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sojusucks

Joined: 31 May 2008
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Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2011 6:17 pm Post subject: 130 gang members fight at hospital in Incheon |
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http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2943163&cloc=joongangdaily|home|newslist1
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Police in Incheon struggled to end a bloody battle between two gangs at a hospital on Friday after members got into a verbal tussle that later escalated into violence.
The Incheon Metropolitan Police Agency said yesterday that a Ganseok member had a verbal argument with a member of rival gang, Crown, at around 11:50 p.m. in front of Gacheon University Gil Hospital in southeastern Incheon.
Soon, 100 Ganseok members and 30 Crown members arrived, leading worried bystanders to call police.
About 70 police officers arrived at the tense scene but were unable to disperse the gang members and kept watch for two hours, witnesses told media.
�The Ganseok members had been at the hospital to pay their respects at the mourning altar for their leader�s wife,� a police official told the JoongAng Ilbo yesterday. �We couldn�t arrest gang members at the beginning because they were just gathering without committing any crimes.�
Violence broke out when the Crown member suddenly stabbed the Ganseok member, with whom he had the verbal argument, in the shoulder and thigh. Police immediately arrested the attacker on the spot for attempted murder and managed to disperse the gathered gang members.
�The gang member suddenly used his weapon so we couldn�t block him,� the police official said.
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Steelrails

Joined: 12 Mar 2009 Location: Earth, Solar System
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Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2011 9:00 pm Post subject: |
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Sounds like something out of a Korean mafia movie. Possibly one of the more comic ones. |
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ThingsComeAround

Joined: 07 Nov 2008
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Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2011 9:16 pm Post subject: |
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With all the cops I see in the Gwanghwamun area on a lazy Sunday afternoon, you'd think IPD could muster up a few more than 70 for 130 rowdy youth |
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northway
Joined: 05 Jul 2010
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Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2011 9:20 pm Post subject: |
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If I'm reading this right, the gang member stabbed a rival gang member right in front of a cop... |
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jamesd
Joined: 15 Aug 2011 Location: Korea
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Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2011 9:57 pm Post subject: |
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northway wrote: |
If I'm reading this right, the gang member stabbed a rival gang member right in front of a cop... |
too scared to respond. |
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myenglishisno
Joined: 08 Mar 2011 Location: Geumchon
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Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2011 10:37 pm Post subject: |
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We need to find a video of it, put the Benny Hill theme over it and upload it to Youtube. |
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uklathemock
Joined: 26 Dec 2009
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Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2011 11:34 pm Post subject: |
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There would be tasers and some serious baton beatings if this was in the states. Do cops here just have no authority to taser someone? Or are they just too afraid of gangsters? |
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Joe Boxer

Joined: 25 Dec 2007 Location: Bundang, South Korea
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Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2011 11:44 pm Post subject: |
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myenglishisno wrote: |
We need to find a video of it, put the Benny Hill theme over it and upload it to Youtube. |
Hahahahahaha! |
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fermentation
Joined: 22 Jun 2009
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Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2011 11:46 pm Post subject: |
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uklathemock wrote: |
There would be tasers and some serious baton beatings if this was in the states. Do cops here just have no authority to taser someone? Or are they just too afraid of gangsters? |
Nah they're just too afraid to work at their job. Easiest way to collect a paycheck. |
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GoldMember
Joined: 24 Oct 2006
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Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2011 1:49 am Post subject: |
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�The gang member suddenly used his weapon so we couldn�t block him,�
I can relate to that. In the past when I tried to use my weapon, some Korean guy would try to block me. Looks like the trick is to use your weapon suddenly, and then you can't be blocked. |
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Hiromi C
Joined: 28 May 2011 Location: Gwanak-gu, Seoul
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Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2011 2:07 am Post subject: |
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fermentation wrote: |
uklathemock wrote: |
There would be tasers and some serious baton beatings if this was in the states. Do cops here just have no authority to taser someone? Or are they just too afraid of gangsters? |
Nah they're just too afraid to work at their job. Easiest way to collect a paycheck. |
Not really. They could have tried to arrest the two gangbangers at the center of it and charged them with some piddly misdemeanor that would have seen them out of jail in a few weeks. But, by waiting, the cops ensured that the two are out indefinitely (attempted murder sentence for one and lengthy healing process for the other). |
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The Cosmic Hum

Joined: 09 May 2003 Location: Sonic Space
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Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2011 8:29 am Post subject: |
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GoldMember wrote: |
�The gang member suddenly used his weapon so we couldn�t block him,�
I can relate to that. In the past when I tried to use my weapon, some Korean guy would try to block me. Looks like the trick is to use your weapon suddenly, and then you can't be blocked. |
Nice one GoldMember...may your gold member(weapon) never be blocked again. |
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Weigookin74
Joined: 26 Oct 2009
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Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2011 4:33 pm Post subject: |
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Kind of like 1950's gangs in America? Where's the 'Fonze' when you need him? |
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I-am-me

Joined: 21 Feb 2006 Location: Hermit Kingdom
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Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 6:06 pm Post subject: |
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I made friends with a local policeman who studied in the US. One day I commented on how dangerous a certain street was with people driving so fast. He replied, "yes, we stop them to give them a ticket but they yell at us , so we let them go."  |
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creeper1
Joined: 30 Jan 2007
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Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 8:57 pm Post subject: |
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It seems that posters are taking a very light hearted attitude to a serious matter. |
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