lectured a team of active duty Ranger vets on R&R from a fucking combat deployment about defending their buddies home while his officers literally *fled the scene* will never not amaze me.
After the copa at Uvelde nothing surprises me anymore
I mean the Crips were idiots but he provoked them. Why start a fight in a neighborhood full of houses? Retarded on the Rangers part
Fled the scene?
He's being fired on, and doesn't know where the assailant is. Getting out of his car could have been suicide.
He reversed away and was joined by colleagues asap.
Where does it say that he left? It doesn't, you're making it up because, what, you like to spout off?
90% of being a cop is being on a power trip
Right WTF ??? really
As an older black man, I'm gonna follow these guys example and get some of my friends and we defend and take back our neighborhoods from these thugs. Because the police aren't doing it
And as an older black man you have a85% chance at finding yourself dead or in jail
I guess... be as safe as you can.
Stay frosty,Rodney,and God speed,sir
@@yehldyehld got no choice man. Milwaukee is out of control
I'm up for some backyard cooking.
Imagine being a dealer that's been told you gotta go make someone an example - only to realize you're fighting 15 Rambos.
🤣👍 Best Comment
first blood pt. 3
If it was one Rambo , they all be dead! I was hoping they all got smoked...
The fact that the cops weren't stacking dead bodies like cordwood makes me wonder about the competence of these rangers, and exactly how much they'd had to drink that night. I mean we're talking about RANGERS here, supposedly the army's best, and they were dug in and expecting an attack, so those bangers should have been walking dick first into a wood chipper.
The real shame of this story is the beer. If those Rangers hadn't spent the afternoon sinking suds, there'd have been fifteen bodies on the lawn and street, not one wounded man. The gangbangers got off lightly.
The Police and leadership were embarrassed because their apathy was exposed.
Soldiers are sworn to protect America from threats domestic and abroad. They did their jobs, and deserve recognition
No they fucking didn't. They're criminals. They was supposed to call the police
Why they letting the police kill all these innocent blacks in America then
@Crusty Underwear Fuck The Population!
@Crusty Underwear In case you haven't found the rest of your logic, he never said anything about cops.
@Crusty Underwear what?? You're weird.
I was stationed across the airfield from these guys at the time. We all heard about it, but never any details. It kind of became urban legend and grew in size and scope over time. Thanks for sharing the actual details of the incident.
Rangers! They went up against not just one, but several.. oh boy that was a silly move!!! haha
I was expecting there to be a complete pile of gang members when the dust cleared. They got lucky- but then again, if you're in a gang-related shootout, it's not like you can go seek medical assistance.
I served with a Ranger- They're not to be trifled with. :D We joined Navy boot camp at the same time... I was 17 and acted as most 17 year olds did.. and this other guy was very chill, friendly, but take no sh**. One day we were just chatting about how his prior service only let him get an automatic E3 in the Navy, but he wasn't too bothered about it. He said the REAL hassle, likely more than what it was worth... WAS that he had to wear his Bronze Star or he would be out of uniform by regulation. A few people took notice of his ribbon (and probably taken aback on the Jumpmaster pin as well) all like, "WHOAH hold on there." When confronted, he would usually reply, "I was just doing Airborne things, but it was just a case of I had to use the "facilities" (toilet) and that would have been hard to do with people shooting at us... So I had to go poo and confronted the enemy, so we could have a break." It was obvious he was prior service, but to see an E3 with a Bronze Star was something else. He would joke to the tune of, "I joined the Navy so I dont have to be put in the position to get another one."
This was also around the same time a newly graduated recruit decided to wear a Navy SEAL pin and got in deep doodoo... So maybe the recruit commanders were just being overly cautious. But the Ranger (Now Navy Seaman) was like, "yup... it's mine. and never got pissy" :P
Yeah, that does happen! And most Rangers would be like, "oh yeah, some idiots came to our BBQ and it got out of hand for a bit, but then we settled things."
The good old airfield, I remember running around it 3 times a week! Was in one of the best shapes in my life then…lol
Yeah because it probably didn't happen like that. 15 rangers and not 1 death? I'm not talking about running away to the hospital and dying. Their whole gang shoulda been dead, scattered across the yards and street like beer cans... Didn't happen so either the rangers were trash at shooting, which I doubt, or it just didn't happen!
