[JeffAtlanta]

The post upthread said that when he hijacked the reporter's can, he did not have on a shirt. Taking off his blue shirt was probably his means of trying not to be identified quickly.

Wouldn't not wearing a shirt make him more conspicuous? On the show COPS, the criminals never wear shirts - must be some sort of evolutionary reflex.

[Carolinamom]

One poster said he might have been viewed as someone going to the game. When everyone is looking for a blue-shirted African-American, his not wearing one might have fooled some.