Army Veteran Steals Tank and DESTROYS San Diego…

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On May 17, 1995, an Army Veteran by the name of Shawn Nelson, stole an M60 tank from the San Diego National guard in Kearny Mesa. For 23 minutes, San Diego was put on notice as Nelson plowed through dozens of parked cars, street signs, utility poles and fire hydrants. Authorities scrambled to stop the rampage. Even requesting a Cobra Attack Helicopter from the United States Marine Corps in Camp Pendleton.
Shawn Nelson suffered a series of unfortunate events ranging from divorce to grief, to financial and physical suffering- sending the once loved family man down a nihilistic path. By 1995 addiction took over and Shawn Nelson was but a shell of his former self.
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@PopoMedic Жыл бұрын

What mini-doc should I make next? : ]

@NTPEnjoyer Жыл бұрын

WACO!!!! unless AFT shoots your dog then maybe dont...

@justanaveragesloth4141 Жыл бұрын

Dallas ambush shooting

@mastermike1177 Жыл бұрын

The Waco Siege!

@specialprojectsdevgroup Жыл бұрын

Nisour Square, or Abu Ghraib. Nothing classified, just a bit grim. #BlackwaterDidNothingWrong

@MikesVideos117 Жыл бұрын

Waco

@H.W.R.D.717 Жыл бұрын

Can you just imagine how even crazier the story could have been if the helicopter showed up sooner

@PopoMedic Жыл бұрын

it would have been gta online irl

@bq1279 Жыл бұрын

A tank vs helicopter battle on the freeways of San Diego would've been the stuff of legends

@RONPEE-STINGER Жыл бұрын

@@PopoMedic or imagine a tweaker on a opressor

@airsoftdude36 Жыл бұрын

I think they tried the same thing with the killdozer guy but the Governor didn’t want the optics of using military equipment on US citizens

@gungadinn Жыл бұрын

Getting shot of being in an enclosed tank when a flash bang or to goes off inside? I can't imagine turning lose a Cobra attack helicopter on a stationary M-60. One errant round and countless people could have been killed or injured. The tank dude wanted suicide by cop and received his wishes.

@junkbob6832 Жыл бұрын

I love how a man can steal a literal fucking tank and go on a rampage through the streets and people will be like "why did they shoot him"

@Jabarri74 Жыл бұрын

I love how a depressed probably suicidal plumber is able to steal a tank from a not so high security facility and just drive off. Its like the film falling down but if Michael Bay made it

@ALovelyPassionFruit Жыл бұрын

Bc they are people and they are that way. Some times nothing gets through even if it’s the last answer

@turbo8628 Жыл бұрын

These type of people make judgements purely dependant upon the outcome presented before them. Incapable of imagining the scenario where thepolice don't shoot, the tank breaks free, and potentially dozens of people are injured and/or killed. In that scenario these same people would be saying "why didn't they shoot him when they had the chance". Feel bad for the guy cos his life just fell apart, but when the dog bites you gotta put it down.

@holeefok2835 Жыл бұрын

Because it's california

@magmat0585 Жыл бұрын

they speak with the benefit of hindsight, where he didn't injure anyone and didn't have a gun in the tank. Cops at the time don't know that, and only know he has a friggin tank.

@superZvegetto Жыл бұрын

Nothing is scarier than a man who has absolutely nothing to lose.

@xenophonicus Жыл бұрын

It seems the US oligarchy has learned this lesson, as their cultural and social policies appear to be to destroy manhood in America.

@Mt-eg5ir Жыл бұрын

-john wick

@PomegranateJuiceSmoothie Жыл бұрын

and a tank

@ARC51bowtie Жыл бұрын

Homelander

@terraversalvoid5391 Жыл бұрын

@@xenophonicus heh. It's gonna be the exact opposite in the end.

@lakobause Жыл бұрын

Man, imagine being the pilot for that mission: “Pilot, your mission is to take out a hostile tank in a civilian area.” “In Iraq? Seems like we’re too far away for that.” “No, in San Diego.” “Huh?”

@FoolishMark90 Жыл бұрын

Stay in school kid

@Michigander_of_the_West 11 ай бұрын

@@FoolishMark90 explain?

@massinakmin8340 11 ай бұрын

It is oké to kill Iraqi civilians but not oké to put fat Americans in danger. Amazing American blood thirsty racism

@larryalvares1369 6 ай бұрын

“You heard what I said” “But sir, the civilians…” “SCREW THE CIVILIANS” “But what about the children….” “Screw. The. CHILDREN”

@myyoutubename1756 Ай бұрын

Stay in school? Says the one with an egdy mask picture with generic gang flag colors

@JohnDoe-on6ru Жыл бұрын

-"Shoot the tires out, Lou." -"It's a tank, chief..." -"I'm getting REAL TIRED of your excuses"

@Jason-sq2up Жыл бұрын

I understand his life was going about as poorly as is possible, but I really don't understand people being upset they shot him.

@eshenakhter7652 Жыл бұрын

Its California..... try that in Texas

@concentratecorner1744 Жыл бұрын

my dad was a plumber and personal friend of his, he said it was what needed to be done. He did say the guy was a good dude though and youd never expect it from him, that he treated everyone really good and was just a genuine dude. Sad to think of the skeletons you can have in your closet

@hotsoup1001 Жыл бұрын

Too many people think death is the worst fate.

@Inquisitor_Redacted Жыл бұрын

Officers were totally in the right. It's sad that it came to this, but they did what needed to be done to protect the people.

@nuclearbeast7905 Жыл бұрын

@@eshenakhter7652 you would get a 45 instead

@nanokoder3635 Жыл бұрын

The fact that a guy can be driving a tank with intent to endanger life and there still will be people claiming that the police shouldn't have used deadly force beggars belief.

