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Robbery update
Jan. 12th, 2013 11:49 amSo my first week back at work after the holidays is over, or rather the first four days. It feels okay to be back, although I'm slightly in holiday withdrawal yet.
I'm going to go to my home town for Easter. I've already bought the tickets. I have celebrated Easter in my own home since 1999, so it will be a change to be at my parents'.
There has been a couple of developments regarding the robbery last Friday:
1) The robber died.
2) It turned out that all the shots were fired by the police.
3) It turns out the guy who died carried a replica, not a real weapon.
4) The prosecutor determined that the police were blameless.
The death of every human being is a tragedy, but when you're 26 years old and your death is not necessary to save lives then it's a double tragedy.
However, he raised his (fake) weapon and the police determined that he was going to shoot. There was a replica expert interviewed on the evening news who said that it's impossible to distinguish a replica from a real weapon at a couple of meters distance.
The guy who got shot was the one guarding the car. Those inside the jewelry store carried real weapons. Why did they let the guy with the fake gun stand guard?
They also ran over him with the car when they escaped from the police which tells us they didn't care that much about him.
There are so many questions still:
Why didn't the robber, knowing he had a fake gun, throw it on the ground and surrender when the police came with drawn weapons?
Why did the police keep shooting even after they noticed that their fire wasn't returned?
Yes, some shots were towards the car tyres, but some were towards the robber.
And why on earth did these robbers pick a store on main street, during lunch hour on a day when a lot of people were off work, and where the police station is just one block away?
The police that responded to the call were either eating lunch at one of the surrounding cafés or ran from the police station which takes thirty seconds.
We'll have to wait for the trial to learn more.
I'm going to go to my home town for Easter. I've already bought the tickets. I have celebrated Easter in my own home since 1999, so it will be a change to be at my parents'.
There has been a couple of developments regarding the robbery last Friday:
1) The robber died.
2) It turned out that all the shots were fired by the police.
3) It turns out the guy who died carried a replica, not a real weapon.
4) The prosecutor determined that the police were blameless.
The death of every human being is a tragedy, but when you're 26 years old and your death is not necessary to save lives then it's a double tragedy.
However, he raised his (fake) weapon and the police determined that he was going to shoot. There was a replica expert interviewed on the evening news who said that it's impossible to distinguish a replica from a real weapon at a couple of meters distance.
The guy who got shot was the one guarding the car. Those inside the jewelry store carried real weapons. Why did they let the guy with the fake gun stand guard?
They also ran over him with the car when they escaped from the police which tells us they didn't care that much about him.
There are so many questions still:
Why didn't the robber, knowing he had a fake gun, throw it on the ground and surrender when the police came with drawn weapons?
Why did the police keep shooting even after they noticed that their fire wasn't returned?
Yes, some shots were towards the car tyres, but some were towards the robber.
And why on earth did these robbers pick a store on main street, during lunch hour on a day when a lot of people were off work, and where the police station is just one block away?
The police that responded to the call were either eating lunch at one of the surrounding cafés or ran from the police station which takes thirty seconds.
We'll have to wait for the trial to learn more.
