Crook‘s arm ripped off after failed robbery attempt

New York Post ^ | Feb.13, 2016 | Tina Moore, Larry Celona,Shawn Cohen, Khristina Narizhnaya

[Colofornian]

A 17-year-old robber's arm was severed in Brooklyn after he held up a 39-year-old man at gunpoint for a pair of pricey sneakers, police sources said.

Through the app Wallapop, the pair had arranged to meet up at 1 p.m. on Friday in Canarsie.

[Colofornian]

Weapon on floor...next to arm...kid was OBVIOUSLY 'un ARMED!'

[Sirius Lee]

Disarmed you mean.

[SpeakLittle_ThinkMuch]

Just read the driver has been charged with attempted murder.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

TTIWWP

[Popman]

I love happy endings....

[Greetings_Puny_Humans]

Well, in ancient times they would cut off hands for theft, so...

[Yo-Yo]

Not so happy when the driver is booked for attempted murder.

[Mr Ramsbotham]

[Flick Lives]

But when the seller showed up, asking $490 for a pair of Air Jordan 8 Retro sneakers...

Those things cost an arm and a leg.

[Mr Ramsbotham]

Just read the driver has been charged with attempted murder.

He won't have a leg to stand on.

[Teacher317]

Dumb driver... invited a stranger into his car... turned around and used his vehicle as a weapon after the danger to himself had passed. The attempted murder charge is appropriate.

The teen got the sever(e) lesson, which I cannot cry too much about.

[Colofornian]

{Well, said kid was wellarmed}

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

$500 bucks for a pair of shoes? Do they have jet engines inside of them or something?

[Teacher317]

[Colofornian]

{Nothing like forced armistice vs. street thugs}

[Colofornian]

{and don’t forget these were USED shoes...& not even used RETAIL}

[Mr Ramsbotham]

Let me go out on a limb and say that my feelings are somewhat detached. The unarmed man, who was armed with a gun, attempted to rip off the victim, who had no arms, and responded by disarming the unarmed man, chasing him with his vehicle, and ripping off the disarmed man's arm. Now he must shoulder the blame for ripping off the unarmed man's arm, since the unarmed man had been disarmed previously and could no longer be seen as a threat.

There is nothing humerus about the situation.

[Colofornian]

Will be tough to find dozen jury members to convict... even if driver perp not convicted ... kid can sue him ...

(And who said criminals don't have severance pay available to them?)

[Road Warrior ‘04]

What’s everybody talking about? The kid was _armless!

[cyclotic]

Age and guile rips the arm off of youth and inexperience every time.