Group of burglars arrive armed to North Salt Lake neighborhood

[@CUDA1970Terry]

If burglars and thieves arrive ARMED that means they intend to do harm. They are fair game to citizens intent on protecting themselves.

[@sherriarmstrong936]

EXACTLY!!!!!!!!

[@mi-mh1uo]

Their guns were meant for their self protection from vigilante citizens. Not good. Buy they were out to shoot someone. Because if they were, they would have.

[@Poordirtfarmer]

@@CUDA1970Terry they want to turn everybody into a bunch of wimps that are afraid to stand up for their own stuff

[@TJackSurvival]

This is Stupid in Utah as statistically 1 in 4 people has a concealed firearm in this state.

[@libertybell1574]

Quote from Lt. Col. Jeff Copper, U.S.M.C. "If violent crime is to be curbed, it is only the intended victim who can do it. The felon does not fear the police, and he fears neither judge nor jury. Therefore, what he must be taught to fear is his victim."

[@mi-mh1uo]

USMC 1st class private gomer pile says, "golly sarge".

[@lightningdriver81]

@@mi-mh1uo You’re a bit of a ding dong, aren’t you?

[@TheSki1974]

The story fails to mention that the disgusting, cowardly thieves did this in the same neighborhood 2 nights in a row. “Let the police handle it…” Yeah, ok. They obviously chased them but no one is in custody. Thanks for your service… I’ll take it from here.

[@chriswigman4218]

@TheSki1974 There are pretty brave doing crime in one of the most armed States.

[@SongMom8]

Confronting a burglar and being ready to defend yourself is not the same thing.

[@ride1123]

....says an intelligent person. It's incredible that someone actually understands the difference between self defense and the proactive defense of property using violence. Thanks for being aware. Not that most people have the capacity to even understand what you said, but I appreciate you saying it.

[@williamlong8859]

I'd recommend not confronting them unless you are ready and fully prepared to defend yourself and property. Yes this includes in court afterwards.

[@american236]

Stop talking about how scared you are and go buy some fire power. You should’ve been at the gun store the next morning, bro.

[@BJBlaser]

I have been, and so have a lot of my neighbors.

[@AlonelyRetriever]

We have 50,000 illegls in the Salt Lake Valley. This is the Crime Trump warned us about.

[@dfusa4869]

😂 right !

[@GeneralTso-x2q]

Criminals aren't afraid of cameras or even cops. They know even if arrested they will walk free with zero punishment.

[@ride1123]

Says someone who has never been arrested. Obviously. Say you're the whitest most privelaged person, nvm you already did.

[@realstatistician]

Not in utah.

[@yungxrow]

taxpayer money goes to police so they can continue to do nothing

[@Tom-hz9oc]

They’re doing exactly what they’re paid to do. Show up after an incident has occurred to take reports and gather up bodies. They’re not there to protect you if that’s what you’re expecting.

[@TheSki1974]

Heavily armed, military cosplayers. They’ll get you for going 45 in a 44 though.

[@JR-pt7lg]

@@yungxrow The tax payer funds the police so they can file a very nice document about what happened so the layers can get it and make money.

[@boysrus61]

What are the rules for fast chasing thru a neighborhood? 80 MPH? I hope they have other identifiable evidence and can go after them.

[@mi-mh1uo]

This new?

[@_ac_7649]

the cops can't handle it. Its up to civilians

[@jdc8352]

This ☝️

[@garyquail4996]

To heck what the police I believe the citizens should take care of this like the days of the Old West.

[@ericthemidget9685]

Utah has crap self defense laws and SLC is full of leftist judges that are pro-immigrant over citizen rights.

[@redredbluemustard]

I will go, I will do.

[@wendyhack8644]

That helps NOTHING!

[@Skank_and_Gutterboy]

Yep, the usual police preaching, just sit and be a good little victim.

[@Epicfunk]

You got that right... you don't need guns, because the police will protect you lol.

[@NecrOphelia747]

Exactly! To them everything we work hard for is just expendable.

[@american236]

@@Epicfunklol

[@stevejones6802]

@Skank_and_Gutterboy don't be stupid. If they said "confront these guys and engage them..." then they get hurt or killed, they'd be sued. Of course they'd love it if we take care of biz but they can't encourage it.

[@4gma59]

@@stevejones6802 Learn the difference between ''self defense'' and ''confrontation."

[@raylear-z7b]

Calling the police when Your getting robbed , is like calling the police when Your getting killed .

[@3blenders]

calling police when you are being robbed is like going to the dentist when you stomach hurts.

