Army Rangers SMOKED Some Crips in 1989...

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    Sgt. Bill Foulk was an Army Ranger at Fort Lewis, Washington, when he purchased a cheap house in a rough Tacoma neighborhood as an investment in 1989.
    Foulk grew concerned that a house on Ash Street, his block, was infested with gang activity. He purchased his own house for $10,000 ($20,875 in 2019 dollars), with the idea that property values would rise.
    He began to videotape the people who visited the suspected drug house. He wasn't wrong. The occupants were members of the Crips, the violent street gang that was spreading from California to Washington in search of new markets for drugs.
    Foulk told The Associated Press that gang members began to threaten him when they noticed he was filming their movements. When he feared that the gang was about to take action against him, he called friends from the 2nd Ranger Battalion to his house to have a "BBQ" and be present in case the house was attacked.
    Just after the Rangers arrived on Sept. 23, 1989, some 15 to 20 gang members began to shoot up the 32-year-old's house while his buddies were inside. Luckily, the Rangers had brought their own personal weapons to the BBQ. The Crips were surprised when their would-be victim's house began to return fire and ran for their lives.
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  • @PopoMedic
    @PopoMedic  2 роки тому +15678

    What historical shootout should I cover next?

    • @LazarusSpeaks
      @LazarusSpeaks 2 роки тому +1973

      Rooftop Koreans!

    • @ginger0208
      @ginger0208 2 роки тому +834

      I second rooftop Koreans!!

    • @PopoMedic
      @PopoMedic  2 роки тому +779

      @@LazarusSpeaks definitely yes

    • @chriscruz3517
      @chriscruz3517 2 роки тому +684

      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

    • @jackanderson4419
      @jackanderson4419 2 роки тому +2

      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.

  • @nunbiz7328
    @nunbiz7328 2 роки тому +79820

    Its nuts how the cops won't police an area sufficiently then lecture people for organizing a defense against people trying to kill them.

    • @ubcroel4022
      @ubcroel4022 2 роки тому +2

      Cops are useless, really.

    • @moosespeak6140
      @moosespeak6140 2 роки тому +1

      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

    • @j0hndobile802
      @j0hndobile802 2 роки тому +7304

      That's by design, same thing with punishing the victim of bullying for self defense.

    • @Initial__B
      @Initial__B 2 роки тому +3001

      You usually don't get caught for going first, but everyone sees the retaliation and focuses on that.

    • @nunbiz7328
      @nunbiz7328 2 роки тому +3297

      @@j0hndobile802 It's ego, they don't want to be shown up, could care less about people's safety.

  • @lilrasta3683
    @lilrasta3683 6 місяців тому +4653

    Took an oath to protect America from enemies both foreign and domestic and he took that shit seriously mad respect

    • @PROLIFIC_TRAVELS
      @PROLIFIC_TRAVELS 6 місяців тому +25

      That's called terrorists

    • @jedahn
      @jedahn 6 місяців тому +9

      ​@@PROLIFIC_TRAVELS The wiki is a bit more informative than this video.

    • @13eastxpharoh94
      @13eastxpharoh94 6 місяців тому

      And what a surprise American policy creates there enemies

    • @sauditate4562
      @sauditate4562 6 місяців тому +16

      assignment understood.

    • @robertkoehler1188
      @robertkoehler1188 6 місяців тому +10

      How many trips did they kill? Zero. They should be embarrassed people remember this failure.

  • @slavvings
    @slavvings 2 роки тому +7943

    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.

    • @oceanwavesandcocaine1129
      @oceanwavesandcocaine1129 2 роки тому +380

      the Ranger is a hero who will be remembered for getting rid of criminal scum losers who are better off 6ft under

    • @fuzzydunlop7928
      @fuzzydunlop7928 2 роки тому +253

      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.

    • @YTStopCensoringFreedomOfspeech
      @YTStopCensoringFreedomOfspeech 2 роки тому +181

      The chief was mad that his incompetence was exposed.

    • @puffpuffpass3214
      @puffpuffpass3214 2 роки тому

      @@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

    • @natjam2000
      @natjam2000 2 роки тому +82

      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

  • @hamaljay
    @hamaljay 5 місяців тому +860

    Little known fact Washington's Constitution says that you have a right to defend yourself with firearms.

    • @b1battledroid790
      @b1battledroid790 4 місяці тому +94

      @@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

    • @dashbumgardner9786
      @dashbumgardner9786 4 місяці тому +1

      Oh yes it does

    • @jldog134
      @jldog134 4 місяці тому +9

      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.

    • @TheDon5812
      @TheDon5812 4 місяці тому +29

      ​@Greendawn-di3dl how is it insane to defend yourself? You'd prefer criminals to keep hurting people and doing whatever they want?

    • @6aphomeh
      @6aphomeh 4 місяці тому +3

      @@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.

  • @machninety7334
    @machninety7334 2 роки тому +11751

    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.

    • @Roakt
      @Roakt 2 роки тому +521

      Join the military then

    • @djnone8137
      @djnone8137 2 роки тому +413

      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.

    • @machninety7334
      @machninety7334 2 роки тому +273

      Would love to. Tried to. Took the asvab and did really well. Unfortunately I have a disability that disqualifies me.

    • @machninety7334
      @machninety7334 2 роки тому +24

      I understand.

    • @The_Flying_Arrowz369
      @The_Flying_Arrowz369 2 роки тому +89

      @@machninety7334 I failed cos of my hearing lol almost went marine

  • @LordPrometheous
    @LordPrometheous 2 роки тому +17649

    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.

    • @elund408
      @elund408 2 роки тому +1759

      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.

    • @mr.smithgnrsmith7808
      @mr.smithgnrsmith7808 2 роки тому +1098

      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

    • @marianotorrespico2975
      @marianotorrespico2975 2 роки тому +587

      @@elund408 --- That is the only EFFECTIVE way to definitively deal with a bully. Full stop.

    • @shaneintegra
      @shaneintegra 2 роки тому +66

      EXACTLY

    • @esotericvv1244
      @esotericvv1244 2 роки тому +210

      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..

  • @retingo7940
    @retingo7940 2 роки тому +29891

    The most incredible part of this story is being able to buy a home for $20k

    • @ilootyouhoot8578
      @ilootyouhoot8578 2 роки тому +1462

      Nah wouldn’t live there even if you paid me 100k that’s why it’s cheap

    • @darrentinonzii340
      @darrentinonzii340 2 роки тому +65

      lmaoooo😂

    • @ArizonaJoshua
      @ArizonaJoshua 2 роки тому +157

      Different era

    • @anattempttomakecontent776
      @anattempttomakecontent776 2 роки тому +411

      @@ArizonaJoshua and different area💀💀💀 you think they could sell that house on ASH ST for anything more?

    • @13KinGCooN69
      @13KinGCooN69 2 роки тому

      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 🙏😢

  • @4RingsOfSaturn
    @4RingsOfSaturn 5 місяців тому +294

    I think we need to make gangs look not cool again 🤡🤡🤡

    • @sheloveozy3470
      @sheloveozy3470 5 місяців тому +14

      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

    • @justin2308
      @justin2308 5 місяців тому +5

      Or at least, when stories are told, portray them as a bad place to be.

    • @brianmeen2158
      @brianmeen2158 4 місяці тому +24

      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

    • @EricaEarth
      @EricaEarth 3 місяці тому +4

      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?

    • @slavbrav69
      @slavbrav69 3 місяці тому

      ​@@EricaEarth because they look gay and cringe

  • @drewstephens8576
    @drewstephens8576 2 роки тому +9784

    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
      @davefletch3063 2 роки тому +572

      Some things never change. It’s what led to the LA riots. The Police wussed out and the gangs took over

    • @drewstephens8576
      @drewstephens8576 2 роки тому

      @@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 👀💀

    • @dl5014
      @dl5014 2 роки тому

      @@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

    • @Guillotines_For_Globalists
      @Guillotines_For_Globalists 2 роки тому +378

      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!

