[GOP_Proud]

OK. This does it for me. The guy was a nut. Did it all himself or his buddy was in on it too. Give me more infor to change my mind.

He's gt a bomb around his neck and he's saying "I didn't do it".

I'd be screaming and begging and shouting "get this off of me". Loud and seriously emotional. I just didn't get this on the video.

Nothing from the witness about eratic behavior either. I ain't gonna stand in line with a bomb set to go off around my neck.

But, then again, I'm stopping the first chance I get and calling the cops anyway. I'd know by then that I'm damned if I do and damned if I don't. I'm NOT going into that bank and wait in line.

[Diddle E. Squat]

No, actually his reaction reinforces the idea that he was used. Think about it, whoever put the bomb on him turned the key to activate it. So now he doesn't want the police to stop him, all he wants is to get away, give the money to the scum, and hope that they'll put the key back in to turn off the bomb.

In his mind, the police don't have the key to stop the bomb, only the thugs who put it on him in the first place. Knowing that, wouldn't your first reaction be to try and get rid of the police ASAP?

[GovernmentShrinker]

People don't necessarily think rationally when somebody has locked a bomb around their neck and told them to deliver cash from a bank robbery quickly, or else the bomb will go off. And he may have avoided loud yelling and moving around because he was afraid of setting off the bomb prematurely. This guy was a 46 year old high school dropout who delivered pizza for a living. Quick and accurate thinking under extreme pressure wouldn't be his strong point.

[Psalm 73]

"OK. This does it for me. The guy was a nut."

Close, I'd say by taking into account the other reports about his life-style, that perhaps he was mildly retarded, a little slow and was duped into this - just the way he talked to the teller, kind-of like naive or not having a close grip on reality.
He lived alone with his cats, was quiet, and a generally nice neighbor. He aspired to nothing more than to work at his pizza delivery job and live a simple life - on second thought, maybe he was lucid, and I'm out of touch......

[RANGERAIRBORNE]

"I'm NOT going into that bank and wait in line."

Me, either. Also, would the mysterious folks who supposedly placed this bomb around his neck have given him a firearm? It seems unlikely. Also, how did they think they were going to get the money- even a dumb criminal (that is, almost all of them) would know that he would leading a parade of police cars when and if he came back from the bank.

This makes NO SENSE as a crime- as a "suicide by cop", it sort of hangs together. Hard to make all the pieces fit, though (sorry!).