Gray Army Airfield or McChord AFB?
A man (a group of men really) who took their oath to defend America against ALL enemies, foreign AND domestic, seriously. Well done!
wont attack white supremacists though. cowards
so black people enemies now ?
We need to get the treasonous, child abusing, Freemasons that created the gangs in the first place. We are at war with secret societies
@@Saturn-Matrix they taught whites racism so that the whites would always see melanated people as the enemy rather than elite secret societies.
@@davruck1 True, it's in the symbolism, the red cross, Knights Templar, also the KayKayKay. Divide and conquer
People try to engage with authorities and say they've had enough but are ignored, and when they take matters into their own hands it THEIR fault?
Going after a man you think is a civilian and finding out you've "cornered" essentially two squads of Rangers is like thinking you've treed a housecat and finding you've actually cornered a tiger.
4 tigers
The difference is, they were just civilians too before they went in the army
Some gang members have dealt with things that give some soldiers nightmares too
@@getstrongby4038 gangs don't train you to be an operator and they don't train you to work as a unit. Just to be an animal that serves the greater collective and nothing more.
@@matrinezkevin11492 I hear you, im just saying some of the people I know who went in the army and served in tours of Afghanistan who were actually cowards, I've been in situations where they froze up just over a fist fight
@@matrinezkevin11492 I can see some being hardened, desensitized meatheads, but rangers are intelligent, witty and made of just as much muscle as they are made of mind
I respect this guy, the balls to stand up against organized crime.
These are the "HillTop" Crips boobie they're a street gang, organized crime is the Mafia 🇮🇹
The Military is organized crime.
It doesn't take balls to step on some cockroaches. Just a little bit of effort.
I'd imagine organized crime would be nothing compared to war.
@@AdamJensen_ Then why you never stopped mass shooters?
The saddest part about this story is the lack of unaliving of gang members.
That we know of anyway...
IKR
THANK YOU!!!
@@TalkingHands308yeah. Who's to say they didn't get buried by their buddies to cover their tracks?
@@wowthere9950 that didn't happen.
300 rounds and 10 minutes later, the Crypts were fighting for their lives. I love it!
Remember... when seconds matter, cops are always minutes away.
Or an hour -_-
@@Neobelmont1 Or months if you live in Portland
Said this to my lefty in-law and he literally shook his head, said no. He also believes there is no valid reason to own a firearm. Not even for hunting, not even if you live 100 miles from humans. All I told him was until he arms himself, any other emergency preparations were just stocking up for the hardest dude on the block.
Or 45 minutes if you live in Uvalde
@@RaisedbyaWildPackofCigarettes I can still shoot a Klan members
I lived for a couple years with a PMC that would go deal with gangs and cartel pretty often. He always basically said most of those people were sick and cruel to a lot of people, but when it came to actually having to deal with anyone that was trained to actually fight them off, they were like toddlers
Thats why i respect more private armies over Country military troops, they know are k1lling for the money and dont bullsh1t about patriotism and liberty when their own country wont practice what they preach
Also gangs and cartels deserve cruelty discipline the same way they give to inocent people
They are animals...deserve animals treatment
i suspect what you know about private armies (private military companies) could be contained in a very short paragraph.
@@KASHKUR_7.62 A private military vs. a national military is often a losing fight on the private side. Motivation isn't there like it is with the national military who are motivated from an ideological perspective. This is why when the USA goes to war in a foreign country with questionable at best motivations, they are given hell by what are essentially farmers with AKs. The same played out in Vietnam, Iraq, etc.
Although there are private contractors who are ex-military who are there for the money and the thrill of being a door kicker too. Some of those guys live for it, but most of them just aren't going to fight like a national military with motivation.
bullies tend to fold when pressed
@@drownthepoor The same is applied to national military, the soldiers enlisted today aren't infallible when it comes to motives, most join because they are dangled a shiny keychain of promises and advantages that they otherwise would struggle with obtaining through regular civilian work and as such even if they go through basic training most times aren't the mentally unrelenting forces you paint them to be, most of what keeps them from deserting is the fact that they are actually obligated by law to remain unless the situation calls otherwise whereas contractors are not.