[@MARICELAHUERTA-PAZ]

Very organized, not afraid of police, armed, sounds like TDA

[@BoMwarriorVlog]

TDA?

[@libertybell1574]

​@@BoMwarriorVlogtren de agua, violent Venezuela gang. Took over multiple apartment complexes in aurora Colorado for example.

[@realstatistician]

Tren de aragua

[@andreabontempo643]

Yep

[@dfusa4869]

Yeah. Cox needs to work with Trump and deport ALL illegals

[@mcleod_aka_doom1961]

Do not be afraid to defend ur family and property. The cops already showed u they can't help.

[@bettylewis9886]

Never gonna vote demokrat after all this bs.

[@IslaVista61]

You wait,R...

[@jakeroberts7435]

Vote Blue no matter who 🐑🐑🐑🐑

[@jimballuff3849]

really, this stste is republican where have you been?

[@snowairland]

👆🏼for those who don’t know, Bettylewis is a bot, an auto comment here to rile up the gullible and weak minded.

[@mowcowbell]

You think orange turd is going to change any of this?

[@JennyRose1776]

Yeah "call police and they'll deal with it" MmmHmmm just like they dealt with it the first time?

[@David-wb9vw]

Never give up your second amendment

[@mi-mh1uo]

Or your second appendage.

[@marklanza5023]

Nothing an Ak can’t handle

[@Steven-x1p1c]

Oh your 223? Hahaha I’m 300 blkout

[@mopiktm9480]

@@marklanza5023 😄

[@mi-mh1uo]

I highly doubt that you would if the situation presented itself.

[@johnspencer8982]

​@@Steven-x1p1cak is 7.62...

[@twotwentyswift]

@@mi-mh1uo I'll bet you've never met him and don't have a clue.

[@t.dig.2040]

"Call us, let us deal with them" right after they showed them getting away.

[@dogpatchfab]

Bunch of illegal criminals with illegal weapons enter neighborhoods... there i fixed your title

[@flutebasket4294]

Yeah, "burglar" doesn't quite describe what this is

[@politicalbandit3904]

Criminals are criminals, period 😂!

[@GodsSparrowSpeaks]

Exactly. And then there’s those folks who think stricter G control laws or the elimination of Gs is going to stop criminals 😑🙄

[@mi-mh1uo]

Yes. Because all the legal criminals are in Washington DC.

[@dfusa4869]

Exactly. Illegals with illegal weapons... Terrorizing here like they did in their countries

[@Yern-p2i]

I'm a Texan. The reason I lock my doors isn’t to protect myself from criminals, it's to protect criminals from ME.

[@pjm6939]

Get what you can while you can. Your days are numbered.

[@NecrOphelia747]

Amen to that!!!

[@redredbluemustard]

Indeed. Fear not, though the enemy deride.

[@wendyhack8644]

😂😂😂😂

[@mi-mh1uo]

Thats some dipty derty derp right there.

[@JSMCPN]

The cops say "don't do anything about it, let us handle it" and then it just keeps happening. It's too late to do anything about violence AFTERWARD.

[@4ever2high0]

Come on, utah, we can't let these people have their ways. Use ur Second Amendment and protect your loved ones and fellow neighbors ❤

[@philliphart706]

Probably some of that Venezuela gang people from Aurora Colorado

[@Epicfunk]

We don't know that... why would you even say that. That's so crazy!

[@philliphart706]

@Epicfunk because I've been told I've been trying to shove those illegal immigrants from Colorado into Utah and the governor of Utah had to put a stop to it Utah used to be a wonderful State until all those people started moving in from those other trash States of all I can tell you is stay locked and loaded

[@FernandoMunoz-in2ox]

@philliphart706 yeah thank Biden for let those Venezuelans come to 🇺🇸

[@timeisclose3960]

Looks like a duck, quacks like a duck?? Probably a Venezuelan gang?! Lol

[@FierceMouse]

Reality

[@flutebasket4294]

So why didn't the cops "deal with it" when they were chasing the burglars as indicated in this crap reporting?

[@Cmoredebris]

Police and District Attorneys do little to take down armed criminals, but if citizens try to protest their own property or lives, they will be the ones DAs go after. I guess it's easier to take down law abiding, hard working tax payers.

[@DohTheOpinionator]

Facts

[@danasmith858]

It's the usual suspects in their work clothes

[@SAPPER510]

The police were pursuing them but didn't catch them, but police don't want civilians to take action to defend their property. 😂😂😂

[@flutebasket4294]

Yeah. Nobody seems to be catching that little inconsistency

[@mi-mh1uo]

Becase property is more important than people.

