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NYC museum wants to honor ‘bank-robbing’ professor
nypost.com ^ | february 16, 2015 | Rebecca Rosenberg, Beckie Strum and Ben Feuerherd

Posted on 02/16/2015 5:04:55 PM PST by lowbridge

Edited on 02/16/2015 7:16:39 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

He robbed banks, saying it was for

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: museum; newyork

1 posted on 02/16/2015 5:04:55 PM PST by lowbridge
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To: lowbridge

Sheldon Silver was a professor ?


2 posted on 02/16/2015 5:05:54 PM PST by Tilted Irish Kilt
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To: lowbridge

Aren’t there laws against criminals making money off selling their stories?


3 posted on 02/16/2015 5:09:12 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: lowbridge

He robbed the bank primary for the money. I can’t imagine he won’t do jail time, no matter how many signatures his friends and colleagues get.

http://nypost.com/2015/01/12/no-one-believed-this-former-professor-would-rob-a-bank/.


4 posted on 02/16/2015 5:11:52 PM PST by CaptainK (...please make it stop. Shake a can of pennies at it.)
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To: lowbridge

Cops use “I feared for my life” as an excuse.

Artists and profs use, ‘it was for art,’ as theirs.


5 posted on 02/16/2015 5:11:58 PM PST by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: BenLurkin

Son of sam law.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Sam_law


6 posted on 02/16/2015 5:17:32 PM PST by lowbridge
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To: lowbridge
who videotaped himself ripping off banks as part of a bizarre “art project”...

What happens when two robbery gangs have the same idea for the same time at the same bank...


7 posted on 02/16/2015 5:25:13 PM PST by C210N (When people fear government there is tyranny; when government fears people there is liberty)
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To: C210N

As I recall, both Egghead and King Tut (Batman series) were professors.


8 posted on 02/16/2015 7:40:55 PM PST by scrabblehack
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To: C210N

“what’s a gub?”


9 posted on 02/16/2015 7:43:08 PM PST by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: BenLurkin

He has not been to court yet so he is considered not guilty. When he is convicted I hope the judge takes him to the cleaners.


10 posted on 02/16/2015 11:10:44 PM PST by BBell (breathe easy obey the law)
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To: BookmanTheJanitor
Who woulda thunk... a gub gun exists!


11 posted on 02/17/2015 7:54:46 AM PST by C210N (When people fear government there is tyranny; when government fears people there is liberty)
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