Also most mercenaries already are ex-military, the few that aren't are the ones that get commissioned from rich people or criminal groups since most serious PMCs know they are putting their money on the line if their employees don't meet their specific quality control and they must ABSOLUTELY make a profit, having soldiers that won't fight or protect your merch is a sure way that you'll never hire them again and that PMCs want to avoid at all costs.
the fact that the Crips ambushed him while he and all his ranger buddies were all there BBQing, essentially starting a war is mind blowing.. 🤯
You don't come between a man and a good medium-rare T-bone
Shows how stupid they are...
nobody ever accused gang bangers of being anywhere close to intelligent.
Funny how there was an organized bbq in the first telling of the story and an impromptu one in the second. But I never question anything so...
Impromptu or organized, either way these clown calling themselves crips shoulda just left well enough alone.
Bros commentary in this is about as hardcore as these rangers, great video brother, loved it!
Former Ranger Terrence Popp told this story on his UA-cam channel. He did not personally participate because he had duty that night but he knew all these guys and even loaned one a 12 gauge shotgun to bring to the gunfight. He said the crackhouse across the street had so many bullet holes in that it was condemned and torn down.
video name/ link, I'm curious
that's metal as fuck
On this episode of "Dumz in da Hood"..
Holy shit sgt Popp was involved in this?!?!?! fucking unreal lmao
Yeah Popp is a fucking legend. Can't wait for him to take over the world so we can have sanity again
Let's take a moment, on Memorial Day, to remember and reflect on the fact that these Rangers discussed their defense of an imminent ambush "over a couple beers."
Not an ambush when the dude literally said he would be back to shoot him when the sun went down
How else are you supposed to do it?
I mean... thats generally how it goes lol. I've had many casual discussions with my friends about defense of an ambush or any other possible incident you could think of while having a few beers with my buddies. When you've served long enough and its as ingrained in you as it is for a Ranger, you are always making contingencies. USMC 8 years myself between 2008-2016. Good buddy of mine at work was a Ranger from 2000-2008.
@@Animo2006 Thank you for your service!
@@Animo2006 y’all discuss how to defend yourself and others in any situation other then a mass shooting huh? Anything to defend yourself from minorities but screw the real terrorist here in America
This was known locally as The Battle of Hilltop. In the1980s and 90s Tacoma was a war zone. Nobody was really upset about this except we were disappointed that the Rangers didn't kill the drug dealers.
Loved the story, but was quite disappointed to hear the Rangers hadn't killed them all.
Yall are fucking cavemen, murder wouldn't solve the issue
Too much of a “hassle” to kill the thugs…courts and all. Much better to soundly put the fear of God into them. The guy apparently never had any “problems” after that!
@@jennismith2 I agree. Killing them will just lead to retaliation by someone who lost his older brother. That’s why these gang shootings between rival gang will never end, it’s a vicious cycle.
read my other post. It is believed some gang bangers were killed and more wounded. This was not publicized to discourage vigilante action by decent people. The Army took administrative action against the involved Rangers to ensure it didn't happen again.
Dope! Your music choice and comments make this story so awesome.
Police: *Doesn’t do anything or even know how to handle the gang situation*
Also Police: “why didn’t you call us?!”
If the rule of law brought you to this, of what use was the thin blue line?
Sounds about right. I just finished reading a book about a vigilante killing in 1982. The law failed the town repeatedly for decades, and two or three guys decided enough was enough. Then the county sheriff, state police & FBI poured far more resources into finding the killers of the criminal than they ever put into stopping the criminal.
We didn’t call you because we didn’t want coffee and donuts yet!
@@kelrik9968 I guess stepping on police enforcement turf is a lot worse than crimes against civilians!
Police are the biggest gang there is.