[@flutebasket4294]

@@mi-mh1uo Property _IS_ more important than criminals

[@PhrontDoor]

Police will come out and take care of it? Here's how that actually unfolds... Citizen : Hello, 911, my car is being stolen from my lot at XXX street. Police : We'll send someone out to take a report, or you could file a report in person at the office in the morning, using the car that you don't have to drive... (36 hours later, guy on scooter arrives to take a report).. That helped.

[@Ember3221]

Each copy of the report will cost you $25 😂

[@garycallihan4206]

Police swear to protect and defend their paycheck.

[@soundspoon]

call police so they can arrest them and then let them out 1 day later

[@basketballspinner]

they won’t get out one day later, they have to post $100,000 dollar bond to get out. Takes two or three days. Then they will go to trial and be theown in jail for a long time

[@ykram]

@@basketballspinner If the person was using an SBR rifle I believe the repercussions are greater due to it being an NFA item

[@soundspoon]

@@basketballspinner riiight

[@wlbridwelIII]

I wonder where they’re from.

[@maureenobrien9815]

Arming themselves doesn't necessarily mean confrontation. The potential victims can do what they need to do without any confrontation. I can't imagine not protecting your home. But, hey....what do i know.

[@MasterPlumberUtah]

Fight for your stuff just don’t let it walk away

[@GoogleSpyZon]

Tren De Aragua... they do this in Houston.🤫

[@PatriceValentine1]

They need money for asylum lawyers

[@Billytruckson]

If they applied for asylum they wouldn't be in America. Let me guess you voted for Trump

[@Simplydelicious2]

Armed men looking for change in cars is just ridiculous

[@libertybell1574]

They're looking for guns.

[@Wrangzilla]

Bet they are illegally in our country.

[@CaseyWard-v5b]

Foreign gangs

[@anthonyriselenger146]

Yep professional thief's courtesy of our open boarders.

[@waltbello176]

That man purse tells all Venezuelands

[@troyrodriguez8817]

Call the police?!!!!!!!!!...

[@TJackSurvival]

This is Stupid in Utah as statistically 1 in 4 people has a concealed firearm in this state. Also it’s perfectly legal to use violence to stop felonious armed robbery.

[@garthvader801]

Sounds like NSL police need to watch some Georgia State patrol chase videos

[@WildflowerAnn]

Everyone knows it’s not the cops job to protect you OR save you. Call them up on any other day and they will even tell you that. Obviously they didn’t catch them the first time so what makes the homeowners think the 2nd time would be any different. We all know the quote-doing the same thing and expecting a different outcome is called insanity.

[@DohTheOpinionator]

"....and call police" and watch your property get stolen, your lives threatened......and wait....and wait..........and wait. Brilliant plan. Just like, "don't confront the hijackers."

[@Poordirtfarmer]

I say people need to start standing up for themselves call the police when it's over

[@PeterGoyer]

They are targeting specific cars/trucks for guns, electronics, and they know the victims.

[@dancingmeerkat2078]

Wait - you left us hanging with the police chase. Did they catch them or did they get away? 🤷‍♀️

[@schristiansen3151]

If they caught them you would hear about it.

[@Metoo2025]

Arizona is having the same issue.

[@c5cpe]

“Shooken?” Stop listening to those rap songs; it’s “shaken”. 1:36

[@BJBlaser]

First of all do I look like someone who listens to a lot of rap songs. 😂 As soon as I said it i knew I messed up and corrected it but thats the clip that got used. Trust me my wife and friends have been roasting me over this.

[@margaretmukasa2998]

Venezuela 🇻🇪

[@jerroldkazynski5480]

PD has to do it or the home owning public will protect their neighborhoods.

[@coniccinoc]

Biden.

[@talon1706]

The first ones calling the police will be the ones that called for their defunding.

[@idftsman]

Utah is not the place to be messing around in, they all have Rifles and are very skilled at hunting at night!

[@Bruce_LeRoyy]

Well it's most likely Tren de Aragua they have been spotted twice in Utah 'bank jacking'........ those weapons aren't normal just for burglaries.......

[@arthurbrumagem3844]

We know where they are from

[@garymorris5974]

Bidens Imports

[@Cj-pg4qe]

Maga thugs

[@Billytruckson]

Another maga moron with another stupid comment

[@schristiansen3151]

FJB!

[@BT4100CSG]

This has been happening since I was a kid. Now that the rich are affected it’s a problem

[@DWilliams-ce8nb]

Maybe things got too hot for them in Aurora Colorado.

[@LADYxREBEL]

gotta have fresh cars to smuggle drugs eh

[@Thewatchinglad]

Yes the police will deal with them !!!! So buckle up, and be scared till police catch them . But..... The judges will release them and make you feel stupid. .... Whonder why they doing this ???