@Tinman-1 Жыл бұрын

Cops live and exist to kill people regardless they have proved it over and over again definitely should remove the frog def not a fren you’re a boot licker.

@randybernhard8437 Жыл бұрын

While crying too as if it was a horrible atrocity. I could maybe see being upset if they just gunned him down immediately, but they even gave him the courtesy of asking for surrender after his rampage, and he kept going. Their minds cannot take totality of the circumstances into account, and I hope they are NEVER Jurors.

@billbrobaggins221 Жыл бұрын

It's not really hard to believe if you look at what has been going on in western countries regarding police authority lmao

@jamiemiller1482 Жыл бұрын

I mean I feel like they could’ve tased him in there or knocked him out but I fully understand why they use deadly force

@calebsinger8029 Жыл бұрын

And they shot him in the shoulder, not the head. Again this guy was out of control. I don’t think this is one worth crying over

@guntherultraboltnovacrunch5248 Жыл бұрын

"in the seemingly utopian city of San Diego..." Yeah..that's some top notch writing right there man.

@cuppa_coffee_nyc Жыл бұрын

He lost his Mom, his Pa, his livelihood and his Wife. That doesn't excuse his actions but that's enough to make any man go insane. Almost feel sorry for the guy

@Zapmannn Жыл бұрын

We all have to loose our mothers and fathers one day it’s an inevitability. a large majority of the population act nowhere near this when it happens. I have 0 sympathy for this man child.

@spaghetti_man3807 Жыл бұрын

dude seriously his wife was terrible here... his mom dies, he's mourning, expressing quite understandably erratic behavior, so she... divorces him? like what the hell? 'Till death do we part my ass...

@spaghetti_man3807 Жыл бұрын

@@Zapmannn it wasn't just his parents dying. his wife left him, probably taking the kids, he had his entire business destroyed because his tools were stolen, he had no money to buy tools because of the lawsuit and the alcoholism after his divorce, and he had most likely lifelong spinal injuries, which is quite a rough injury to have when your job requires you to be down on hands and knees or laying on your back constantly to get into tight spaces. It wasnt "oh no mom and dad died time to go on a rampage," his entire life was falling apart before his eyes.

@evanlashlee5002 Жыл бұрын

@@spaghetti_man3807 that's what I'm saying, guys life was falling apart and he probably lost all hope...in ways I feel similar just not enough to put others in har.

@nyxian4832 Жыл бұрын

@@spaghetti_man3807 ...bro. that has got to be the worst take I have ever read today, she's got every right to leave an erratic emotionally unstable individual. It's not a wife's job to support a mentally failing husband, neither is it a husband's job to support a mentally failing wife. If anything her leaving spared the kids watching their dad become addicted to Meth and start digging a fucking mineshaft in his backyard to dig for Gold. The Mini-Doc (while quite good) leaves out the fact he didn't just start digging for natural resources, he had a insane Meth dream about there being gold in his backyard. In my opinion she left before it really got ugly. A good choice.

@phillmcdonald8447 Жыл бұрын

I lived in San Diego, during this. I remember how afraid my family was. And the chaos that it caused. As a child I just thought how cool it was that nothing could stop the tank.

@phillmcdonald8447 Жыл бұрын

@Aragorn I was a 19k in the army. I'm pretty sure I've got an idea about armour. I said as a child.

@andrewbahl5466 Жыл бұрын

@Aragorn lmao bro what are you on about, he literally agreed with you

@f.wallace8969 Жыл бұрын

Did it have such an impression on you it made you want to become a tanker? That's pretty funny. Maybe the whole thing was a psy op for recruitment.😂

@phillmcdonald8447 Жыл бұрын

@@f.wallace8969 no I wanted to become a combat engineer, sadly I was lied too, and told tanker was the only thing available

@andrewbahl5466 Жыл бұрын

@@f.wallace8969 lmao, idk the CIA has been up to some goofy things. Not much of a stretch

@darealdeal8185 Жыл бұрын

When the scene of the tank's rampage started and the music was playing in the background, man that really hit me in the feels 😭😭 You did such a great job emphasizing just how tragic his life was that it ultimately lead to him attempting to destroy the city before his demise

@TheAnnoyingBoss Жыл бұрын

I mean shoot bro you could tell he knew he just couldn't catch a break and at some point he just gave up and went nuts. I personally don't care how deep someone digs in their yard as long as it doesn't interfere with my yard. But he has lost it.

@doubleseven1463 Жыл бұрын

Bro your lucky he didnt kill anyone.

@bruhhhead Жыл бұрын

@@TheAnnoyingBoss I can tell DaRealDeal81 definitely has more friends than you

@ChiroTheHero Жыл бұрын

My dads friend was on the freeway and had the tank drive past him. He just said that it was a wild experience his heart never beated that fast before

@foxw875 Жыл бұрын

I knew about the incident, but I never knew what led up to it happening. I can't help but feel bad for him. The world kept kicking him while he was down until he finally snapped. Losing parents will put you in the deepest depression you've ever felt and it's very hard to climb out of it in the best of terms..damn near impossible in the worst. I'm not condoning what he did, but damn..poor dude.

@user-bt8xr5si9y Жыл бұрын

True. In cases like this it is best to get professional help as soon as possible. I'm not talking about medication as that most of the time makes it worse but more talking to someone like a therapist that does help in a lot of cases so you aren't alone and can find solutions. His actions that day were terrible but it is understandble what led to these actions and why he did what he did.

@MrSomaArikado Жыл бұрын

It wasn't just all of that he was on meth. Loads of the stuff. All that plus the meth is a powder keg to set a man like shaun off

@Superwaffle-ez9ct Жыл бұрын

truly, this story is really sad, this guy was at his lowest point and just.. cracked.