Okay, as someone who was living in Tacoma back when this happened, let me tell you that TPD was not struggling to get the gang problem under control, they basically wrote off the Hilltop neighborhood and turned a blind eye to any and all crime within the boundaries of that part of town while cracking down on crimes outside of it. Things got so bad that people were writing letters to the editor of the Tacoma News Tribune demanding to know why the police were driving right by drug deals in progress, or prostitutes screwing johns right in the open in alleyways, and literally doing nothing. In the late 90's, local landlords got so fed up with the problems in Hilltop that they filed a class action lawsuit against TPD, the mayor and city council, and the city of Tacoma to force them to clean up Hilltop, which FINALLY happened in the early 2000s. The area still has higher crime than most of the city, with the notable exceptions of the Salishan neighborhood on the east side of town and nearby Spanaway, which is now meth dealer central for the entire county. I know one person who lived in Hilltop during the 90s and repeatedly called 911 to report drug deals on the front porch of the duplex he was living in, only to be told by 911 dispatch (and this is an exact quote), "There are no drug dealers in Hilltop. If you don't stop filing false reports, we're going to send an officer out to arrest you!" He was told this, and other equally nasty threats, on a regular basis.
EDIT: TPD "found" the money to hire more cops because they were taking kickbacks from the Feds to "fight" the drug war on the one hand and bribes from the dealers to look the other way on the other.
Now in Tacoma the law is pretty much demand the police do nothing.
@@josephesquivel4066 still pretty inexcusable if you took on being a police officer as a career
Cops are Dogs, do not ever rely on the state to ensure your welfare. They don't give a fuck about you, your family, or your community.
Netflix had a special about a couple cops in New York who finally got on the take from some local gang members. Sounds like the people out there in Washington never got busted for it but the same exact stuff happened. Money money money, just follow the trail.
give gang banging the fucking death penalty, problem solved. Can't be a gang problem if there aren't any gang bangers
I was in elementary school at that time and lived on the outskirts of Tacoma. We had gang members chase someone through our playground during recess and shots were fired.
Not long after this incident the gang violence took a significant down turn. This guy and his buddies saved Tacoma from being over run by gangs. A true hero in my opinion.
And he is hated by democrats and RINOs.
He ran them out of town!
His house is worth around $500k now too, so if he ever sells it than his initial $10k investment will certainly pay off.
It's sad this man never got promoted,
They really were heroes; the police were obviously not trained for this scenario.
i just found you and oh my days, do i love this channel 🤣 perfect fact to humor ratio to keep my adhd from spiking
When I was about 13 years old my Ranger step dad moved us to Tacoma in August of 1989 after his deployment in Panama ended and he was stationed to Fort Lewis. The 1990 New Year party in Lakewood was the first big military party I had been to. They had rented out an entire hotel complex just off base and had hundreds of well armed military guys with their families show up to celebrate the holiday. I remember being told something about a gang retaliation was possible and to stay within certain buildings. Never had any clue as to why until now...I need to have a talk with my stepdad lol.
Awesome! Love hearing stories like these. Fighting off all types of evil!
I lived in the little town of Roy outside Fort Lewis at that time. I remember seeing gangfights daily in our little town.
That retaliation would’ve ended in many deaths…for the crips.
@@SandvichTrolli48 yeah. They would be assaulting well defended defensive positions manned by people with superior training
I usually skip that part
Imagine being a gang member thinking your just ambushing a normal guy only to be locked in a firefight with a bunch of highly experienced combat veterans
And the teenaged gangbangers still won though, smh.
Rangers are the tip of the spear though. The hardest of the hard. Some of the most feared are Army Rangers for they know how to survive all by themselves. Those gang members are lucky to be alive after that, some may not be for all we know
I find it a little concerning that a large Army Ranger "squad" with the benefit of defensive positions and a planned counter-ambush was unable to inflict a single confirmed casualty against untrained gang members w/ pistols and considering how many close calls and injuries they had it doesn't sound like they did any better at all _whatsoever_ and I don't get why the video keeps implying they were badass and the gang members were pussies because given the disparity in training and experience this was an outright _embarrassment_ for an elite group like the Rangers ...and if their intent was to not kill but rather suppress _in a residential neighborhood_ then that's even worse.
They're lucky none of the Rangers seemed to have night vision.
@@llYossarian not really a planned counter ambush.. they knew they were coming but they didn’t know when, how many, or where they would be coming from. Can’t really plan anything that way. But they did have defensive positions. And of course there wouldn’t be any confirmed injuries/casualties because they can’t go to any hospitals since ya know… it’s kind of illegal to have shootouts and they’d be put under police investigation. It was also dark, no lights at all apparently. So ya know there’s that. Kind of hard to hit people who are black, dressed in black, and have cover in the middle of the night on an unlit street… point is I’d like to see you last 3 seconds in a similar situation lmao
These stories involving special forces are incredible. The way you make it feel fast paced, with the upbeat 80s style synth music, and constant changing of images really takes things to another level. I think you found yourself a new lane, sir. ✊️
I’m doing these full-time. It’s decided haha. Thanks man 🤙
rAnGeRs ArEnT sPeCiAl fOrCeS
They’re so dope
@@PopoMedic Well you just got a new subscriber!
