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An All-Time Low on the Upper West Side: Little Boy’s Lemonade Stand Robbed
ilovetheupperwestside.com ^ | 06 07 2023 | Bobby Panza

Posted on 06/10/2023 11:36:46 AM PDT by yesthatjallen

When life steals your lemonade stand money, keep making lemonade. That’s exactly what happened on Sunday afternoon on the corner of West 70th Street and Columbus Avenue.

According to an NYPD spokesperson, while 8-year-old entrepreneurial tycoon Julian Lin was running his lemonade stand, two young males (who appeared to be teens) waited in line and approached him, asking for lemonade. When Julian turned to give them drinks, they swiped his jar of money and blew the spot, riding their scooters south down Columbus Avenue.

Julian’s mom tells us the jar had between $100-$150 in it. He had been selling for 4 hours at the time of the incident (about 3:20 p.m.), but thankfully, some of his customers had paid him using Venmo.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: children; crime; lemonade; newyork; robbery
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"Julian had a bad feeling about these guys, so he (or his mom) snapped a photo of them while they were waiting in line."


1 posted on 06/10/2023 11:36:46 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: yesthatjallen

Is this satire? WTF? This country is so doomed.


2 posted on 06/10/2023 11:38:22 AM PDT by The Iceman Cometh (Casey DeSantis? No thanks. I've already voted for too many Bushes.)
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To: The Iceman Cometh

There was a classic Gahan Wilson cartoon showing a lemonade stand with kids and unseen around the corner a few feet away were more kids with a higher price demanded for “lemonade antidote” as adults clutched their abdomens and writhed in pain.


3 posted on 06/10/2023 11:42:21 AM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: yesthatjallen

When they describe the perps as “two young males” without mention of race, you just know what the race the ferals belong to. Victim not black, perps are black. If the roles were reversed, the news would mention the races involved. We’re doomed with this PC reporting.


4 posted on 06/10/2023 11:42:21 AM PDT by roadcat
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To: yesthatjallen

It’s probably just more of Obama’s sons.


5 posted on 06/10/2023 11:44:43 AM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: yesthatjallen

Who ever was keeping watch of this 8 year old selling lemonade should have collected his earnings every so often.


6 posted on 06/10/2023 11:45:03 AM PDT by Ben Dover
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To: yesthatjallen

Their body language tells a lot. Predators.

The little boy selling lemonade is adorable. I love his outfit and his straw hat.


7 posted on 06/10/2023 11:45:03 AM PDT by thecodont
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To: roadcat

Indeed.


8 posted on 06/10/2023 11:45:21 AM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: Ben Dover; yesthatjallen
Who ever was keeping watch of this 8 year old selling lemonade should have collected his earnings every so often.

Excellent idea. Like every 15 minutes.

9 posted on 06/10/2023 11:46:01 AM PDT by thecodont
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To: thecodont

I wasn’t raised in a city, but I don’t think I would let my 8 year old do this unless we were handcuffed together.


10 posted on 06/10/2023 11:49:20 AM PDT by Ben Dover
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To: yesthatjallen

Little racist wasn’t selling grape Kool-Aid


11 posted on 06/10/2023 11:52:56 AM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: yesthatjallen

How low can you go? We need to teach ethics, not CRT.


12 posted on 06/10/2023 11:55:20 AM PDT by KittyKares
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To: gundog

Yeah, they were upset because it wasn’t Purple Drank.


13 posted on 06/10/2023 11:56:07 AM PDT by Ben Dover
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To: yesthatjallen

Maybe mom should have emptied the jar when she decided those kids looked like trouble.

Yeah this is sad, but, come on, bully teens have been around a long long time. This ain’t an all time low, this ain’t a new development. It’s life in the jungle. And we’ve know where ever kids are is the jungle for a long time.


14 posted on 06/10/2023 11:58:56 AM PDT by discostu (like a dog being shown a card trick)
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To: yesthatjallen

Sons of Buckwheat Obama...


15 posted on 06/10/2023 12:03:37 PM PDT by W. (Biden, America's Piss Boy--His finest hour!)
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To: yesthatjallen

They should have kept quiet. $150 bucks on a non-licensed lemonade stand? They’ll put him and his Mom away for life for not giving the fascist F’ks their cut.


16 posted on 06/10/2023 12:05:21 PM PDT by Dogbert41 (“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God” -Matthew 5:9)
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To: yesthatjallen

I’m actually surprised the city didn’t require a license and didn’t haul the boy’s parents off for allowing child labor. Unfortunately or maybe fortunately, the boy is learning some real world lessons about people. It’s a shame that it will partially destroy his innocence entirely too soon.


17 posted on 06/10/2023 12:07:18 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA (Delay Trump’s trial, delay. Elect Trump President. Trump pardons himself.)
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To: The Iceman Cometh

No “go Fund me” for this kid. Go figure. I’d love to throw a few bucks his way. He sends 30 percent of his earnings to charity.


18 posted on 06/10/2023 12:17:25 PM PDT by napscoordinator (DeSantis is a beast! Florida is the freest state in the country! )
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To: yesthatjallen

https://www.gofundme.com/f/julian-the-business-man-lin

I found this. Honestly this is one of the extremely rare times, I’d give to one of these. This kid was treated so badly. I think we should help out.


19 posted on 06/10/2023 12:21:43 PM PDT by napscoordinator (DeSantis is a beast! Florida is the freest state in the country! )
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To: yesthatjallen

Kid’s got asian-ish features and Lin sounds a bit asian. Wonder if that may have been a factor.


20 posted on 06/10/2023 12:25:46 PM PDT by Yardstick
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