Posted on 06/04/2022 7:48:19 PM PDT by NoLibZone
Kids are now in the (illegal) business of carrying out armed robberies -- at least according to cops in Michigan, backed by surveillance video that seems to show the smoking gun.
A 12-year-old was arrested this week out in Hartford, MI after local authorities allege he carried out a gas station stickup job on Wednesday ... all while firing off a warning shot inside the establishment to make sure everyone knew he meant business.
The horrifying moment was caught on tape, and it's about as dramatic as it sounds. The boy casually approaches the gas station clerk with a bag in one hand, and a gun in the other.
He demands that she throw whatever dough was in their register into the sack, and when the woman asks if he's serious ... he aims up at the ceiling and pulls the trigger, letting one go and freaking the lady out. She quickly does what he wants and hands him the stash.
The preteen accepts it and walks out ... as if nothing had happened. It wasn't long though before he was picked up by the police and charged with multiple felony counts -- including armed robbery, assault with a dangerous weapon, and discharge of a firearm, among others.
As for how this alleged crime was hatched ... cops have said he supposedly told a fellow middle-schooler about his plan, and retrieved the gun from his father's locked safe. The boy will remain in custody until a hearing later this month. Scary stuff, no doubt. 😬
Pull something like that in a concealed carry state, you could end up dead.
This ain’t no party, this ain’t no disco,
This ain’t no fooling around
No time for dancing, or lovey dovey,
I ain’t got time for that now…
Michigan is a CC State.
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I wonder what would have happened if the lady pulled out a gun and shot the kid...
Thanks, wasn’t sure.
Right. Shoot a twelve year old and see what happens.
Armed robber firing gun.....
“First of all, Sonny, let’s talk about proper diction.
There is no such word as ‘ain’t’. Did you know that? I’m sorry to disturb your verbal crutch!
Secondly, did you know how offended I could have felt, were I not a “Lady”, as you have boorishly put it? What if I were Transgender? Want to go outside, re enter this room a second time and try that line again? This time, showing ‘improvement!’ I will wait right here.”
The same thing is happening in Chicago — kids in their early teens, even “tweens,” are committing carjackings and armed robberies.
Ahh...the wilds of the young democrat. Testing boundaries, finding out who they are. Soon onto politics where he can steal billions instead of chump change.
These teenage thugs should realize that more and more of these would be “victims” will be protecting themselves with concealed weapons especially when the police cannot provide protection and leftist DAs give these thugs slap on the wrist sentencing. I could also see vigilantes meting out quick justice resulting in teenage thugs dead in the streets.
Kid’s got the armed robbery schtick down!
You are just as dead if shot by a 12 year old thug.
So many of us don’t even have words for you. We’re the friendly state until you pull a gun to rob someone in front of us. But, I’m bluffing.
I was thinking, when reading the headline and first few sentences, that some older crooks/gangs put the kid up to this.
Hard to believe they’re protecting this violent little criminal by blurring out his face. When someone sticks a gun in an innocent woman’s face all bets are off. Age should not matter in these violent events....Post the mug shot!
It does depend on the geo-cultural area we are talking about. I’ll grant you that. Here is Alaska there’s not much problem with feral youth. In Hawaii, OTOH...
(Funny how that works - More guns, less crime)
When does his rap album come out?
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