@@PopoMedic I just subscribed, great video
Unfortunately Americans are going to have to protect themselves with the high crime in this country. Open borders! Insanity
I played hockey in Tacoma with a guy that told me this story cause his Dad was one of the Rangers. I always thought he was full of sh*t because there was no real way to verify this story. There was no Google and you'd have to do extensive research at libraries to find this out. This kid went on to be a 20 year veteran of the Army Rangers, just like his Dad. The whole family is a family of bad asses. Truly amazing what they can do.
One gang of thugs vs another. Since the army rangers never moved from the house, it was the gang keeping up the battle for 10 minutes before they ran away & then only because the cops finally showed up. Title is HIGHLY misleading, it seems nobody got smoked whatsoever.
@@Grunchy005 yeah the narrator of this shit is so biased and im annoyed how he keeps insulting the gang members. No one laid no one out as bad as the title suggested ,like you said.
@@Grunchy005 lol youre really gonna call the rangers thugs when they were threatened with their live for just trying to protect their community from becoming a black slum?
@@Ocarina1786 ooh yeah feel bad for tha gang members, not the man defending his home from 20 mofuckers who came to shoot him and burn it down, what you think would happen if he didnt have help?
@@Ocarina1786 I agree, but this was a badass story.
Goes back to how the police have no obligation to help you, the citizen. This happened in 1989, the same happened with the Koreans in 1992 in LA and every riot of 2020 where police stood by and did nothing
Yeah I think that ruling that the police are under no obligation to help you is a bunch of bullcrap if they're not under any obligation to help you then that motto to protect and serve is worthless and so are the police
Don't forget that insurrection at Capitol Hill January 6th 2021. The police took selfies with those white rioters--eh--I mean--MAGA patriots.
And we’ve seen it again in Uvalde Texas.
James Sampson, and if that’s the only thing that makes you realize that your biased. Millions of reasons why police are worthless watch audit the audit
I dunno, maybe don't shoot a young girl in the face while she was trying to pay for an item in a community known for not tolerating brutality, even by the police if you want to keep doing business in said community....
Perfect example of "when seconds count, the law is minutes away". Rangers lead the way 🤟
now it should be "when seconds count, the police wait for forty plus minutes, a few yards away, for a negotiator as people are killed all around you"...
_"Authorities have given confusing, piecemeal and contradictory accounts of the attack. Their latest version, delivered at a news conference Thursday, described officers’ pulling back and calling for help (body armor, snipers, negotiators) while gunfire could be heard from inside the classroom."_
@@gusmc2220 “Certified funny moment”
@@gusmc2220 *elementary schoolers
@@kyanwang8957 *teachers
Shocker?
If he was my neighbor, I'd ask him to train me so I can defend my own home AND invite him to the cookout!
This guy is the literal definition of the quote “Im not trapped here with you. YOU are trapped here with ME”
“Call an ambulance. But not for me.”
You mean the guy who had 30 gangsters shooting at his house with 14 other trained military persons and not one person was hit? He’s the definition of an army bitch in my thesaurus
gotta admit he has balls of titanium- I wonder what he's like today
“Now yous can’t leave.”
Good call, Rorschach.
I think the most impressive thing about this is that he got 15 men to show up to his house armed and ready to fight to the death to protect his home. Not only were they prepared to fight but they did fight when the time came.
As for the police, you can’t force someone to call you for help when calling you never worked in the past anyway.
@@lv2keepfit493 I think it’s amazing I wish it happened more often with more than just military. I guess that kind of bond is rare outside of the military
Bro, these aren't normal dudes.
