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Brighton Beach Starbucks Hostage Situation: Pictures
In Brighton Beach, Brooklyn yesterday, Samuel White was shot dead by the police in an apartment above a Starbucks, due to an all day seige and a kidnapping.
Pictures of the Brighton Beach Starbucks hostage situation
The police said officers shot Samuel White, 20, when he lunged at them with a knife in his small, second-floor apartment at 607 Brighton Beach Avenue. The confrontation concluded a daylong standoff that began around 10:30 Saturday morning, when a relative of a 19-year-old woman reported that the woman had been abducted.
The woman called her relatives and was later seen on the roof of the commercial strip after escaping through a window. She told the police she had been raped.
She had an order of protection against Samuel White, who had only just been released from prison for assault, kidnapping, and carjacking.
A team of experts had tried all day to talk Mr. White down from the apartment and surrender, but eventually they had to enter the building, when Mr. White jumped out at them with a 12-inch carving knife and they shot him. He was taken to Coney Island hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Close friends said that Mr. White and the unidentified woman had been each others first loves.


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enraged at this situation (not verified)at 04:10 on September 14th, 2009
How can this be deemed a hostage situation when no hostage was ever brought out? She was long gone prior to the arrival of an entire task force. Just another example of the cops using excessive force against one single unarmed young man. He was in his house and terrified...for whatever reason he picked up a knife, if that's true, the cops did not have to kill him. The could have tazered him more or only shot to injure. This child's family deserves answers and there should be accountability for a needless death instead of having his character ripped apart by the media before knowing how the situation unfolded. There are simply too many questions unanswered and facts that do not add up. I hope his family is able to attain peace and closure.
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chickita (not verified)at 08:29 on September 14th, 2009
samuel wasnt llike that ,,,im sure dey could of tackle him down
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Amanda F (not verified)at 08:42 on September 14th, 2009
Ok you ignorant people lets get this story straight..Samuel White was a "good kid." He was intelligent, well spoken and motivated. He was going to school while working and would never have done what the news is making it out to be. Read the daily news today Anastasia is crying to them now and saying she misses him and denies he ever raped her. I know both of them personally and anyone who knows of them and their relationship know exactly what happened. Anastasia was obsessed and controlling. The police needed to have checked their records this isn't the first time that she had claimed to be kidnapped, in August she had gotten him arrested when he was not even with her I know he didnt kidnap her and if the police check their records it will will say that she was there 15 minutes later bailing him out. Anastasia got a court order of protection against him yet openly claims they were still in a relationship. When she had place the court order of protection he would be hanging out with us and it was non stop calls or im's from this girl. This was another stunt to control him except she let it go too far this time that's all. An innocent person was killed. He was on the phone with friends and family members he said he was unarmed and he didnt even know where she was. The cops supposedly found her waiting on the roof.. trust me if it was there they found her that is exactly where she started. Samuel was trying to better himself and keep out of trouble she let this get out of hand and now feels guilty. The cops are just covering their asses, she was never raped and never touched. They said they tazed him and then needed to shoot him.. the weapon they charged him with was a kitchen knife when intially they said he had a gun and yet found nothing. Trust me I'm 5'3 and sam was about my size to take him down four cops could have easily have done it without shooting him in the head. They didn't seem to point out any of these things in the news. Come on people get your asses out of your head and the facts straight.. We all knew Sam don't believe everything you hear or read. Hopefully you will never have to be in a situation where one of your loved ones is being made out to be someone they weren't because you would then know how painful it is knowing the truth and how easily all of this could have been avoided. We will never forget you Sam, and as for you Anastasia I hope god has mercy on you.
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vanya (not verified)at 09:18 on September 15th, 2009
The police ledger suggested a tumultuous relationship. Mr. White had 12 arrests, with at least five charges related to the young woman and her family dating to 2006. In July, he was arrested at least two or three times in connection to the woman, police said, including a day when he was arrested twice — once for threatening the woman and again when officers overheard him threatening her mother over the phone while the woman was reporting the episode at the precinct.
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JoeCamel (not verified)at 06:37 on September 15th, 2009
"She had an order of protection against Samuel White, who had only just been released from prison for assault, kidnapping, and carjacking."With a record like that, one more scumbag erased from this planet is no loss.
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Mr Obvious (not verified)at 09:06 on September 15th, 2009
Co-sign. A man is defined by his actions, actions speak louder than words. So in this case a person who committed ASSAULT, KIDNAPPING, AND CARJACKING? I guess all his friends were the same 'thugs' like him if they say that he was a 'nice guy'. Seriously though, look at his rap sheet before saying anything nice about the guy.