@getsmarty7603 Жыл бұрын

He's a big baby! He kept himself down. He's a grown up and all grown ups know their parents will eventually pass away. I don't feel sorry for him. But I do think it's awesome he managed to get a tank to go on a rampage. And he didn't kill anyone.

@user-bt8xr5si9y Жыл бұрын

@@getsmarty7603 Well yes everyone knows that their parents will pass away at some point but nobody is really ever prepared for it. You know it, I know it and he knew that too but that doesn't mean that something like that can't pull you down into a hole. I personally can somewhat relate as I have had 3 friends of mine already pass away (at very young ages aswell 14,15 and 17) and it isn't easy so I do feel sorry for him. Ontop of that he basically lost his entire life. What he did was not right and he shouldn't have done it but I can somewhat understand why I mean he had absolutely nothing to loose anymore.

@dcrasta Жыл бұрын

Man I remember this. I was in High-school when this happened. What a sad story for Mr Shawn Nelson. This is why we need stronger support for our veterans during and after their service. Clearly the unfortunate sequences of personal events in his life triggered his mental decline. RIP Mr Nelson, society failed you.

@HighFalutinTootin Жыл бұрын

Agreed we need better support systems for after service veterans,low or no cost medical care including mental health,low or no cost housing, and job placement programs

@LazyLizzy706 Жыл бұрын

The cops should’ve just done what they do best. Issue traffic tickets and pull people over for swinging wide. Cops are NEVER on par against soldiers that use WAR machines and are trained to kill. I hate cops.

@thepsychicspoon5984 Жыл бұрын

me too

@kirkslayden834 Жыл бұрын

You're damn right this country takes a crap on our veterans look how many homeless there are and a lot of them are veterans of this country I was glad that man did what he did somebody's got to stand up to these criminal government we have they could care less about people God bless

@BigBangAttack-mt6pz Жыл бұрын

Or he wAs whItE reee

@micahrutland991 Жыл бұрын

It's amazing how quickly someone's fantastic life can fall apart so quickly. Just because you're doing very well and even happier than you've ever been in your life, I hate to say that it doesn't mean it'll stay that way. Don't take your time at the top in life for granted.

@Toqh3r Жыл бұрын

My parents actually knew Nelson. He was a very kind man

@chriswebster24 Жыл бұрын

He must not have tried to run over their house with his tank.

@evryhndlestakn Жыл бұрын

Yes Id seen that in another documentary. Things just kept going from bad to worse but Im glad he didn't get across that medium barrier. R.I.P Nelson.

@Observerl 10 ай бұрын

@@evryhndlestakn He only did not becouse he dont locked the hatch. With the hatch locked, it would have been a matter of minutes and he would have been free again. He was such a professional, such a well-trained veteran, that he forgot to lock the hatch on the tank when he went into battle.

@evryhndlestakn 10 ай бұрын

@@Observerl well it was a suicide mission wasnt it. A hatch locked or unlocked didn't change the fact he was straddling the medium barrier. The fact is he didn't cross it for whatever reason which was the point i was making. What if he'd got some rounds onboard? What if he had links of . 50cal for the MG? What if he'd locked the hatch? What if he'd worn his Superman undies that day? And so on.....

@Observerl 10 ай бұрын

@@evryhndlestakn If he had locked the hatch the cops had not can open it and shot him down. And he was not standed only slowed down. The tank weighs nearly 50 tons and he was wiggeling and the medium barrier was crumbeling. You can clearly see it in the video. 2 minits later he would be free again. if he just want to get shot, he had mutch more easy options then get a tank and drive amok.

@joelkliebe Жыл бұрын

I’m enjoying your new format more and more. You do it better than anyone in your genre. Thanks for the attention to detail in your content. Thanks dude!

@kalmancaganteuber1306 Жыл бұрын

That and he still brings his unique cheeky style

@rustyshackleford5269 Жыл бұрын

Only one person tells stories like this better. His are animations though, so I guess Popo wins.

@PhoenixFirex20 Жыл бұрын

This X10 his vids are so good!!

@nottheoriginalhandle Жыл бұрын

@@rustyshackleford5269 MrBallen tells stories pretty well

@rocknepoovey4381 Жыл бұрын

YeH, it’s fucking sick

@sethdunlap9868 Жыл бұрын

I remember when this happened... in one of the aftermath interviews with the officers following the tank, one guy said, "I was directly behind the largest gun in town. I didn't know if it was loaded and it was aimed right at me". Absolute MAD respect to those cops who followed, diverted traffic, and subsequently peered down that hatch not knowing WHAT might be aiming back ❤🇺🇲

@JMCodd1 Жыл бұрын

One of the stories, or jokes, I heard around the time of the OJ Simpson trial was the comparison of the two police departments. The LAPD couldn’t stop a slowly moving Ford Bronco, while the SDPD had to stop a tank. Props to the SDPD and others involved. This event could have been so much worse.

@brandonschwertley2723 Жыл бұрын

I'm amazed at how people really thought shooting this guy was not justified. I'm amazed they even gave him the opportunity to surrender once the hatch was opened. Kudos for that level of restraint. Really shows how the Waco incident really tarnished the image of law enforcement in general. That woman wouldn't be so heartbroken for the lunatic who just died if that tank had been barreling toward her person or property.

@Cyril29a Жыл бұрын

It is absurd, I would argue that the police showed too much restraint. I mean he could very easily have been armed in the tank and killed the officer who opened the hatch. It is ironic that police will shoot a kid eating a burger in his car but not a man attempting to drive over cars on the highway in a tank. The fact that some people see his death as unjustified proves that there will always be a contingent of people who are fucking stupid.