@Danfeng Xiang except it’s not. Definitely look into documentation and news reports before saying something is fake just because it’s unique
Army Rangers dude. They'd go through these clips or cropps or creeps wtf ever but clits again Rangers? Rangers would make a stew of dumbass from those yo man untrained flappers
That's actually only surprising if you haven't been around infantry units. As a vet I could call members of my old unit and they would definitely show up, no questions asked, if ever I was in a similar situation.
The cops wouldn't go in when it was happening, they bugged out during the shooting. My neighbor at the time was Adjunct for Ft.Lewis in family housing and I got to hear the story in the morning as he was finally getting home. Bill was a damn hero who had the military turn on him over what he did. He got the whole thing on video from a camera mounted in his attic. So when the crips claimed they were just driving by, Bill got to hand them his video showing the whole thing, including the TPD responding to the call and upon rolling onto the block all back out and leave... later claiming waiting for backup. This was the beginning of the end of the crips power over the area.
Sua sponte indeed. Put himself on the line for the country. Not some foreign soil, this was at home
He got his promotion. He promoted his street, neighborhood, and apparently whole damn town to a better way of life.
@@mantaship Indeed he did. And I bet the next time he had a barbecue the neighbors laughed and joked about it. Like "umm, we didn't bring guns and bullets, just hamburgers. Is that OK sarge?" Lol. Props to him and his boys though.
@@bryang9601 right. That's what we need to see!
It's a reminder of how today school shooting attended the police didn't want to enter the school cause they feared for their life's lol yea ok
The resulting action by Ft. Lewis leaders was a line for every single Friday safety brief, "stay da fck off hilltop and don't be messing around with no gangs". We all knew to avoid areas with heavy gang activity but never was told the reason why they chose to tell us to specifically avoid this area, every Friday.
I'm sorry, the only guy they caught got 22 months for being involved in an attempted *RAID* on a civilian house?
Look, man, I'm all for less incarceration. People get insane sentences for minor drug possession or other such crimes, and the fact that many detention facilities view number of arrests as profit centers is disgusting...but 22 months? For attempted assassination? Someone got bribed.
yeah I feel you, in this sick word,with enough money you can do what ever you want
No nobody got bribed….. But when you have avery soft view on crime….. You can’t say, “oh well I want you to be easy on those crimes but these other crimes I want you to be tough on them”….there was a program in New York called broken windows…. Check it out it looked to the root beginning to crime
@@mrkoolio4475 Broken windows policing is an abject failure.
There is another name for 'all crimes are worthy of equal punishment' and it's totalitarianism. If you want to see the results of such policies, simply move to Saudi Arabia and see how long you last.
Also, bribery seems likely, considering the main advantage of the large narco-trafficking organization in this situation is money, not firepower or skill.
Are you sure you know what a raid is? I think in order to raid a house you would have to try and enter it.
@@colep5867 They tried.
Trying and accomplishing anything are two different things.
It’s amazing how the funds were found for more police officers, only after the work of the army rangers proved it was desperately needed in that area…
taxes went up
@@baba_babaa2 That's right--so to get unnecessarily high taxes down, the Rangers fucked up the gang.
If the authorities are unable and/or unwilling to deal with it, they were ethically in the right doing what they did although the law probably has a problem with it.
Funny how that tends to happen
Taxes? That's some mental gymnastics
@@baba_babaa2 so?
This needs to be a movie
Gran Torino
Fast & Furious : Tokyo drift
Toy story 3
Pocahotus!
original GI Joe's vs novice paint''ballers''
"Let me just call 911 before there's a justified reason to call for the police.... because we just know you'll show up in under four hours....
I learned about this incident when I was in the U.S. Army, going through Ranger Indoctrination Program (RIP). It was told as a tangible lesson in how far Rangers will go for each other. Rangers are expected, and do, have each other's backs in any situation, as long as that Ranger is morally in the right. Loyalty to each other goes beyond blood, law, religion, or any other concerns. That was the lesson taught to a bunch of 18-20 year old boys, trying to become men, using this as an example of the dedication expected between brothers.
"as long as that Ranger is morally in the right."
That rules out pedocrats.
We need some more of that now
Thank you for your service my brother. Funny how civies don’t have the brotherly/sisterly love as us that are vets. And they don’t understand
@@mattbyrd3030 not all of us lack a sense of brotherhood and honor. I have people close to me that I'd gladly bleed for and I know they'd do the same.
Thank you for sharing this.