    • @oddhate
      @oddhate 2 роки тому

      @@Guillotines_For_Globalists It's a shame that "vigilante" justice is sometimes the only justice you can have.

  • @Tristan-fz8jg
    @Tristan-fz8jg 2 роки тому +6545

    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!"

    • @Psionifier
      @Psionifier 2 роки тому +303

      What is Uvalde police?

    • @Wasnt-1
      @Wasnt-1 2 роки тому

      being a police give you an excuse to be useless and still demand for respect

    • @PiLLO360
      @PiLLO360 2 роки тому +210

      @@Psionifier cowards..?

    • @Machtyn
      @Machtyn 2 роки тому +2

      "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!"

    • @Case9300
      @Case9300 2 роки тому +51

      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

  • @corrupt1user
    @corrupt1user 2 роки тому +5948

    "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.

    • @greggkunkle8539
      @greggkunkle8539 2 роки тому +176

      No, NCOER should read, "Promote ahead of Peers"

    • @RyanHull76
      @RyanHull76 2 роки тому +218

      Sadly, most officers don't have those skills unless they have 10 years in

    • @the_gilded_age_phoenix8717
      @the_gilded_age_phoenix8717 2 роки тому +272

      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.

    • @fanosoX
      @fanosoX 2 роки тому +23

      @@greggkunkle8539 send to ALC immediately

    • @thslim2593
      @thslim2593 2 роки тому +70

      he also took out 0 enemies with hours of preparation and extensive research on tactics that could be used by the opposition 😂

  • @Paul_Hanson
    @Paul_Hanson 6 місяців тому +607

    If that had happened today instead of 35 years ago, the District Attorney would have brought Foulk and his ranger buddies up on charges and turned the Crips loose.

    • @rick3747
      @rick3747 5 місяців тому +25

      Correct.

    • @coreyah
      @coreyah 5 місяців тому +3

      34 years ago.

    • @Paul_Hanson
      @Paul_Hanson 5 місяців тому +2

      @@coreyah 2024-1989=35.

    • @coreyah
      @coreyah 5 місяців тому +4

      @@Paul_Hanson until September it's 34 years. I would know I was born July 1989 and I'm 34.

    • @samadartson
      @samadartson 5 місяців тому +14

      Yup. Our society has gone to hell.

  • @jaybartgis5148
    @jaybartgis5148 Рік тому +8078

    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.

    • @davidcollver6155
      @davidcollver6155 Рік тому +426

      Pretty much sounded like because he hadn't made himself a Target yet.

    • @jaybartgis5148
      @jaybartgis5148 Рік тому +365

      @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.

    • @EchoTravelsUSA
      @EchoTravelsUSA Рік тому +407

      The penalty for having membership in a gang should be life without parole, and with hard labor. You can’t change my mind.

    • @xzerohunter
      @xzerohunter Рік тому +273

      ​@@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

    • @cacornhusker2940
      @cacornhusker2940 Рік тому

      they already had full time jobs.....selling crack.

  • @TonberryShuffle
    @TonberryShuffle 2 роки тому +2144

    "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.

    • @Mattropolis97
      @Mattropolis97 2 роки тому

      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
      @davideizzo2683 2 роки тому +3

      Still, the police solved the situation in the end, didn't it

    • @UncleSarge
      @UncleSarge 2 роки тому +89

      @@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.

    • @TheSnivilous
      @TheSnivilous 2 роки тому

      @@davideizzo2683 if they relied on the police they would've been dead, the police didn't solve anything

    • @jchapman4842
      @jchapman4842 2 роки тому +27

      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.

  • @arnelmangosing3055
    @arnelmangosing3055 2 роки тому +3765

    How has Clint Eastwood not picked this story up and turned it into an absolute banger of a movie

  • @ChrisVillagomez
    @ChrisVillagomez 5 місяців тому +346

    Local Crips: use pellet guns and other small(ish) sidearms
    Rangers: *R I F L E S*

    • @3.k
      @3.k 4 місяці тому +12

      There are Rangers and there are The Power Rangers. One of them uses toy guns. ;)

    • @dgfiresshows453
      @dgfiresshows453 3 місяці тому +6

      Does it matter ? Even if the gangs had rifles and the rangers only had pistols, rangers would win man

    • @dotalad4537
      @dotalad4537 3 місяці тому +6

      @@dgfiresshows453 I’m pretty sure the rangers win with nothing but spoons 😂

    • @pepsteprep
      @pepsteprep 3 місяці тому +6

      @@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.”

    • @pepsteprep
      @pepsteprep 3 місяці тому

      @@dgfiresshows453Tell that moron.

  • @codykeesee6549
    @codykeesee6549 2 роки тому +2977

    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

    • @Nutnchancy
      @Nutnchancy 2 роки тому +109

      Hilltop is gentrified now. His property must be worth a pretty penny.

    • @TheAidanodian
      @TheAidanodian 2 роки тому +31

      @@Nutnchancy there’s still some less than savory areas in hilltop

    • @TheMonteCarlo
      @TheMonteCarlo 2 роки тому +38

      @@Nutnchancy and that's a damn good thing

    • @6Sparx9
      @6Sparx9 2 роки тому +11

      8.3 million people watched this, is that doxing to mention he still lives there?

    • @unnamed715
      @unnamed715 2 роки тому +76

      @@6Sparx9 If anyone is actually stupid enough to try anything after watching this, it's _their_ funeral lmao

  • @kasualmechanic4854
    @kasualmechanic4854 Рік тому +1496

    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

    • @zijiapan931
      @zijiapan931 Рік тому +56

      😂 I like the boggy man part.

    • @ashfield4313
      @ashfield4313 Рік тому +79

      Real life John Wick

    • @anniejohndoepker1403
      @anniejohndoepker1403 Рік тому +61

      Don't mess with South Africans. We fight from birth

    • @thomasparkes5707
      @thomasparkes5707 Рік тому +23

      ​@anniejohndoepker1403 yeah you do. Had to fight all those natives who outnumbered you.

    • @Creapture
      @Creapture Рік тому

      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.

  • @gammtrix7244
    @gammtrix7244 2 роки тому +4867

    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.

    • @golgo13fan53
      @golgo13fan53 2 роки тому +333

      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

    • @gammtrix7244
      @gammtrix7244 2 роки тому +25

      @@golgo13fan53 agreed

    • @youfeelittoodontyou6921
      @youfeelittoodontyou6921 2 роки тому +109

      @@golgo13fan53 and all of that with minimal equipment against an opposition of unknown size

    • @jout738
      @jout738 2 роки тому

      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.

    • @gammtrix7244
      @gammtrix7244 2 роки тому +77

      @DaSilva R. I didn't know you lived over there

  • @california_gold
    @california_gold 5 місяців тому +174

    The Buddy: “What are we going to smoke?”
    The host: “Just some crips”
    I couldn’t contain the laughter

    • @ouiroc
      @ouiroc 2 місяці тому +1

      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

  • @robertcade7850
    @robertcade7850 Рік тому +4221

    Man, how in the hell has this whole thing not been made into a big time movie?! This is some real life badassery

    • @tomsnowden6201
      @tomsnowden6201 Рік тому +165

      It’s pretty boring tbh. Would make for an okay short story but not a 2 hour big budget film.

    • @slappybigalow8971
      @slappybigalow8971 Рік тому +624

      Because it portrays minorities in an unflattering light. And that won't sell in a "woke" market.

    • @tomsnowden6201
      @tomsnowden6201 Рік тому +143

      @@slappybigalow8971 Well if they made the ranger and his friends black that would sell.

    • @bullybully
      @bullybully Рік тому +125

      @@tomsnowden6201i mean its trained people vs hustlers thats like watching a pro boxer vs a crackhead

    • @VijayThakurMD
      @VijayThakurMD Рік тому +55

      ​@@bullybullyi love watching those types of stuff
      It keeps me grounded

  • @cwcobo
    @cwcobo 2 роки тому +1799

    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.

    • @308dad8
      @308dad8 2 роки тому +59

      “Observe and report”

    • @billscow
      @billscow 2 роки тому +103

      Especially the cops in Uvalde Texas.

