Posted on 09/26/2022 9:17:44 PM PDT by grundle
A man casually carrying a shotgun and claiming to be from Chicago walked into a Florida convenience store during an attempted robbery but walked out when a clerk displayed his own weapon, authorities said.
Rakim Stephen Tate, 32, made a bad decision that "became a worse decision" when he walked into a convenience store on Sept. 9 with a visible shotgun to his side, the Escambia County Sheriff's Office said Monday.
He is charged with openly carrying a prohibited weapon and attempted robbery with a firearm.
Tate walked around the store for a few seconds before a clerk out of view from a camera in the store is heard talking to him, according to security footage. The clerk apparently noticed Tate arming himself before he entered the store and went into a back room to arm himself with his personal weapon, authorities said.
"I don't mean no harm, I'm just not from around here," Tate is heard saying while holding his weapon. "I got a big (expletive) (expletive) gun, but I'm not from around here is what I'm saying. I'm from Chicago bro."
Tate is heard asking the employee what kind of weapon he is holding. The employee responds before Tate slowly walks out of the store.
"He then fumbles for words, resorting to meaningless babble about being from Chicago," the sheriff's office said in a statement. "Words seem to fail you when your felony attempt is thwarted by lawful and righteous force."
Tate was arrested on Sept. 15 in Santa Rose County, authorities said, adding "You’re not in Chicago anymore; you’re under arrest."
The Benelli shotgun he allegedly used was also recovered, authorities said.
(Excerpt) Read more at yahoo.com ...
Let me tell you, a Benelli ain’t cheap.
It is in Chi-town. 5 finger discount, donchaknow.
They’re pretty cheap if you steal it.
Too bad he didn’t have to eat some hot lead.
Our society is creating far too many of these guys. It won’t end well for them.
“ah dindu nuffin...”
Unlike Chicago people in Florida can be armed.🤔
It shouldn’t have ended so well, and if he keeps up with that attitude, some day it won’t.
And the world will be a little bit safer place.
Them Chicago Bros don’t get no R-E-S-P-E-C-T in Florida.
Sounds like a movie. Clint Eastwood, John Wayne, Sacketts movies.
Gunman doesn’t last long.
It's cheap if you stole it
Comments at the link are interesting, considering it’s Yahoo.
One issue for the robber....in Florida, they don’t negotiate cases that much. So, with the weapon....he’s likely to get 10 years minimum. In Chicago, he could have talked the charge down to something less and gotten six to twelve months in jail.
Odd that he was from Chicago and thought that open-carry was okay. Now if he was from an open-carry state that would be a whole ‘nother thing.
Fixed it for you.
Thing that gets me....he appears to be unemployed. Just by showing up in Florida, and having a willing nature to work, he could have gotten a job within ten days.
Sure hope he was vax’ed-up when he left Chicago. Lot of unmasked folks wandering around Florida. (sarcasm off)
Charged with openly carrying a prohibited weapon ?
They’re doing fine. It’s not ending well for us. It’s descending into an Orwellian novel.
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