Becoming an Army Ranger ~ I can't imagine a more profound experience. This group of Rangers are the example of the power of true loyalty the kind most people will never experience in their lives.... beautifully written.
I love how these administrative types let our cities get so out of control citizens are forced to act and then they blame us.
That's capitalism in America for ya and it wont change until smarter people outnumber idiots which atm the idiot to non indiot ratio is broken as fucking shit
Yep. Criminals go free, people who defend themselves are labeled vigilantes and they throw the book at them.
which is why we shouldn't have government
Yeah, these cheeky bastards are usually from the same Party too, Democrats in action! Good for the Rangers for not taking the crap from the criminals, yet having the discipline to drop their weapons when the police arrived. Too bad the SSG wasn't promoted to SFC and stayed in the Army. More corrupt politicians at work there, most likely. Just saying....
they are the criminal 9 times out 10 they get a cut
Imagine picking a fight with literal regiment guys. Crazy that any of the bangers got out alive. I was born in Tacoma in 1992 while my dad was at Fort Lewis. I asked him about this story and he remembered it happening. I love the "You don't know you you're messing with" and then "No, YOU don't know who you're messing with." Hahaha
Trust me, as someone who's trained with some Rangers (I am not a Ranger nor have I been to Ranger School, I mean in general combat exercises at Ft Irwin) those bangers only got out because the Rangers were going EASY on them.
They don't f%ck around at all, bro.
@@Eye_Of_Odin978 I would think that many of the attackes actually died and that there was a cover up, because nobody including the CRIPS was interessted in a story in which the street was littered with deceased bodies.
@@Eye_Of_Odin978or they weren’t trying to hurt them. Just send a warning to them
How? The rangers didn't kill anyone.
@@kingnothing5678that we know of
I don’t even want to imagine not being able to protect your house
Having grown up in Kitsap County (north of Tacoma) and at the time, stationed out of Ft Lewis/Camp Murry, one important note not commonly mentioned was the commander of the 2/75, while no "official" punishment was meted out, regulated the chocks to endless days of marksmanship training stating "if my soldiers are going to expend over 300 rounds, there G*****m well better be bodies on the ground..."
I have a couple theories on this, and personally I think they're the only theories that remotely make sense.
Since they're Rangers, marksmanship is a given. I would say that there were no bodies piled up on the lawn because they deemed it so, and that one wannabe John Wayne who tried to breach through the front door was only hit once in the shoulder because they deemed it so. Even though they were in full contact at the time, they saw these gang bangers as dumb kids who just needed guidance and help to turn their lives around, not as the enemy who needs to be neutralized.
My other theory is the fact that they were all black and the attack happened at night, combined with the probability that most of the Rangers were probably three sheets to the wind from over-indulging during the BBQ, IDC how straight you can shoot, it goes south fast when you're drunk. Maybe a little of both? Maybe none of the above? The guy still lives there and no one messed with him since, so I'd say "mission probably accomplished".
I think if they wanted to stack bodies they could have. I feel like the rangers intended it more to display "hey, we're not the fuckin ones"
I concur to that 👍🏾
@@somethingtrulyhorrifying they were stuck playing defense , probably didn’t have NODS, and one of them was only using pistols , their goal definitely wasn’t to kill all of them
Right!!!
ROFLMFAO, that's golden.
“You guys should have called us, not took matters into your own hands”
Only dude caught gets 22 months lol. What a joke.
Not to forget Tacoma police had pretty much stopped responding to all calls and stopped patrolling of anything in hilltop area.
They had democrats in office, lol. It’s to be expected.
No official dead bodies in the gunfight. No cold case tied to the gun. Its a bit surprising he even got two years prison for a gun possession charge.
They took their time to gather evidence then arrest like 32 others on multiple charges. They had to do this because the Army Rangers had drawn attention to what a bad Job they had been doing.
@@mikeskidmore6754 I understand how the process works. I’ve been in law enforcement for almost 9 years. It doesn’t change that dude only got 22 months.
The authorities will almost never help you if you are being threatened by a gang. I learned that personally.
The authorities are part of the corrupt establishment.
Lol, they aren't gonna do shit if ur being stalked, threatened by a crazy ex/psycho, u really thought they was gonna do anything against armed criminals?