@BoDiesel Жыл бұрын

Everyone always had the opportunity to surrender if they in fact surrender. Even a serial killer. Its not like the cops can place him on his knees and execute him. Cops are not judge jury and executioner. I do think many people deserve executioner but we have to do our due diligence in court first.

@morganzoeclanthem2847 Жыл бұрын

So you know they could have dropped in a can of tear gas or pepper spray ball.

@IIIFrenchyIII Жыл бұрын

Well spoken, also Ruby Ridge

@joseywales8498 Жыл бұрын

@@IIIFrenchyIII Ruby Ridge was a little different lol, Randy Weaver didn’t pose a threat to society and just wanted to be left alone.

@glamstarfoxee210 Жыл бұрын

Imagine seeing a tank while your just going to a supermarket......

@gregoetker1389 Жыл бұрын

As a M60 Tanker he should have known how to secure the three top hatches from the inside. The officer was lucky to find the top hatch unsecured, allowing him to take the shot. There is no way to open the hatches from the outside if secured from the inside. I was a Tanker in that same tank.

@CatsAreAmazing8187 Жыл бұрын

Fr I was thinking why he didn’t secure the hatches, I mean he was a tanker too and judging by the time he def trained in an M60 as well.

@CatsAreAmazing8187 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your service though, and badass that you got to train on an M60, my fav tank.

@gregoetker1389 Жыл бұрын

@@CatsAreAmazing8187 mine was the M60A3, first fire on the move.

@mikehorn7678 Жыл бұрын

That was my first thought as well: Why didn't he "button up"?

@cs292 Жыл бұрын

He wasn’t really thinking it through..him leaving it open is almost like the dude saying….I’m serious, but really, my mind is not right.

@wynnmiller4157 Жыл бұрын

San Diego native here, I was born after this happened but I asked my dad about this, and turns out he literally drove past the tank this day. Crazy stuff!

@scribejungal3125 Жыл бұрын

San diego homegrown as well. Was born in 92, my pops worked at a donut shop in convoy st, where the tank roamed through.

@juliefisk8066 Жыл бұрын

Fellow San Diegoian here. I lived in community where this happened. It was an absolute shit show, watching it unfold live on t.v., was scary. Listening to the news, watching him barrel through the neighborhoods, I lived just a few blocks away, on the other side of the Balboa Ave, when he started off in Kearny Mesa.

@user-bt8xr5si9y Жыл бұрын

What were your toughts when you saw that? Did you even believe what you just witnessed? I mean you just casually drive around town and all of a sudden a goddamn tank drives past you followed by every police car the city has to offer xd

@americanmilitiaman88 Жыл бұрын

Former Sandiego born in 88. I Remember Watching it on the news live. I also remember the Oklahoma City bombing and the raid to capture Mohamed farah Aidid. And 9/11. And the north Hollywood shootout and rodney king riots Turbulent times

@senorpepper3405 Жыл бұрын

I was in the 8th grade at Jean farb middle school in tierrasanta on that day.

@eurosonly Жыл бұрын

Morale of the story: don't steal other people's tools because you never know how they might react to it and what they're already going through. Mental health is no joke. He was showing signs of paranoia by suing the hospital already after his mom passed away. I've seen the same thing happen in my family and my friends. But it always starts with some genetic component that you may not even be aware of.

@chemical_35 4 ай бұрын

He sold his own tools for meth money , and claimed they were stolen.

@gunsnsails Жыл бұрын

I was in SD when this happened. Imagine a young sailor first watching OJ being chased by police live on tv from a hotel room in Hawaii to being a mere few miles from a tank rampage and watching that unfold as well. I often wondered what would be next.

@livetonfnv3176 Жыл бұрын

You got one hell of a way you tell your stories, I'm fully engaged all the way through. Keep up the good work man.

@PopoMedic Жыл бұрын

thank you!

@livetonfnv3176 Жыл бұрын

@@PopoMedic Your welcome brother.

@PiousSlayer Жыл бұрын

@@PopoMedic Hey, what genre of music do you use in these videos by the way? I really like it.

@noided4230 Жыл бұрын

@@PiousSlayer retro futuristic

@adangarcia7024 Жыл бұрын

@@PiousSlayer in the description the songs are linked I don't really know music so it be better if you looked ❤

@concentratecorner1744 Жыл бұрын

i remember being a little kid and my dad telling me about this on the anniversary of it. My dad knew him he was a local plumber and apparently a really good dude, it hurt a lot of people that he did this and passed away.

@Rzo139 Жыл бұрын

"....he was a local plumber and apparently a really good dude..." Yeah, he said it in the video. 🙄 A lot of people knew him.

@brendanmichel5313 Жыл бұрын

He spent his life serving and working before having a mental health break and being robbed and dumped. He got addicted to hard drugs and fell into a deep psychosis. This is different than a sane person who chooses crime and runs scams. Not better or worse, but this guy isn't just any criminal. Keep in mind, he stole a fucking tank. Not cars to sell, he didn't steal cars or jewelry, he stole his own death from the government. Not a criminal, a terrorist.

@mr.voidout4739 Жыл бұрын

What a shame... I'm actually remembering this for the first time in 27 years, saw some of it live, but only vaguely.

@concentratecorner1744 Жыл бұрын

@@Rzo139 yea but i feel like youll always find that online, but i was just confirming he was really respected locally

@cedricnora4481 Жыл бұрын

@@Rzo139 hey, you and I both gotta work on being impulsively confrontational.