    • @incognegro2315
      @incognegro2315 2 роки тому

      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

    • @MrSimonmcc
      @MrSimonmcc 2 роки тому

      Of course, by 'reports' you mean fabricated accounts.

    • @Neeko90
      @Neeko90 2 роки тому +24

      Much like the movies, the cavalry always arrives as the credits start to roll :p

  • @textmachine09
    @textmachine09 2 роки тому +2130

    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.

    • @auggieniopetch3045
      @auggieniopetch3045 2 роки тому

      They could if they were directed to. The Democrats who run the current problem cities cultivate and perpetuate the problem.

    • @828enigma6
      @828enigma6 2 роки тому +81

      Can't, won't, or have been ordered not to? Just like Uvalde TX.

    • @kybalion848
      @kybalion848 2 роки тому +80

      People are realizing police only keep them less safe because we are constrained to actually defend ourselves.

    • @glurganergc4856
      @glurganergc4856 2 роки тому +6

      @@828enigma6 won't.

    • @spartanwarrior1
      @spartanwarrior1 2 роки тому +6

      Cops losing face😂

  • @JohnSmith-ue4zk
    @JohnSmith-ue4zk 5 місяців тому +22

    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.

    • @appaloosa42
      @appaloosa42 5 місяців тому +1

      Teal threat engenders fear/thoughts of self preservation. Deaths would have given then excuse to think they had nothing to lose.

  • @musikSkool
    @musikSkool 2 роки тому +2753

    When the only way to defend yourself involves calling in the army (unofficially), the police system should feel ashamed.

    • @ATart6
      @ATart6 2 роки тому +21

      Agreed.

    • @ryneagheilim9782
      @ryneagheilim9782 2 роки тому +45

      Rangers are Special Forces. Not just an Army Unit

    • @Iron-Lion16
      @Iron-Lion16 2 роки тому

      You know the police are the first line of government defense, if they cant handle the situation, army dudes take over

    • @vince11harris
      @vince11harris 2 роки тому +28

      @@ryneagheilim9782 they still part of the army

    • @trackshun
      @trackshun 2 роки тому +20

      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.

  • @ryanjones9305
    @ryanjones9305 2 роки тому +3114

    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.

    • @rayhamilton3475
      @rayhamilton3475 2 роки тому +8

      I'm glad Rambo Neil Diamond owned a block in a shithole neighborhood. Cool

    • @mrd7067
      @mrd7067 2 роки тому +68

      Army Rangers Smoked Some Crips in 1989: The Official Rumor Mill | Live From The Lair

    • @coryburrell381
      @coryburrell381 2 роки тому +113

      Bro, This dude sounded tuff as they get until he got compared to the nay nay Neil Diamond

    • @scotchsoda3165
      @scotchsoda3165 2 роки тому +38

      Owned the block, more like owns Tacoma!!!

    • @ZaRumpelstiltskin
      @ZaRumpelstiltskin 2 роки тому +35

      If you ever meet him again send regards from India. 👏👏👍🙏

  • @Dbzachattack
    @Dbzachattack 2 роки тому +2824

    Soldiers are sworn to protect America from threats domestic and abroad. They did their jobs, and deserve recognition

    • @kevintaylor9590
      @kevintaylor9590 2 роки тому

      No they fucking didn't. They're criminals. They was supposed to call the police

    • @newborntako5283
      @newborntako5283 2 роки тому

      Why they letting the police kill all these innocent blacks in America then

    • @mrpuppet1000
      @mrpuppet1000 2 роки тому

      @Crusty Underwear Fuck The Population!

    • @nitestalker160soar8
      @nitestalker160soar8 2 роки тому +20

      @Crusty Underwear In case you haven't found the rest of your logic, he never said anything about cops.

    • @themanwhocantbemovedbyatru1988
      @themanwhocantbemovedbyatru1988 2 роки тому +5

      @Crusty Underwear what?? You're weird.

  • @Webedunn
    @Webedunn 5 місяців тому +28

    Dude! you went after a Ranger company?😆🤣😂
    That’s like picking a fight with Mike Tyson with your arms tied behind your back. 😆

  • @JaGGeR-
    @JaGGeR- 2 роки тому +2430

    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

    • @KillerKamanu
      @KillerKamanu 2 роки тому +58

      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

    • @Djmatrix2310
      @Djmatrix2310 2 роки тому +14

      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.

    • @brucejemcek6986
      @brucejemcek6986 2 роки тому +14

      You need not have said “literally”. It is already understood to be literal. Stop misusing/overusing the word
      LITERALLY.

    • @isplash3s998
      @isplash3s998 2 роки тому +94

      @@brucejemcek6986 nobody cares

    • @correcttheculture1829
      @correcttheculture1829 2 роки тому +3

      we all know the story but the details are not the same.

  • @darrylgonzalez5251
    @darrylgonzalez5251 2 роки тому +2293

    A man (a group of men really) who took their oath to defend America against ALL enemies, foreign AND domestic, seriously. Well done!

    • @davruck1
      @davruck1 2 роки тому

      wont attack white supremacists though. cowards

    • @TheOnlyTruthTeller
      @TheOnlyTruthTeller 2 роки тому

      so black people enemies now ?

    • @Saturn-Matrix
      @Saturn-Matrix 2 роки тому

      We need to get the treasonous, child abusing, Freemasons that created the gangs in the first place. We are at war with secret societies

    • @davruck1
      @davruck1 2 роки тому

      @@Saturn-Matrix they taught whites racism so that the whites would always see melanated people as the enemy rather than elite secret societies.

    • @Saturn-Matrix
      @Saturn-Matrix 2 роки тому +5

      @@davruck1 True, it's in the symbolism, the red cross, Knights Templar, also the KayKayKay. Divide and conquer

  • @MichaelS00
    @MichaelS00 Рік тому +2788

    The saddest part about this story is the lack of unaliving of gang members.

  • @TristensMadness
    @TristensMadness 2 місяці тому +6

    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.

  • @TalkingThrones
    @TalkingThrones 2 роки тому +5512

    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. ✊️

    • @PopoMedic
      @PopoMedic  2 роки тому +254

      I’m doing these full-time. It’s decided haha. Thanks man 🤙

    • @Mafuka-p6f
      @Mafuka-p6f 2 роки тому +58

      rAnGeRs ArEnT sPeCiAl fOrCeS

    • @BrutallyHonest-
      @BrutallyHonest- 2 роки тому +7

      They’re so dope

    • @rigoeats3654
      @rigoeats3654 2 роки тому +4

      @@PopoMedic Well you just got a new subscriber!

    • @abdul8315
      @abdul8315 2 роки тому +4

      @@PopoMedic I just subscribed, great video

  • @Ghost49590
    @Ghost49590 Рік тому +788

    “What’re we gonna smoke?”
    “Just some crips”
    Oh my lord that hit so hard

    • @highestpeeqs9532
      @highestpeeqs9532 11 місяців тому +8

      Jesus loves yall and died for us! Jesus calls for all of us to repent!!!!! !! !!! !

    • @proudamerican3651
      @proudamerican3651 10 місяців тому +3

      Rumor has it Hill Top Crips are still smoking to this day Sincerely an Army🪖brat

    • @bombarded15
      @bombarded15 10 місяців тому +8

      Except nothing happened afterall 😂

    • @sneaks9150
      @sneaks9150 10 місяців тому +3

      cringe comment

    • @Stripedspot
      @Stripedspot 10 місяців тому +1

      @@proudamerican3651 *Getting smoked more like it
      sincerely a fellow military brat

  • @jsthecanuck6804
    @jsthecanuck6804 Рік тому +5802

    “Hey c’mon over I’m gonna have a BBQ ”
    “Cool, what we smoking”
    “Crips.”
    Dude that line was freaking mint

    • @deanriley5618
      @deanriley5618 Рік тому +25

      Yeah, most dudes aren't army rangers

    • @tacticorememes
      @tacticorememes Рік тому +88

      @@deanriley5618 Oh, you mean guys like you?

