Slog - Comments on NE 45th St and University Way

Comment by Fnarf

Fnarf — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 20:03:26 -0800

Who's the guy who was wrapping his arms around Abdow in the video, trying to pull him away?

Comment by I Know, I'm A Jerk

I Know, I'm A Jerk — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 20:27:21 -0800

This is fucked up. I don't wish getting shot on anyone but that bouncer's a prick. Shit, actually show me a bouncer at Tommy's who isn't.

Maybe dude can take it down a notch now. Maybe find a new line of work.

On the bright side, at least it wasn't life or death. Wow, SPD. What do we pay you for again?

Oh that's right, your resources are all tied up round the clock solving the mystery of the Fremont Guerilla Pruner and planting crack on people.

Comment by Sean

Sean — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 22:47:43 -0800

Fnarf, what video?

Comment by K X One

K X One — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 23:59:05 -0800

Next time try and get shot in front of Winchells

Only way you are going to get any help from the SPD

They don't give a fuck yo!

Comment by gunga din

gunga din — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 00:58:13 -0800

Hey @2, if everyone that acted like a prick got shot there wouldn't be anyone left to go to shithole bars like Tommy's. That guy was just doing his job and he got shot by a psycho asshole that couldn't leave his personal issues at home. I really wish places like Tommy's, Earl's, and the All American didn't exist, but if they didn't the shitheads that go there would end up at my bar.

Comment by hmm....

hmm.... — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 03:31:33 -0800

@5, You have a point.

Comment by monkey

monkey — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 06:44:34 -0800

Fucking SPD!

Comment by Judah

Judah — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 07:05:17 -0800

Of course, UWPD could've responded, had anyone, 911 dispatcher included, thought to call them.

Comment by SDA in SEA

SDA in SEA — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 07:25:44 -0800

Oh, nice job SPD.

Explain how a known troublemaker who threatens to get a gun and come back and shoot you is not a life or death emergency.

Maybe Tommy's isn't the most civil bar in the city. Maybe the bouncer's a prick. They nevertheless don't deserve to be shined on by SPD when guns come in to play.

Comment by Mr. Poe

Mr. Poe — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 08:16:08 -0800

"I don't remember how I got in this tree, or shooting anybody. Durr."

Comment by maxsolomon

maxsolomon — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 08:34:45 -0800

if only everyone in the bar had been armed! good luck with the american justice system, Noor Abdulkadir Abdow. good thing its completely blind to race or religion!

Comment by Andy

Andy — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 08:56:03 -0800

I like how every now and then the commenters how their age.

@5, the All American no longer exists. Earl's ditched their upper-Ave digs and moved into the space the All American used to occupy. But anyways, you make a very good point. Without the dive bars, the shitty clientele would make my favorite bars their new dives.

Comment by Touring

Touring — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 08:57:15 -0800

I remember reading in the Times that they arrested two people and I was thinking to myself what more could the friend have done to prevent the altercation? It is obvious now that had he called the police on his friend they would not have come. Thanks to the video we can see that he did what he could to prevent things. 10 years ago he would be going to jail as an accessory to attempted murder.
And way to go Noor Abdulkadir Abdow. Way to fuck up the rest of your life because of your drunk fucking hormones. Hope he can serve as an example to the rest of the city not to take it to that level. This is a private establishment and they have right to refuse to let in trouble makers � which he ultimately proved he was. If you think they discriminated against you then sue �em.

Comment by Callie

Callie — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 09:50:33 -0800

@3 When Jonah first posted about this shooting, he included a video that someone took from an apt building across the street. Apparently it ends right before the kid comes back with his gun. I can't remember which day it was, but if you go back in the blog postings you'll find it.

Comment by christopher

christopher — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 10:20:32 -0800

Hey, you never know... Noor could go to prison, find sanity, and come out a cool guy in a decade or so, like Charles Dutton. But odds are he's an insensate psychotic ass who will come out and go right back to this gangsta shit. Seems like we have no shortage of that in this world (and in political and corporate offices, which guarantee they never do hard time). Y'know Elizabeth Bathory couldn't be executed for her crimes due to her station. Times don't change. I'm kind of off topic. I'm going away now.
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Comment by tomasyalba

tomasyalba — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 10:26:37 -0800

So the cops wouldn't come until after the shooting on this because of a priority "Green Lake chase," eh? If I'm correctly coordinating my Stranger news with my P-I news, the Green Lake chase was where three plainclothes cops in an unmarked Ford downtown failed to identify themselves, took a shot at a citizen in his car, chased him to Green Lake with no siren or lights, pulled up alongside him at an intersection, and promptly got their tires shot out by the driver, who took off, then turned himself in the next day after seeing a lawyer.

So that's how the cops were busying themselves while the Tommy's bouncer was awaiting that bullet. Another red-letter day for SPD.

Comment by La Studenta

La Studenta — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 11:16:29 -0800

I'm sick of these gangs that hang out on the Ave between 50th and 47th. I remember two years ago when the police arrested several members of the "East African Gang" as they were called. Every time I try to walk to safeway, or head south on the Ave, I get accosted by these Algerians and Sudanese boys in their teens. Can't they find a better place to hang out? They should go to the University Community Center 1 block away and take a free class on "urban dance" or something. Get rid of that energy productively.