@nicholaswall6880 Жыл бұрын

dude really did the least damage possible w the tank

@marvinmahehu1848 Жыл бұрын

Imagine walking out of a restaurant after grabbing your takeaway burger only to see a tank rolling down the road with police cars in hot pursuit

@thefingerlesscommentator8096 Жыл бұрын

imagine having to call your insurance company and explain that a tank has broken through your house 🤣

@benitomussolinki7155 Жыл бұрын

You ever read those policies? They have everything covered. I was just reading my auto insurance policy the other day and it said they won't cover a loss due to civil war, revolution, nuclear radiation ect.

@thefingerlesscommentator8096 Жыл бұрын

@@benitomussolinki7155 things are different here in Italy it is already difficult to find an insurance that covers you from the normal acts of vandalism, theft and fire at a human price, imagine the rest 🤣

@borkoalkoholtariiisk Жыл бұрын

@@benitomussolinki7155 Hehehe imagine contacting your insurance company for the auto insurance policy over a nuclear radiation damage on your car.That would be a sight

@Bloodhound264 Жыл бұрын

I'm a former Army tanker and can tell you that I agree 100% with their use of lethal force against him. He had a literal weapon of war on the streets and showed no regard for property or human life. Regardless of the tragic circumstances that led Nelson to make this decision, it was a choice. And he got what was coming to him.

@specialopssoldier1 Жыл бұрын

but hes protected under the 2nd amendment he can buy a tank if he want too. but the only problem he did was stealing a tank which is bad on his part. buddy of mine bought a tank because one he own a firing range and two we live in texas and we can do that.

@Sentii2 Жыл бұрын

Nowhere did he try to take a life, only destroyed a lot of property

@MrIrishalley Жыл бұрын

im completely ignorant to tanks but can they do anything but go in circles with only one track? regardless im with you the shooting was justified.

@chaosbandit239 Жыл бұрын

@@specialopssoldier1Even if he bought the tank he can't really go around running over public and private property with it

@jerryboics9550 Жыл бұрын

Sure Tim, what did you have in mind to destroy one track? Bomb? Or would one of those " stop sticks " work?

@michealdrake3421 Жыл бұрын

I'm really enjoying these documentaries. Your energy and your humor (which I commend you for using as appropriately and tastefully as you do, that can be a very fine line to walk) keep it entertaining, and you stick to the facts and don't sensationalize. Keep up the great work, I'm really looking forward to more of these videos.

@autohitman Жыл бұрын

Great job on the new mini-doc’s. This is my second time coming across them (just watched the rescue of the US soldier in Iraq). Keep up the good work - your narration, editing, story line, etc. is all A+ 👍

@temphy Жыл бұрын

Dude, you are a literal godsend to this platform. Interesting topics, quality no over-the-top bs editing, impressive storytelling, easy to digest format. Keep doing what you're doing my man bc I've fallen in love with ur channel and I don't think I can stop watching anytime in the foreseeable future. 🖤🖤

@PopoMedic Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! Lots more to come and this is just the beginning. I can’t wait to show you guys my full length docs.

@cedricnora4481 Жыл бұрын

@@PopoMedic you do a great job of letting the story speak for itself when need be, but when you need to fill the gaps there’s a calculated amount of glitz and showmanship. Keep doing your thing, homie, who knows where your skills can take you?

@motoxrider4life745 Жыл бұрын

I have to agree 100%. This Channel is getting ready to 🚀

@jaredbowman7764 Жыл бұрын

And great taste in background music

@daveys279 Жыл бұрын

@@jaredbowman7764 I was about to say his music choice for these videos is top notch, only adds to the storytelling

@stuartstogdill2406 Жыл бұрын

the woman starting to cry was HILARIOUS!!!!! People like that are simply insane... the cops did their job perfectly.

@arnold8746 Жыл бұрын

She was a dummy, but just because what had to be done was done, doesn't make it any less sad.

@notme5844 Жыл бұрын

absolutely mindblowing that people were angry they shot him. Yes his story is tragic and its unfortunate but it seems it wouldn't have ended any other way. That was likely what the guy wanted.

@dnadetails Жыл бұрын

she's still upset to this day

@yourdadsotherfamily3530 Жыл бұрын

Cognitive dissonance be liek

@willpugh8865 Жыл бұрын

I would LOVE to see her face if the Cobra showed up

@vertigq5126 Жыл бұрын

This was cool, thanks a lot for sharing this with us man. Especially liked the maps, live footage and analysis on this one! And your editing/timing are on point. Keep it up! God bless you :)

@Volinkrien Жыл бұрын

I remember hearing about this on the news as a kid. I thought then it was just someone joy riding in a tank, but was only later that it was a man after going through a mental breakdown.

@St33lStrife Жыл бұрын

While I cannot condone his actions, I absolutely feel sympathy for the man. Keep in mind that throughout the entire rampage, he was the only fatality. Some people aren't evil, they are just crazy. And there's no helping them.

@midgetydeath Жыл бұрын

He was the only fatality *in spite of* is efforts to kill a bunch of people. Don’t make it sound like he avoided hurting anyone.

@The4HorsePeaples Жыл бұрын

@@midgetydeath Bro if you think someone driving a tank can't harm someone I have a bridge to sell you. If he really wanted to hurt people he would have. This is just another public suicide.

@cavemanbonk8320 Жыл бұрын

@@The4HorsePeaples I'd agree, he even decided against ramming into that house, but he literally turned into incoming traffic, if that wasnt an attempt to take other lives idk what else to say to you

@victorsaenz9452 Жыл бұрын

Exactly.

@Donari Жыл бұрын

Same with skyking as he himself said "i dont wanna hurt no one" and "im just a broken guy. got a few screws loose" fly high

@josephg.3370 Жыл бұрын

This is so sad. A good guy who needed help but didn't look for or didn't find it.

