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Subscribe to RSSVictims of a number of recent heists on the Chicago Transit Authority's Pink Line say one of their robbers is so tall his head almost touched the top of the train.
In the eight days between Dec. 10 and Dec. 18, there were four robberies, police said.
Read more stories at NBCChicago.com
Each time, two men would grab someone's phone just as the train approached a station, jump out as the doors closed and run away.
The men were described as being between the ages of 20 and 30 years old. One of them was about six feet tall. The other man, witnesses said, was more than seven feet tall.
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The men were described as being between the ages of 20 and 30 years old. One of them was about six feet tall. The other man, witnesses said, was more than seven feet tall.
Were they Irish? Police need more information as to description of alledged suspects.
Irish? I don't know. Probably Canadian. Definitely not Mexican.
Maybe it was Jeremy Lin and a friend.
You know what description the press is avoiding. God forbid we offend anyone.
maybe they're a couple of underpaid Chicago Bulls?
@ laztstrall, post 1.3
If someone is afraid of offending someone else why don't the police just say what race/color/nationality they are not?
Confussed:
Luv it! LOL
Asume are blacks but they don't want hurt feelins (Al Sharpton) is political incorrect...
The Super Villain is born! Seven feet tall and so fast you can't even tell what color he is!
It's the Rod-Man making a comeback, but first must pay child support... Times are tough...
It's not wrong to describe someone's skin color, hair color, eye color and identifiable characteristics. If someone is too sensitive to just naming a "race" it would at least be worth describing features.
I wish this oversensitive politically correct society would grow up.
7 feet tall not enough for you?
Here is their description.
Black, wearing baggy pants and basketball shoes........most likely sporting short or long dregs. When caught, they will have a lengthy criminal record. If they resist arrest and are shot their mom will say they were good boys trying to get their lives back together......... planning to go college so they could support their little babies.
It is Dennis Rodman looking for money so he can get more booze and tattoos.
Good idea confuss... like that. How about we just lower the door way at the food stamp office. Come back after the first of the month and take DNA samples from the door jam. We need to catch this super criminal before it breeds any more.
There's no conspiracy to avoid mentioning the race of suspects. If the race isn't given, it's because they probably don't know, or the witnesses' account were inconsistent. You lot should get out more.
it's that dam big foot and his young son...they better get back in them woods...
UH OH!!!!
Isn't this a blatant case of profiling?
Of course the lamestream media would never resort to profiling, would they?
They would never describe them as "White Hispanic" or anything, would they?
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ...you made a funny...you were being sarcastic right.
You people do know that some of the tallest men in history weren't black, so I'm not sure why it's assumed that's what he is.
Let's be real, it has nothing to do with his height, you're just assuming this because said person committed a crime.
No, we must assume because the press withheld a fact. If the guy were dressed like Bozo, I'd want to know that before I wasted time looking at everybody's eye color.
Oh! I get it,they were from China,everything comes from China these days.There you have it folks,seven foot China man.
very few 7 ft tall, swedes, Irish, Norwegian, Danes, native American Indians, I wonder what race they could possibly be?
My home page had this headline: "7-foot robber sought in Chicago". My 1st thought was: buying shoes must B a b!tch.
;-)
Well, lets be brutally honest about statistics, race, and criminality (since this article doesn't go ahead and confirm the race of the subject, and we are desperate to speculate) shall we?
First off, we ALL know white guys don't grow to be 7 foot tall. They are usually wee little folk like Tom Cruise, and only are 6 foot 5 or greater in novels (sorry Jack Reacher). Even if we do come across the white-seeming giants of the world (looking at you Big Show) we all know that really he's a black guy in disguise or white face. We ALL know white guys are short little pasty-faced losers who need assault weapons to secure their masculinity. Just like Adam Lanza, Jared Lee Loughner, Dylan Kleebold, Tim McVey, and all the other would be neighborhood Rambos seeking validation through the barrel of a gun. That's why Wayne LaPierre was standing on a tomato crate when he gave his speech asking for more guns; we never would have seen the little tyke any other way.
Also, we KNOW this crime was committed by a black guy becayse white guys NEVER commit any crimes under any circumstance whatsoever. That is what they told us throughout history, and what they told their slaves and their colonies and the indigenous peoples of every land they have taken over so it just HAS to be true.
Besides, the only crimes that white men do committ statistically more than other groups are so trivial as to not be a big deal: mass shootings, child molestation, teenage drinking and driving, drug abuse (all kinds), white collar crimes like embezzlement, fraud, environmental violations, etc.
White guys are nifty, and should never be considered for any type of criminal scrutiny EVER. Take their word for it, and just hand your kid and your guns over to them.
"Were they Irish?"
Can't answer that 4 ya Zheng He; The article doesn't day anything about hair color OR an ability 2 drink whisky.
;-)
@Ciewywtb42mh6sps-23
I can't find any comment on here that says whites don't commit crimes. You're just insecure. The point many are making is that the majority of robberies and violent crimes are overwhelmingly committed by blacks. Therefore, it makes sense that the assumption is these suspects are blacks. It turns out in this case...wow, they are black.
