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One-legged man held after one shoe goes missing from shop
Metro.co.uk ^ | October 26, 2009

Posted on 10/26/2009 12:54:00 PM PDT by kingattax

Police say a one-legged suspect was caught after only one shoe went missing in a store in Belgium. An amputee was an immediate suspect when a store attendant found one shoe missing from a shop in the western Belgian town of Maldegem.

Police spokesman Rik Decraemer said Monday authorities were alerted and quickly found the man who fit the description by shopkeepers. The shoe was also recovered.


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a good lawyer should be able to get him off by charging the police with some sort of profiling here.
1 posted on 10/26/2009 12:54:01 PM PDT by kingattax
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To: kingattax
Police say a one-legged suspect was caught after only one shoe went missing in a store in Belgium. An amputee was an immediate suspect when a store attendant found one shoe missing from a shop in the western Belgian town of Maldegem.

Let me guess - he fled on foot.

2 posted on 10/26/2009 12:56:23 PM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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When questioned, the alleged thief claimed the police kicked his a**.

“I feel like a one legged man in a butt kicking contest!” he said, tearfully.


3 posted on 10/26/2009 12:56:23 PM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (It's better to give a Ford to the Kidney Foundation than a kidney to the Ford Foundation.)
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To: kingattax; Slings and Arrows
Inspector Eck is on the case:


4 posted on 10/26/2009 12:58:53 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (I refuse to "reduce my carbon footprint" all the while Lenin remains in an airconditioned shrine)
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To: kingattax

was the missing shoe for the same leg the man has?


5 posted on 10/26/2009 12:59:58 PM PDT by fujimoh
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To: kingattax

I was sad, because I had no shoes.

Until I met a man that had no feet.

So, I took his shoes, cuz hey, he wan’t using them!” “


“Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you’re a mile away and you have their shoes.”

- Jack Handey


6 posted on 10/26/2009 1:02:45 PM PDT by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
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To: kingattax

I bet he was hopping mad to get caught.....


7 posted on 10/26/2009 1:03:29 PM PDT by nevergore ("It could be that the purpose of my life is simply to serve as a warning to others.")
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To: kingattax
"Police spokesman Rik Decraemer said Monday authorities were alerted and quickly found the man who fit the description by shopkeepers. The shoe was also recovered."


8 posted on 10/26/2009 1:08:47 PM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: kingattax
Profiling for sure!


9 posted on 10/26/2009 1:13:42 PM PDT by TexasCajun
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An amputee was an immediate suspect when a store attendant found one shoe missing from a shop in the western Belgian town of Maldegem.

Obviously, Maldegem has not gotten over the stigma of profiling criminal suspects.

10 posted on 10/26/2009 1:17:17 PM PDT by capydick (''Life's tough.......it's even tougher if you're stupid.'')
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To: TexasCajun
LOL! - The plot was foiled when officers recognized his getaway disguise...


11 posted on 10/26/2009 1:19:47 PM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: kingattax

That's profiling and we all know profiling is wrong!

12 posted on 10/26/2009 1:28:07 PM PDT by Califreak (Obama's Purple Reign must be stopped!)
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To: kingattax

The cop asked the hippie why he was walking with only one shoe: “Did you lose one?”

“Naw man, I found one.”


13 posted on 10/26/2009 1:30:22 PM PDT by Southern Partisan (One issue voter...and it ain't abortion.)
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To: kingattax

The evidence is clear he doesnt have a leg to stand on.


14 posted on 10/26/2009 1:33:31 PM PDT by DainBramage
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To: kingattax
He should SUE for being profiled!
15 posted on 10/26/2009 1:34:19 PM PDT by mckenzie7 (I am a European American! Silly me. I never realized that before! Thanks, oh great unifier!)
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To: kingattax

Congratulations to Lieutenant Gerard on the great police work once again.


16 posted on 10/26/2009 1:51:07 PM PDT by kempster
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To: Liberty Valance

Did the doctor amputate his foot for a few thousand dollars like Obama said because he came to a capitalist America for treatment of diabetes?


17 posted on 10/26/2009 1:59:53 PM PDT by JimWayne
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To: kingattax

“quickly found the man”
At an IHOP?


18 posted on 10/26/2009 2:09:57 PM PDT by tumblindice
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To: FrogMom

ping... just because its funny


19 posted on 10/26/2009 2:25:46 PM PDT by Frogtacos (Horse lovers are stable people.)
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