    • @ahkimuhammad5876
      @ahkimuhammad5876 Рік тому +15

      But no crips got smoked?

    • @tacticorememes
      @tacticorememes Рік тому +40

      @@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?

    • @snx_pe
      @snx_pe Рік тому +6

      @@tacticorememes its crazy I was born in this neighborhood bro

  • @DAA314
    @DAA314 5 місяців тому +81

    A pack of army rangers with pistols, rifles, & and shotguns, yet NOBODY got smoked

    • @dragonwrath582
      @dragonwrath582 4 місяці тому +24

      They were aiming to scare them off, these are Rangers, if they missed, it's because they chose too.

    • @DAA314
      @DAA314 4 місяці тому +17

      @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.

    • @dragonwrath582
      @dragonwrath582 4 місяці тому +8

      @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.

    • @ButteredPecan17
      @ButteredPecan17 4 місяці тому +5

      @@dragonwrath582 So people are trying to end you yet you miss on purpose? Never knew Rangers were this beta

    • @Matt-g1u
      @Matt-g1u 4 місяці тому

      Yes that's what I'm saying lol

  • @Spectre-907
    @Spectre-907 2 роки тому +1733

    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.

    • @DefundTheFringes
      @DefundTheFringes 2 роки тому

      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.

    • @heyitsthatoneguy91
      @heyitsthatoneguy91 2 роки тому

      Well considering the involvement of our government with the trafficking...Id say a large part of the crack epidemic could have been prevented.

    • @Bluecheese661
      @Bluecheese661 2 роки тому

      I'm sure the cops in Uvalde live by the "call us first" standard... cowards

    • @robertwilson5305
      @robertwilson5305 2 роки тому +11

      Good point

    • @earthjammer8483
      @earthjammer8483 2 роки тому +43

      The police chief was on the take and on the payroll

  • @ZurlHammerdoom
    @ZurlHammerdoom 2 роки тому +2786

    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.

    • @stp479
      @stp479 2 роки тому

      And he is hated by democrats and RINOs.

    • @crypter27
      @crypter27 2 роки тому +46

      He ran them out of town!

    • @HawksFan5884
      @HawksFan5884 2 роки тому +52

      His house is worth around $500k now too, so if he ever sells it than his initial $10k investment will certainly pay off.

    • @TroutCRAZY
      @TroutCRAZY 2 роки тому +45

      It's sad this man never got promoted,

    • @biggoards2772
      @biggoards2772 2 роки тому +31

      They really were heroes; the police were obviously not trained for this scenario.

  • @snake2314
    @snake2314 Рік тому +5128

    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 💀

    • @Eye_Of_Odin978
      @Eye_Of_Odin978 Рік тому

      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.

    • @MGKmuzique
      @MGKmuzique Рік тому +178

      In the world more like

    • @jaco8f7y15
      @jaco8f7y15 Рік тому +60

      @@MGKmuziqueno not in the world

    • @amaziiin
      @amaziiin Рік тому +239

      ​@@jaco8f7y15the world

    • @harryheathen4733
      @harryheathen4733 Рік тому +39

      Laughing in Finnish

  • @myrealitymedia
    @myrealitymedia 5 місяців тому +31

    How on earth is this not a movie what an incredible story! Great job with narration.

    • @AmonAnon-vw3hr
      @AmonAnon-vw3hr 2 місяці тому

      Wrong racial dynamic.
      In modern Hollywood, black gang members are required to be portrayed as "downtrodden underdogs with hearts of gold"

    • @lylawaters6345
      @lylawaters6345 Місяць тому

      Because it is too amazing to be true and not Hollywood.

  • @ATRTAP
    @ATRTAP 7 місяців тому +328

    All the hilltop homes are like $1 million now..

    • @tsc7018
      @tsc7018 6 місяців тому +20

      About half that

    • @sammy4538
      @sammy4538 5 місяців тому +6

      ​@@tsc7018 True, only 25x more expensive instead of 50x - point overruled, not the same thing at all!

    • @tsc7018
      @tsc7018 5 місяців тому +4

      @@sammy4538 half a million is worth mentioning

  • @abnwil3873
    @abnwil3873 2 роки тому +2823

    he took ''im not in danger I AM THE DANGER'' to a whole new meaning.

    • @clicktoinserttext201
      @clicktoinserttext201 2 роки тому +73

      Call an ambulance, but not for me

    • @DefinitelyNotEmma
      @DefinitelyNotEmma 2 роки тому +44

      He was the one that knocks

    • @georgealicea2978
      @georgealicea2978 2 роки тому +23

      I'm surprised that they really didnt kill the crips off completely. Rangers , true hardcore wont back down & usually want blood

    • @rayg5445
      @rayg5445 2 роки тому +3

      He is the one who knocks

    • @jdmensing
      @jdmensing 2 роки тому +5

      @@patrick_mactan or the gang members.

  • @Kyjohnson1500
    @Kyjohnson1500 2 роки тому +1394

    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
      @zepho100 2 роки тому +89

      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.

    • @djmaster1995
      @djmaster1995 2 роки тому +9

      @@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?

    • @zepho100
      @zepho100 2 роки тому +23

      @@djmaster1995 was he promoted?

    • @bablo82
      @bablo82 2 роки тому +17

      @@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.

    • @zepho100
      @zepho100 2 роки тому +69

      @@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).

  • @Nick-jn2fq
    @Nick-jn2fq 4 місяці тому +9

    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?

  • @Nate_the_Nobody
    @Nate_the_Nobody 6 місяців тому +704

    At least the military had their back
    "I dunno guys, seems like clear cut self defense to us, people fucked around, they found out"

    • @gretholondeporey8527
      @gretholondeporey8527 4 місяці тому +12

      He still didn't advance. They weren't happy about having to cover for his ass.

    • @zackc2012
      @zackc2012 Місяць тому +6

      @@gretholondeporey8527still got his ass covered

  • @l3joint
    @l3joint 2 роки тому +2535

    Perfect example of "when seconds count, the law is minutes away". Rangers lead the way 🤟

    • @gusmc2220
      @gusmc2220 2 роки тому +74

      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."_

    • @ComfortsSpecter
      @ComfortsSpecter 2 роки тому +6

      @@gusmc2220 “Certified funny moment”

    • @kyanwang8957
      @kyanwang8957 2 роки тому +3

      @@gusmc2220 *elementary schoolers

    • @gusmc2220
      @gusmc2220 2 роки тому +2

      @@kyanwang8957 *teachers

    • @peterweller8583
      @peterweller8583 2 роки тому +1

      Shocker?

  • @Lost_Delos
    @Lost_Delos Рік тому +3061

    I respect this guy, the balls to stand up against organized crime.

    • @thebfernandez580
      @thebfernandez580 Рік тому

      These are the "HillTop" Crips boobie they're a street gang, organized crime is the Mafia 🇮🇹

    • @sigmapath1935
      @sigmapath1935 Рік тому

      The Military is organized crime.

    • @AdamJensen_
      @AdamJensen_ Рік тому +116

      It doesn't take balls to step on some cockroaches. Just a little bit of effort.

    • @thomasroo5417
      @thomasroo5417 Рік тому +78

      I'd imagine organized crime would be nothing compared to war.

    • @earlydest
      @earlydest Рік тому

      @@AdamJensen_ Then why you never stopped mass shooters?

  • @PepeDePasqual
    @PepeDePasqual 20 днів тому +4

    Thank you for you’re service 🇺🇸

  • @morganadamo4706
    @morganadamo4706 2 роки тому +2410

    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!”

    • @PrestoPuma
      @PrestoPuma 2 роки тому +2

      yeah you don't fuck with special forces. They will massacre you

    • @morganadamo4706
      @morganadamo4706 2 роки тому +44

      @The Stock Trader dude they where army rangers

    • @computerb0y27
      @computerb0y27 2 роки тому +114

      Criminals vs War Criminals

    • @darrellhall6622
      @darrellhall6622 2 роки тому +27

      The real live Boogeymen. The one that make you lose your bladder when we arrive.