To your point about white mass murderers...Colin Ferguson, the DC/Beltway Sniper, and many others....Also, do we really need to get into whether whites or blacks try to assert their masculinity more?
Back to the point...this article is ridiculous. Whether they were white, Hispanic, black, etc....the race should be mentioned. Otherwise, it's just a (sadly common these days) PC story that does NOTHING to help catch these guys.
Go to a different website if you want a full description. They wont give it to you at MSN because race doesnt matter to them......oh wait, that is all MSN cares about. These clowns are black, anyone that lives in Chicago knows that there are very few white people on the Pink Line. F'ing PC BS is killing this country. Now you cant identify a criminal because you may catch some backlash from the race baiters?
They were Black, Black men steal, White men Kill.
Maybe it was Yow Ming wearing a mask?
The only reason the robbers race was not mentioned in the description is because they were black. Cops always openly say that they are looking for a 'white male' but rarely if ever mention the race if blacks are involved. That's how you can tell.
What the @!$%# is wrong you @!$%#s, automatically ASSUMING that just because someone steals money and lives in Chicago, L.A., Atlanta, etc that they "have to be" "black".
I bet you @!$%#s would holler and scream bloody murder when someone starts profiling every WHITE criminal as wearing a business suit and patent-leather shoes, a $300 haircut and driving a @!$%#ing Lexus.
It's a fairly safe bet, in fact I will bet $100, that if party is a factor and none is given on nbc, they are democrats and if color is a factor and none is given they are black. Would you like to take me up?
How about you, quacked one? Will you put your money where your mouth is?
This article is NOT a wanted poster, they were writing about the perp's height not his color or nationality. It was the height that was unusual and that's why it made the news. There was no need to say black, white, brown, yellow, purple, whatever.
@cgtrav #1.33 I wish I could up-vote your comment many, many more times!
Way to go, most-other-commenters, to miss the entire point of the article. Do you wear your racist goggles all the time?
No, they're black. Urban hoods always are. Does ANYONE who read the article think they are of ANY other race? No. Blacks being blacks. This is what they do. They are the reason for white flight. They are the reason that "black" states like Mississippi, Louisiana, South Carolina, etc ALWAYS finish last in every measure of income per capita, income per household, etc. Black people are who they are and it appear foolhardy to think that they will ever improve their lot in life. Has Obama done ANYTHING for blacks? NO, he has not. Change change change was total BS, and EVERY (even somewhat) intelligent person can tell you that.
Nothing new here, just blacks being blacks. Is anyone really surprised? No, you are not.
Obama is in charge for the personal life of the all blacks, their choices of life, or sex orientation ? broken your bubble and be free ! He don't idder from the whites or hispanics is just the Boss in the White House, the rest of our living in in our hands, we can be honest citizens or cheaters, robers, murders, etc. etc. or no ? (ps. Obama was not my choice in elecction, was Ron Paul, but Obama is fine..)
Sounds a lot like Derrick Rose and Joakim Noah to me...check their alibis?
Nazr Mohammed
The perp was one of those no job having, worthless welfare-sucking Swiss.
Sounds like Derrick Rose and Joakim Noah to me...Do the have alibis????/
Sounds like Derrick Rose and Joakim Noah to me.. Do either have alibis???
I have been hearing that a lot.
They were said to have Irish accents as I understand it.
Why? because they were each carrying a flask and had freckles?
and they thought every body they robbed was a leprechaun...
maybe is a mexican, one over the shoulder of his body...
I bet they find a guy who fits the description.
glad i'm 8ft.tall...don't want to be mistaken for a 6 ft. tall theif...
Does the train station has camera? It should be easy to find some one that tall!!!
You mean he is stealing phones from those idiots that literally walk around all day with their phones plastered to their ears? I'd say you have a lot more to go.
You got it all wrong....it's bigfoot.
and his young son ...little big foot...try'n to get money up to buy some odor eaters...
Hey, it could be one or maybe two midgets or dwarfs, standing on top of each other and using stilts. The world's shortest man is 21.5 inches. Is there a circus in town?Let's be politically correct.I should have said short people. Folks have added padding,wigs,dyed skin, tall shoes and other fake things to try and disguise their looks during crimes in the past. Why not height? It could also be a woman, someone who had a sex change. Just being tongue in cheek here.
It isn't everyday one hears about criminals this tall.Certainly cuts down ones list of suspects. If you happen to be this tall, be really suspicious you are being setup if the other fellas in the line up are under six feet and you are the only one seven feet tall. It does matter if your skin is the only one different also.Get a new lawyer if he allows the cops to arrest you afterward.
The correct term I believe is "little people"
"Vertically challenged"
Sorry, “challenged” is no longer an acceptable politically correct adjective. You see, the word “challenged” implies both confrontation and a judgment that the individual lacks a desired attribute.
For the circus associate Windancersong-1494878 mentions, the politically correct term would currently be “alternative stature”.
