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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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What historical shootout should I cover next?
Rooftop Koreans!
I second rooftop Koreans!!
@@LazarusSpeaks definitely yes
This isn’t a shootout, but what about the retired marine who made modern body armor. Because he got tired of being robbed in Detroit delivering pizzas.. he also smoked the guys who tried the rob him a second time
1986 Miami FBI shootout! Its a dousy! It caused the FBI and many law enforcement agencies to make the switch from revolvers to semi auto handguns.
Its nuts how the cops won't police an area sufficiently then lecture people for organizing a defense against people trying to kill them.
Cops are useless, really.
It's no different than the FBI not being able to catch a international fugitive and then the next thing you know Dog the Bounty Hunter has the guy and is locked up with him in Mexico. It doesn't look good on the boys in blue
That's by design, same thing with punishing the victim of bullying for self defense.
You usually don't get caught for going first, but everyone sees the retaliation and focuses on that.
@@j0hndobile802 It's ego, they don't want to be shown up, could care less about people's safety.
The most incredible part of this story is being able to buy a home for $20k
Nah wouldn’t live there even if you paid me 100k that’s why it’s cheap
lmaoooo😂
Different era
@@ArizonaJoshua and different area💀💀💀 you think they could sell that house on ASH ST for anything more?
10k back then but with the price rising up he made a good investment and after that u no there was definitely less crack sold in that area anyway its great when people stand up for the community's just sad that we have bad apples that are currently making it harder for people to keep our constitution right to own and bare arm's and the militarization of common police which are some of the biggest gangs nowadays and literally get away with murder all the time and not just black lives either definitely all colors and we citizen's should have control of what our governments are doing I believe in the police having s.w.a.t of course but definitely not every single sworn in cop having a long rifle and military grade firearms, cause that's how they get there high horse attitudes with a badge and higher ups to cover their asses when they are beating there wives and kids or beating up citizen's or profiling people,thank God tattoos are actually accepted in the forces now cause they are able to except citizen's with art on them more not as gang members but as citizen's/civilians abit easier now than years ago but last thing we should do is take our constitutional right to own and bare arm's away cause we should be able to defend ourselves cause dialing 911 when there's a bad apple aka sicko or pervert in your home trying to kill u and God forbid rape ur wife or child or kidnap them a cop won't always be able to get there before the damage is already done and we should have armed police/teachers in our schools cause then them sick scumbags that go and kill our children cause they just tick one day and decide they're going to go kill some innocent lilkids it would be a much better chance for our children because that sick person will think alittle more knowing that they more then likely will get shot back at and will get a fight and they won't just be able to walk into a school and start shooting so it gives our children a much better chance by having people who have to take updated courses on safety to have there licenses to carry along with security officers or cops for safety purposes to help detour some crazy person from going and harming our children my prayers go out to all the parents who lost a child or loved ones in these shootings that could of possibly been prevented 🙏😢
Took an oath to protect America from enemies both foreign and domestic and he took that shit seriously mad respect
Imagine you and your gang buddies going to somebody’s house then being shot at by a whole military squad
Yeah for a drug deal !
1/3rd of a platoon
Too bad they were rangers and not real soldiers.....all that ammo and one thug got hit????
@@edwardr7520 I'm not sure if this was mentioned in the video, but Foulk specifically told the other rangers not to hit anyone out of fear of being hit with a lawsuit, hence the abnormally low % of hits
Their won fault
The chief is upset about him not calling the police, I'd bet the Ranger was more upset the times he did call and they did nothing.
the Ranger is a hero who will be remembered for getting rid of criminal scum losers who are better off 6ft under
I've said this elsewhere, but I think it bears repeating - if only one dog on the block barks at the mailman, nobody is focusing on the mailman. The chief was likely trying to cover his ass, but it's also possible that his subordinates were more resentful towards the ranger than the gang members for forcing them to enter a shithole neighborhood to deal with stuff they were able to previously ignore. In an extreme case of irony, It's likely both the beat cops and the criminals would agree that the ranger's presence was a disruption to their normal routine.
The chief was mad that his incompetence was exposed.
@@oceanwavesandcocaine1129 have some perspective. These guys might deserve it but not all gang bangers do I feel. Anyone selling high quality drugs to addicts without embellishing facts would be unironically saving lives by giving them a constant source where they don't have to worry about being laced. We are supposed to think the dealers and the gang bangers are the bad guys and don't get me wrong they can be but they wouldn't get away with a lot of this if people in power were not getting paid off. We should of started a war on corruption instead of drugs, we could of actually won that one
For real, he didn't do anything when they were just selling drugs. But when the police don't show up for stuff like that, he didn't feel like he could trust them to handle something this big. He made the right choice
Having 15 ranger buddies show up really tells you how close these guys are. That’s a very tight knit group and I bet if he ever needed to call them again they would all still be ready for that call. I wish I had friends like that.
Join the military then
It's a life bond. Anyone who goes all the way loves to fight, has killed and will be way ahead of a criminal in skillet and capability.
Would love to. Tried to. Took the asvab and did really well. Unfortunately I have a disability that disqualifies me.
I understand.