    • @firstconsul7286
      @firstconsul7286 2 роки тому +15

      More like, "The best in the world"

  • @BenWilson24
    @BenWilson24 2 роки тому +1549

    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

    • @KASHKUR_7.62
      @KASHKUR_7.62 2 роки тому +115

      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

    • @endrsgm
      @endrsgm 2 роки тому +47

      i suspect what you know about private armies (private military companies) could be contained in a very short paragraph.

    • @drownthepoor
      @drownthepoor 2 роки тому +45

      @@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.

    • @sockz09
      @sockz09 2 роки тому +42

      bullies tend to fold when pressed

    • @FlamingVaIIey
      @FlamingVaIIey 2 роки тому +24

      @@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.

  • @grahamtotte7133
    @grahamtotte7133 2 роки тому +2121

    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.

    • @thog7653
      @thog7653 2 роки тому +24

      video name/ link, I'm curious

    • @flipthegrid8809
      @flipthegrid8809 2 роки тому +67

      that's metal as fuck

    • @tyreechiejackstone7379
      @tyreechiejackstone7379 2 роки тому +36

      On this episode of "Dumz in da Hood"..

    • @Chaos------
      @Chaos------ 2 роки тому +22

      Holy shit sgt Popp was involved in this?!?!?! fucking unreal lmao

    • @RtD924
      @RtD924 2 роки тому +33

      Yeah Popp is a fucking legend. Can't wait for him to take over the world so we can have sanity again

  • @Bims-t5b
    @Bims-t5b 18 днів тому +2

    “Hey guys wanna have a bbq? sure, what are we gonna smoke? Uhh just some crips” is so cold

  • @AwokenEntertainment
    @AwokenEntertainment 2 роки тому +2095

    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.. 🤯

    • @hunterlord101
      @hunterlord101 2 роки тому +223

      You don't come between a man and a good medium-rare T-bone

    • @jmmonroe9670
      @jmmonroe9670 2 роки тому +1

      Shows how stupid they are...

    • @kleetus92
      @kleetus92 2 роки тому +168

      nobody ever accused gang bangers of being anywhere close to intelligent.

    • @joshuaphillips755
      @joshuaphillips755 2 роки тому +25

      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...

    • @michaelbarton6370
      @michaelbarton6370 2 роки тому +28

      Impromptu or organized, either way these clown calling themselves crips shoulda just left well enough alone.

  • @sladeloper7714
    @sladeloper7714 2 роки тому +2480

    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.

    • @bearkowlbama6352
      @bearkowlbama6352 2 роки тому

      "as long as that Ranger is morally in the right."
      That rules out pedocrats.

    • @edub3628
      @edub3628 2 роки тому +81

      We need some more of that now

    • @mattbyrd3030
      @mattbyrd3030 2 роки тому +42

      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

    • @jmsgridiron5628
      @jmsgridiron5628 2 роки тому +40

      @@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.

    • @rachelcosgrove2048
      @rachelcosgrove2048 2 роки тому +9

      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.

  • @GreatRemembrance
    @GreatRemembrance 2 роки тому +2792

    Never underestimate a small group of lawfully armed citizens to do what the government refuses to 🤷🏼‍♀️

    • @LadiesMan21741
      @LadiesMan21741 2 роки тому +28

      Preach!!!

    • @joelj4470
      @joelj4470 2 роки тому +87

      Founding fathers would be proud🤝🏼

    • @AldoSchmedack
      @AldoSchmedack 2 роки тому +13

      Hell yeah

    • @DYLANJJK94
      @DYLANJJK94 2 роки тому +32

      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.)” ? :(

    • @kleetus92
      @kleetus92 2 роки тому +3

      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...

  • @MAMAlbertaGirl
    @MAMAlbertaGirl 2 місяці тому +4

    Dope! Your music choice and comments make this story so awesome.

  • @kitirena_koneko
    @kitirena_koneko 2 роки тому +1278

    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.

    • @josephesquivel4066
      @josephesquivel4066 2 роки тому +21

      Now in Tacoma the law is pretty much demand the police do nothing.

    • @scrub1967
      @scrub1967 2 роки тому +38

      @@josephesquivel4066 still pretty inexcusable if you took on being a police officer as a career

    • @seer775
      @seer775 2 роки тому

      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.

    • @barnandhome
      @barnandhome 2 роки тому +1

      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.

    • @deeznuttes9340
      @deeznuttes9340 2 роки тому

      give gang banging the fucking death penalty, problem solved. Can't be a gang problem if there aren't any gang bangers

  • @ilyanabackus3521
    @ilyanabackus3521 2 роки тому +680

    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.

    • @petergunn3614
      @petergunn3614 2 роки тому +98

      Loved the story, but was quite disappointed to hear the Rangers hadn't killed them all.

    • @-kdot-2332
      @-kdot-2332 2 роки тому

      Yall are fucking cavemen, murder wouldn't solve the issue

    • @jennismith2
      @jennismith2 2 роки тому +57

      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!

    • @henrylam92
      @henrylam92 2 роки тому +36

      @@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.

    • @garydouglas9413
      @garydouglas9413 2 роки тому +19

      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.

  • @bleis9896
    @bleis9896 2 роки тому +2096

    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.

    • @bustersgarage
      @bustersgarage 2 роки тому +36

      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

    • @bustersgarage
      @bustersgarage 2 роки тому +19

      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."

    • @newera5238
      @newera5238 2 роки тому +4

      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

    • @meaux-kneaux
      @meaux-kneaux 2 роки тому

      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!

    • @ExSoldier762
      @ExSoldier762 2 роки тому

      Gray Army Airfield or McChord AFB?

  • @bobjenkins9208
    @bobjenkins9208 4 місяці тому +3

    Bros commentary in this is about as hardcore as these rangers, great video brother, loved it!

  • @briankleinschmidt3664
    @briankleinschmidt3664 2 роки тому +583

    "Attempted murder" has to be one of the most humiliating crimes.

    • @Papalegba22
      @Papalegba22 2 роки тому +8

      Maybe but no one was charged with Attempting Murder in this case. He said 2nd degree assault was the convicting charge.

    • @willgallaher501
      @willgallaher501 2 роки тому +35

      Unless it was the result of a fist fight. Then it's a badge of honor.

    • @benzostaxkin
      @benzostaxkin 2 роки тому

      @Austin Batton merched dese old heads js b talkin😭

    • @hankywhite7647
      @hankywhite7647 2 роки тому

      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 ?

    • @beliveau4943
      @beliveau4943 2 роки тому +3

      @@benzostaxkin bro what

  • @comedytragedy1044
    @comedytragedy1044 2 роки тому +1283

    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.

    • @MrDrew-qh2es
      @MrDrew-qh2es 2 роки тому +49

      Awesome! Love hearing stories like these. Fighting off all types of evil!

    • @jamesbennett3104
      @jamesbennett3104 2 роки тому +25

      I lived in the little town of Roy outside Fort Lewis at that time. I remember seeing gangfights daily in our little town.

    • @SandvichTrolli48
      @SandvichTrolli48 2 роки тому +61

      That retaliation would’ve ended in many deaths…for the crips.

    • @r2020E
      @r2020E 2 роки тому +24

      @@SandvichTrolli48 yeah. They would be assaulting well defended defensive positions manned by people with superior training

    • @FriedLikeRice
      @FriedLikeRice 2 роки тому +2

      I usually skip that part

  • @RTDavis0503
    @RTDavis0503 2 роки тому +740

    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

    • @hassanmalikabdus-sabur2985
      @hassanmalikabdus-sabur2985 2 роки тому

      And as an older black man you have a85% chance at finding yourself dead or in jail

    • @yehldyehld
      @yehldyehld 2 роки тому +35

      I guess... be as safe as you can.

    • @waynehand4600
      @waynehand4600 2 роки тому +27

      Stay frosty,Rodney,and God speed,sir

    • @RTDavis0503
      @RTDavis0503 2 роки тому +55

      @@yehldyehld got no choice man. Milwaukee is out of control

    • @freedomaintfree1030
      @freedomaintfree1030 2 роки тому +31

      I'm up for some backyard cooking.

