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Chicago Area Bank Robberies
Nearly Double Over 2011
CBS Chicago, by Staff
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Posted By:AltaD, 12/31/2012 3:26:57 PM
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| Bank robbers had a busy year in 2012. The FBI said robbers have hit 218 banks in the Chicago area as of Dec. 31, compared to 115 in 2011. “Close to double what we had in the prior year,” said FBI Special Agent Joan Hyde. WBBM Newsradio’s Brandis Friedman reports, while people often look for a way to explain a spike in bank robberies, Hyde said it’s not often tied to a greater issue, like the economy. “That just doesn’t play out. Typically the bank robbers are motivated by their need for money for a drug habit, or gambling debts,” she said.
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Comments:
And yet, Rahm and his "top cop" insist crime is down.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
nina584, 12/31/2012 3:35:14 PM (No. 9091878)
A cesspool of vermin!
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
jalo1951, 12/31/2012 3:45:29 PM (No. 9091897)
I guess obama isn´t loading up the welfare credit cards fast enough. Send more money!
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
sgtfox of the jarhead clan, 12/31/2012 3:50:09 PM (No. 9091902)
The robbers are probably using assault screwdrivers Thank goodness firearms are not allowed there.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
bob913, 12/31/2012 5:00:38 PM (No. 9091996)
The bankers steal the most money and they get away with it!
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Spidey, 12/31/2012 5:13:05 PM (No. 9092016)
Same thing with pharmacies really. They´d rather the robber get away with the loot than a customer possibly getting caught in a crossfire.I mean you had a pharmacist get jail time for shooting a robber too many times.Laws favor the criminal these days and you can bet a lot of people look at these as a form of reparations.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
f64, 12/31/2012 5:24:39 PM (No. 9092033)
0 P - Rahm is right ´cause bank robberies ain´t crimes. To Dems, it´s re-distribution of wealth.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
lakerman1, 12/31/2012 5:24:52 PM (No. 9092034)
There is a fairly simple mechanism to stop robberies. It consists of a bulletproof foyer, about 4´ by 4´, with a remote control locking system. When the robber tries to exit the bank, the inside door is locked behind him, the outside door locked in front of him.
Then it is a matter of simply sitting and staring at him until he surrenders.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
ColonialAmerican1623, 12/31/2012 10:20:06 PM (No. 9092401)
# 7 Good one.
So-chances are you are either gunned down on the streets of Chicago or in prison for robbing a bank. Seems like a numbers game and the population should be down soon as Fluke becomes mayor.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Trigger2, 1/1/2013 4:38:00 AM (No. 9092648)
Wow. Another reason for the rest of the country to emulate Emanuel´s vision of utopia.
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