@@machninety7334 I failed cos of my hearing lol almost went marine
"...against all enemies, foreign and domestic."
truest reply ive seen in awhile
🫡
That pledge sent goosebumps when I said it last year
I find it hard to believe that a group of 15 plus Rangers only managed to score one hit. Cops got their egos handed to them that day
Ikr! Those rumors regarding the aftermath are there for a reason! Of course the gangbangers will NOT own up to getting smacked down by a group of 15 dudes having an afternoon backyard barbecue along with a few beers who happened to be Spec Ops operators! 🤣🤣🤣
Based on the proposed op, it is entirely possible the Rangers were not going for shots. Instead, it was purely a defensive fire as a direct response to aggression. In a neighborhood filled with people, they were very aware of their backstops.
Police: "sorry we can't do anything..." Also Police: "why didn't you call us?! Defending yourselves was a reckless move and could have got people hurt!"
What is Uvalde police?
being a police give you an excuse to be useless and still demand for respect
@@Psionifier cowards..?
"Nobody needs an assault rifle and nobody needs more than 7 rounds!" -idiots who know nothing about self defense. Also those same idiots, "Police brutality!"
I never comment on YT but it’s actually maddening how this video blames the rise of the crips in Tacoma on an over-emphasis on “community policing” being too soft on crime or whatever
“Hey c’mon over I’m gonna have a BBQ ” “Cool, what we smoking” “Crips.” Dude that line was freaking mint
Yeah, most dudes aren't army rangers
@@deanriley5618 Oh, you mean guys like you?
@@deanriley5618 Seriously Dean? Like you would Dean? Oh let me guess going to make up some BS story Dean?
But no crips got smoked?
@@ahkimuhammad5876 That's because they drag their wounded away instead of taking them to the ER where they just might end up arrested. Guess you missed that part, huh?
This is the real version of " everybody's gangster until they face the much superior one "
"....what are we gonna smoke?.... Just just some Crips!" OMG, fell off the couch with this line! Awesome Video - Auckland, New Zealand loves this narrator LMFAO!!
The saddest part about this story is the lack of unaliving of gang members.
That we know of anyway...
IKR
THANK YOU!!!
@@TalkingHands308yeah. Who's to say they didn't get buried by their buddies to cover their tracks?
@@wowthere9950 that didn't happen.
This story reminds me of how bullying is handled at public schools. The victim reaches out to teachers, only to be ignored. As soon as the victim has had enough and fights back, they get chastised and told they should have reported it to the school faculty. Both kids are suspended, but the bully who doesn't give a shit about school anyways, sees it as a free vacation.
I told my kid if he got expelled for fighting a bully he would get ice cream on the way home. He put the first one against a wall and never had another problem.
My 12 yr old had a problem last yr with a “bully”…/I told him ignore whatever he says, you should NEVER care what some stranger thinks/says…but if he puts his hands on you or threatens you, IMMEDIATELY crack him right in the nose….a few days go by and I get a call at work from the school and had to go pick my boy up….I walked into the office and there was my Jake sitting at a table with another kid, a big fat kid with a bloody nose and had been crying, lol…the kids parents were in there too and I immediately saw why the kid was a asshole….felt bad for him, but I guarantee he’s done trying to bully others…I hope
@@elund408 --- That is the only EFFECTIVE way to definitively deal with a bully. Full stop.
EXACTLY
100%. I thought I was the only one that witnessed this happen I even talked to the kid that was bullied. He told everyone he knew and NOBODY stopped it..
I come back to this video every couple months, it's one of the most legendary videos on the website! The way he tells the story, everything this is my favorite channel rn❤
This never gets old. Love your storytelling🤙🏾
The cops were angry that Foulk didn't call the police, but stated earlier, the police didn't know how to handle this or were too scared to act on gangs.
Some things never change. It’s what led to the LA riots. The Police wussed out and the gangs took over
@@davefletch3063 I like LEO's more than I like gangs, though people would beg to differ that they're the same, but it takes a certain set of balls to leave the comforts of your home. Go off and abroad in a foreign land to fuck-shit-up at a moments notice. Especially when your buddy calls you up to come over for a BBQ and only asks to bring bullets and weapons to fight the neighborhood flunkies 👀💀
@@davefletch3063 you know cops have families & arent willing to die most of the time. These thugs are willing to die for they're set. What u think the cops are gonna do go to war with them & have shoot outs? 😆 its not in the job description. Cops arent soldiers
They didn't doublespeak. What they meant was, if Foulk had called the police, that the police would have responded and likely detained Foulk's men and weapons, so that the gang member wounding incident would have never occurred, but instead that when the gang members attacked un-opposed, that the great detectives of the area would have got some hot press time and been "hot on the trail" of those evil gang members for months, likely requesting more funding from down state at the same time. Phew, that's a lengthy one, but is totally reality. Attack your law abiding american citizens because they're easy targets that won't fight back is the name of the game for Police. And revenue generation as well. When you're the victim of a real crime involving property theft or violence the Police are about as worthless as birdshit on a freshly washed car. I speak from experience, not heresy!
@@Guillotines_For_Globalists It's a shame that "vigilante" justice is sometimes the only justice you can have.
“What’re we gonna smoke?” “Just some crips” Oh my lord that hit so hard
Jesus loves yall and died for us! Jesus calls for all of us to repent!!!!! !! !!! !
Rumor has it Hill Top Crips are still smoking to this day Sincerely an Army🪖brat
Except nothing happened afterall 😂
cringe comment
@@proudamerican3651 *Getting smoked more like it sincerely a fellow military brat
Popo! Great content! You have great comedic timing, which i love.... you had me lol'ing at several points in the clip. Keep it coming bro.
