a real one armed bandit
Posted on 02/11/2017 12:27:25 PM PST by Morgana
A Brooklyn, New York, teenager lost his arm in a Craigslist robbery gone wrong on Friday afternoon, authorities said.
Police say the 17-year-old boy connected with a man on Craigslist who was selling a pair of Air Jordan sneakers. They met about 1 p.m. in the Canarsie neighborhood, where the teen got into the seller's SUV and pulled out a gun, police said. The teen stole the sneakers and then walked away.
He walked across the street with a bag apparently holding the sneakers, and the theft victim made a U-turn, stepped on the gas and ran over the teenager, pinning him against a metal fence and severing his arm, police told WPIX.
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It’s difficult to pull up your saggy ghetto pants with only one arm.
Did he get his shoes back?
Lol!
He was disarmed by the victim.
The perp had a gun, and used it to threaten the driver.
Won’t be a happy ending for the shoe seller, who is an idiot.
Meeting a stranger on a street to sell Air Jordans? Dumb!
Not armed and going alone? Dumb!
Running down the guy over $100 when not in imminent danger? Dumb!
Should have taken his loss and moved on. Sell on ebay.
“Can he still be charged with armed robbery?”
He doesn’t have a leg to stand on.
More trouble on Craig’s List. I met a seller at city hall once, there is no reason to fool around with possibly dangerous situations.
Gimme my shoes! Now hop along you little punk.
This reminds me of a Monty Python skit.
“But you have no arms.”
“’Tis but a flesh wound.”
Can he still be charged with armed robbery?
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I’ll go out on a limb here and say yes.
a real one armed bandit
Sure, the guy was a thief, but he does have the right to bare arms.
Bummer about the arm dude.
One-armed robbery. At the Six-nine precinct he's known as the one-armed bandit.
Dunno, sounds to me like he’s been “disarmed”
Jordan is SO yesterday. Probably wouldn’t have been a problem with a pair of Air Sikma’s.
What is it with those people who committ violence over a pair of shoes?
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Costly pair of Jordans.
Sharia by accident?
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No point in him owning a pair of Air Jordans now - how’s he going to tie them?
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