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1 posted on 08/02/2009 10:36:30 AM PDT by My Favorite Headache
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2 posted on 08/02/2009 10:38:27 AM PDT by rabscuttle385 (Who is Jim Thompson?)
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NEVER put your ass on the line for someone else’s property.


3 posted on 08/02/2009 10:38:41 AM PDT by LiberConservative (- LC, Palintologist)
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He should get a BONUS!


4 posted on 08/02/2009 10:39:14 AM PDT by FES0844
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has a lengthy criminal history, including convictions for theft and robbery, according to court records

So by capturing him, Nicholson has prevented a potentially violent thug from being on the street where his next act may have to been to kill someone.

We all know the guy has that in his background by now, with his record.

Somewhere there is a person who will live or not be harmed at least because Jim Nicholson did what any brave person would do.

And the cops say just roll over.

5 posted on 08/02/2009 10:41:13 AM PDT by Regulator (Welcome to Zimbabwe! Now hand over your property)
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They want us to be victims. That way more government control can be put in place in an effort to “protect us”. If we go around protecting ourselves, then that ruins everything the political elite has been striving to attain.


6 posted on 08/02/2009 10:41:13 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy
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The guy obviously did the right thing and he’s a better man for it. But the bank has the same policy that every bank has.

I work in a bank and I would do the right thing in a situation like this.
That may or may not comply with the company policy depending on the circumstance.


7 posted on 08/02/2009 10:42:05 AM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (I agree with Rick..)
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This fellow has serious round ones. LOL!. IMPRESSIVE! And in Seattle none the less. The police department or security industry needs to offer this man a job. What a upstanding man. I can see though that banks have their policies to protect others. But in the good ole’ days this man would be Clint Eastwood in a western or a good ole’ cops and robbers film. Good job young man!


8 posted on 08/02/2009 10:42:20 AM PDT by GOP Poet
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He should get a better job with a better employer.


9 posted on 08/02/2009 10:43:28 AM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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The would-be robber, 29-year-old transient, has a lengthy criminal history, including convictions for theft and robbery

If the perp had been in jail like he should have been, the bank employee would still have his job. There are lots of people in "the justice system" who should be fired instead.

10 posted on 08/02/2009 10:43:31 AM PDT by LibFreeOrDie (Obama promised a gold mine, but he will give us the shaft.)
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Well, at least the bank gave the perp an excellent reason to sue them. The bank employee could have seriously hurt the robber and there is no telling how much “emotional damage” the perp if suffering right now after having been caught. “Violent” and “thin” criminals wearing “beanie caps” are the worst kind. Everyone should just concentrate on being a “good witness” when confronted by one of them.


13 posted on 08/02/2009 10:44:18 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Stop the DemocRATS' War On America!)
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complicity-is-courage alert.


14 posted on 08/02/2009 10:44:55 AM PDT by the invisib1e hand (The revolution IS being televised.)
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Bank tellers are trained to get robbers out the door quickly

I'd say he got the perp out of there pretty durn fast.........LOL!

15 posted on 08/02/2009 10:45:11 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco (Who's your Long Legged MacDaddy?)
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Police and the FBI discourage such heroics.

This is how those in power within the State want all of us citizens to be. Scared little children, who will do what we are told, and die when they tell us to die. Fight it, people. Esp in your local communities. Pay attention, because they are teaching this crap to our children in school. "Roll up in a tight ball and wait for someone in authority to come and help." Whether you die or not is irrelevant to them.

16 posted on 08/02/2009 10:46:21 AM PDT by Clock King (There's no way to fix D.C.)
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If there were no taxpayer funded insurance, then shareholders would have to be responsible for the safekeeping of the banks deposits (or lose customers).

This then can be viewed as a government subsidy to the crooked, and or perhaps the desparate. An incentive, if you will, to rob banks. Just one of many perverse incentives that are created when the marketplace is interfered with, even with the best of intentions.

It also makes the marketplace a more dangerous place for law abiding citizens, and forces an increase in social services such as law enforcement.

A perfect object lesson in unintended consequences, of the solution exacerbating the problem.

17 posted on 08/02/2009 10:48:17 AM PDT by the invisib1e hand (The revolution IS being televised.)
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***Police and the FBI discourage such heroics.***

Just like they told us to sit still when terrorists hijack a plane. How’d that work out?


19 posted on 08/02/2009 10:51:56 AM PDT by djsherin (Government is essentially the negation of liberty.)
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If it is Free Money, simply reprinted by the Feds, why not simply give it away?


21 posted on 08/02/2009 10:58:59 AM PDT by Mark was here (The earth is bipolar.)
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This story is all wrong! The happy ending will be: the robber will sue the teller and his employer for use of excessive force, and win; the bank will file a cross complaint against the teller; and win! The teller will never get another job. The robber will loudly complain of his innocence and victimhood. A Federal judge will declare him innocent and release him. He will then hire a Public Relations firm and go on the TV circuit making close to 5 million dollars. The robber will then capitalize on his recognition and celebrity status and win public office. He will gain numerous fees from talk shows on how he turned his life around. As a public official he will make millions from bribes and pension funds. He will write a book and be mentioned as a possible presidential contender. Finally he will retire, a movie will be made of his life and he will die and go to glory where according to some beliefs since he repented he will sit on the right hand of God.

The teller crushed by adversity, loss of family and friends will finally die of a broken heart. Since he did not forgive the robber and actually humiliated him the teller did not go to the good place.

22 posted on 08/02/2009 11:11:30 AM PDT by AEMILIUS PAULUS (It is a shame that when these people give a riot)
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Hope the bank that fired him is the next one to FAIL and the hotshots in charge are the first to hit the street.


24 posted on 08/02/2009 11:36:40 AM PDT by bigbob
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Seattle police Sgt. Sean Whitcomb said the best course for citizens is to be good witnesses to crimes.

Proof that police are no deterrent to crime.

WTF is wrong with people?

25 posted on 08/02/2009 11:39:11 AM PDT by raybbr (It's going to get a lot worse now that the anchor babies are voting!)
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Apparently Nicholson hasn’t been paying attention to the acting-president: surrender FIRST, you can always lie and think up excuses later.


27 posted on 08/02/2009 12:32:02 PM PDT by Oldpuppymax (AGENDA OF THE LEFT EXPOSED)
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