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Off Duty Cop Stops Stabbing, Boston Mayor Wu Mourns the Attacker! – Disgusting!


By: Jimmy Parker | March 3, 2025

Read more at https://pagetraveler.com/off-duty-cop-stops-stabbing-boston-mayor-wu-mourns-the-attacker-disgusting/

It’s official, folks—being a violent criminal in a Democrat-run city is a pretty sweet gig. You can terrorize innocent people, get shot while trying to stab someone, and the mayor will roll out the red carpet with thoughts and prayers for YOU. Welcome to Woketown, where the law-abiding are an afterthought, and the bad guys get sympathy cards. Why? Because there can never be any positive spin on guns being used to protect people!

Over the weekend, an off-duty Boston police officer became an absolute hero when he stopped a knife-wielding maniac inside a Chick-fil-A. The suspect had already chased two terrified individuals into the restaurant, attempting to stab them. The officer ordered him to drop the weapon, and when the lunatic refused, the officer did what any rational person would do—he eliminated the threat.

But instead of praising this officer for saving lives, Boston’s woke Mayor Michelle Wu and her leftist cronies leaped to comfort the criminal’s family. Because in today’s twisted reality, criminals deserve compassion, and law enforcement deserves suspicion. Sickening.

Boston’s Mayor: Champion of Criminals

Let’s talk about Michelle Wu, the queen of misplaced priorities. This is the same mayor who proposed giving illegal immigrants and even 11-year-olds the right to vote in city budgeting decisions. Because, of course, nothing says “competent governance” like letting pre-teens and people who aren’t even citizens have a say in how tax dollars are spent.

And now? She’s mourning the loss of a knife-wielding attacker, while barely acknowledging the heroism of the officer who prevented what could have been a mass stabbing inside a fast-food restaurant. Instead of standing with the people who keep Boston safe, Wu bends over backward to humanize violent criminals while law enforcement gets nothing but scrutiny.

Here’s what Wu had to say after the shooting:

“My condolences and all of our thoughts are with the family of the individual whose life has been lost.”

Unbelievable. Not a word about the officer. Not a word about the victims who were almost stabbed to death. Nope—just heartfelt sympathies for the would-be killer.

Meanwhile, Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden joined in on the nonsense, offering “thoughts and prayers” to the attacker’s family while suggesting there’s a bigger “chaotic situation” to investigate. The only “chaos” here is the left’s absolute unwillingness to stand behind the brave men and women in law enforcement.

Soft-on-Crime Lunacy is Destroying Our Cities

This isn’t just a Boston problem—it’s a national crisis in every leftist-controlled city. The same soft-on-crime policies that Wu champions are turning American cities into lawless wastelands. Just take a look:

  • New York City: Career criminals with dozens of prior arrests walk free within hours, only to commit more crimes.
  • San Francisco: A shoplifter’s paradise where stores are shutting down because law enforcement is basically optional.
  • Chicago: Violent criminals get slaps on the wrist while law-abiding citizens are treated like the real problem.

Wu’s leadership is just another version of this insanity. Instead of backing the blue, she’s part of the growing chorus of woke politicians who treat law enforcement like the enemy.

And who suffers the most from this madness? Regular Americans. The people just trying to live their lives, go to work, and enjoy a meal at Chick-fil-A without being chased by some knife-wielding lunatic.

The Officer Did His Job—And He Deserves Praise

Let’s be clear: This off-duty officer did EXACTLY what he was trained to do. He saw a threat, identified himself, issued a command, and when the criminal refused to comply, he neutralized the danger. That’s what policing is supposed to look like.

But in Wu’s Boston? Officers are villains while the criminals get eulogies.

Here’s an idea, Mayor Wu: Instead of sympathizing with violent criminals, how about standing up for the people who actually keep your city from descending into anarchy? How about praising the brave police officer who saved lives? How about making it clear that if you attack innocent people, there will be consequences?

But no, that would require actual leadership—something the left abandoned a long time ago.

Final Thoughts

This incident is just another reminder of what happens when woke leadership infects a city. Criminals are emboldened, law enforcement is demonized, and the average citizen is left wondering, “Whose side is my own government on?”

This officer is a hero, full stop. But in Wu’s Boston, heroism takes a backseat to woke compassion for the worst of society. And that’s exactly why Boston—and every city following this insane model—is spiraling into chaos.

