‘Falcon’ Police Unit Rips Hostage-Takers Out of Car At Gunpoint in Dramatic Raid (VIDEO)

by Austin Petersen

A rare glimpse of government competence

DNEPROPETROVSK, UKRAINE – The special police unit ‘Falcon’ from the Ukraine performed a daring raid on three attackers who took a man hostage and had demanded a ransom of $50,000 dollars. The Falcon unit took out the attackers with lightning speed, rescuing the victim from his torturers who threatened to kill his family.

The police planned the raid in a way so as to minimize any possible casualties, choosing an area with few cars or pedestrians to make their approach. Unfortunately their target driving his Mercedes through the city, so police were allowed to continue the raid as long as there was complete safety taken for civilians.

In the video, Falcon unit moves with lightning speed, pulling their car in front of the bad guys and emerging guns at the ready. No shots needed to be fired and all three were apprehended quickly.

The victim of the kidnappers had sustained multiple injuries and a concussion from the torture that the bad guys inflicted. Now he’s recovering and happy to have been saved by the elite Ukrainian Falcon unit.

Austin Petersen is a homegrown Missourian with a lifelong passion for liberty. He grew up on a horse farm in Peculiar, Missouri and went on to attend Missouri State University, graduating with a degree in the Fine Arts. After developing a career in media in both New York City and Washington, D.C., he returned to Kansas City, MO, the city he now calls home. In 2016, Petersen appeared on the national stage as a candidate for president of the United States. He took second place in the crowded Libertarian primary behind Governor Gary Johnson and ahead of cyber security maverick John McAfee. During his campaign, Petersen earned many high-profile conservative endorsements, including Mary Matalin, Erick Erickson and Leon Wolf of RedState.com. Petersen also brings decades of professional experience in a wide variety of fields, from content production and media to business and political activism. He is the owner and chief executive of Stonegait LLC, a consulting firm specializing in photo and video services. He was also the director of production at FreedomWorks and an associate producer for Judge Andrew Napolitano’s show “Freedom Watch” on the Fox Business Network. Additionally, Petersen has a national following as a commentator and professional pundit. He is the founder of The Libertarian Republic, a powerful online news source for the public that receives an average of 1 million unique visits monthly and whose podcast, The Freedom Report, receives an average of one million monthly downloads. He is also a frequent contributor on television, appearing on Fox News, Fox Business, CNN, MSNBC and on dozens of local radio shows.