[knighthawk]

The thief was of Moroccan origin. And now the Moroccans are angry. Don't know why because the last time some one else was killed in the neighborhood there (Theo van Gogh) they celebrated it and said he deserved it for his comments on islam.

[SF Republican]

Instant Karma

[ZULU]

Nations which encourage large-scale Islamic immigration are in for serious trouble from these people.

Unlike other immigrants, they are culturally locked into a Medieval time warp mentally and cannot seem to escape out of it.

[PLK]

Go here to send a letter to editor regarding this story:
http://www.expatica.com/source/site_contact_form.asp?subchannel_id=1&reason=editor

[Pest]

"...woman caused the accident intentionally"

Isn't that a contradiction of terms? Kinda like honest Clinton?

[CzarNicky]

May there be many more "unknown" reasons in the jihadis future.

[RonF]

Deliberately killing someone for attempting to steal a handbag would be murder, although I suspect that manslaughter would be a more fitting charge in American law. But it seems to me that intent would have to be proven beyond a reasonable doubt; otherwise, it is an unfortunate accident and the woman should be proof against criminal or civil proceedings.

[SittinYonder]

I guess I'm missing it in the article, but where does it say the thief was Moroccan?

[sgtbono2002]

I have read the comments , not one mentioned that this guy obviously did not decide to grab this purse on the spur of the moment. He has practised this for a while. No telling how many women he has ripped off. This lady just stopped a crime spree, the police should thank her, I am sure they have records of how many people this perp ripped off.
I hope he didnt lose consciousness until he breathed his last.

[Velveeta]

ping

[Dogbert41]

Let's use some sensitivity here people! Can you imagine what the Islamic community there is feeling? An infidel WOMAN killed an Islamic man. Why, they'll be tearing up the streats!

[monday]

"The youth's intensely upset father also arrived on the scene"

Too bad he didn't arrive in time to prevent his son from stealing womens bags. His son would still be alive.

I don't mean to sound harsh but this is just another Muslim loser who probably SENT his son out to steal from women. He is a coward and a bad father and I have no sympathy for him at all.

[Hatteras]

Oh well,
Some days you're the bug.
Some days you're the windshield...

[F.J. Mitchell]

Headline should have read: "Sh*thead on Moped, snatched a purse, and now he's dead."

[Tennessee_Bob]

The 19-year-old victim

Nineteen year old victim? I thought the victim was the 43 year old woman who was getting her bag stolen?

[libstripper]

It would have been so much cleaner if she'd just been allowed a .357 with hollow points. None of that nasty bone crunching.

[ChronicMA]

Help please, when discussing this article with a friend, the issue of criminal responsibility of criminal associates came up.

If you drive the getaway car in a bank robbery, can you be held criminally responsible for any people killed in the bank, even though you didn't pull the trigger?

Can anyone link me to cases where people have been convicted of murder when they did not personally do the killing?

Thanks.

[dennisw]

The thief was of Moroccan origin. And now the Moroccans are angry.

This Mohammedan immigrated all the way to Holland not to work, but to steal from the Dutch. 

Typical of the good for nothing Mohammedans allowed into Europe. All EUrope Muslims aren't thieves and welfare bums but too many are. Muslims don't get on welfare so often in the USA.

[csvset]

Motorist denies killing thief on purpose

19 January 2005

AMSTERDAM — The 43-year-old woman arrested following the death of a 19-year-old bag snatcher killed when he became wedged between her car and a tree in Amsterdam on Monday has denied intentionally killing him, her lawyer has said.
 
The death teen, identified as Ali B. of Moroccan descent, was riding on a moped with a friend when they stopped beside the woman's car at about 6.30pm and opened the door to steal her bag. They then tried to escape, but the woman reversed her car to cut them off, colliding with the scooter on the Derde Oosterparkstraat.

The Opel Vectra car wedged the 19-year-old up against a tree and he died at the scene. The woman was then taken to the

local police station for questioning. Police believe the death was a "tragic accident", but investigations into the incident continue.

Lawyer P.A. van der Waal said his client — who is being held on suspicion of manslaughter — only wanted to pursue the suspects to get her bag back. He said the woman put her car in reverse to try and tell the thieves that there was nothing of value in her bag.

The woman is the mother of two children and is very shaken by the incident. "She thinks it is terrible for the boy and his parents. She very much wants to personally explain to the parents how this could have happened," Van der Waal told newspaper De Telegraaf.

He said the woman had not even noticed she had collided with the scooter. When the car hit the tree, she set out in pursuit of the second thief. But giving up the chase, she then turned around and saw the other thief wedged against the tree, the lawyer said.
 
"It was absolutely not her intention to injure the street robbers by, for example, colliding with them," Van der Waal said.

The woman was interviewed at length by police on Tuesday and a spokesman told the newspaper that it remains unclear how the car collided with the scooter. It is hoped that the second thief will report to police to give his account of the incident. Justice officials will decided on Wednesday if the woman is to appear in court. 

Meanwhile, heated discussion has opened up in Amsterdam East, with some Moroccans in the area claiming that B.'s death was murder. Soon after the incident, youths started yelling and screaming at the scene and the situation threatened to get out of hand as they tried to cross police lines to get at the victim.

The boy's father also arrived and was clearly distressed. He was later taken away by police and offered counselling assistance from a crisis team and tensions at the scene of his son's death started to ease.

Discussion continues to rage in the district and on internet forums about whether the death was an accident or murder. Some people have said that the victim was to blame by setting events in motion by taking the bag.

Feelings are running particularly high between the native Dutch and immigrant communities, particularly in light of the fact the incident  occurred just 50m from the spot where filmmaker Theo van Gogh was murdered last November, allegedly by a Islamic militant with Dutch and Moroccan nationality.