Did a good job editing and animation for a case with no film of the actual event. Good work! Love the music and that .38 snub nose!
The most unbelievable part of this story is the fact the guy left his house unoccupied for an entire deployment and it never got robbed.
Pretty much sounded like because he hadn't made himself a Target yet.
@davidcollver6155 im a trucker away for 5 days at a time and i had to get a roommate literally just for defense, and i live in a decent neighborhood.
The penalty for having membership in a gang should be life without parole, and with hard labor. You can’t change my mind.
@@EchoTravelsUSAhere in a blue state; all we need to hear is them saying they wont do it again and they'll change their life around; you'll see them free in a week
they already had full time jobs.....selling crack.
he took ''im not in danger I AM THE DANGER'' to a whole new meaning.
Call an ambulance, but not for me
He was the one that knocks
I'm surprised that they really didnt kill the crips off completely. Rangers , true hardcore wont back down & usually want blood
He is the one who knocks
@@patrick_mactan or the gang members.
All the hilltop homes are like $1 million now..
About half that
Such a baller ass story and fantastic storytelling. I was cracking up 😂
Just imagine being one of those gang members who escaped just to open the paper and find out they just tried to attack some of the most skilled and trained soldiers in America 💀
I'd be thanking my lucky stars I didn't get got that day. But gangbangers are known for being idiots AND ungrateful pieces of human excrement so I doubt they did.
In the world more like
@@Turistpazar_avno not in the world
@@jaco8f7y15the world
Laughing in Finnish
"Lectured them for not calling the police for assistance" Because the whole first half of the video made it abundantly clear that the police department wouldn't have done a DAMN thing.
As someone in the army, I really feel like the police are a sub-par organization. They tread the space between soldier and lawyer and their training in both departments is very lacking. Not to mention their physical fitness standards being lower than even the Air Force… I’m my opinion the army national guard should work with the police. A soldier would’ve ended the shooting in Texas a lot sooner than the cop.
Still, the police solved the situation in the end, didn't it
@@davideizzo2683 they wrapped everything up after all the work had been done. The "they resolved it in the end right" argument doesn't apply when, if the people the crips were after weren't rangers, they probably would've been killed.
@@davideizzo2683 if they relied on the police they would've been dead, the police didn't solve anything
Tacoma PD employed the CYA tactic toward dealing with this incident! At least the Rangers forced Tacoma's hand in beefing up its law enforcement.
Now THIS is a video essay, well done dude
One of the best Popo medic videos nice job.
How has Clint Eastwood not picked this story up and turned it into an absolute banger of a movie
Wasn’t Eldorado the movie
Because he got 15 buddies instead of just 2
@@agps4418 true 😂🤣😂🤣😂
gran torino
@@SouthernCharmDetailingLLC pretty close.
My dad met this one person back in the 90s while living in Pretoria, we'll call him John. John was a former Recce (South African Special Forces), and had taken part in multiple operations in Angola. Even though he was according to my dad a fairly humble and rather kind person, he suffered alot from PTSD, always sleeping with a Beretta under his pilow. John lived in a lower middle class area with some gang activity and the area suffered from constant breakins (this will be important later) The story goes that at some point, one of Johns best friends/ neighboor came to him for help, he had been robbed in the middle of the night, with his family injured severly and hus watch stolen. John went, found out who the gang was that had committed the crime and left in the middle of the night. He returned the next morning with the money and gold watch. Never answered how he found it or what he did. Then it came out some gang members had been murdered and an investigation was launched before being quickly shelved and then written off. The gangs tried to retaliate (or it could have been some normal criminals) and tried to break into his house only for him to shoot 2 of them. After that, not a single criminal or gang came within 5 blocks of Johns house and he quickly became known as the boogyman of the area tl;dr: dont fuck with combat vets
😂 I like the boggy man part.
Real life John Wick
Don't mess with South Africans. We fight from birth
@anniejohndoepker1403 yeah you do. Had to fight all those natives who outnumbered you.
I live in the country. There are redneck versions of thugs here, but the difference is everyone kinda knows who they are. When I was little, my dad was working in the mines in WV, and we lived in KY. It's pretty common for people to drive about 2 hours one way to go to work. These individuals knew this too. Well, my mom heard people talking and basically probing the house to see who's home or if it'd be a good place to rob. This wasn't a neighborhood; we were about a mile away from anyone, so the motive was pretty clear. Two nights after that, my dad took off work and parked his truck at my uncle's house to make it look like any other workday. Long story short, he killed a 23-year-old opiate fiend halfway through the window, heard footsteps running away, and shot in the direction of the sound. My sister said she still remembers the gun going off. I was just a baby, so all this was told to me secondhand. Apparently, the cops asked my dad why he didn't kill the other guy or something along those lines. Anyways my Dad is the the stereotypical type of redneck you're probably thinking about right now. very calm very kind but will fucking kill you if you fuck in and around his home. Anyways, idk why i sat n typed all of this. Its actually something i forgot about, so much that i don't think my wife even knows about lol. I wish i could tie it up nicely into a lesson but its pretty obvious. Dont fuck with men especially in their home. There's a joke that says something about you dont fuck with a place that has a car engine hanging in a tree, or a transmission in a bathtub because that's where a gun lives. its Jeff Foxworthy, holy fuck thats a name i haven't seen in awhile. I pasted this in the main thread too after typing it here. to justify all the typing mostly but yea less mystery same logic.
