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DARWIN AWARD NOMINEEE-San Fran.- urglary Suspect Jumps Wall, Plunges to Death
AP via FoxNews ^
| 9/11/08
| AP
Posted on 09/11/2008 12:48:41 PM PDT by Pistolshot
SAN FRANCISCO — A car burglary suspect plunged 200 feet to his death after he jumped over a wall on San Francisco's Telegraph Hill while trying to flee from police, authorities said.
The unidentified man died early Thursday after police say they received a report that someone was breaking into cars on a city block near Coit Tower.
Authorities say they attempted to arrest the suspect after they saw him getting out of a car. But the suspect ran and jumped over a wall — apparently without realizing there was a steep drop.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police said the man was a suspect in two burglaries
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KEYWORDS: burglarkillsself; darwinaward
"Look before you leap"
That lesson was lost on this guy.
To: Pistolshot
apparently without realizing there was a steep drop. If there wasn't a sign there warning him about this, his family will sue for millions.
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posted on
09/11/2008 1:02:59 PM PDT
by
freespirited
(Obama's idea of change: from D.C. politics as usual to Chicago politics as usual.)
To: freespirited
Yup.
The greedy plaintiff lawyers will come crawiling out of their holes any moment now.
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posted on
09/11/2008 1:14:27 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
To: Pistolshot
But his last thoughts were: “He who hesitates is lost.”
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posted on
09/11/2008 1:15:37 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
To: Pistolshot
I highly doubt that an urban burglar with an established rap sheet has no babymamas out there in Oakland.
There's not necessarily a Darwin Award here.
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posted on
09/11/2008 1:17:44 PM PDT
by
wideawake
(Why is it that those who like to be called Constitutionalists know the least about the Constitution?)
To: Pistolshot
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posted on
09/11/2008 1:18:27 PM PDT
by
petercooper
(IQ tests for all voters!)
To: Pistolshot
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posted on
09/11/2008 1:18:31 PM PDT
by
petercooper
(IQ tests for all voters!)
To: freespirited
And because this is San Francisco, they’ll win.
To: Pistolshot; martin_fierro; mikrofon
they received a report that someone was breaking into cars on a city block near Coit Tower. Authorities say they attempted to arrest the suspect. . . . Coit interruptus.
To: Pistolshot
Gravity is a cruel taskmaster.
In a related story, Democrats deny gravity, claiming the earth sucks.
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posted on
09/11/2008 2:10:14 PM PDT
by
gorush
(History repeats itself because human nature is static)
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