Posted on 02/12/2016 2:24:49 PM PST by lowbridge
“The pair met through Craigslist, where they had arranged to exchange a pair of Air Jordan sneakers near East 86th Street and Avenue M in Canarsie.”
My old neighborhood. I used to live 3 blocks from there on E 89th st. That was way before Craigslist or even the internet.
The genius can go by Leftie from now on.
LOL!
(I really wish John would fix this quotation mark posting problem)
I wonder why.
According to the article, after the seller sped off, he turned around and chased the robber with his car. He hit him and pinned him against a fence, and that is what tore off the arm of the robber.
The thief can move to Las Vegas. There’s always a demand for one-armed bandits there.
Guy gets into a bus after having lost an arm? He must have scared the passengers. “No worries. I am unarmed”
He was charged with disarmed robbery.
High fiv... well, two and a half.
This story makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.
While the display of a firearm by the thief generally allows for the use of deadly force for self defense. It only allows for the use of deadly force until the original threat stops. So at the point the car driver started to chase the thief with his car and drove at him into the fence, deadly force probably wasn't justified.
The car driver should figure out how he can say that feared for his life the entire time and thought that if he just drove away he would either be killed driving away or the was afraid the thief would come after him. Hopefully his attorney will argue that it was only by chasing the thief and keeping the thief running that the crook didn't have time to aim the handgun.
The robber will probably get off with no charges due to legal precedent - No arm, no foul.
The BOLO (Be on the lookout) notice is going to be a simple one. Be on the lookout for a one-armed bandit, bleeding profusely, in Carnarsie area. Handcuffs not necessary.
I once chased a couple of young teenagers who hit me in the face with an iceball when I was driving up Washington Blvd in Baltimore.
I was driving a 4200 lb Chevy wagon and I chased them up the street and down a school’s parking lot. The kids literally dived through the bushes to get away from me.
Missed them by “that” much but I gave the school workers a good show. They were laughing their asses off as I backed out. We waved to each other.
Never got hit with another snowball in that neighborhood again.
Provides a new visual of a ‘one-armed bandit’.
Unarmed robbery?
Hand up! Don’t shoot!
Defendant, raise your right hand. Okay then raise your left hand.
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