My first time encountering your work/channel. Clever with humor, thanks for the approx seven fine laughs. Can't wait to watch with my husband, we were married the July before this happened. 👍
10/21/23 This popped up on my feed today and very interesting I was living and still living in Tacoma Washington and I remembered this incident in 1989. And unfortunately this type of crime is starting to run rampant again in Tacoma mostly with teenagers stealing cars robbing businesses and individuals and having guns. We had an incident recently where an officer tried to stop some kids in a stolen car and one of the kids pulled a gun and hit the officer in the shoulder We are having the same issues with bad police response because of a lack of officers and policies and procedures by our worthless city council and mayor being soft on crime. The police officers trying to do the best they can but are limited, crimes increasing but yet the city police chief says it isn't it's going down yet we're averaging 75 cars a day being stolen in Tacoma Washington they're saying violent crime is down in Tacoma when in fact the overall crime is is rising and they don't want to admit it.
"He was never promoted" He proactively organized a defensive fortification, established and adhered to rules of engagement, and led a team through a battle. The dude has officer material written all over his body.
No, NCOER should read, "Promote ahead of Peers"
Sadly, most officers don't have those skills unless they have 10 years in
If I were him, I wouldn't care. The organization showed him that it was dishonorable. Social accolades are nice, but you should never sacrifice your principles for them. Kudos to Community Barbecuing Ranger dude.
@@greggkunkle8539 send to ALC immediately
he also took out 0 enemies with hours of preparation and extensive research on tactics that could be used by the opposition 😂
Man, how in the hell has this whole thing not been made into a big time movie?! This is some real life badassery
It’s pretty boring tbh. Would make for an okay short story but not a 2 hour big budget film.
Because it portrays minorities in an unflattering light. And that won't sell in a "woke" market.
@@slappybigalow8971 Well if they made the ranger and his friends black that would sell.
@@tomsnowden6201i mean its trained people vs hustlers thats like watching a pro boxer vs a crackhead
@@bullybullyi love watching those types of stuff It keeps me grounded
Bravo! Well done my good man! Thank you for sharing your gifting!
Everyone gangsta until they fuck around with combat vets.
In the Army, we swear to protect from foreign and domestic. These soldiers should of recieved honor for standing up to what the police hadn't done.
Faulk should have been promoted to Master Sergeant. He conducted a training exercise with provided OP-4, He took command over of a mission in an urban setting (non-vegetation) which miraculously resulted in zero fatalities; meaning the Rangers were trying to NOT kill them. Guy should have been promoted immediately ahead of his peers
@@golgo13fan53 agreed
@@golgo13fan53 and all of that with minimal equipment against an opposition of unknown size
Thats why gang violence in 80s been so big, when police were not so strong to take care of them, so these rangers realised we are the only one’s abel to put protect our house, when polices just send one police car, that simply does nothing. No Swat police comming to help.
@DaSilva R. I didn't know you lived over there
I literally grew up in this area and kids today don't believe me when I tell them this story. Now we have this video. Thank you
I’ve never heard anything about this and I grew up here too, I’m at my job rn showing all of my coworkers and we’re all so confused and amazed lmao
It's not well known out side the area. In Aberdeen I have heard many people talk about this but outside the area not a single word.
You need not have said “literally”. It is already understood to be literal. Stop misusing/overusing the word LITERALLY.
@@brucejemcek6986 nobody cares
we all know the story but the details are not the same.
The kind of story thats warms any patriots heart.
I actually remember reading about this in the newspaper, back then. My 8th grade english teacher was laughing about it. She had moved from that area, the previous year.
When seconds count, the police are just 30 minutes away. The police rarely prevent violent crime from occurring, they're mostly there to clean-up, after the fact, and file reports.
“Observe and report”
Especially the cops in Uvalde Texas.
That’s literally what their job is. Bodyguards protect. Policemen are paper pushers. Their role is to present evidence in court to bring a criminal to justice. That’s why you always hear ppl complain that the police take too long to arrive on scene at a shootout. They’re only gonna collect shell casings and testimonials from the witnesses. If any
Of course, by 'reports' you mean fabricated accounts.
Much like the movies, the cavalry always arrives as the credits start to roll :p
I love how the cops had the balls to say “you should have called us first” like it wasn’t directly under their watch and their fault that the area got completely overrun in the first place. “Maybe the situation could have been prevented if you called us before the shots” yeah and maybe it could have been avoided had the local PD done their fucking jobs in the first place.
You sound like the leftists who hassle the police all summer, try to defund them, then complain about why they're ineffective. The actual problem is criminals.
Well considering the involvement of our government with the trafficking...Id say a large part of the crack epidemic could have been prevented.
I'm sure the cops in Uvalde live by the "call us first" standard... cowards
Good point
The police chief was on the take and on the payroll
I enjoy coming back to this video from time to time
Best video I’ve watched in a long time
Love how the police had the audacity to lecture the rangers for defending themselves because they couldn't do their jobs properly. Aaaaand 33 years later, cops still can't do shit about this.
They could if they were directed to. The Democrats who run the current problem cities cultivate and perpetuate the problem.
Can't, won't, or have been ordered not to? Just like Uvalde TX.
People are realizing police only keep them less safe because we are constrained to actually defend ourselves.
@@828enigma6 won't.
Cops losing face😂
What a legend that he still lives there til this day. He fought for the right to live where he did and him still being there is awesome
Hilltop is gentrified now. His property must be worth a pretty penny.