  • @isitfour
    @isitfour 5 місяців тому +9

    i just found you and oh my days, do i love this channel 🤣 perfect fact to humor ratio to keep my adhd from spiking

  • @platinumgrit
    @platinumgrit 2 роки тому +1248

    Never ceases to amaze me how cowardly and incompetent civil authorities are, until something like this happens.

    • @wolfhunter98
      @wolfhunter98 2 роки тому +76

      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.

    • @best5345
      @best5345 2 роки тому +1

      civil authorities are politicians, big talk no action.

    • @TdogNC
      @TdogNC 2 роки тому +29

      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.

    • @mmedrano21
      @mmedrano21 2 роки тому +21

      Cowardice and incompetence are downstream from corruption.

    • @dumbothejumbo1583
      @dumbothejumbo1583 2 роки тому

      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

  • @Tech_-on1ou
    @Tech_-on1ou 2 роки тому +331

    "He still owns the property to this day"
    Well, he definitely got his investment back, that's for damn sure.

    • @Tech_-on1ou
      @Tech_-on1ou 2 роки тому +7

      @@timberlynknowles6026 sauce?

    • @Tech_-on1ou
      @Tech_-on1ou 2 роки тому +16

      @@timberlynknowles6026 bruh he's not dead 🤣

    • @Tech_-on1ou
      @Tech_-on1ou 2 роки тому +16

      @@timberlynknowles6026 still ain't give no sauce, BRUH.

    • @ATomRileyA
      @ATomRileyA 2 роки тому

      @@timberlynknowles6026 nah those gangs ran scared just like they always do, just bunch of weak little babies.

    • @anihilisticmisanthrope
      @anihilisticmisanthrope 2 роки тому

      @@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).

  • @HWHY
    @HWHY 2 роки тому +1656

    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."

    • @MrNocturnOwl
      @MrNocturnOwl 2 роки тому +28

      Not an ambush when the dude literally said he would be back to shoot him when the sun went down

    • @chrisbammer4946
      @chrisbammer4946 2 роки тому +11

      How else are you supposed to do it?

    • @Animo2006
      @Animo2006 2 роки тому +32

      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.

    • @7thWardCreole
      @7thWardCreole 2 роки тому +13

      @@Animo2006 Thank you for your service!

    • @chazemuney1590
      @chazemuney1590 2 роки тому +1

      @@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

  • @rexdior5442
    @rexdior5442 2 місяці тому +2

    I don’t even want to imagine not being able to protect your house

  • @kettch777
    @kettch777 2 роки тому +2320

    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.

    • @drsamuelhaydensecretgaming6749
      @drsamuelhaydensecretgaming6749 2 роки тому +122

      4 tigers

    • @getstrongby4038
      @getstrongby4038 2 роки тому +46

      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

    • @matrinezkevin11492
      @matrinezkevin11492 2 роки тому +341

      @@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.

    • @getstrongby4038
      @getstrongby4038 2 роки тому +20

      @@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

    • @TemmieContingenC
      @TemmieContingenC 2 роки тому +158

      @@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

  • @RealNaisuCinema
    @RealNaisuCinema 2 роки тому +2985

    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.

    • @RealNaisuCinema
      @RealNaisuCinema 2 роки тому +27

      @@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

    • @mikescherrer4923
      @mikescherrer4923 2 роки тому +57

      Bro, these aren't normal dudes.

    • @RealNaisuCinema
      @RealNaisuCinema 2 роки тому +6

      @Danfeng Xiang except it’s not. Definitely look into documentation and news reports before saying something is fake just because it’s unique

    • @peppybobanny1157
      @peppybobanny1157 2 роки тому

      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

    • @thickymcghee7681
      @thickymcghee7681 2 роки тому +43

      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.

  • @scottmcelhiney323
    @scottmcelhiney323 2 роки тому +716

    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.

    • @larry_ellison
      @larry_ellison 2 роки тому +70

      Sua sponte indeed. Put himself on the line for the country. Not some foreign soil, this was at home

    • @mantaship
      @mantaship 2 роки тому +71

      He got his promotion. He promoted his street, neighborhood, and apparently whole damn town to a better way of life.

    • @TheMeanmarine13
      @TheMeanmarine13 2 роки тому +35

      @@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.

    • @nitsuanomrah6997
      @nitsuanomrah6997 2 роки тому +2

      @@bryang9601 right. That's what we need to see!

    • @billyflores7158
      @billyflores7158 2 роки тому

      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

  • @Will_Notcomply365
    @Will_Notcomply365 5 місяців тому +4

    15 Rangers? That’s a a whole chalk.. 😂

  • @bobknee4127
    @bobknee4127 2 роки тому +887

    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.

    • @josephpotter7776
      @josephpotter7776 2 роки тому +117

      After the copa at Uvelde nothing surprises me anymore

    • @Aristocratic13
      @Aristocratic13 2 роки тому +1

      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

    • @mikeconey2164
      @mikeconey2164 2 роки тому +26

      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?

    • @jax9254
      @jax9254 2 роки тому +62

      90% of being a cop is being on a power trip

    • @jacksonms212
      @jacksonms212 2 роки тому +2

      Right WTF ??? really

  • @MoSamuels1
    @MoSamuels1 2 роки тому +5706

    This needs to be a movie

  • @loganbaileysfunwithtrains606
    @loganbaileysfunwithtrains606 2 роки тому +374

    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

    • @jamessampson964
      @jamessampson964 2 роки тому +41

      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

    • @dannytennial5311
      @dannytennial5311 2 роки тому

      Don't forget that insurrection at Capitol Hill January 6th 2021. The police took selfies with those white rioters--eh--I mean--MAGA patriots.

    • @thenotoriousgryyn342
      @thenotoriousgryyn342 2 роки тому +70

      And we’ve seen it again in Uvalde Texas.

    • @julianworthy9417
      @julianworthy9417 2 роки тому

      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

    • @kcailly1
      @kcailly1 2 роки тому +7

      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....

  • @sadiezero-jx9wv
    @sadiezero-jx9wv 5 місяців тому +18

    "While you were all smoking crack and killing each other, I studied the art of war"

  • @doreenchiasson2878
    @doreenchiasson2878 2 роки тому +579

    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…

    • @baba_babaa2
      @baba_babaa2 2 роки тому +10

      taxes went up

    • @devilsoffspring5519
      @devilsoffspring5519 2 роки тому +10

      @@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.

    • @computerb0y27
      @computerb0y27 2 роки тому

      Funny how that tends to happen

    • @computerb0y27
      @computerb0y27 2 роки тому +1

      Taxes? That's some mental gymnastics

    • @ilduce5874
      @ilduce5874 2 роки тому

      @@baba_babaa2 so?

  • @TheBlizzzard29
    @TheBlizzzard29 2 роки тому +1082

    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.

    • @Grunchy005
      @Grunchy005 2 роки тому +40

      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.

    • @kalin1786
      @kalin1786 2 роки тому +27

      @@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.

    • @Nick-bd4tf
      @Nick-bd4tf 2 роки тому

      ​@@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?

    • @blak3dachamp
      @blak3dachamp 2 роки тому

      @@kalin1786 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?

    • @wmurray003
      @wmurray003 2 роки тому +2

      @@kalin1786 I agree, but this was a badass story.

  • @dioxide9735
    @dioxide9735 2 роки тому +572

    Police: *Doesn’t do anything or even know how to handle the gang situation*
    Also Police: “why didn’t you call us?!”

    • @TheSundayShooter
      @TheSundayShooter 2 роки тому +24

      If the rule of law brought you to this, of what use was the thin blue line?

    • @kelrik9968
      @kelrik9968 2 роки тому +24

      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.

    • @donoberloh
      @donoberloh 2 роки тому +3

      We didn’t call you because we didn’t want coffee and donuts yet!

    • @itzakehrenberg3449
      @itzakehrenberg3449 2 роки тому +1

      @@kelrik9968 I guess stepping on police enforcement turf is a lot worse than crimes against civilians!

    • @poopyfartboi
      @poopyfartboi 2 роки тому

      Police are the biggest gang there is.

