Stocky man steals woman’s purse as she shops in this brazen theft caught on CCTV
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/stocky-man-steals-womans-purse-6360860
When the 60-year-old victim leaves her shopping for a second time, the man pounces and can be seen quickly rummaging around in her bag, pocketing her purse and walking away
Too old to be a son of Obama. Maybe a cousin. Distant cousin, since this happened in London.
At least they said in the article the thief was black, though it was kinda apparent in the pics. Heh.
Years ago, I was shopping at the mall and three black girls snatched my purse while I was trying on shoes. - The mall cop caught up to them as they attempted to drive off the parking lot. - From then on, I only use bags with long straps that I can wear bandolero style. - (We had just sold our property & my checkbook had a very large balance.) One of the girls was a juvenile & the other two weren’t. Don’t know what happened to them; but the juvenile’s mother had to go to court with her. I did, too. The mother was hoppin’ mad - at her, not me. I told the judge I was only interested in the girl being rehabilitated, not in vengeance. The girl would be in her fifties now; so hope she grew up and got a clue.
Any woman who leaves her purse unattended in a shopping cart is asking for trouble. I have a shoulder purse, and that’s where it stays the whole time I’m in the store. I retired from NY’s prison system in 2003, and have never lost my security consciousness. When I first retired, if I saw that a woman had left her purse unattended in a cart, I’d identify myself as a retired correction officer, and tell her she was leaving herself open to become a victim of theft. Some of them were grateful, but others looked at me like I was the thief. I gave up on it after a while because some people just never learn.