[@rickdavid1795]

This is unacceptable

[@tugboat6410]

I own and carry. However, the outcome is never certain, property is not worth taking your life in your hands. How often do you train? Do you train with elevated heart rate at a moving target? What would you do if you missed your target and struck an innocent or worse, a child? Stay in your house protect your family, not your stuff.

[@warwolf1384]

Stay armed.

[@krafty9071]

No more easy jail sentences, put them in the Army for four years

[@AlonelyRetriever]

They are illegals......ship them back to Mexico

[@FFM115]

If they don’t fear the police it’s because the police is not tough enough. The residents have the right to have their guns and protect their homes, their families and their property.

[@kpdvw]

Presenter gives WRONG Advise: If you see something,..DO something, then when the threat is neutralized call Police and let them do what they do best;.."Investigate" ad nauseum ex post facto....!

[@Robert-t9s9l]

Give them free border passes

[@garycallihan4206]

Ah....citizens are "very concerned". Fantastic, the level of concern.

[@JR-pt7lg]

12 million illegal criminals with nothing to lose. What could go wrong?

[@josephinadelamartiniquemin5448]

Why didnt they they catch them?

[@ric03014]

No mention of whether the police chase ended with arrests. Assuming note, time to get the 12 g at the ready.

[@canyoncruzr3462]

Yeah the police really "dealt" with that one didn't they.

[@Tyson1587]

It happens when you make Utah a California 2.0. Look at all the apartments and town homes being built stacked with multiple people.

[@JimWhite-c7q]

It doesn’t seem the police are “dealing” with it. Hope they figure it out soon and don’t let them out run you again. That’s embarrassing you had them and were afraid to go 80 mph?

[@canyoncruzr3462]

No fear of the Poh-leece.

[@danor6812]

Don't arm yourselves and take care of business. Call the police so they can let them get away.

[@RedHuntsman]

At least the burglars are kind enough to not spread covid. Oh, and the police telling residents not to be armed. What if the perps decide to break into a home? Are the police going to get there in 10 seconds or protect the family? Or maybe, just maybe it would be a good idea for the family to be able to protect themselves.

[@spiderbip]

Open borders, new normal

[@jdean1851]

ALL ILLEGALS IMO- THANKS JOE

[@brianklamer3328]

Thank Biden!

[@iLLSHiNEz]

The cops in Salt Lake are a bunch of dorks, they are too afraid of the criminals so you are on your own!

[@scott21113]

Their police force are lardazz lifers sitting around waiting for their lifetime pensions. You want a crime solved in NSL you do it yourself.

[@MercedesHale-jx3tu]

Narco style!!!!!!😡😡😡😡😡

[@living.natural]

Don’t leave your garage door openers in your car. It’s one thing to hate that people are taking your stuff out of your car, but another entirely if they have access into your house.

[@greytangel754]

thank President Biden...this is ALL on him and Mayorkas....

[@ericdraven859]

When seconds count police are minutes away! They have no obligation to protect you. You have to protect yourself and your property

[@4emmyd]

My parents live in these neighborhoods they’re hitting and have seen ZERO increase in police presence since this has started. They’ve hit these neighborhoods at least 3 different times. It’s ridiculous that they then say, “the police are on it and we should trust them to take care of it”. NSL/Bountiful cops are too concerned giving out tickets for going 5 over the speed limit.

[@schristiansen3151]

It's amazing to me these clowns think other people's property is worth their lives.

[@thealertzonetv]

You can't blame Pookie and Ray Ray

[@3blenders]

Police don't want people confront... call police....U Kidding? Takes my local PD 25 minutes to arrive. My gosh - game over. You know what you have to do. Call the morgue instead of 911, and then 911.

[@TiffanyRoundy13]

Literally my neighbors

[@MelonsandMaters]

And if you shot one, the cops and attorneys would prosecute you.

[@JamesHarris-l7c]

O no they don’t want you to do nothing that’s half an hour for them to show up

[@3blenders]

Good to know. Not a problem really.

[@guitarman11000]

Defund the police 😂😂😂

[@pianosareus]

Motion sensor lights at every corner of your home. Keep your bushes trimmed and get a dog

[@brucegee4799]

The Police are too busy pulling over people driving over speed limit on the side roads 🤦‍♂️

[@2113pinch]

Bidenomics 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@GeriMitchell-gw6ov]

What is wrong with people

[@twotwentyswift]

They aren't armed and prepared.

[@scootertrash1953]

privatise police force ,if they do nothing thats what they get paid