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Police: Teen loses arm after robbery goes awry in Brooklyn

February 13, 2016 By The Associated Press

Authorities say a 17-year-old had his arm torn off after a man he was allegedly trying to steal sneakers from hit him with a sport utility vehicle, pinning him against a fence in Brooklyn.

WNBC-TV says it happened Friday afternoon in the Canarsie neighborhood after the boy arranged to meet a 39-year-old man to purchase a pair of Air Jordan sneakers.

Authorities say that once the teenager was inside the man's car, the boy pulled out a gun, took the shoes and walked off.

 

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Surveillance video shows the SUV speeding up behind the teen and running him down.

Investigators say the teenager was being treated at a hospital.

Police say charges were pending against the driver Friday.

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Oh well.

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was there a foot in the shoe?

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This whole story is messed up. Pulling guns and running someone down with a car over sneakers worth maybe $200.
And that's too much money for sneakers anyway.

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Black arms matter...

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Tangerine wrote:

This whole story is messed up. Pulling guns and running someone down with a car over sneakers worth maybe $200.
And that's too much money for sneakers anyway.

The driver might have been thinking, "This felon needs to be stopped, so I'm going to stop him" or "I'm going to hold him for the cops" ...

 

but it was too late to justify the use of deadly force in self-defense. Too late.

 



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I believe it was more that the driver was POed at the audacity of the kid to just walk off with the shoes and consequently, did not think much of anything....



-- Edited by karl271 on Sunday 14th of February 2016 03:51:14 AM

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One arm Bandit?

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Now the thug can live off the system forever.

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Black arms matter...

 LOL!!!!!!



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ed11563 wrote:
Tangerine wrote:

This whole story is messed up. Pulling guns and running someone down with a car over sneakers worth maybe $200.
And that's too much money for sneakers anyway.

The driver might have been thinking, "This felon needs to be stopped, so I'm going to stop him" or "I'm going to hold him for the cops" ...

 

but it was too late to justify the use of deadly force in self-defense. Too late.

 

 He didn't use deadly force.  The kid didn't die. 

 

An eye for an eye, an arm for some shoes. 



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wonder if the shoe thief will have any consequences (beyond the physical) for pulling a gun.

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An armless robbery.

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huskerbb wrote:
ed11563 wrote:
Tangerine wrote:

This whole story is messed up. Pulling guns and running someone down with a car over sneakers worth maybe $200.
And that's too much money for sneakers anyway.

The driver might have been thinking, "This felon needs to be stopped, so I'm going to stop him" or "I'm going to hold him for the cops" ...

 

but it was too late to justify the use of deadly force in self-defense. Too late.

 

 He didn't use deadly force.  The kid didn't die. 

 

An eye for an eye, an arm for some shoes. 

 Deliberately hitting someone with a car is using a deadly weapon, whether or not the target survives.

 



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ed11563 wrote:
huskerbb wrote:
ed11563 wrote:
Tangerine wrote:

This whole story is messed up. Pulling guns and running someone down with a car over sneakers worth maybe $200.
And that's too much money for sneakers anyway.

The driver might have been thinking, "This felon needs to be stopped, so I'm going to stop him" or "I'm going to hold him for the cops" ...

 

but it was too late to justify the use of deadly force in self-defense. Too late.

 

 He didn't use deadly force.  The kid didn't die. 

 

An eye for an eye, an arm for some shoes. 

 Deliberately hitting someone with a car is using a deadly weapon, whether or not the target survives.

 

 So what's the solution?  Let all muggers get away?  No way would the police ever find this guy--IF they even tried.



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weltschmerz wrote:

An armless robbery.

 



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huskerbb wrote:
ed11563 wrote:
huskerbb wrote:
ed11563 wrote:
Tangerine wrote:

This whole story is messed up. Pulling guns and running someone down with a car over sneakers worth maybe $200.
And that's too much money for sneakers anyway.

The driver might have been thinking, "This felon needs to be stopped, so I'm going to stop him" or "I'm going to hold him for the cops" ...

 

but it was too late to justify the use of deadly force in self-defense. Too late.

 

 He didn't use deadly force.  The kid didn't die. 

 

An eye for an eye, an arm for some shoes. 

 Deliberately hitting someone with a car is using a deadly weapon, whether or not the target survives.

 

 So what's the solution?  Let all muggers get away?  No way would the police ever find this guy--IF they even tried.

If he'd robbed me at gunpoint, and I HAD a gun, I'd have shot him without a second thought. But I'd make sure I shot him in the front, not in the back. A bullet in the chest or forehead at close range will definitely look like self defense. 

 



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At least he still has his leg to stand on in a court of law.

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Is it still armed robbery without an arm?

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Well, he still has his other arm so I guess it could be!

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Is it still armed robbery without an arm?

 If he has a pistol strapped to his penis, and can aim and fire it, then it's still armed robbery.

The gun is the arm ... as in armament.

 

Think about the two guys in tuxedos and tails who walk up to a grand piano on stage, drop their pants and underpants,

put their arms up over their heads then play the piano together for the entertainment of the audience.

We've all seen that, haven't we?

 



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ed11563 wrote:
Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:

Is it still armed robbery without an arm?

 If he has a pistol strapped to his penis, and can aim and fire it, then it's still armed robbery.

The gun is the arm ... as in armament.

 

Think about the two guys in tuxedos and tails who walk up to a grand piano on stage, drop their pants and underpants,

put their arms up over their heads then play the piano together for the entertainment of the audience.

We've all seen that, haven't we?

 

Eww. No, we haven't.  



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Yuck. No we haven't all seen that Ed. Not sure what circles you travel in.

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Nope. Never saw that and hope I never do.

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Okay, this has been around for years. I don't know how anyone missed it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_b-eN8jp34

 

It's funny, and not offensive.

 



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Color me cold but I have no sympathy for anyone injured or worse while committing robbery.
No fvcks to give....

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Mary Zombie wrote:

Color me cold but I have no sympathy for anyone injured or worse while committing robbery.
No fvcks to give....

 Me, either.



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huskerbb wrote:
Mary Zombie wrote:

Color me cold but I have no sympathy for anyone injured or worse while committing robbery.
No fvcks to give....

 Me, either.

 Yeah, me either.  And I'm not PC so here I go.  This is the ghetto and they wonder why they are treated like they are.  They're killing each other over a pair of shoes that's probably not worth $20 much less $200.  But their priorities are so screwed up that they don't care.  But of course, the rest of society is supposed to bow to their causes.  Black lives matter to them only when a white cop takes it.  If the blacks spend the weekend killing a hundred of themselves over stupid chit they don't care.



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