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linepainter
09-28-2008, 10:34 PM
>ATTENTION WARRIORS' WATCH RIDERS AND SUPPORTERS AND FRIENDS:
>FOLLOWING IS THE LATEST INFORMATION ON STAGING FOR TUESDAY'S "1,000
>WHEELS FOR PAT" POLICE SUPPORT RIDE.
>
>To review, we have been asked by the Philadelphia Highway Patrol to line
>Hulmeville Road
>in Bensalem with motorcycles accompanied by their riders and a flag. The
>stretch of the
>road from where the funeral procession will enter to the cemetery is two
>miles. If we space
>the bikes out at 20 feet, it will take ONE THOUSAND BIKES to line both
>sides of the road.
>This idea originated with Joe Hanson of the PHP and has been
>enthusiastically embraced
>by the police brass to the very highest levels.
>
>We DO NOT have the numbers from the police clubs, like the Centurions and
>Bullets MC
>for example, because they will be riding in the procession itself, so we
>need to make those
>numbers up.
>
>SO FAR IT IS GOING VERY WELL. YOU ARE DOING AN OUTSTANDING JOB MAKING
>CONTACTS. We need every rider, every mailing list, every club, every bike
>shop, every
>dealership, every internet chat room and forum for bikers to be notified.
>FORWARD THIS
>EMAIL TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW, TO EVERY LIST, AND POST IT IN EVERY FORUM.
>
>We then need YOU to take the day off, call in sick, take a vacation day,
>close your shop,
>take a long lunch break, and BE THERE FOR A POLICE OFFICER AND BROTHER
>BIKER
>CUT DOWN IN HIS PRIME WHILE PROTECTING US, the citizens.
>
>HERE IS THE FIRM STAGING INFORMATION, verified and endorsed by the
>Philadelphia and Bensalem Police Departments:
>
>There are many secondary rally points being set up. Follow the WWR Forum
>Thread for
>that information (link at the end of this email.) The FINAL staging area
>will be the parking lot
>of the BENSALEM HIGH SCHOOL, 4319 hulmeville Rd. Bensalem Pa.19020 at
>1200hrs.
>and NO LATER THAN 1230 hrs, Tuesday. Both the Philly PD Captain in charge
>of the
>funeral planning and I have coordinated this directly with the Bensalem PD
>and they will be
>ready for us.
>
>PLEASE BE PREPARED TO HEAR AND FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS FOR PLACEMENT
>along Hulmeville Road. The first riders to line the road will be police
>wheels, follwed by our
>one thousand, followd by individuals without bikes. HULMEVILLE ROAD WILL BE
>CLOSED BY POLICE AT 1330. THIS IS WHEN WE WILL COMMENCE OUR
>PLACEMENTS. Everyone must be briefed and know their roles by that time. How
>long
>we will be there depends on how long the funeral service lasts and how long
>the funeral
>procession will be (long!). Have water and sugar foods with you.
>
>"T" WILL BE IN CHARGE OF LOGISTICS. PLEASE BE PREPARED TO LISTEN AND
>FOLLOW HIS INSTRUCTIONS. HE HAS ALREADY BEEN UP THERE AND HAS
>CAREFULLY RECONOITERED THE AREA. ALL RIDE CAPTAINS BE PREPARED TO
>PLACE YOUR RIDERS ACCORDING TO INSTRUCTIONS.
>
>HERE IS SOME ADDITIONAL INFO:
>
>I have been asked by many people if they can help if they don't ride. YES.
>YOU ARE NOT
>ONLY WELCOME BUT ENCOURAGED TO COME. BRING AN AMERICAN FLAG. At
>whatever point along Hulmeville Road the bikes end, we will pick it up with
>bodies and flags.
>If the bikes stretch the entire length, then we will place the bodies
>between them. BOTTOM
>LINE - YES, BE THERE! USO, LADIES AUXILLERIES, VFWS, LODGES, AMERICAN
>LEGIONS, MILITARY SUPPORT, NATIONAL GUARDSMEN, SHEEP DOGS, GATHERING
>OF EAGLES, A HERO'S WELCOME, YELLOW RIBBON CLUB - ONE AND ALL, BE
>THERE!
