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Stop robbing

2005 Reader Submission
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A young kid in Naples (Italy), with enough brain to understand that crime pays was the leader of a gang that had young couples as target. E.P. (for privacy reason the name was not revealed to the public)and his fellows, after the first achievement of the night(= first couple robbed) were trying to rob another couple when a Carabinieri(italian military police) patrol arrived: the young genius had a creative idea and aimed his gun (obviously a toy) and fired (obviously blanks) against the Carabinieri. The poor Carabinieri did not know that the slugs were blanks and fired their guns too(cleraly not blanks) Result: E.P. was shot dead and no more creative robbers will appear in his family tree.

Submitted on 02/08/2005

Submitted by: Anonymous
Reference: 02/06/05Naples-www.tgcom.it

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Daniel said:
Neutral: Darwin Award
We haven't had a good "fire blanks at the cops" story for a while.

Jack said:
Neutral: Darwin Award
While I would have liked to have had a better write-up, I agree with Daniel. Anyone who gets into a shoot off with the police, armed only with blanks, is worthy of consideration for a DA.

Charles said:
Neutral: Darwin Award
Perhaps this story should be combined with the story of the Spanish hostage-takers who were in a similar position?

Kelly said:
Neutral: Darwin Award
I would prefer the write up didn't say that the gun was obviously a toy or the bullets were obviously blanks, since the police obviously didn't know that either was the case.

Becky said:
Neutral: Darwin Award
Even when a gun looks fake, officers have to assume that it isn't. Making a mistake can mean a dead officer. This is common sense, something the boy should have had. An expanded writeup would be nice, though.

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