What do you mean almost?
Idk, the FBI/ATF stepped in pretty quickly after I told a biker gang I was going to bomb their dumbasses.
Self defense with binary explosives 🤷♂️
I haven't had an issue since then
You are 100% correct. They will not help you. Your safety is your responsibility. A cops main job is to fine you for meaningless traffic violations.
The fact crips thought they could take out rangers shows how idiotic they are
1989: “Wanna have a Barbecue? Bring your gun” -Army Rangers
1992: “I need you to come in for overtime, bring your gun” -Roof Koreans
Oh yeah, I watched a Count Dankula video about the roof Koreans, it was a really good video.
Korean BBQ 👍🏼
Legendary comment
Never underestimate a small group of lawfully armed citizens to do what the government refuses to 🤷🏼♀️
Preach!!!
Founding fathers would be proud🤝🏼
Hell yeah
Yes! Use your rights, because either way, violent criminals do the obvious, they don’t follow the law,, do politicians and anti gun people really want to stop crime or just wish their thinking works when they think “oh murder is illegal, but because that gun is illegal and their in a gun free zone, so violent criminals won’t break 1-2 laws to break another law (murder.)” ? :(
Which is why the government is so up everyone's ass about gun control... they don't want this kind of action from their subjects... er... citizens...
I knew a couple of the rangers involved, our unit was about a hundred meters from the Ranger compound and we hung out with them ant the snack bar between our units. I remember one interviewer asking the rangers why they shot so many rounds without killing anyone and the ranger said 'if we wanted to kill them we wouldn't need 300 rounds'.
That’s what I was wondering! Felt like it would’ve been a slaughter if the rangers wanted it to be and I still don’t understand why they held back
It's called ROE, rules of engagement, ingrained by training, and playing it smart. Which is why, they only shot defensively.
If they wanted to take out those homies. It would've been an offensive operation. They would've flanked them, and the whole gang would be gone. But since they're living in a liberal bleeding heart state. They'd be charged for murder. I'm a Ranger myself, just in case you're questioning my knowledge.
@@matthewhollisdamon6630 read my reply below your comment.
Most badass thing ever said irl
sounds like bs, they're being shot at by "30+" gang members who are trying to kill them and their goal was to fire warning shots? lol doesn't sound right.
The cops found that it was his bullets from him and his friends that ended uo hitting neighbors houses and almost killing a baby in a neighbors home they did more damage to their neighbors homes then the gangs
You didn't live there. You have zero input. We lived it, shootings every damn night, so buzz off.
"What are we gonna smoke?"
"Just some crips"
This was the actual interaction the rangers had with each other and you can't convince me otherwise 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭😭
"Ah okay! The barbecue is just the appetizer then?"
🤣🤣🤣
Lol
Then didn't even do it lol
Nobody smoked anybody though . If it had been 14 of my ranger buddies and I their would have been hella casualties even without any night vision aids
Everybody tough as fucqq when they have left their former weakling life to be trained to become tough. But why not act tough without the training. That separates a man from a scary person. It's crazy how much people talk shit ONLY after they have been trained to hurt,shoot kill others,but I see those " gangbangers" are not trained and got more toughness than the so called rangers etc @@kravmaga1632
Rangers are genuinely about that life, don't f#ck with them.
There's a small difference between rangers and special forces. Rangers eat the bark off of trees. Special Forces teach how to eat the bark off of trees.
Infantry.....rangers...special forces...Delta force....secret 🐿️ s........that's the order n the army....n yes there bad ass I was an infantry man
@@user-dd1bb4tw4r 75th Rangers are SF tho… you mean there’s a difference between someone in SF vs someone went to Ranger School… If you payed attention the UA-camr said that SSG Foulk is with the 75th..
Yep. Same thing with black ops and seals. You can’t show them anything they haven’t already seen.
@@neihkazama2298 Rangers are not Special Forces. They are elite infantryman that will chew their enemies face off if they run out of bullets.
"What do you need guns for? Just call 911" -Brainlet
Ssgt. Foulk: "We'll, actually..."
After hearing the police stand outside Robb Elementary School for an hour while 20 kids were getting murdered, it’s seems the protection of your life is non of their interest. Seems we’re on our own now. Stay safe stay armed.