There was a major uptick in pickpocketing and phone snatching at this year’s Lollapalooza, and all over Chicago in general. Just the other day women were warned about hanging their purses over the backs of chairs while dining in a restaurant. And “flyer boys” engage diners in sidewalk cafés, then snatch their phones and other easy-to-reach valuables. Many judges have stopped setting sensible bail requirements, releasing even habitual criminals on their own recognizance or with ridiculously low bail requirements. And the State’s Attorney, Kim “Crimesha” Foxx (remember her from the Jussie Smollett farce?) has stated her intention to stop charging many minority perps. And that’s exactly what she’s doing. Chicago is becoming a criminal’s paradise.
And “flyer boys” engage diners in sidewalk cafés, then snatch their phones and other easy-to-reach valuables.
Just like the many videos from South America.
But in Chicago, it is safe to drink the water.
Hanging your purse on the back of the chair never made any sense. I put mine under the table between my feet and keep my feet on it at all times.
It’s not crime. It is just getting their reparations.
Outside of Rome’s train station there is no better purse snatching oppertunity than 50,000 tweens pouring in from the suburbs all diressed exactly alike, cut-off jeans with tied up shirts showing all the midriff that daddy would never allow. They come in two varieties depending on the day of the month. There is the apple phone with daddy’s training-wheels debit card often with just a $500 balance. And then there is the sling over the shoulder purse-let. Pickpockets will have an easy time either way. But they won’t really get too much more than an apple phone with finger print password.
“…releasing even habitual criminals on their own recognizance or with ridiculously low bail requirements. “
That is how we use to get “tax” money from the bootleggers when Mississippi was a dry state. The city needs the money.