Man fires at officers with AK-47 after refusing to wear a mask

[SunSeeker]

When a cigar shop clerk told Adam Zaborowski on Friday he had to wear a mask in the shop, the 35-year-old angrily refused. Instead, he grabbed two stogies, stormed outside — and then pulled a handgun and shot at the clerk, Bethlehem Township, Pa., police said.

The next day, cornered near his home, Zaborowski allegedly fired at police with an AK-47, sparking a wild shootout with at least seven officers that ended with him shot multiple times and under arrest.

The case is the latest violent incident tied to arguments over mandatory mask orders. But Zaborowski’s reaction was driven by his own intense difficulty with the pandemic, his attorney claimed; before the shootout, Zaborowski had lost his job and had also recently lost custody of his child

“He just wasn’t dealing well with the loss of his job, the loss of his child, just not handling the pandemic well,” John Waldron told the Express-Times on Sunday, while noting those factors didn’t justify his violent conduct. “I think he was getting stretched too tight.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/08/03/mask-mandatory-pennsylvania-shooting-police/

[mr_lebowski]

1. Lemme guess ... white man, perchance? (nt)

[SunSeeker]

11. Yup.

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Picture at this link:

https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/news/2020/08/man-believed-to-be-shooter-in-mask-dispute-is-wounded-in-gunfight-with-cops-police-say.html




And they didn't leave him in the road for 4 hours like Michael Brown to bleed to death, they immediately got him a life flight.

[RT Atlanta]

30. thank you for saying this

we all know if the fucker is still alive, he's white.

[TomCADem]

36. Joni Ernst carries a gun in case the government decides "my rights are no longer important"

You play stupid games, you get stupid prizes. The pandemic shows what happens when you feed a base a mixture of racism and propaganda with Trump validating all this craziness as the President.

https://www.salon.com/2014/10/23/tea_partiers_scary_extremism_joni_ernst_carries_a_gun_in_case_the_government_decides_my_rights_are_no_longer_important/

Joni Ernst, the Tea Party Republican taking on Democrat Bruce Braley to succeed the retiring Sen. Tom Harkin, declared at a 2012 NRA rally that she carries a gun to defender herself against the government, "should they decide that my rights are no longer important.”

Speaking at the NRA and Iowa Firearms Coalition's Second Amendment Rally, Ernst said, “I have a beautiful little Smith & Wesson, 9 millimeter, and it goes with me virtually everywhere. But I do believe in the right to carry, and I believe in the right to defend myself and my family -- whether it’s from an intruder, or whether it’s from the government, should they decide that my rights are no longer important.”

Ernst's statement is reminiscent of remarks made by Tea Party Senate candidate Sharron Angle in 2010. Angle, the Nevada GOP's ultimately unsuccessful nominee against Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, said in an interview that year that the Second Amendment "is for us when our government becomes tyrannical."

"I'm hoping that we're not getting to Second Amendment remedies," Angle added. "I hope the vote will be the cure for the Harry Reid problems."

[ms liberty]

2. I'm feeling like this guy must have been white, the story doesn't end with him dead

I hope he gets the help he needs.

[Glorfindel]

3. "I think he was getting stretched too tight."

Awww...poor baby. OF COURSE he needed to unwind by stealing, shooting at a clerk, and then engaging in a wild shoot-out with police. Who among us has not been in the exact same situation? I'm glad he didn't hurt anyone, though.

[gratuitous]

4. "I think he was getting stretched too tight"

Mr. Zaborowski was lucky he didn't grab some Swisher Sweets. That's a capital offense in some parts of the country. But at least he was able to get access to firearms. Easier to do that than get help for a mental health crisis.

[Progressive Jones]

5. Bitter Clinger. nt

[Skittles]

6. BOO FUCKING HOO

EVERYONE goes through hard times, fuck these gun humping cowards

[justgamma]

7. " lost custody of his child"

The man seems slightly unbalanced. No wonder he lost custody.

[SunSeeker]

9. He's single, ladies!

[Doreen]

56. OMG!!!

I can't quit laughing!!

[Doreen]

57. I am not Christian but I said: " Thank God he lost them."

[jimlup]

8. Well I guess the good news here is that

the enemy (those like him) are clearly insane. So if they do decide to resort to violence as they are shown the door it will be stupid violence that is easily stopped by the sane folks of our country.

[stillcool]

10. he got shot in the buttocks and the leg..

and is expected to recover. I didn't know police knew how to do that? By rights, he should have been shot 10-12 times, at least.