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even more enraged (not verified)at 09:53 on September 15th, 2009
This is directed at Joe Camel:How dare you judge anyone? You're probably either a cop OR related to the victim's ex. If you're judging the situation by reading what the media posts, most of which is fed to them by the NYPD,The victim, Sammy White, is no longer alive to provide his side of the story, and he is the real victim of this situation...and any prior rap sheet he may have, has absolutely no bearing on this situation. He may have been accused and recently released for the crimes you listed but where does it say he was ever convicted of them??...HUGE difference. The police had dogs with them, a fucking swat team, hostage negotiators (for no hostage) as well as at least 50 officers....there is no conceivable way he could have even attempted to attack a cop with a knife, he wouldn't have been able to get within 10 feet of him..again, all the more reason why there was no cause to shoot him. You should act like a human being and show some respect towards his family who now have to bury this young man at such an early age and have to live with this tragedy for good.
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DoubleDown (not verified)at 07:58 on September 15th, 2009
I am sorry but a "good kid" does not have 12 arrests by the age of 20. I have lived in NYC all of my life....and I have been arrested once in those 40 years, for smoking weed in public. It is a shame that a person had to die no matter what the circumstances were, but if he was truly a "good kid" and he did not do what she claimed he did to her, then there would have been no problem surrendering to the police. He might have went to jail, AGAIN, but it is better than being dead. You say the police are just covering their asses? For what? Oh lets shoot the kid for the hell of it and then we will say he came at us with a knife? I think you watch too many movies. First off, even if Sam came at the police with a gun in each hand and the officers had to shoot him, they still have to live with the fact that they took someones life for as long as they live, which is not easy. "Anastasia is crying to them now and saying she misses him and denies he ever raped her"...well if that's the way she feels she could have prevented this whole thing by saying so while he was still in the Apt.....she was there she saw what was going on (I was there too) the entire avenue from Brighton 6 to Brighton 7 was sealed off. There were ESU trucks and police cars everywhere, the K-9 unit had dogs out on the street, it looked like a scene out of a movie. This was not some little thing where one squad car showed up...this was serious. So do not blame the police, blame her...she could have stopped the whole thing right then and there if she now denies that he raped her. I may not agree with all the actions that some on the NYPD take, but they have a hard job and are up against a majority of people that hate them. If the police bust into my apt. with guns drawn telling me to get down...I am face down on the ground, hands behind my back that way the is no reason to get shot, especially if I know I didn't do anything.
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Mr Obvious (not verified)at 09:08 on September 15th, 2009
Another Co-sign. If a cop is telling you to get on the floor or if they try breaking in. Your body should be hugging that floor as hard as possible. No ifs, ands, or buts, your ass is on the floor and not behind the couch trying to stab a cop.
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Jiggy Joe Jackson (not verified)at 11:43 on September 15th, 2009
Alright now settle down. This poor young man has been a victim of yet anotother fuckin bird ass dumb desperate BITCH ! Listen this is what happens when a nice guy go's after the wrong bitch. Girls are nothing but trouble and drive guys to either do or act in certain ways they would never have done. What else is new. Girls play with guys hearts and then fuckin set them up for some crazy shit like this. To bad this guy did'nt cut her throat and throw her out the window in pieces. At least he would have takin her with him. All blame go's to that dumb girl. I hope you reading this bitch cuz you fucked up big time. I hope you never sleep again you slut ass hoe. I hate all woman and will only fuck prostitutes from now on. Woman don't know how to treat a real MAN.... God have mercy on all our souls because woman have ruined every great man to ever live. BURN IN HELL BITCHESSSSSSSSSSS !!!!!!!!!!!
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A REAL MUTHER FUCKIN GEE FULL OF RAGE AND HATE (not verified)at 11:55 on September 15th, 2009
FUCK THAT HOE ASS BITCH< FUCK THE COPS< FUCK YOU< FUCK EVERYBODY. IF THAT WAS ME THERE WOULD'NT HAVE BEEN A BRIGHTON BEACH LEFT> I WOULD HAVE BURNT THAT HOLE SECTOR TO THE GROUND> SAY SOMETHING NOW> RIP SAM WHITE > U WILL BE MISSED....