  • @boTCavalry
    @boTCavalry 5 місяців тому +3

    This should be a movie! I think I’ll have my people call Mark Wahlberg’s people!

  • @jingbot1071
    @jingbot1071 2 роки тому +887

    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.

    • @dragonsdream6809
      @dragonsdream6809 2 роки тому +16

      yeah I feel you, in this sick word,with enough money you can do what ever you want

    • @mrkoolio4475
      @mrkoolio4475 2 роки тому

      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

    • @jingbot1071
      @jingbot1071 2 роки тому

      @@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.

    • @colep5867
      @colep5867 2 роки тому +3

      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.

    • @jingbot1071
      @jingbot1071 2 роки тому +44

      @@colep5867 They tried.
      Trying and accomplishing anything are two different things.

  • @crabcrab2024
    @crabcrab2024 2 роки тому +714

    My favorite story is of an old guy somewhere in Mexico, who gave one drug cartel a blood bath when the tried to claim his land. He was unfortunately killed in the end, but took many cartel members with him. We need more people like that! Such a wonderful thing as drug trade should be completely devoid of any violence or criminal activity.

    • @hmahyes7845
      @hmahyes7845 2 роки тому

      God save Don Alejo! Fuck Los Zetas

    • @wockyslush3038
      @wockyslush3038 2 роки тому +77

      Bro fhat was just the new Rambo movie

    • @rickjames18
      @rickjames18 2 роки тому +7

      @@wockyslush3038 Lmao

    • @TheJoungRed
      @TheJoungRed 2 роки тому +104

      His name was Alejo Garza Tamez

    • @crnlonewolf3195
      @crnlonewolf3195 2 роки тому

      You mean this one I heard of it brave men ua-cam.com/video/-in1rZuSTIY/v-deo.html

  • @robertdevito5001
    @robertdevito5001 2 роки тому +843

    It's actually a pretty good idea, get your army buddies together and buy a bunch of cheap houses in rough neighborhoods, then force the rough elements of the neighborhood out and watch your property value soar.

    • @NemesisConfirmed
      @NemesisConfirmed 2 роки тому +23

      And taxes

    • @Godloveszaza
      @Godloveszaza 2 роки тому

      I dont think so. Just like how the army men train mentally and physically gangs do exactly that with most of the same weaponary and ammunition. If u dont know the ins and outs of that neighborhood u not surviving over 100+ gang members. I know yall look at stories like this and get inspired but dont be dumb just because some army men eclipsed a few lil ignorant crips. This type of thing wouldnt even of happened in California THE HOME where all of this started. Stop boosting your heads up and stop making these army cats feel untouchable.

    • @SuperRobertoClemente
      @SuperRobertoClemente 2 роки тому

      Yeah it's also kind of racist to create a bullshit myth about a bunch of maniacs with guns killing black folks.

    • @jdoteasy1
      @jdoteasy1 2 роки тому +86

      Gentrification

    • @shoother2257
      @shoother2257 2 роки тому

      Stfu thats gentrification

  • @DavesHangar1958
    @DavesHangar1958 3 місяці тому +4

    300 rounds and 10 minutes later, the Crypts were fighting for their lives. I love it!

  • @flame_half
    @flame_half Рік тому +1444

    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

    • @Eye_Of_Odin978
      @Eye_Of_Odin978 Рік тому +88

      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.

    • @nichtsicher422
      @nichtsicher422 Рік тому

      @@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.

    • @limeflavoredbleach5570
      @limeflavoredbleach5570 Рік тому +31

      @@Eye_Of_Odin978or they weren’t trying to hurt them. Just send a warning to them

    • @kingnothing5678
      @kingnothing5678 Рік тому +11

      How? The rangers didn't kill anyone.

    • @dayzlocke1340
      @dayzlocke1340 Рік тому +14

      ​@@kingnothing5678that we know of

  • @ThatTallAsianGuy401
    @ThatTallAsianGuy401 Рік тому +639

    "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 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭😭

    • @mrconfusion87
      @mrconfusion87 11 місяців тому +22

      "Ah okay! The barbecue is just the appetizer then?"
      🤣🤣🤣

    • @concreteandgrading
      @concreteandgrading 10 місяців тому +3

      Lol

    • @randysavage1
      @randysavage1 8 місяців тому +2

      Then didn't even do it lol

    • @kravmaga1632
      @kravmaga1632 8 місяців тому +5

      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

    • @CHarris73
      @CHarris73 8 місяців тому

      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

  • @gatman18
    @gatman18 2 роки тому +1386

    As an army veteran myself, I have much praise for those off duty rangers and the way they handled things. It should had the police department done their job, things wouldn’t have gotten to that point in the first place. I personally don’t see how contacting the police before the firefight would have done anything. It was still going to go down the way I see it.

    • @Deluxe1251
      @Deluxe1251 2 роки тому

      Fuck around and find out

    • @Zen-751
      @Zen-751 2 роки тому +42

      It doesn't matter wtf you are, it's irrelevant. We all should be thanking this dude for having courage to fight these loser and risking getting in trouble by the loser cops

    • @jamesscott6917
      @jamesscott6917 2 роки тому +37

      Unless the police were prepared to park on that street, the 911 call MIGHT have stopped the shooting that night, but would not have done anything the next night, or the next week or the next month. The Rangers did what Rangers do best, protect and strike at the enemies of the people and took care of business. The police were hamstrung by politicians (this was the beginnings of cities not allowing police to enter minority or low income areas due to “overpolicing” even though it had an “over crime” problem) who demanded that the police NOT go to Hilltop and other areas near Fort Lewis like Tillicum and other areas because they were being overpoliced.

    • @hawk4192
      @hawk4192 2 роки тому +13

      It's a good thing some citizens were willing and able to do their job. We need more of that.

    • @sigmamale4147
      @sigmamale4147 2 роки тому +4

      @@Zen-751 lmao whats wrong with you fella ? Someone shat in your soup ?

  • @brianplunkett4002
    @brianplunkett4002 2 місяці тому +4

    The Police and leadership were embarrassed because their apathy was exposed.

  • @qs3850
    @qs3850 2 роки тому +649

    I absolutely cannot get enough of these, your style and presentation of these videos is unmatched, bravo keep it up

    • @PopoMedic
      @PopoMedic  2 роки тому +49

      Thanks so much! Can’t wait to make the next one. They’re so much fun!

    • @workemail6283
      @workemail6283 2 роки тому +1

      Wacist wet dream of the vet next door lol

    • @xenophonicus
      @xenophonicus 2 роки тому

      “Said he couldn’t remember the name of the friend” yea, like a fuckin liar.

  • @robinthepresent2952
    @robinthepresent2952 2 роки тому +871

    One of the coolest things I have ever heard, a real shame for the Staff Sergent to handicap his career in order to force civil authorities to do what they should have done to begin with

    • @victortorres1585
      @victortorres1585 2 роки тому

      Black Lives Matter

    • @lgndrynomad5880
      @lgndrynomad5880 2 роки тому +55

      If anything it should have prompted a faster promotion

    • @DB-yj3qc
      @DB-yj3qc 2 роки тому +9

      S### like that happened all the time in the Army. I PCS from there in Dec 88. Many many things happened around Ft. Lewis back then.

    • @russellhalford8811
      @russellhalford8811 2 роки тому

      The top brass in the US Army are liberal politicians with personal political agendas. I ETS'd from the Army in 2005, and never looked back. Now, I see things like this every two weeks. The Department of Human Services stealing Native American children, and getting $10,000 per child to adopt them out to families with no idea on how to keep the child linked to any aspect of Native culture, or spirituality. Family courts that dissolve marriages, and take children from loving, supportive, capable parents to put them with the parent that kills them, and then forcing the target parent to pay child support for the child that was stolen. Criminal courts that allow the county jails to be revolving doors where criminals go to link up with others, so they can share how they got caught, and become better crooks, so when they are arraigned and released on Tuesday by the piece of trash liberal DA, they are much better at their criminal trade...meanwhile, if a citizen makes a stand, they go to prison for life, because they can afford court fees, and attorney fees with which to fight the system that has been designed to defeat us all.

