robbery advice
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So, long story short:- I was held up on the streets over the weekend- Cops were called- Robber kids MIGHT have seen me talking to the police- Robber kids caught shortly afterwards, with a (beebee) gun and some of my property- Cops now want me to try and make photo IDs or "they can't charge them" with anything.All this leads me to believe that the kids aren't cooperating and I'm going to have to become more involved in this thing. Will doing so make me a marked man? Am I already anyways? I'm already way to paranoid of a person to be dealing with things like this...
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But then again, you got robbed by kids with a bb gun?
Ciao,
Dress
Not apt to call the cops on kids type.
If you would not have involved the police yourself, and you do not feel comfortable being involved in it now, then you can decline the police's offer.
So, have they indicated that these kids are known to them? Or that there have been numerous reports of similar muggings?
Yeah, I get it. Not sure why you gotta ask Soulstrut for help on this though...and in doing so you had to expect some clowning coming your way.
In the end, you only risked being stung...and that's only if the bb happened to hit bare skin. So, count up how much money you lost...and then decide if that's worth getting some kids thrown in jail over.
Fuck that. You rob someone and get caught you should pay the price.
you have nothing to be embarrassed about for calling the cops on "kids" who pointed a weapon at you and jacked you on the street.
be responsible and follow up on your complaint. it will be for the judge to determine how "serious" this incident was and to mete out the proper punishment.
anyone who thinks it is ok for a person of any age to roam around in gangs terrorizing people on the streets with firearms has some really strange priorities.
also, this whole "no snitching" deal is completely idiotic. how is it "snitching" to report when someone commits a serious offence against you?
What complaint?
oh, i read the thread wrong, someone else made the complaint.
let me re-phrase: the police are not your enemy in this situation. the responsible thing to do for your community is to provide the police with information so they can complete an investigation and lay charges if necessary.
So these are just "hooligans" with no chance of pulling a real gun on myself or someone else next time?
Not to mention the only reason these idiot kids got caught is half an hour after pulling this shit, they're still walking around my neighborhood all non-nonchalantly. Aren't you supposed to do your dirt and hop on the next bus back to your end of town??
I doubt they have any understanding of consequences.
what's your point? armed robbery is armed robbery.
Like others have noted, I'm not sure why you're asking for advice on this. None of us can tell you what the consequences (for you) would be if you press charges but my sense is that you clearly WANT to press charges (or least, ID these guys in a line-up) but you're also scared over the possibility of retaliation. So what's more important to you here?
Not on SoulStrut it isn't.
Dress
I would take it to the hood...either by a. addressing it with the kids' guardians directly or b. addressing it with the guardians of the hood...or c. both.
In my own neighborhood, that would mean talking it over with the mens of my street and deciding how to handle it from there. And it would be highly unlikely that we'd decide to take it to the cops.
Real or fake, threatening anyone with a gun to get money is a scary thing.
Do what you think is right, Button.
Only then can you truly feel justice has been served.
the handing out of free passes due to class implications.
These are all factors I'd take into consideration.