>
>I have created a simple black and white flyer for you to download and
>distribute.
>PLEASE PRINT THIS FLYER AND TOMORROW MORNING PUT IT IN DEALERSHIPS,
>BIKE SHOPS, CLUBS AND BARS AND COFFEE SHOPS AND TATTOO SHOPS AND
>ANYWHERE A BIKER MIGHT SEE IT. GO TO THIS ADDRESS AND DOWNLOAD:
>
>http://www.warriorswatch.org/downloads/
>
>Or click here for a direct download of this PDF file:
>
>http://www.warriorswatch.org/downloads/1000.pdf
>
>AN ADDITIONAL REQUEST:
>
>While you are on the DOWNLOADS PAGE, please downolad and print the "I
>PROUDLY
>SUPPORT THE PHILADELPHIA POLICE" poster and TAPE THIS POSTER TO THE
>WINDSHIELD OF YOUR BIKE if you have one. If you are coming without a bike,
>PRINT IT
>AND PASTE IT TO POSTERBOARD AND HOLD IT UP WITH YOUR AMERICAN FLAG.
>HERE IS A LINK TO THE DIRECT DOWNLOAD:
>
>http://www.warriorswatch.org/downloads/isupportphillypolice.pdf
>
>WARRIORS' WATCH RIDERS, FRIENDS, SUPPORTERS, PARTNERS, AND CITIZENS
>OF THE CITY, STATE, AND NATION:
>
>THIS IS A SHOWDOWN. THIS IS A STATEMENT TO THE ENTIRE NATION THAT WE
>WILL NO LONGER TOLERATE OUR POLICE, OUR DEFENDERS, OUR FRIENDS IN
>BLUE SHIRTS BEING USED FOR TARGET PRACTICE BY SCUM WHO HAVE NO
>REGARD FOR HUMAN LIFE. AND EVEN MORE IMPORTANTLY, THIS IS OUR
>STATEMENT TO THE CITY POLICE THAT IN THEIR DARKEST MOMENTS THEY ARE
>NOT ALONE. WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO 'HAVE THEIR BACKS' (WITHOUT GETTING
>IN THEIR WAY), THAT WE WILL DO.
>
>OFFICER PAT MCDONALD WAS, ACCORDING TO HIS OWN FATHER, A "WARRIOR."
>HE LOST HIS LIFE WHILE BRINGING DOWN A DIRTBAG WHO EVENTUALLY, HAD PAT
>NOT MADE THAT SACRIFICE, WOULD HAVE TAKEN THE LIFE OF ONE OR MORE OF
>US.
>
>OFFICER PAT MCDONALD WAS ALSO A BROTHER BIKER. ACCORDING TO WWR
>AND PHILADELPHIA HIGHWAY PATROL MEMBER JOE "HIGHWAYWHEEL" HANSON,
>"We are all the same brotherhood of riding wheels...I just wanted you to
>know that as
>far as myself and other "cops" in Highway are involved you are part of our
>extended
>family."
>
>SO NOT ONLY IS THIS A BROTHER WHO WAS MURDERED, BUT A BROTHER WHO
>WAS MURDERED BECAUSE HE WAS DEFENDING US.
>
>I will be sending a final update/final reminder tomorrow night. Until then,
>sleep securely in
>your homes knowing that the THIN BLUE LINE is out there between you and
>evil, prepared
>to risk their very lives in defense of your peace. Even while they know the
>risks, no police
>officer wants to die. Pat didn't want to die. He was in the prime of his
>life, a fine, young, fit
>and strong WARRIOR. But die he did, and WE WILL NOT LET THAT SACRIFICE GO
>WITHOUT LETTING THE NATION KNOW THAT WE HONOR IT, AND MORE, THAT THIS
>VIOLENCE MUST STOP.
>
>See you Tuesday - all of you.
>
>- lutz
>
>
>
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