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Apparently, 7-year-old Alisha works at a convenience store in Reidsville, North Carolina. Well, her mother works there and I guess Alisha was just hanging out when a robber came in. She says this robber had a shirt over his face and began to push buttons on the cash register, trying to open it. Now Alisha knows that is not how you act in a convenience store and so she told him to stop it. When he began pushing Alisha's mom, Alisha pushed him back.
Stymied in efforts to rob the store, the bad guy grabbed some cigarettes and ran out the door. But Alisha ran after him, yelling for him to "come back here," while mom called the police. In a heart-stopping moment, the robber turned and pointed the gun at Alisha. She dropped to the ground, but thankfully, he didn't shoot.
Alisha is getting lots of attention for her act ofstupidity bravery. She had an appearance on Good Morning America, where she told George Stephanopoulos that the bad guy "...should be locked up by his gills, and towed to the police." True enough, but I think the only smart thing this girl did was hit the floor and hide under her blanket. Her mother agrees. "I told her I was proud of her and she was very brave, but not to run after anyone again," said Alisha's mom.
Stymied in efforts to rob the store, the bad guy grabbed some cigarettes and ran out the door. But Alisha ran after him, yelling for him to "come back here," while mom called the police. In a heart-stopping moment, the robber turned and pointed the gun at Alisha. She dropped to the ground, but thankfully, he didn't shoot.
Alisha is getting lots of attention for her act of
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8-10-2007 @ 9:56AM
Pops said...Ok, so I don't have sound on my computer, but I watched the security camera footage at the linked article. There is more stupid going on in this situation than I can stomach.
1. Someone comes into the store and points a gun at her and her child demanding money. She denies the demand! Damn. Just give him the money and let the gas station make an insurance claim. No amount of money is ever worth your child's life.
2. Mid-robbery, someone comes up to the counter and buys something. The robber is still in the store. The customer and shop-keep actually complete the transaction as if nothing is happening.
3. The robbers not gone yet, but the 7-year old is now perched on the counter -- the perfect place from which to be snatched and hostaged for the money. I generally believe that if someone is depraved enough to use a gun in a crime, then you've got to assume they'll use it.
4. Now the till is open from the previous sale. The robber re-engages the shop-keep and instead of taking what he came for and having something to show for his incredibly stupid armed robbery, he takes a pack of cigs and runs away.
5. Little girl is an idiot and chased him. Mom is a bigger idiot for letting her daughter out of sight during an armed robbery.
Everyone involved behaved so stupidly, I'm leaning towards this being an inside job that they were too stupid to pull off.
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8-31-2007 @ 5:40AM
Lionel Ripepe said...Good for her, so we`ve got one gal with guts and 7 year olds are hard targets to hit , for a fleeing gunman ! Yeah !
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