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Knife-wielding maniac knocks out San Francisco churchgoer, then leads cops on a chase punctuated by explosions: Police


By: JOSEPH MACKINNON | OCTOBER 31, 2023

Read more at https://www.theblaze.com/news/knife-wielding-maniac-knocks-out-san-francisco-church-goer-then-leads-cops-on-a-chase-punctuated-by-explosions/

A felon with a history of blowing things up attacked a churchgoer and led police on an explosive chase through San Francisco Sunday night, according to the San Francisco Police Department. When captured, the suspect allegedly asked his arresting officer how many points he had racked up on Grand Theft Auto.

The SFPD indicated that officers responded just before 6 p.m. on Sunday to a report of a man brandishing a knife and assaulting a parishioner at Saints Peter and Paul Church across from Washington Square Park in the North Beach neighborhood. KPIX-TV reported that the suspect waltzed into the church and demanded money from a parishioner whom he did not know.

“The parishioner continued to pray and ignored him, at which point the suspect then violently assaulted this parishioner, punching him in the head,” said SFPD Assistant Chief David Lazar. “We believe the parishioner went unconscious temporarily.”

Other parishioners rushed to the victim’s rescue and called 911 while the suspect continued demanding money with a folding knife in hand. Officers arrived on the scene within minutes of the incident and spotted the suspect stealing into a vehicle and preparing to flee the scene. They called for medical aid for the victim, then gave chase.

The SFPD noted that the suspect, who has been identified as 42-year-old Concord resident Daniel Garcia, failed to yield to pursuing officers. Instead, police said Garcia threw two improvised explosive devices at pursuing officers. The first went off in the 1500 block of Jones Street.

“The officers described not only seeing the flames of the device that hit the ground, but when the bomb detonated, they could feel the blowback of that in their vehicles,” said Lazar. “They believe the suspect intentionally tried to seriously injure or kill them.”

Garcia threw the second IED at police near 8th and Mission, according to Lazar. The San Francisco Standard noted that a police officer can be heard on scanner audio recordings reporting, “He threw another bomb. … It blew up on Mission,” at 6:04 p.m..

One of the IEDs was reportedly a pipe bomb, and the other was a Molotov cocktail.

Garcia allegedly attempted to lose police on the freeway, taking I-80 eastbound, where California Highway Patrol joined the chase. It appears that Garcia gave up on allegedly attempting to murder police officers while on the freeway, as a CHP spokesman told KGO-TV, “No incendiaries were thrown during our portion of the pursuit, however, items were located in the vehicle at the termination point.”

Roughly 30 minutes later, he wrecked his vehicle in Martinez and was captured by police.

Garcia was booked into the San Francisco County Jail and charged with second-degree robbery; assault with a deadly weapon; threatening an officer; three counts of attempted murder; three counts of possession of an explosive; evading an officer with willful disregard; two counts of explosion of destructive device with intent to murder; two counts of explosion of destructive device with intent to injure; three counts of carrying an explosive in a passenger vehicle for hire; resisting, obstructing, and/or delaying of a peace officer or EMT; and various traffic infractions.

Supervisor Aaron Peskin of North Beach indicated that upon his arrest, Garcia asked an officer “how many points he got in his Grand Theft Auto game” — a video game series featuring a star system corresponding to the level of attention the player’s murder and mayhem has warranted from the in-game police.

“In 23 years of doing this stuff, this is probably the most bizarre,” said Peskin.

On Monday, heavily armed police and a bomb disposal robot checked out Garcia’s property. Officers reportedly left the residence with loaded brown paper bags and a box of what appeared to be glass bottles. His neighbor, Stephen Salbato, said, “He’s someone who never smiled.”

This is not Garcia’s first run-in with the law. Garcia was convicted and sentenced in 2012 to 35 years in a federal prison for “malicious use of explosives, possession of a destructive device in relation to a crime of violence, and two counts of possession of unregistered destructive devices.”

He planted a bomb underneath an SUV belonging to his former tenant beside an apartment building in Fairfield. The bomb went off, sending shrapnel into both the vehicle and the neighboring building, where children and others were sleeping. Garcia had apparently targeted the former tenant because he had left behind trash when moving out.

The U.S. attorney at the time said, “The defendant’s attempt to resolve a minor private dispute by detonating a bomb endangered the lives of all those who were sleeping in the apartment building in Fairfield that night. While it is fortunate that no one was harmed, the defendant’s actions, together with his possession of a second bomb in the residential neighborhood where he lived, merit a long prison sentence.”

Evidently, Garcia did not serve the entirety of his prison sentence. The Standard reported that the bomber was released in February 2019 after he successfully challenged his conviction on one of his charges.

Garcia was also arrested in May on domestic violence charges and for illegally owning a firearm. KPIX indicated he was scheduled to appear in a Contra Costa courtroom to face those charges on Tuesday.

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