@pro_154 Жыл бұрын

Crazy how they expect mentally ill men to pull themselves together mentally in order to seek help

@dbz9393 Жыл бұрын

In America? Good luck

@abimaellopezmaylord27lopez7 Жыл бұрын

@@dbz9393 in the 90s there was help but why would he steal a tank when his parents died because no one does that

@nachocheese6107 Жыл бұрын

This kind of stuff happens on the daily just not as extreme

@SergyMilitaryRankings Жыл бұрын

@@abimaellopezmaylord27lopez7 the 90s was even worse for help

@LostWolf911 Жыл бұрын

The fact they questioned why the officer used deadly force is stupid considering the circumstances

@ImminghamIronhead Жыл бұрын

Kudos to the officer who non-fatally disabled him. It takes incredible professionalism to keep your head in such an unprecedented situation.

@ritzharrison2751 9 ай бұрын

Non-fatally? The dude died dummy. That's about as fatal as it gets...

@alexsandels9114 Жыл бұрын

This guy was an uncle of a guy I knew, he would always say that he was just a broken man, not an evil one.

@anthonykatsivalis224 Жыл бұрын

Being a broken man and an evil man are two different things that are always confused for one another.

@syberphish 11 ай бұрын

You don't have to live a life of evil to die doing something evil.

@ralphalvarez5465 Жыл бұрын

When I was stationed in Germany in the early 1980's, a tanker stole an M60 and did a similar rampage through a German town. He tore into buildings, cars (narrower streets) and cobblestone roads. He was cornered on a bridge, turned the gun and back over the railing into the water. For whatever reason, he didn't fire the main gun. During the Cold War, the tanks (at least the one near the East German border) carried their combat load.

@justarandomtechpriest1578 Жыл бұрын

Probably because you cannot operate the gun and drive the tank

@mr.sir. Жыл бұрын

What- my dad was in Germany as a tanker himself and I never heard this story- then again I never heard anything much from my dad since he hated it but still that's like the Buffalo Soldiers methhead tank scene

@mr.sir. Жыл бұрын

And yes you carry a full load in the tank. Plenty of photos from my dad with holding depleted uranium rounds, firing rounds at night and shooting the 50

@crisespinoza1979 Жыл бұрын

Probably because some thread of sanity was still inside him. He felt angry/upset at authority but not the people.

@Observerl 10 ай бұрын

Great fairy tale. I'm from Germany and nothing like that happened here. That was in Austria and it went very differently. On September 18, 1994, 22-year-old contract soldier Gerhard Mikes prepares for an unusual trial. On June 8, out of lovesickness, he stole a 47-ton M60 battle tank from the Zwölfaxing barracks and flattened traffic signs, cars and rails on his 2-hour drive to Vienna-Simmering. He was sentenced to six months in prison and had to pay two million shillings, the equivalent of around 145,000 euros, in compensation. "But the tiresome story ended well, because nobody was injured in the rampage at the time," the judge justified the mild sentence the next day.

@stevem3605 Жыл бұрын

Pretty damn in depth sir. Learned a bunch of facts that I never knew. Thanks for the video.

@DrSauceGotTheJuice Жыл бұрын

I just love how u did the psychology background of this guy, almost makes u feel sorry for em

@williamalbers417 Жыл бұрын

San Diego native here, this happened a mile from my house. I remember this, I was just about to graduate high school. From what I remember there was no ammunition in the tank. I still wonder how the hell he was able to get a tank out from under the national guard. I bet someone got their ass chewed out.

@favor4afavor823 Жыл бұрын

Did you go to Kearny high? I went to Muir elementary when this occured.

@f.wallace8969 Жыл бұрын

I'm surprised they didn't have any locks on it, but seeing how they were at the armory at the time maybe they were working with them. Who knows? Luckily they at least had the foresight to keep ammo stored somewhere else.

@pegcity4eva 9 ай бұрын

People are stupid and lazy. I work for the government and I'm not shocked by this at all.

@Glumyy Жыл бұрын

As someone who is in college studying criminal justice, I just wanna say these videos are incredible and you do a fantastic job with the topics. I really appreciate how you cover these peoples' back stories and the historical context, it's a very important part of criminology. Thank you for making these, your storytelling, editing, and pacing are perfect!

@Iahusha777Iahuah Жыл бұрын

I hope you study law enforcement injustice too, hoe they enforce policy instead of law and they bend and break the law as a matter of practice and are proud of it

@Zack-lq9tb Жыл бұрын

Shirt story should be support mental health over imprisonment

@mr.longtrail9960 Жыл бұрын

I'm burning through all of your videos and you bring lights to some of the most fascinating crime events that I have followed over the years and some I was unaware of. I really enjoy the way you do the videos very good.

@spencerhoffman1744 Жыл бұрын

Bro, I don’t know how you can sustain this. Unreal. Great job!

@jonathaniszorro Жыл бұрын

I was born and raised in SD. My Dad worked at a Datel Systems computer store and was watching this live on the news. Recognizing the street, he looked out the storefront windows to watch the tank rolling by, taking out a few parked vehicles in the process.

@CrashRacknShoot Жыл бұрын

"But why wouldn't they just MACE HIM?!" Barbaric. Should've asked him to stop a little nicer. That would've done the trick.

@DerAlleinTiger Жыл бұрын

Funny thing is, I imagine shooting mace at someone in an enclosed tank like that would have been hell not just for him but the officers trying to get him out of there. Meanwhile, his own brother agreed with the shooting and said it was justified. People, man.

@CrashRacknShoot Жыл бұрын

@@DerAlleinTiger lol right? "Oh, you're so right, Miss. Where were our manners?! It's only a fucking tank that the military uses to level cities. I'm sure the local paintball squad can apprehend him."