[SunSeeker]

12. Right?

[PSPS]

17. Fake news. According to DU experts, it is impossible for cops to shoot anywhere that isn't lethal.

[stillcool]

21. that's only when they're shooting black people...

their aim is completely different with white people, and they must have less bullets. Maybe a black gun and a white gun?

[uponit7771]

45. +1,

[HuskyOffset]

69. Police use the magical "White gun"

It knows to fire fewer bullets at white people and only at non-lethal body parts. That's gotta be it, right? I mean, no way police are deliberately emptying the whole magazine at non-white people, while only firing a few bullets or no bullets at Caucasians, right? It must be those magical guns. After all, people don't kill people, guns do.

[hack89]

33. If the cops had 9mm handguns and shooting from a distance

Then no surprise. Handgun wounds are surprisingly survivable if the head or vital organs are missed.

[Polybius]

35. I'm sure they tried to kill him but failed

There's no way anyone takes it lightly when they are being shot at with an AK-47.

[Crunchy Frog]

32. They must have been REALLY lousy shots.

I'm always reading on here that cops are trained to shoot to kill, and never, EVER aim to disable someone nonlethally.

They must have been aiming for the head and trunk, and just screwed it up.

[hack89]

34. Cops are usually lousy shots

They are not trained to be skilled marksmen. Many only shoot twice a year.

[BGBD]

38. I watched a shootout once from my office window.

half a dozen cops, each shot problem ~15 rounds. They hit the guy once total, but it was in the head and he died on the spot. I walked down there after they clear out a few hours later, it was like a warzone. Bulletholes in windows, brick, poles, everywhere.

[Locrian]

58. shot in the butt?

Could be serious brain damage with this clown.

[mr_lebowski]

13. For those who think White Privilege isn't a real thing ...

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imagine the county DA making excuses like this for a black man who had stolen from, and then shot at, a shop owner, and then used an AK-47 against the cops themselves when they showed up to arrest him?

And if one did, do you think he'd be in a hospital right now?

Okay, well maybe in the basement ...

EDIT: sorry that was his own lawyer, not the DA. Misread a different article on this ...

[SharonClark]

25. Well said.

[dalton99a]

26. +1

[BGBD]

40. Pretty sure

the person quoted was his attorney, not the DA.

[mr_lebowski]

47. My bad ... I looked up an article on this looking for a pic and skimmed thru it too fast ...

"“He just wasn’t dealing well with the loss of his job, the loss of his child, just not handling the pandemic well,” Waldron said. “I think he was getting stretched too tight.”

“It doesn’t excuse his conduct,” Lehigh County District Attorney James Martin said."

Is how it reads.

I caught the name in the second part and thought it was all the same person. Thanks for the correction.

[Paladin]

14. Can't handle wearing a mask? Fucking snowflake. (nt)

[Afromania]

15. He's dead right? I KNOW they shot his ass like 79 times?????

He just wasn’t dealing well with the loss of his job, the loss of his child, just not handling the pandemic well,” John Waldron told the Express-Times on Sunday, while noting those factors didn’t justify his violent conduct. “I think he was getting stretched too tight.

Of course, he's white. He's still alive.

Meanwhile, I break down in the middle of a highway at night and need to pray that I don't get "help" from the police.

[SunSeeker]

16. They shot him 3 times, but hit his butt & legs, so he'll live. Who knew aiming at legs was possible?

[SunSeeker]

24. And they didn't leave him in the road for 4 hours to bleed to death like Michael Brown.

They got him a life flight:





https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/news/2020/08/man-believed-to-be-shooter-in-mask-dispute-is-wounded-in-gunfight-with-cops-police-say.html

[ornotna]

27. They probably took him for a burger

Before bringing him in.

[uponit7771]

46. +1,

[ProfessorGAC]

18. He Had An AK-47?

An actual, real AK-47?
Fully automatic?
For a guy who is wrapped as tight as his lawyer claims?
If this guy has this kind of gun, they might as well pass out RPGs to everybody and seal the deal.

[hack89]

50. I am sure it was a civilian model

and was not fully automatic. Real Ak's are rare and damned expensive - as they should be.

[ProfessorGAC]

51. I Hope So

But, this does bring up a question.
Why are they expensive?
One of the major benefits of the design was all stamped parts, therefore easy & cheap to manufacture.
Is it because fully auto models are, by definition, black market items?

[hack89]

52. Fully automatic weapons are tightly regulated

with no new weapons legally entering the marketplace since 1986. So they are a scarce commodity that command extremely high prices - and extensive background checks. Legal fully automatic weapons are basically toys for the very rich.