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Thug Hater (not verified)at 12:48 on September 15th, 2009
You should change you name to "A REAL MUTHER FUCKIN IGNORANT FOOL FULL OF RAGE AND A SMALL PENIS"
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Your mother has a small penis (not verified)at 13:14 on September 15th, 2009
My blessed lovely country that stands for freedom has planted that wonderful warm feeling of hate in my heart and your just afraid that you understand my hate and rage but people like me are the ones who have to stand up and scream because all you cowards have your pee pees tucked in between ya butt cheeks. You need me so you can point your finger at me when the snow settles inside the snow globe you live in and i have to come by and pick you up and shake you. WAKE UP FUCKER and smell the truth because your buried face deep in your own misguided assurance of happiness. It's just a feeling it will soon fade away "oh and by the way, Your wife is fucking another man behind your back because you may think the money makes her happy but the niggers cock she deep throats is what's really making her happy" HAPPY SLUTS DAY YOU COMMUNIST PIG GO TO CUBA AND GO FUCK YA MOTHER IN THE BALLS FUCKERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!
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Thug Hater (not verified)at 13:21 on September 15th, 2009
Wow, you almost sounded intelligent there for a minute, then you went back to sounding like the 12 year old that you really are.
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Thug Hater (not verified)at 13:24 on September 15th, 2009
Wow, you almost sounded intelligent there for a minute, then you went back to sounding like the 12 year old that you really are
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I agree with Jiggy Joe Jackson (not verified)at 13:21 on September 15th, 2009
Woman are the root of all EVIL. This poor shmuck had to die because this dumb girl could'nt feel happy until she completely ruined this poor guys life. Well it's to late for a reunion and make up sex bitch. I say to all you girls who keep fucking around with guys heads. What go's around comes around and Karma is a bitch like you so laugh now you stinkin dirty selfish greedy disgusting hooker hoe sluts, laugh now because your all gonna get yours real soon and cry rivers of tears and you will deserve it because a heart is nothing to play with and this man was probably mentaly tortured by this rotten carcas of a girl.
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Larisa (not verified)at 17:10 on September 15th, 2009
THIS IS ALL FUCKIN BULLSHIT ... I CANT BELIEVE THE MEDIA & THE COPS HAS THE NERVE TO FUCKIN PUT THIS SHIT OUT. EVERYONE NEEDS TO KNOW THE FUCKIN TRUTH!!! SAMUEL WHITE WAS NO THUG, HE WAS IN SCHOOL & WORKING AND HARDLY HUNG OUT ON THE STREETS. THE COPS ARE FUCKIN LIARS AND IT WAS NOT NECESSARY TO KILL SAMMY, THEY SAID THEY TAZED HIM AND THAT DIDNT WORK, A TAZOR CAN TAKE DOWN A 300 POUND MAN!! THE RAPE & THE KIDNAPPING IS ALL BULLSHIT .. SHE WAS ALREADY AT HIS HOUSE!!!! THE COPS DIDNT EVEN HAVE THEIR STORY STRAIGHT AND WTF WAS SAMMY GONNA DO EVEN HE HAD A KNIFE ... HE HAD NO CHANCE OVER GUNS AND SHIELDS... JUSTICE WILL BE SERVED!!! FUCK THE BULLSHIT MEDIA & FUCK THE COPS!!! IDK HOW THIS GIRL IS EVER GONNA LIVE WITH HERSELF.... CUZ SHE KNOWS THE TRUTH!! SAMSON WAS A GOOD GUY AND WAS ONE OF THE SWEETEST PEOPLE I KNEW ..
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DoubleDown (not verified)at 07:11 on September 16th, 2009
It is a messed up situation, and when it comes down to it she is the only one to blame for his death from what I make of this. From what I have read about her, she is a bit crazy, calling the cops on him one minute and then bailing him out the next, so knowing that why did he let her into his house in the first place if he knew she had an order of protection against him, that's just setting himself up for more of her craziness. Yes, I agree there was no reason for a life to be taken, but you have to remember all the police knew when they entered that building was, here is someone that has been arrested 12 times, 5 of them because of this girl who is claiming rape and abduction. They don't know she is full of shit. It doesn't make sense why anybody would charge armed police officers with a knife, but it also does not make sense why the police would just enter a building and fire shots for no reason. As far as the tazing goes, it does not matter how big or small you are, some people react differently to being tazed than other. It is all about where the tazer hits them and other factors. A tazer in the right spot can take any person down in seconds, in the wrong spot can have little effect. The only people that will now exactly what happend in that apartment are the cops and Samuel, unfortuately we will never hear Samuels side, but because of that you can not automatically assume that the cops are lying. May he rest in peace, and may she suffer for the rest of her life knowing she was the cause of his death.