@Morthatron Жыл бұрын

It’s the fact that something like this is even remotely possible in USA that makes the rest of the world wonder wtf happened to that country. Check out the Killdozer - guy did almost the same thing with an armoured bulldozer he built in Oregon(? I think)

@skunkbutt Жыл бұрын

@@Morthatron lol and violence doesn't happen in other countries sweaty?

@Morthatron Жыл бұрын

@@skunkbutt well, Sweety (I shower everyday), no other country has more mass shooting per day than sunrises (337 so far this year not including any of July), and afaik, stealing a tank doesn’t happen anywhere else either. No country is perfect - mine sure isn’t, but USA is a whole other level of madness.

@swapmeetlus4096 Жыл бұрын

Man, I can’t imagine what loosing my dad and mom will be like. They had us boys (4) at a later age, my dad is 73 now, it scares me to live when my father no longer does. Sometimes I can’t even imagine life without my mother. I’m 27 and don’t depend on them, but still, I’m jealous of people who grow up to be 50 and still have their parents.

@FoolishMark90 Жыл бұрын

It'll be okay.

@midsouthirish1680 5 ай бұрын

You just keep your head up and in the game. You will do just fine bro!

@nikkcarroll9382 Жыл бұрын

You're a fantastic story teller. Keep it up bro

@SVTBansheeman Жыл бұрын

More than half the video is about the down fall. Not just the tank stuff. Well Done!

@globaladdict Жыл бұрын

They call it foreplay lol

@Chris-vf8fe Жыл бұрын

The man does great work.

@JAKphoenixify Жыл бұрын

I remember watching this as a kid with my dad, but never knew about the backstory, which makes it all the more tragic. Thanks for covering this Popo!

@TheStevenWhiting Жыл бұрын

And that none of the news outlets at the time reported the back story.

@DavidHernandez-ri6hf 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for making these videos I really appreciate it

@mikesly5 Жыл бұрын

These are always well done. Nice work!

@ChubakaSteven Жыл бұрын

re-depositing my two cents, you're killing it with these mini-documentaries. your voice, editing, and music selection make for a great watch. I always look forward to a new Popo Medic upload as of late!

@mrbransformer4184 Жыл бұрын

Hey bud, glad your channel has blown up like it has, great work.

@PopoMedic Жыл бұрын

thanks man appreciate ya

@GoldenGod69 Жыл бұрын

@@PopoMedic it’s crazy man, blew up off that Tacoma Crip video lol congrats

@boomboone47 Жыл бұрын

Bro who’s claiming police brutality, HE HAD A LITERAL TANK.

@spinningfish-cv6zj 7 ай бұрын

Imagine a group of friends trained 2 years for driving a tank, stopping wounds, repairing tanks, then stole a tank, or two, and decided to go on a rampage on a military base.

@bajabret60 Жыл бұрын

I lived in that area at the time. Drove by the crushed freeway median barrier daily. Your video is the most detailed and informative story of this event I've come across, and I read a lot of others at the time. Thanks. Well done.

@SeanA099 Жыл бұрын

Something similar happened in Virginia in 2018 with an APC. You should cover that

@edwinhysmith8492 Жыл бұрын

I remember watching this on TV and I have lived San Diego all my life . This was wild This min-doc is very well narrated and done 👍🏿.

@JWUniverse Жыл бұрын

Ask and you shall receive… Thank you so much for covering this… This was by far my Favorite Chase as a kid. Never understood why he did it… Until later on. But your video let me know he was basically Gunning for the Hospital he hated so much. Imagine if he had not gotten stuck…

@OneNationUnderGod.45 Жыл бұрын

The decline of this guys life, is really the type of stuff that teaches you to be humble when your life is going well and smooth.

@deeznutz8320 Жыл бұрын

Yeah simmilair story to Killdozer

@mel0nman803 Жыл бұрын

Never underestimate someone with nothing left to lose

@missioncomplete420 Жыл бұрын

Just found your channel. These videos are put together extremely well. Thank you for the amazing content

@beckscald3855 Жыл бұрын

LOVE these mini docs. Started binge watching them at the weekends.

@pocketsand4404 Жыл бұрын

That man in his final moments had peace he longed for. A sense of freedom from the shackles of the harsh world he lived in. Despite how tragic it was, he definitely felt relief when he came to the end of the road.

@rezvlt9285 Жыл бұрын

Yeah. Just a man down on his luck . Not to to say what he did was good.

@herewego1647 Жыл бұрын

I'm from Oceanside and I was 15 when this happened and it was crazy. We watched it on live TV up to the point when he was shot when he got stuck

@jbaker1341 Жыл бұрын

I love the crocodile tears from the random girl on the street.

@jaredhb7706 Жыл бұрын

One awesome thing about this is that my uncle helped with this chase! At one point if the footage you can see him climbing on top of the tank

@bubzilla6137 Жыл бұрын

I remember this! I was 12 years old at the time, almost 13, but I remember this being on every channel here in Wisconsin! That was crazy... I didn't know all the details that you shared in this video though. I just learned a lot! Thank you... 🙂🙂🙂

@FenianAn1mal Жыл бұрын

I moved to SanD in 98 so I missed this crazy shit. I remember first meeting my boss at wackenhut who had a picture hanging on the wall of his office of the tank stuck on the K-rails. He proceeded to tell me the entire story. Turns out I was living not that far from the armory in clairemont mesa lol. ahhhh good times...I miss SanD. Great video popo!

@TimberwolfCY Жыл бұрын

Great stuff as always! Keep it up, you've discovered and developed a rhythm and style that's unique, and I love it

@TheHitSquadOffroad Жыл бұрын

Great mini documentaries. The info and commentary is great.