    • @ElectronicsGuy666
      @ElectronicsGuy666 2 роки тому +37

      I lol’d when police told him he should have called them first before the shooting started. Why, so they could have done nothing? Hahaha wtf.

  • @L30GH05TDUD3
    @L30GH05TDUD3 2 роки тому +2164

    This guy is the literal definition of the quote “Im not trapped here with you. YOU are trapped here with ME”

    • @anthonymartire2036
      @anthonymartire2036 2 роки тому +99

      “Call an ambulance. But not for me.”

    • @bbb129
      @bbb129 2 роки тому

      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

    • @haghendowdy4750
      @haghendowdy4750 2 роки тому +39

      gotta admit he has balls of titanium- I wonder what he's like today

    • @randomassname555
      @randomassname555 2 роки тому +31

      “Now yous can’t leave.”

    • @marcochimio
      @marcochimio 2 роки тому +9

      Good call, Rorschach.

  • @jaywalker0112
    @jaywalker0112 5 місяців тому +8

    Lesson of the story: Don't FUCK with a pack of Rangers. They already knew they were dead...it's a strange thing, to realize, "I'm already dead, but not before I take 20 or 30 you first">
    I was Army Infantry, & had no desire to become a Ranger. I took combat in tiny spoonfuls. A Ranger EATS combat by the 1 gallon jar.
    My hat is off to the Rangers for sure.
    ua-cam.com/video/hyg0eOIGb-c/v-deo.html

  • @Kevin-mk6jo
    @Kevin-mk6jo 2 роки тому +640

    Remember... when seconds matter, cops are always minutes away.

    • @Neobelmont1
      @Neobelmont1 2 роки тому +26

      Or an hour -_-

    • @jbjbhbkhb154
      @jbjbhbkhb154 2 роки тому +30

      @@Neobelmont1 Or months if you live in Portland

    • @RaisedbyaWildPackofCigarettes
      @RaisedbyaWildPackofCigarettes 2 роки тому +11

      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.

    • @grumboflipflorp5688
      @grumboflipflorp5688 2 роки тому +9

      Or 45 minutes if you live in Uvalde

    • @loudspeaker68
      @loudspeaker68 2 роки тому

      @@RaisedbyaWildPackofCigarettes I can still shoot a Klan members

  • @fonicgaming6787
    @fonicgaming6787 2 роки тому +903

    Fucking hilarious the cops cried about them not calling 911, when everyone else was doing just that and they did nothing. As usual, it falls to our Military to truly protect the people.

    • @phillhuddleston9445
      @phillhuddleston9445 2 роки тому +69

      They were not acting as a military under orders, they were acting as civilians defending their neighborhood.

    • @engsoldier21b
      @engsoldier21b 2 роки тому +42

      @@phillhuddleston9445 though not an official mandate, it is generally accepted that as soldiers we have a duty to protect and help in any capacity in any situation regardless of our status, it falls under our oath and commitment to selfless service and those are for life

    • @LordVader1094
      @LordVader1094 2 роки тому

      Except they weren't military. The military is exactly the same as the police: all they care about is protecting the government.

    • @softlightlaboratory
      @softlightlaboratory 2 роки тому

      No, the military doesn't protect us from nothing and your just a sheep choosing not to look at the BS go ahead challenge it lol

    • @arronthomas68
      @arronthomas68 2 роки тому

      The military is the only safety net.

  • @blister762
    @blister762 2 роки тому +887

    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'.

    • @matthewhollisdamon6630
      @matthewhollisdamon6630 2 роки тому +99

      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

    • @XnBhawk
      @XnBhawk 2 роки тому +235

      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.

    • @XnBhawk
      @XnBhawk 2 роки тому +8

      @@matthewhollisdamon6630 read my reply below your comment.

    • @camostrike4395
      @camostrike4395 2 роки тому +7

      Most badass thing ever said irl

    • @robertl955
      @robertl955 2 роки тому +1

      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.

  • @johnmuhonen5845
    @johnmuhonen5845 2 місяці тому +1

    this video and channel are badass def subbing

  • @n0ah.
    @n0ah. Рік тому +598

    I find those story’s of people messing with military personal, not knowing that they are so dangerous.
    In Germany our "Navy SEALS" are stationed in a small town in Northern Germany. I once heard a story of a KSM(German SEALS) Member getting jumped by 5 people after a night out. They all went to the hospital and then to jail with broken limbs, and he got a ride home from the Ambulance.

    • @walkakgbg3376
      @walkakgbg3376 10 місяців тому +38

      And for those wondering the ksk is like delta force

    • @chuggaa100
      @chuggaa100 10 місяців тому +8

      Yeah that didn't happen. Mike Tyson couldn't fight 5 guys at the same time

    • @hagamapama
      @hagamapama 10 місяців тому

      No way, if a skilled fighter has a chance to move in the open against unskilled opponents it can very easily happen, especially if the first move is done with a level of precision and violence that makes the rest of the scumbags think again.@@chuggaa100

    • @popo0129
      @popo0129 10 місяців тому +24

      @@chuggaa100 Look up Mike Vallely. This guy fought off four people by himself. There is a lot to take into account in a fight especially if the other guys don't expect it or aren't prepared. Vallely also has a good pain tolerance so there is that too. I am pretty sure Tyson can take five guy if he is prepared for it. Man intimidates, grew up in probably one of the worst environments, and is big. People have fought battles with way less men and won. What is any different here?

    • @demarrjones6625
      @demarrjones6625 9 місяців тому +18

      ​@@chuggaa100 Absolutely can happen I've fought off 3 men myself and I have no military Training Fool some Men are stronger than others not just physically but overall spiritual and Mental I could imagine a true king with Military training probably dismantling 5-10 at a time hell Bruce Lee has survived several men attacking him at once , Hell some Krav Maga Masters I'm sure can dismantle 5 at once easy Everyman isn't a fighter....If it's a group of 3 1 is PU$$Y 1 MAY KNOW HOW TO FIGHT AND ONE ACTUALLY READY TO FIGHT but most only get tough when with friends like Pack animals....You drop one Choke other I bet 3rd one is running

  • @alexeydyfort545
    @alexeydyfort545 2 роки тому +563

    The authorities will almost never help you if you are being threatened by a gang. I learned that personally.

    • @sylviam6535
      @sylviam6535 2 роки тому

      The authorities are part of the corrupt establishment.

    • @nomanejane5766
      @nomanejane5766 2 роки тому +62

      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?

    • @actionjksn
      @actionjksn 2 роки тому +1

      What do you mean almost?

    • @noahw4623
      @noahw4623 2 роки тому

      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

    • @frankhdz
      @frankhdz 2 роки тому +107

      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.

  • @Antraeon
    @Antraeon 2 роки тому +423

    Given the fact that nowadays Ash Street and other nearby neighborhoods are some of the safest places in Tacoma, it definitely provides a strong argument for such an effective problem-solving method.

    • @isaiahroberts1837
      @isaiahroberts1837 2 роки тому +31

      Nah gentrifying the area is what cleaned up Hilltop.

    • @dragoniousmaximus7304
      @dragoniousmaximus7304 2 роки тому +32

      I grew up in Tacoma and you never knew what was about to happen in the hill top hood, I went to Stanley elementary in the 80s and 90s, super ghetto. Drive bys every night. HTCrips would bring people to my dead end street to initiate them into their gang. I would be playing with my Tonka trucks and watch black dudes jump another black guy for a minute and then they would all hug afterwards and jump back in the car and take off. Never will forget that shit

    • @Jonathan-A.C.
      @Jonathan-A.C. 2 роки тому +3

      Yep, as do many other things.
      Freedom all day every day

    • @cashapark87s25
      @cashapark87s25 2 роки тому

      Crack died out .. tough on crime laws filled the prisons and a good dash of gentrification will do that to any bad neighborhood....

    • @kinglaffey8174
      @kinglaffey8174 2 роки тому

      BLM would burn it down