@@Nutnchancy there’s still some less than savory areas in hilltop
@@Nutnchancy and that's a damn good thing
8.3 million people watched this, is that doxing to mention he still lives there?
@@6Sparx9 If anyone is actually stupid enough to try anything after watching this, it's _their_ funeral lmao
I just watched the opening statement and I see this is about to go down!!! Let get it Rangers!!!
Dude this is some of the best documentary Work I’ve ever seen
"Attempted murder" has to be one of the most humiliating crimes.
Maybe but no one was charged with Attempting Murder in this case. He said 2nd degree assault was the convicting charge.
Unless it was the result of a fist fight. Then it's a badge of honor.
@Austin Batton merched dese old heads js b talkin😭
Fuck no a rape case is. Do you know how desperate and a failure at not getting no play to do some shot like that ?
@@benzostaxkin bro what
This has to be one of the most badass shootouts I’ve ever heard of. The crips where like “Who do you think you are?” And foulk literally responded with “The Us army!”
yeah you don't fuck with special forces. They will massacre you
@@DadsWatchingKZhead dude they where army rangers
Criminals vs War Criminals
The real live Boogeymen. The one that make you lose your bladder when we arrive.
More like, "The best in the world"
As someone raised around veterans ive learned you dont mess with soldiers specially if theyre trained for war.
Awesome video. Thank you.
"He still owns the property to this day" Well, he definitely got his investment back, that's for damn sure.
@@timberlynknowles6026 sauce?
@@timberlynknowles6026 bruh he's not dead 🤣
@@timberlynknowles6026 still ain't give no sauce, BRUH.
@@timberlynknowles6026 nah those gangs ran scared just like they always do, just bunch of weak little babies.
@@timberlynknowles6026 where is the source or senator armstrong would be more deserving in trust & power than YOU. (Albeit he's fictional, I bet the senator would be an more trustworthy person than a person who can't even have human decency, and if the dude died, he never deserved theor death but an insensitive person would say you deserve it (timberlyn knowles) when you seem like not an 1% contributor to attempting to restore greatness, even you didn't give us any source link so why should we respect people like you, I bet back in the 80s / 90s, you would got beaten up for tryna hoax dogcrap like that, and you'd delude yourself and say "nah, I aint" when you have lots of issues).
As an older black man, I'm gonna follow these guys example and get some of my friends and we defend and take back our neighborhoods from these thugs. Because the police aren't doing it
And as an older black man you have a85% chance at finding yourself dead or in jail
I guess... be as safe as you can.
Stay frosty,Rodney,and God speed,sir
@@yehldyehld got no choice man. Milwaukee is out of control
I'm up for some backyard cooking.
Never disrespect anyone who was willing to lay down their lives to protect the very country that you're living in. 💯
Just discovered this absolute goldmine of a channel
Never ceases to amaze me how cowardly and incompetent civil authorities are, until something like this happens.
Yup, and yet the have the unmitigated gall to say you shoulda called us. "You shoulda called 911 and this wouldn't have happened!" Those calls you've been ignoring till now? "Yeah those calls." It's amusing, frustrating, and laughable that the police have no legal oblation to protect people. Crazy.
civil authorities are politicians, big talk no action.
All politics. There are enough members of the rank and file who have the guts to handle this but are reigned in constantly by high-level command whose only concern is protecting their retirement fund. Truly cutting cops loose on violent criminals requires permission to be aggressive and take the kid gloves off.
Cowardice and incompetence are downstream from corruption.
We are a reactionary society. Bleach probably didn't have a label on it to not drink it until after someone did. Something terrible has to happen before we realize it was a problem to begin with. Remember 9/11 happened by planes being highjacked by men with box cutters. Inch long blades and being told as a society to not be heros, be passive and comply. We did a lot of growing up after that very fast
Perfect example of "when seconds count, the law is minutes away". Rangers lead the way 🤟
now it should be "when seconds count, the police wait for forty plus minutes, a few yards away, for a negotiator as people are killed all around you"... _"Authorities have given confusing, piecemeal and contradictory accounts of the attack. Their latest version, delivered at a news conference Thursday, described officers’ pulling back and calling for help (body armor, snipers, negotiators) while gunfire could be heard from inside the classroom."_
@@gusmc2220 “Certified funny moment”
@@gusmc2220 *elementary schoolers
@@kyanwang8957 *teachers
Shocker?
Thank you Foulk and the rest of you rangers for you service both home and abroad. I remember those days vividly.
Ove seen this maybe three times in the past two years and it never gets old
the fact that the Crips ambushed him while he and all his ranger buddies were all there BBQing, essentially starting a war is mind blowing.. 🤯
You don't come between a man and a good medium-rare T-bone
Shows how stupid they are...
nobody ever accused gang bangers of being anywhere close to intelligent.
Funny how there was an organized bbq in the first telling of the story and an impromptu one in the second. But I never question anything so...
Impromptu or organized, either way these clown calling themselves crips shoulda just left well enough alone.
I know Bill personally, this was a very accurate depiction of what went down that day. I remember Bill showing me the bullet holes. He later pretty much owned that block of Ash Street. He’s a great dude. I miss him. Wish I hadn’t moved away. A little known fact about Bill, he can sing really really good. He sounds exactly like Neil Diamond.
I'm glad Rambo Neil Diamond owned a block in a shithole neighborhood. Cool
Army Rangers Smoked Some Crips in 1989: The Official Rumor Mill | Live From The Lair
Bro, This dude sounded tuff as they get until he got compared to the nay nay Neil Diamond
Owned the block, more like owns Tacoma!!!
