Posted on 11/27/2004 1:06:30 PM PST by Tumbleweed_Connection
A gun-wielding robber swiped a red Salvation Army kettle from a collector in front of a supermarket, police said.
Volunteer Jerlene Howard said she was ringing her bell to solicit donations from shoppers Friday night when a man wearing a scarf over his face got out of a car and demanded the kettle. He "had a gun and he told me not to say anything," she said.
The man then got back into the car, which was driven by an accomplice, police said. Howard was not injured.
Howard said her kettle was "kind of heavy," but she didn't know how much money was inside. She has collected up to $135 a day in the past.
The Salvation Army's annual Red Kettle fund-raising drive helps buy food for the homeless and toys for poor children.
Once again proving: guys on crack or meth will do anything to get their next buzz.
Now,now - you're all being too hard on this guy - obviously it's just some poor Dim trying to recover some of the money he gave to the Kerry campaign - he didn't want the SA to spread around the money to the Red states!
This would NEVER have happened in front of a Target store . . .
Hmmmmmmmm.
Well after all it is a Blue State
...and no doubt the good people of Allentown just stood by and watched, then went about their business.
Sad!
I think it's from a comedian, maybe Richard Pryor?
Lucifer says, "What did you do? Oh! Shot the Pope? You come right on through"
One can only hope he doesn't live to see Christmas.
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