An armed robbery gang in Broward
County, Florida has pulled off a series of daring raids. And they have pulled
off more than their fair share of pants, too.
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| Robber, taking pants |
The robbers hit a convenience
store last week, and inconvenienced the patrons and store clerk by not only
taking the money in the till, but by making their victims remove their
pants. I guess it was so the victims
wouldn’t give chase. But, if a guy has a
gun and a mask, my not having pants is not going to keep me from defending
myself, if that is how I want to go. If I’m lying there in the back of the store,
and am the clerk of a store with a no-counter-measure policy (which is very
common due to insurance rules), then I’m not going to go all gung-ho. If I make minimum wage, I’m definitely not
going gung-ho. If’ I’m making minimum
wage, I need my pants. Because that’s
just wrong and insulting. If I’m at the
store and it gets robbed, you can take what you want. You can take my wallet because I’m cancelling
my credit cards about ten minutes after you leave. But a good, well-fitting
pair of pants is hard to come by. And
going home in your drawers is just not cool. Especially in Broward County.
The robbery gang also hit up a
restaurant, and other stores. They are
either collecting pants, or are giving themselves more trouble. Because now
they have an M.O. If they hadn’t taken
the pants, it would just be another day in South Florida, another robbery. And, they might not have been pursued too
hard. Now, if they get caught taking
pants, or are caught with money and pants, they’ll be linked to all the other
pants robberies. This is a new form of
stupid. It’s a Florida form of
stupid They have previously gotten away
with dozens of robberies. If they hadn’t
given themselves a calling-card, they wouldn’t likely be linked to those
crimes.
So protip to all you aspiring
armed robbers: don’t create a calling card M.O.
Just rob the place. You may think
you’re instilling fear and shame in the victims, but you’re also setting
yourself up to get convicted of all the other robberies.
Story link and photo credit,
Local 10 news, Florida.
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