If you ever meet him again send regards from India. 👏👏👍🙏
I’m so happy that you highlighted not only that battalion but all of them, my father was a ranger and was almost drafted to serve in what would become code name “black hawk down”
I visited Ash street back in November and it was a quiet nice neighborhood. Huge difference that what was described back in the 80s
I lived for a couple years with a PMC that would go deal with gangs and cartel pretty often. He always basically said most of those people were sick and cruel to a lot of people, but when it came to actually having to deal with anyone that was trained to actually fight them off, they were like toddlers
Thats why i respect more private armies over Country military troops, they know are k1lling for the money and dont bullsh1t about patriotism and liberty when their own country wont practice what they preach Also gangs and cartels deserve cruelty discipline the same way they give to inocent people They are animals...deserve animals treatment
i suspect what you know about private armies (private military companies) could be contained in a very short paragraph.
@@CMCSE A private military vs. a national military is often a losing fight on the private side. Motivation isn't there like it is with the national military who are motivated from an ideological perspective. This is why when the USA goes to war in a foreign country with questionable at best motivations, they are given hell by what are essentially farmers with AKs. The same played out in Vietnam, Iraq, etc. Although there are private contractors who are ex-military who are there for the money and the thrill of being a door kicker too. Some of those guys live for it, but most of them just aren't going to fight like a national military with motivation.
bullies tend to fold when pressed
@@drownthepoor The same is applied to national military, the soldiers enlisted today aren't infallible when it comes to motives, most join because they are dangled a shiny keychain of promises and advantages that they otherwise would struggle with obtaining through regular civilian work and as such even if they go through basic training most times aren't the mentally unrelenting forces you paint them to be, most of what keeps them from deserting is the fact that they are actually obligated by law to remain unless the situation calls otherwise whereas contractors are not. Also most mercenaries already are ex-military, the few that aren't are the ones that get commissioned from rich people or criminal groups since most serious PMCs know they are putting their money on the line if their employees don't meet their specific quality control and they must ABSOLUTELY make a profit, having soldiers that won't fight or protect your merch is a sure way that you'll never hire them again and that PMCs want to avoid at all costs.
The absolute gall of the civilian police sergeant who lectured a team of active duty Ranger vets on R&R from a fucking combat deployment about defending their buddies home while his officers literally *fled the scene* will never not amaze me.
After the copa at Uvelde nothing surprises me anymore
I mean the Crips were idiots but he provoked them. Why start a fight in a neighborhood full of houses? Retarded on the Rangers part
Fled the scene? He's being fired on, and doesn't know where the assailant is. Getting out of his car could have been suicide. He reversed away and was joined by colleagues asap. Where does it say that he left? It doesn't, you're making it up because, what, you like to spout off?
90% of being a cop is being on a power trip
Right WTF ??? really
Bro release a soundtrack. That beat is killer.
"what are we gonna smoke? JUST SOME CRIPS!" HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
When the only way to defend yourself involves calling in the army (unofficially), the police system should feel ashamed.
Agreed.
Rangers are Special Forces. Not just an Army Unit
You know the police are the first line of government defense, if they cant handle the situation, army dudes take over
@@ryneagheilim9782 they still part of the army
The thing is, police shouldnt been seen as some great and overprotective officers of the law, instead, just keeping things in check, and whenever someone is in danger whether it’s life threatening or not, to be there when necessary. However I don’t disagree with people needing to be ashamed, i think in general our systems could be better, city/community leaders should strive for what’s right, not what feels good. But hey man, at the end of the day, humans are running it.
I love his chain of commands response. "Hey they were off duty and not on orders. Not something we need to get involved with." That's true leadership right there. Always looking out for your joes.
Yet they shunned him from the possibility of promotion over it. Not as glorious as we may think, they’re spineless compared to this great man.
@@zepho100 You really are lacking any evidence of that. It's must be nice to read wikipedia or reddit and jump to conclusions, isn't it?
@@djmaster1995 was he promoted?
@@zepho100 Why would they promote him for something he did off duty while on home-soil, while not under any direct orders?? I get that he did something good by defending himself and his neighborhood, but that's something completely outside of the military's bounds. Be realistic lol.
@@bablo82 what are you talking about? I didn’t say they would promote him for the events in this video. I said that he was essentially blacklisted from a promotion hence why he left the armed forces (also mentioned in this video).
I've watched this so many times and every time it makes my day better.
Crips “smoked” by Rangers? More like a shootout that was filled with more ego and gun smoke than anyone GETTING smoked.
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.
And for those wondering the ksk is like delta force
Yeah that didn't happen. Mike Tyson couldn't fight 5 guys at the same time
That's believable.
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
@@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?
I respect this guy, the balls to stand up against organized crime.
These are the "HillTop" Crips boobie they're a street gang, organized crime is the Mafia 🇮🇹
The Military is organized crime.
It doesn't take balls to step on some cockroaches. Just a little bit of effort.
I'd imagine organized crime would be nothing compared to war.
@@AdamJensen_ Then why you never stopped mass shooters?
I enjoy your work.
I do believe my dad was stationed at Fort Lewis that year, he was a Ranger in Just Cause as well. I don't think he was involved, but just knowing what he is capable of, im good
This needs to be a movie
Gran Torino
Fast & Furious : Tokyo drift
Toy story 3
Pocahotus!
original GI Joe's vs novice paint''ballers''
Going after a man you think is a civilian and finding out you've "cornered" essentially two squads of Rangers is like thinking you've treed a housecat and finding you've actually cornered a tiger.