@thewolfy3328 Жыл бұрын

What shocks me is how the civilians are all like “Why would you shoot the guy it the 57 ton killing machine instead of arresting him?”

@mervunit Жыл бұрын

It was in California

@Psych_777 Жыл бұрын

That Marine and cop who stopped this has the hugest balls known to man. Props to Officer/GySgt Paxton. Holy sh*t.

@elwood6548 Жыл бұрын

Guys need more support. I watch this and its just a failure of society. What if someone just helped him get some new tools? Its the same problem with mass shootings.. Guys are ignored, abandoned, marginalized, now were the evil ones in the media. This could be another "Falling Down Movie".. Thanks for putting this together. I wish the troops had more programs to help vets after service. Or guys who have hit rock bottom.

@deebo3483 Жыл бұрын

Great to see my hometown get some love, funny enough I’m a former Army dude moving from San Diego to Utah. This happened a year before I was born, strange to see footage of a tank rampage on the same freeways I used to commute to work every day. San Diego definitely hasn’t forgotten this one. Also, tool theft is very common in San Diego. A lot of local hispanics resort to tool and vehicle theft, then will go straight to Tijuana to sell them at profit. I grew up watching my father’s work van get broken into repeatedly as an HVAC guy.

@f.wallace8969 Жыл бұрын

You should steal one of Utah's tanks.

@deebo3483 Жыл бұрын

@@f.wallace8969 they could send the mormons on bicycles after me though, then I’m screwed

@chriswebster24 Жыл бұрын

There are a lot of local Hispanics in San Diego. It’s not surprising that theft would be common there.

@Creativityzealot Жыл бұрын

@@chriswebster24 "but but socio economic reasons!"

@501joshb Жыл бұрын

I live practically across the street from the armory that he stole the tank from and even though it happened years before I’d even move to SD it’s always an interesting story to tell family and friends when they visit for the first time about this what happened at that armory and that’s the one and these streets are the place he went rampaging through. They also always ask if the tank on display in the front is the same one he stole and I have to always disappoint.

@holypotato4287 Жыл бұрын

I always wondered if it was that tank outside. I guess not 😢 😂

@501joshb Жыл бұрын

@@holypotato4287 I think it would be much cooler if it was, but I understand why they wouldn’t make it the same one out on display.

@joe1972 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your services Mr. Nelson. Rip

@EternalChamp 7 ай бұрын

Sooooo glad you switched your channel up and kept doing this kind of content. 🎉You put lightning in a bottle with this move bruv

@pjlh07 Жыл бұрын

The music plus the stock footage you used to portray his life and the footage of the rampage really well portrays the insanity of him at the time

@carlosnieve1225 Жыл бұрын

It’s crazy to hear that people think that shooting was unjustified. If a tank isn’t enough of a threat to use lethal force, what would be? Fortunate that no one else got hurt.

@jordanwardan7588 Жыл бұрын

eh. none of the police officers standing on top of the tank were at risk of being shot at by the tank since they were on top of the tank with the hatch open

@carlosnieve1225 Жыл бұрын

@@jordanwardan7588 because a man crazy enough to drive a tank on the freeway wouldn’t also be crazy enough to have a weapon inside the tank

@jordanwardan7588 Жыл бұрын

@@carlosnieve1225 it wouldnt be crazy for him to keep a weapon inside the tank lol he'd be too crazy to think of that by your logic, anyway assumptions

@lordicarus8807 10 ай бұрын

Man, just found out about your channel but gotta say: Top notch content! Really well-made documentaries. Congratulations!

@benallen2196 Жыл бұрын

This dude is driving around in a freaking tank and people are upset that they shot him 😂

@martincolvill5453 Жыл бұрын

These mini-docs are fantastic! The choice of music for this one inspired. Popo, keep it up. This ol' Police Officer/Firefighter/Paramedic (retired 1993) enjoys the trip down memory lane very much. Keep it code 4 buddy.

@chipperspoons6088 Жыл бұрын

I'm from San Diego and I remember my dad telling me about this you definitely told it better but it's pretty cool to here about the background of the guy not just the story of the tank

@Nope-move-along 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for another informative vid, This provided a lot of context to this situation of which I only seen news cast of

@rarewaffle9107 Жыл бұрын

That tank rampage montage was absolutely beautiful.

@Sfrasier0711 Жыл бұрын

This tank was stolen from my step-dads armory. The guys ended up framing the shot of the tank on the freeway with the 2 dozen cop cars behind him and put, “Tanks for the memories.”

@FirstDagger Жыл бұрын

One major flaw, the M60 is not a Patton and was never called so by the US Army, only the preceding M46, M47, M48 are.

@Scott_Buchanan Жыл бұрын

I love these types of videos, keep up the great work!

@larzulrich199 Жыл бұрын

I love this channel so much. Perfect vids to listen to during shower time

@aaronlopez492 Жыл бұрын

I love your retelling of this incredible dramatic story. I remember being on the 405 S being glued to a news station not believing my ears. Great job.👍

@Dean-qq4wy Жыл бұрын

Amazing editing and music in the background of all these mini documentaries. Not too long but yet still has all information you need to understand what has happened and adding small details that you wouldn't hear from other sources. Amazing work, always looking forward to another video!

@WillyPark Жыл бұрын

The music was terrible, wtf are you talking about?

@elli003 Жыл бұрын

I remember this breaking on live tv. Just as much excitement as the OJ White Bronco scene or the Janet Reno ATF debacle at Waco. I didn't know they were about to use a Cobra attack helicopter.

@sundeeptakhar72 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for back story I was 13 yrs old when I saw it on TV i always thought he survived feeling sympathy and sorry what his life has been may he GET PEACE AFTER LIFE.