Seattle bus passengers tackle robber

[Jimbuna]

Now this I enjoyed...way to go folks :rock:

CCTV has caught the moment bus passengers in Seattle tackled a would-be robber.

Passengers originally seemed unaware of the danger until one man grabbed the assailant's gun. Other passengers then helped pin the robber down and he was later arrested.

Local media later reported that 19-year-old Trevonnte Brown has been charged with first-degree robbery.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25474351

[vienna]

Saw this on the local news report here in Los Angeles. They showed the CCTV footage and I agree, the passengers did a fine job of taking this piece of crap down. The only flaw was they didn't rough him up a bit more...


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[Jimbuna]

The one's that did get involved certainly showed a level of courage you don't often see by members of the public....kudos to them :rock:

[Madox58]

Saw this on the local news report here in Los Angeles. They showed the CCTV footage and I agree, the passengers did a fine job of taking this piece of crap down. The only flaw was they didn't rough him up a bit more...


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We'll see more when he sues them for assault and wins a gazillion dollars.
:nope:

[Herr-Berbunch]

The only flaw was they didn't rough him up a bit more...

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. . . like the report of the guy who attacked some marines and sustained quite severe injuries 'falling off the kerb'. :haha:

[Jimbuna]

We'll see more when he sues them for assault and wins a gazillion dollars.
:nope:

Well it is America :03:

[Ducimus]

I have to wonder just how litigious we are compared to other nations. It often said that the criminal has more rights then you do.

[Wolferz]

I have to wonder just how litigious we are compared to other nations. It often said that the criminal has more rights then you do.
The passengers didn't go far enough IMHO...
He wouldn't be able to sue if he was dead. I would have shot him with his own gun.:-? In his concussion!
And they only charged the punk with robbery!? Not armed robbery?:nope:

[Jimbuna]

The passengers didn't go far enough IMHO...
He wouldn't be able to sue if he was dead. I would have shot him with his own gun.:-? In his concussion!
And they only charged the punk with robbery!? Not armed robbery?:nope:

Why is that? He was clearly filmed holding a handgun!!

[August]

Why is that? He was clearly filmed holding a handgun!!

I believe that is what they mean by "first degree".

[Wolferz]

I believe that is what they mean by "first degree".

Some of us need things 'splained to us. We're not in law enforcement.

Though they could hammer the puke with a few more charges.

Assault with a deadly weapon.
Terroristic threatening.
Illegal commercial use of public transportation.
Those spring to mind.

I bet he pleads "Not guilty" Any takers?

[Jimbuna]

"Mistaken identity" no doubt :)

[Wolferz]

"Mistaken identity" no doubt :)
Honest your honor. It was my evil doppleganger!

[TarJak]

This one works in Texas: "My dad was rich so I don't know right from wrong. "

[August]

This one works in Texas: "My dad was rich so I don't know right from wrong. "


Yeah probation isn't even warranted given he didn't actually kill four people and cripple two more.

[TarJak]

I have to wonder just how litigious we are compared to other nations. It often said that the criminal has more rights then you do.

Interesting take on that question: https://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&ei=SU63UoTIH4OEiAeB7YG4Cg&url=http://www.rasmusen.org/papers/litigation-ramseyer-rasmusen.doc&cd=3&ved=0CDAQFjAC&usg=AFQjCNGyB4lWBeeNsCqJ1K78mn3QaBWI0Q&sig2=Tou_rAYJqj5GPBR2faJVaA

Maybe not more litigious but more prone to hearing cases that would be thrown out elsewhere.

[TarJak]

Yeah probation isn't even warranted given he didn't actually kill four people and cripple two more.

It's okay because it's all been explained.

[Jimbuna]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/JFliegel/picard-facepalm.jpg

[vienna]

There is a Tv program in the US called "Person of Interest". The show is about a man who creates an artificial intelligence computer for the government with the sole function being the constant surveilance of all communications and video feeds with the purpose of predicting serious acts of terrorism. All other crimes predicted against regular citizens are considered "irrelevant" and discarded by the "Machine". The creator comes to the realization that something should be done to at least try to save the "irrelevant" victims of serious, murderous crimes, so he fashions a means of retrieving the "irrelevant" cases and, with the assistance of a former CIA assassin, whom the government tried to kill and believes to be dead, sets out to stop those "irrelevant" crimes before they happen. Along the way they enlist the assistance of two NYPD homicide detectives, one of whom has been actively trying to bring down a massive crime syndicate composed of crooked cops. The detective succeeds in finally bringing down the syndicate, but the second in command of the syndicate escapes and later ambushes the detective and kills her right outside the police station and seriously wounds the assassin. This sets in motion a viscious wave of revenge as the creator of the machine and the friends of the detective seek the killer. He is finally caught by the slain detective's partner who, rather than kill the murderer, turns him in alive rather than stoop to the level of the corrupt cop...

The slain detective had made a rather uneasy "friendship" with a crime king pin named Elias who felt a debt to her since she saved his life after he had been targeted for murder by the corrupt cop syndicate. When the detective's killer is brought to the hospital for treatment, Elias shows up, in the shadows, and confronts the killer, to avenge the detective's death. The character speaks a line that I found inreresting:


"Civilization rests on the principle that we treat our criminals better than they treated their victims. That we not stoop to their level."


I found this interesting because it is so true; but, at the same time, I sometimes rather wish it wasn't...

Here is a clip of the scene:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6FcO25ll8U


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[TarJak]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/JFliegel/picard-facepalm.jpg

C'mon it wasn't that bad a joke. :D

[Jimbuna]

I must be getting shorter in imagination as I age.

[TarJak]

I must be getting shorter in imagination as I age.

Somethings definitely gotten shorter with old age.

[Jimbuna]

Somethings definitely gotten shorter with old age.

You wouldn't like it hanging off the end of your nose as a wart :D

[Madox58]

You Guys!
:haha:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hPNInS_Jdc

[TarJak]

:har:

[Jimbuna]

Well that has made my Xmas...I only hope the wife will agree :)

[Wolferz]

Well that has made my Xmas...I only hope the wife will agree :)



http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb295/Wolferz_2007/Haven-counselor-deanna-troi-24183751-692-530.jpg

[vienna]

"Ah, yes, she ran the full gamut of emotions, from A to B..."


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[Onkel Neal]

Man. that tooks some guts to drab that guy's gun. The robber really didn't look like he had his heart in it. :o