4 tigers
The difference is, they were just civilians too before they went in the army Some gang members have dealt with things that give some soldiers nightmares too
@@getstrongby4038 gangs don't train you to be an operator and they don't train you to work as a unit. Just to be an animal that serves the greater collective and nothing more.
@@matrinezkevin11492 I hear you, im just saying some of the people I know who went in the army and served in tours of Afghanistan who were actually cowards, I've been in situations where they froze up just over a fist fight
@@matrinezkevin11492 I can see some being hardened, desensitized meatheads, but rangers are intelligent, witty and made of just as much muscle as they are made of mind
I tried to write a screenplay about this! Thought for sure it would be a movie one day.
At first, I was thinking the rangers were kind of in the wrong. He told his friends to come armed, so it was premeditated. They should have called the police. But then I started thinking, there is really no other way this could have ended without him being hurt, or worse. He would have called the police, the gang would have seen this, and they wouldn't have attacked that night. But they would have ultimately attacked, and he would have had no way to know when it would happen. Thank you for this video!! I had never heard of this!!
Recommend watching videos about koreatown vs rioters or el marino loco
The Police: Sorry, but there's not much we can do. Also the Police: Why didn't you call us?
Its like the police dont even realize they are the step down from the army. They literally were trying to scold the better trained, more professional armed forces.
@@bunnieskitties293 lol police arnt even a step down from the army
That is the standard, universal, politicalese.
Imagine being a gang member thinking your just ambushing a normal guy only to be locked in a firefight with a bunch of highly experienced combat veterans
And the teenaged gangbangers still won though, smh.
Rangers are the tip of the spear though. The hardest of the hard. Some of the most feared are Army Rangers for they know how to survive all by themselves. Those gang members are lucky to be alive after that, some may not be for all we know
I find it a little concerning that a large Army Ranger "squad" with the benefit of defensive positions and a planned counter-ambush was unable to inflict a single confirmed casualty against untrained gang members w/ pistols and considering how many close calls and injuries they had it doesn't sound like they did any better at all _whatsoever_ and I don't get why the video keeps implying they were badass and the gang members were pussies because given the disparity in training and experience this was an outright _embarrassment_ for an elite group like the Rangers ...and if their intent was to not kill but rather suppress _in a residential neighborhood_ then that's even worse.
They're lucky none of the Rangers seemed to have night vision.
@@llYossarian not really a planned counter ambush.. they knew they were coming but they didn’t know when, how many, or where they would be coming from. Can’t really plan anything that way. But they did have defensive positions. And of course there wouldn’t be any confirmed injuries/casualties because they can’t go to any hospitals since ya know… it’s kind of illegal to have shootouts and they’d be put under police investigation. It was also dark, no lights at all apparently. So ya know there’s that. Kind of hard to hit people who are black, dressed in black, and have cover in the middle of the night on an unlit street… point is I’d like to see you last 3 seconds in a similar situation lmao
I used to live on the hilltop a couple blocks from here. Its was so bad then. But after they put the poloce station right on mlk things calmed down. Now its back to the bs.
“He was determined to push the drugs…” Wait, what? “And the gangs OUT.” Oh ok. 😂
I was stationed across the airfield from these guys at the time. We all heard about it, but never any details. It kind of became urban legend and grew in size and scope over time. Thanks for sharing the actual details of the incident.
Rangers! They went up against not just one, but several.. oh boy that was a silly move!!! haha I was expecting there to be a complete pile of gang members when the dust cleared. They got lucky- but then again, if you're in a gang-related shootout, it's not like you can go seek medical assistance. I served with a Ranger- They're not to be trifled with. :D We joined Navy boot camp at the same time... I was 17 and acted as most 17 year olds did.. and this other guy was very chill, friendly, but take no sh**. One day we were just chatting about how his prior service only let him get an automatic E3 in the Navy, but he wasn't too bothered about it. He said the REAL hassle, likely more than what it was worth... WAS that he had to wear his Bronze Star or he would be out of uniform by regulation. A few people took notice of his ribbon (and probably taken aback on the Jumpmaster pin as well) all like, "WHOAH hold on there." When confronted, he would usually reply, "I was just doing Airborne things, but it was just a case of I had to use the "facilities" (toilet) and that would have been hard to do with people shooting at us... So I had to go poo and confronted the enemy, so we could have a break." It was obvious he was prior service, but to see an E3 with a Bronze Star was something else. He would joke to the tune of, "I joined the Navy so I dont have to be put in the position to get another one." This was also around the same time a newly graduated recruit decided to wear a Navy SEAL pin and got in deep doodoo... So maybe the recruit commanders were just being overly cautious. But the Ranger (Now Navy Seaman) was like, "yup... it's mine. and never got pissy" :P
Yeah, that does happen! And most Rangers would be like, "oh yeah, some idiots came to our BBQ and it got out of hand for a bit, but then we settled things."
The good old airfield, I remember running around it 3 times a week! Was in one of the best shapes in my life then…lol
Yeah because it probably didn't happen like that. 15 rangers and not 1 death? I'm not talking about running away to the hospital and dying. Their whole gang shoulda been dead, scattered across the yards and street like beer cans... Didn't happen so either the rangers were trash at shooting, which I doubt, or it just didn't happen!
