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The Doting Boyfriend Who Robbed Armored Cars
Texas Monthly ^
| April 18, 2018
| Skip Hollandsworth
Posted on 09/20/2019 10:09:46 PM PDT by Zhang Fei
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Fascinating account of Houston-area armored car hijackers reminiscent of the Michael Mann movie "Heat". Surveillance was conducted 50 yards away from the target.
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posted on
09/20/2019 10:09:46 PM PDT
by
Zhang Fei
To: Zhang Fei
“Red even had the toilet paper coming out over the top of the roll, said Tommie Albert, an older man in the neighborhood whod known Batiste since he was a boy. He said it looked better than toilet paper coming out from behind the roll.
Toilet paper coming out from behind the roll is a sign of mental retardation.
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posted on
09/20/2019 10:18:26 PM PDT
by
Beagle8U
(It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you place the blame.)
To: Zhang Fei
36 yo is NOT a young man.
To: johnnygeneric
'36 yo is NOT a young man.'Jeezus. Thanks. Let me go out back and dig my own grave now. That punk was young enough to be my son.
To: Beagle8U
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posted on
09/20/2019 10:34:34 PM PDT
by
Ken H
(2019 => The House of Representin')
To: Beagle8U
Toilet paper coming out from behind the roll is a sign of mental retardation. Or of living with playful kittens that like to unravel the paper.
To: Beagle8U
Or a sign that one has a cat. (hmm - same thing!?)
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posted on
09/20/2019 10:38:23 PM PDT
by
21twelve
(!)
To: Zhang Fei
He was livin' the gangsta' lifestyle!
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posted on
09/20/2019 10:45:30 PM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: Viking2002
I agree a young man as far as I am concerned 1s under 26 years in age. 36 is about 10 years to old to be a young man...36 is old enough to understand the need to blend in if you are a criminal.
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posted on
09/20/2019 10:45:47 PM PDT
by
PCPOET7
To: johnnygeneric
When you’re 63 as I am 36 is a teenager.
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posted on
09/20/2019 11:05:58 PM PDT
by
jmacusa
("If wisdom is not the Lord, what is wisdom?)
To: PCPOET7
36 is when you should be looking behind you and studying where things didn’t go as planned, and starting to map out where you want the next 36 to go, minus the land mines and self-inflicted wounds. At that age, you still have enough time to get your head and tuckus wired together properly. Once you hit 55 or so, your options start becoming slimmer pickings.
To: doorgunner69
OK, I’ve never had a inside cat, but someone putting the tissue on backwards drives me nuts.
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posted on
09/20/2019 11:09:08 PM PDT
by
Beagle8U
(It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you place the blame.)
To: Zhang Fei
I would put doting boyfriend way down on the list. Somewhere below col-blooded killer
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posted on
09/20/2019 11:20:53 PM PDT
by
Berlin_Freeper
(Carthago delenda est)
To: Ken H
Is that picture real? Thats hilarious!
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posted on
09/20/2019 11:27:09 PM PDT
by
ConservativeMind
(Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
To: ConservativeMind
It’s real. 2016 World Series. Still double over when I see it:)
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posted on
09/20/2019 11:31:17 PM PDT
by
Ken H
(2019 => The House of Representin')
To: Zhang Fei
Thanks for the interesting article, ZF.
It’s a rarity when “Texas Monthly” actually has an interesting, non-biased article.
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posted on
09/21/2019 12:18:58 AM PDT
by
octex
(qq)
To: octex
[Its a rarity when Texas Monthly actually has an interesting, non-biased article.]
It’s interesting, but that’s a product of the unusually adept operators mounting the heists. I wouldn’t call it non-biased, though. Here’s an example, mirroring the sainted Trayvon narrative:
[Although he had committed minor crimes as a young man, he hadnt been charged with any violent crimes except for a couple of misdemeanor assault charges. Nor had he been arrested for any crime at all since 2009.]
I love the sliding scale the Left uses. This thumbnail description of the guys history potentially covers a LOT of ground. These two sentences could describe anything from a regular guy whos had some bad luck with the law to a hardened criminal. What do you wanna bet that this guy leans more towards the latter?
[In April 1996, a few months after his seventeenth birthday, he was arrested for unlawfully carrying a weapon, a misdemeanor for which he received a one-year probated sentence. A year later, he was arrested for misdemeanor assault (he reportedly got into a fight with a man who collided with his car), which led to a six-month stint in county jail. ]
The above sentences, handed down when he was a minor, suggests a plea bargain. I am gonna guess they were pled down from much more serious charges. Plea bargains themselves are downgraded, on top of which minors get another break.
Yet listen to how they talk about Brett Kavanaugh. Assuming at least some of the accusations against Kavanaugh are true (and I dont believe they are), hed be guilty of, at most, behaving like a jerk in public. Yet they repeatedly characterize him as a sexual predator like he skulks around at night wearing a ski mask and attempts to rape random women.
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posted on
09/21/2019 12:48:38 AM PDT
by
Zhang Fei
(My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room.)
To: johnnygeneric
The average age a man lives in America today is 72. That puts 36 in the exact middle. Middle age if you will.
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posted on
09/21/2019 1:13:10 AM PDT
by
healy61
To: Zhang Fei
Was it possible, for instance, that Batiste was seeking revenge against banks because they wouldn’t loan him money due to his criminal record (or perhaps the color of his skin), thereby derailing his real estate ambitions? “You’ll never understand the frustration that can build up in a young black man trying to make it in this society,” Albert told me. “And yes, Red had that frustration, not getting loans.” Interesting article. Of course, at the end they had to imply it was all whitey's fault. The guy had a lengthy rap sheet, several stints in jail and no obvious source of income. Yet, his inability to get loans was due to his skin color? Idiots!
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posted on
09/21/2019 1:53:20 AM PDT
by
KevinB
("Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge." - Charles Darwin)
To: doorgunner69
Toilet paper coming out from behind the roll is a sign of mental retardation. Or of living with playful kittens that like to unravel the paper.
or....your wall is super close to your toilet and it makes you bend your arm like it folds up into a lawn chair of you they to roll it over the top.
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posted on
09/21/2019 3:48:12 AM PDT
by
TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig
(We need a consent decree for the FBI like Obama' DOJ was slaping on all those police agencies.)
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