'Dissin' Philly Cops' Web performer pleads guilty

A West Philadelphia man, arrested after he was seen on a Web site waving a handgun and exhorting viewers to shoot at the city's police officers, pleaded guilty yesterday before a Common Pleas Court judge.

Andre Moore, 44, pleaded guilty to one count each of making terroristic threats, harassment, and corrupting the morals of a minor.

Moore, of the 4800 block of Walnut Street, posted a video clip June 7 on YouTube.com.

Titled "Dissin' Philly Cops," the clip featured Moore brandishing a silvery semiautomatic pistol while delivering a rant.

"Look, it's easy. . . . Get one in the chamber. . . . Boom!" Moore said in the clip.

"When you shoot the cops, you shoot them dead. OK? Anywhere in the head or heart," he said, according to an affidavit.

The minute-long clip was later removed from the site.

Moore was charged Aug. 1 with aggravated assault, terroristic threats, and corruption of a minor.

The last charge stemmed from the involvement of Moore's 12-year-old son, Andre Jr., who taped the clip, said Patrick Link, an assistant district attorney.

The plea agreement calls for Moore to serve 23 months under house arrest with three years of probation to follow.

In addition, he is forbidden to own a firearm. A sentencing date is pending.

"I think it's definitely a fair resolution," said Link, who prosecuted the case. "He's not going to be just let out on the street."

Amato T. Sanita, Moore's attorney, said his client had felt he was being harassed by police after officers stopped his car for having tinted windows.

"This is a person who temporarily lost it and regrets what he said," Sanita said.

Soon after it appeared on the Internet, the clip drew the attention of Philadelphia police and the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Gun Violence Task Force.

Investigators tracked Moore down by comparing the video to his driver's license photo and by interviewing employees at Albert Einstein Medical Center, where he formerly worked as a security guard.