Gray Army Airfield or McChord AFB?
Definitely a matter of self defense. This story is still talked about throughout the army
Not really different tha their war stories. Mercing poor people in their own neighborhood.
@@andrewbrown6522they're Crips idc
@@neinja66469 You might be surprised how gangs happen and thrive. Im a hard on violent crime kinda guy but thr fact remains that most gangs form out of a protectionist neccessity. Often from the gov. Take Canada for example. 4 years ago, you were probably clearly either legit or crimminal. Throw a dictator and outbreak into the mix and suddenly you have gangs of people just trying to eat. Fast forward that a few years and they may have to diversify.
Should've just let them crips burn down his house and kill him, would've saved his family and neighborhood that way, and the crips could be happy😞
@@hudsonS238 Never said that.
15 rangers and 0 enemy killed? Lol
No wonder the States haven't won a war in 70 years
Yooooo Papali Mafia Conversion to Musitano in Hamilton,ON (Copps Colliseum Canada) cover that for a video?
Imagine being a dealer that's been told you gotta go make someone an example - only to realize you're fighting 15 Rambos.
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first blood pt. 3
If it was one Rambo , they all be dead! I was hoping they all got smoked...
The fact that the cops weren't stacking dead bodies like cordwood makes me wonder about the competence of these rangers, and exactly how much they'd had to drink that night. I mean we're talking about RANGERS here, supposedly the army's best, and they were dug in and expecting an attack, so those bangers should have been walking dick first into a wood chipper.
The real shame of this story is the beer. If those Rangers hadn't spent the afternoon sinking suds, there'd have been fifteen bodies on the lawn and street, not one wounded man. The gangbangers got off lightly.
"What are we gonna smoke?" "Just some crips" This was the actual interaction the rangers had with each other and you can't convince me otherwise 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭😭
"Ah okay! The barbecue is just the appetizer then?" 🤣🤣🤣
Lol
Then didn't even do it lol
Nobody smoked anybody though . If it had been 14 of my ranger buddies and I their would have been hella casualties even without any night vision aids
Everybody tough as fucqq when they have left their former weakling life to be trained to become tough. But why not act tough without the training. That separates a man from a scary person. It's crazy how much people talk shit ONLY after they have been trained to hurt,shoot kill others,but I see those " gangbangers" are not trained and got more toughness than the so called rangers etc @@kravmaga1632
the islands boys part got me wheezing 🤣
People who think they are dangerous vs people who are actually dangerous
Police: *Doesn’t do anything or even know how to handle the gang situation* Also Police: “why didn’t you call us?!”
If the rule of law brought you to this, of what use was the thin blue line?
Sounds about right. I just finished reading a book about a vigilante killing in 1982. The law failed the town repeatedly for decades, and two or three guys decided enough was enough. Then the county sheriff, state police & FBI poured far more resources into finding the killers of the criminal than they ever put into stopping the criminal.
We didn’t call you because we didn’t want coffee and donuts yet!
@@kelrik9968 I guess stepping on police enforcement turf is a lot worse than crimes against civilians!
Police are the biggest gang there is.
Remember... when seconds matter, cops are always minutes away.
Or an hour -_-
@@Neobelmont1 Or months if you live in Portland
Said this to my lefty in-law and he literally shook his head, said no. He also believes there is no valid reason to own a firearm. Not even for hunting, not even if you live 100 miles from humans. All I told him was until he arms himself, any other emergency preparations were just stocking up for the hardest dude on the block.
Or 45 minutes if you live in Uvalde
@@RaisedbyaWildPackofCigarettes I can still shoot a Klan members
I remember hearing about this when I lived in Bremerton Washington in the late ‘80’s
I got stationed at Lewis\Madigan in 1993 and "Hill Top" in Tacoma was on the list in the company barracks of places we were not supposed to go when off post due to this event and related gang activity in the area.
Same here, I was stationed at Fort Lewis February '94 - April '95. I recall several stores, bars, clubs that were off limits cuz of all the crime activity.
This was known locally as The Battle of Hilltop. In the1980s and 90s Tacoma was a war zone. Nobody was really upset about this except we were disappointed that the Rangers didn't kill the drug dealers.
Loved the story, but was quite disappointed to hear the Rangers hadn't killed them all.
Yall are fucking cavemen, murder wouldn't solve the issue
Too much of a “hassle” to kill the thugs…courts and all. Much better to soundly put the fear of God into them. The guy apparently never had any “problems” after that!
@@jennismith2 I agree. Killing them will just lead to retaliation by someone who lost his older brother. That’s why these gang shootings between rival gang will never end, it’s a vicious cycle.
read my other post. It is believed some gang bangers were killed and more wounded. This was not publicized to discourage vigilante action by decent people. The Army took administrative action against the involved Rangers to ensure it didn't happen again.
A man (a group of men really) who took their oath to defend America against ALL enemies, foreign AND domestic, seriously. Well done!
wont attack white supremacists though. cowards
so black people enemies now ?
We need to get the treasonous, child abusing, Freemasons that created the gangs in the first place. We are at war with secret societies
@@Saturn-Matrix they taught whites racism so that the whites would always see melanated people as the enemy rather than elite secret societies.
@@davruck1 True, it's in the symbolism, the red cross, Knights Templar, also the KayKayKay. Divide and conquer
Moral of the story: If you're going to have a barbecue, invite some Army Rangers.