[ProfessorGAC]

53. Then, I Guessed Right

Getting them in any way is pricey because it's either loaded with barriers to entry or illegal.
Got it!
Thanks

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

60. Probably not a "real" AK-47, but shoots the same bullets

I'm sure if one hits you, it makes no difference how "real" the AK47 is.

He may lose his gun privilege over this. I hope the cigars were really good. Cubans, maybe.

[ProfessorGAC]

61. There's Great Ones From The DR, As Well

I've been into cigars for decades.
There are people at the golf course that only know me as "Cigar"! That oughta tell you something!
But, I wouldn't think to steal a couple then open fire!
My conclusion?
Cigars don't cause violence!
Did I convince ya?

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

66. DR? I'd ask for your recommendation, but ...

... but I'm afraid a good cigar might cause me to take up smoking again. I think I'm too weak to stop at "just one".

I'll settle for some aromatic second-hand cigar smoke at the golf course. Hmm, izzat you?

[ProfessorGAC]

68. Dominican Republic

And yeah, that's me!

[ooky]

19. That magat has had enough winning.

[Grins]

20. He did what?

“(He) grabbed two stogies, stormed outside...”

You mean like Michael Brown Jr. in Ferguson, Mo? And the cops didn’t shoot him dead?

Was he white....?

[SunSeeker]

22. Yup.

His pic at this link: https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/news/2020/08/man-believed-to-be-shooter-in-mask-dispute-is-wounded-in-gunfight-with-cops-police-say.html




And they didn't leave him in the road for 4 hours like Michael Brown to bleed to death, they immediately got him a life flight.

[Grins]

23. He lost what...?

”...had also recently lost custody of his child”

Gee. I wonder why? I hope he could afford an AK-47....

[Crunchy Frog]

28. And he's still alive. What a surprise.

If he were black, would he still be alive, and would we be hearing about his "difficulties"?

[I_UndergroundPanther]

29. Glad he lost custody,hope he never gets it

Back. And he needs to go to jail. I don't care what his excuses are..we all have to deal with covid.

[lindysalsagal]

31. Thoughts and prayers.

because I really, really want to help.....

[BGBD]

37. Maybe losing his job and kid

had a lot more to do with him being batshit crazy than the pandemic.

[HipChick]

55. Folks going through worst..

don't pull out a gun...this time has been hard on all of us, magnifying things though..

[SiliconValley_Dem]

39. gee, I wonder why he lost custody of his child

psycho

[JI7]

41. Shocking this guy would lose his job and custody of his child

[Poiuyt]

42. Just wear the damn mask!

It's not that big of a deal. He's going to be in prison for a long time, but that could have been prevented by wearing a mask.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

43. More damage to our society due to right-wing brainwashing....

resulting in insane individuality and massive loss of community-mindedness and civic responsibility.

Resulting in....
* Another adult life lost to prison and the community will have to pay his medical and incarceration costs.
* Child will likely lose all child support and will have zero relations with his father.
* Numerous people in that community now living in even more fear.

All over refusal to perform the simple unselfish act of wearing a mask for what.....10-minutes?

May people like Rupert Murdoch, Rush Limbaugh, Newt Gingrich and Donald Trump burn in hell forever for the destruction they've done to what used to be a reasonably decent America.


KY...........

[greyl]

44. Still alive? I...

Link to tweet

[HipChick]

54. That's exactly what I thought..

[dlk]

48. More evidence to support an assault weapons ban

There’s just no logical reason for civilians to carry weapons of war.

[SunSeeker]

49. Totally agree. nt

[Bernardo de La Paz]

59. Loss of job / child is not an excuse for shooting at people. . . . nt

[JohnnyRingo]

62. He REALLY doesn't want to wear a mask.

He'll now have a future of never legally having a gun, or even bullets.

He lied on the registration question where he claimed sanctity of mind.

[SunSeeker]

63. If he thinks masks impinged his freedumb, wait tell he gets a taste of jail. nt

[Bettie]

64. I'm surprised they arrested him

usually white dudes can do whatever they want to.

[Aussie105]

65. See what happens when you mix stupidity with guns, and refusing to wear a mask?

The police come gunning for you!

Might just be easier to wear a mask? Not rocket science. Or brain surgery.

But too difficult for some, it appears.

Nice of his attorney to make excuses for him . . . 'he was getting stretched too tight' is no excuse. But White privilege and all that.

[Cha]

67. OMG!! magats really taking this thing

personally.

This latest for him only makes it worse. All he had to do was follow the rules of the Cigar store.

[SunSeeker]

70. All he had to do was wear a mask for the 5 minutes or so it would have taken to buy his cigars.