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Old 06-14-2018, 03:53 PM
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Speer Gold Dot 124 Grain 9mm +P not penetrating a Carhartt Jacket is a social media urban legend.

"There is simply no way a 9mm bullet moving at over 1,200 feet per second is going to be slowed, much less stopped, by anything less than soft body armor.

The laws of physics don’t change in New York City, so what really happened?

Mr. Conrad was shot in one part of his torso, the bullets passed through his body and expanded as they are designed to do, had just enough energy to punch through the skin on the opposite side of his body, and then were stopped as they hit the back side of the jacket."

Inspector Emanuel Katranakis reiterated what police told the Daily News at the time.

“The ammunition and the projectiles functioned as designed,” Katranakis said.
"The bullets did not penetrate the *back*of Conrad’s jacket.
There was not enough energy to perforate the rear articles of clothing", Katranakis said.

Claims Carhartt Jacket Stopped NYPD Bullets Were False
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