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vavya (not verified)at 08:50 on September 16th, 2009
i wish you would have boyfriend like him, so he would treat you the way he traeted her.
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vanya (not verified)at 08:58 on September 16th, 2009
the cause of his death was he own stupidity, if he would have come out, nothing would have happened, cop were talking to him for about 6hours, why didn't he showed up for court on tuesday that weak? i guess he was busy kidnapping girls. nice guy. i guess you didn't know real sam white.
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katie - Disgusted (not verified)at 10:48 on September 17th, 2009
I believe the comments written by those who actually knew the deceased. He was only 20 years old....he was still a child with his whole life ahead of him. How could anybody say "good riddens". This Anastasia sounds like a total drama queen who doesn't know herself what she wants, but is in a habit of victimizing herself and pointing blame on this boy. Sounds like they had a long and disasterious relationship. My heart goes out to Sam's family and friends. I hope the next guy that crosses Anastasia's path proceeds with caution. I do believe she blew a lover's squwarl out of proportion, accusing Sam of crimes he did not commit, and I believe that the police have NO justification for shooting this child in the head. They NEED to be investigated. They spent the whole day outside the apartment and all they could think of was...who's gonna shoot him in the head first??? Why didn't they allow his family to talk him downstairs?? He was terrified. He was a child.
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DoubleDown (not verified)at 12:11 on September 17th, 2009
I don't take anything written here to be the truth. You have people that were friends with him saying he is innocent and it is all the girls fault, and you have her friends saying the opposite. It is a shame that his life was taken at such a young age, but this "he was terrified" and "he was only a child" stuff does not fly. He has been arrested 12 times, he is no stranger in dealing with the police. We don't know if the lunging at the police with a knife story is true, but when you have split seconds to react to an attack, it is very hard to make sure you know where your aim is going. Bottom line is all he had to do was put his hands up and come out of the building instead of keeping the cops at bay for 6 hours, and he would still be alive. "They spent the whole day outside the apartment and all they could think of was...who's gonna shoot him in the head first???" that statement is completely absurd...why isn't Al Sharpton marching up and down Brighton Beach ave. if that is the case.
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DaveG (not verified)at 20:30 on September 17th, 2009
Amazing what an awful guy he is being made to sound like. Anastasia used and emotionally abused Samuel for a long time. She tried to control him at all times and though many people warned him about her, he was foolishly blinded by his feelings. He tried getting away from her so many times and she kept coming back to suck him dry like a leech. She called and stalked him at his work all the time when he said he did not want to see her. The last time he was arrested for carjacking, kidnapping, and assaulting her I have no doubt that it was because she came to him herself. The car in question was one he bought for her, after she crashed another car he bought her previously. She is a liar and she deserves to rot in jail for his murder.
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Protect your heart or a woman will break it into a million p (not verified)at 03:05 on September 18th, 2009
My deepest compassion and prayers go out to Sams family and friends. This is such a sad tragedy for such a young man. I really hope everyone who reads this and all Sams friends learn to really screen potential future girlfriends. Us guys are so eager or tempted and sometimes persuaded to thinking we'ere in love with some one just because they may be cute or pretty. But the reality of the matter is beauty is from with in. A gorgeous girl can only bring you so far, I'm not sure if Anastasia was a pretty girl or not but Sam must of thought so to be manipulated by her or persuaded to continualy keep giving her second chances. Life is to short to be concentrating on petty things, people or places. Life is about learning and nobody is born with a how to live life manual in there back pocket. A good woman is like finding a needle in a hay stack but it's worth waiting for because surrendering your heart to the wrong woman can lead to destruction or death. I wonder if Sammy was a believer in Christ ? Does anyone know if he was a practicing christian ? And please yes i know he had a few arrests for all you holy-er than thou type of people who like throwing stones at people for what they believe but sometimes choose a few wrong decisions in life. But believing who God really is and trying to serve Him is way harder than not acknowleging Him at all and pretending God does'nt exist. God is good all the time and it is us his creations who have free will who decide to make the decisions we make that ultimately lead us to a sad and lonely life seperated from God. Only God can provide true joy and meaning to a person who is seeking to know Him. I hope Sammy repented of his sins and did'nt actualy lunge and these cops. God have true mercy upon us all and help us to live a clean and pure life according to your will and free us from our daily addictions and the bondage of mental slavery that has us numb to the truth who is you that has died on the cross to set us free from sin. I praise and worship you my dear God and Holy Soveirn Lord and thank you for this new day. Have mercy on Anastasia and forgive her for she needs you today more than ever.