And we aren't supposed to mention the difference until AFTER we say person, so instead of a physically impaired person, it's a person with a physical impairment.. As someone with MD I just call us all Physically Retarded.
"Short People got nobody
Short People got nobody
Short People got nobody
To love
They got little baby legs
That stand so low
You got to pick 'em up
Just to say hello
They got little cars
That go beep, beep, beep
They got little voices
Goin' peep, peep, peep
They got grubby little fingers
And dirty little minds
They're gonna get you every time
Well, I don't want no Short People
Don't want no Short People
Don't want no Short People
'Round here"
;-)
I love it U don't say. I just wish I could remember more songs like that. I get pissed off at my sig other and I begin singing it to her.
Why is the media afraid to say "male, black"? They would rather let the crimes continue than risk being called racists.
Because this is MSN Bob. They don't want to appear to be racial Profiling
@Bob Hamilton in Chicago per Chicagotribune.com "The robbers were described as black men between the ages of 20 and 30. " So, for more complete news go there.
At least it's not the Mpls. Star Tribune. Three gang bangers metered out "tough love" on a mentally handy capped man on a bicycle last year and they apologized for reporting it.
If they are blacks wouldn't they already have obammy saliphones?
Ah yes, the often mentioned 'Obama Phone', the program that provides free or cheap cell phones to low income families. A program that was begun under GEORGE W. F*CKING BUSH, genius. Jesus, I'm f*cking tired of listening to the lemmings parroting dumbass rhetoric and lies because they think it makes them look cool.
http://abcnews.go.com/ABC_Univision/Politics/myth-obama-phone/story?id=17507339#.UNw_I29QWYg
http://takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/15/obama-phone/
http://www.snopes.com/politics/taxes/cellphone.asp
The election is over. He won. You can knock off the lies now.
According to the FCC, the Lifeline Program was started in 1985, genius. But still under a Republican president. You know, the ones who have no regard for the little people.
Life line is not a government program. It's for rich old white people that live alone at home, remember "I've fallen and I can't get up!" That is their slogan.
"According to the FCC, the Lifeline Program was started in 1985, genius."
Don't call him that, it'll give him the big head.
No the original lifeline program was a government program and made it so you could get a phone installed in your home free but it would only call 911. It also made it law that if you had your phone disconected the phone would still work for 911. The new cell program is this.
You know that extra charge on your phone bill that is marked "Federal
Universal Service Fee", "Universal Service Fund" or "USF"? How long have you
been paying that? Since before Obama became President? Do you know what that
charge is for and who it goes to?
You have been paying into this
fund since 1997. It is not a tax. The Telecommunications Act of 1996 mandated that all landline and
cell phone service providers pay a portion of their profits into the Universal
Service Fund to help ensure Universal Access to communications
services to all citizens living within the US. Your greedy phone service
provider chose to pass the cost of this along to you instead of paying it
themselves.
Do you know how it is spent?
Up until 2008, it was spent mainly on subsidizing phone companies that
service rural areas. That's right, it was used to bribe phone companies to keep
providing affordable phone service to those that live in remote parts of the US.
Without the bribes, the phone companies threatened to either jack up the rates
to rural areas, making it impossible for anyone living in those areas to afford
a phone, or they would just not provide any service at all. They say providing
service to those areas is too expensive and not very profitable.
It was also spent to help provide communication and internet services to
qualifying schools, hospitals, and libraries. Thanks to the Universal Service
Fund, doctors at rural hospitals could now provide better care for their
patients with video conferencing that could put them in touch with specialists
at larger, more distant hospitals. People without computers could access the
internet at their local library. And more technology in the classroom is always
a good thing, especially in poorer school districts.
In 2008, under the Bush administration, they began using the fund to do more
to help the poor obtain phone service that they might not otherwise be able to
afford. That's what Universal Access means. It means everyone
has access. This is done in 1 of 2 ways, depending on the person's situation.
In urban areas, which usually have good cell phone
reception, a prepaid cell phone is given to a poor person. This is a cheap
Tracfone, worth about $20 at most. The recipient of this phone is given between
60 and 250 prepaid minutes every month, depending on which state they live in.
It has a maximum monthly value of about $10. They have to reapply every year and
prove they are still poor and still need help obtaining phone service. If they
run out of minutes, they have to buy one of those Tracfone prepaid cards with
their own money or wait till the beginning of the following month when they get
more free minutes.
In areas without good cell phone reception or in certain cases like where the
recipient might be disabled and/or require special phone equipment, poor people
can receive up to a $10 credit on their phone bill, paid directly to the phone
company, to make it cheaper for them to have landline phone service. This credit
doesn't cover the entire cost of having basic phone service. The recipient would
still end up having to pay something, and they would still have to provide their
own equipment. Prior to the Bush administration, this was the only option that
was available to the poor, to help cover the costs of phone service, and was
available to all poor people, regardless of whether they lived in a rural or
urban area.
You can not receive benefits under both plans. You can have either a cell
phone or a landline credit, but not both. It is limited to one per household,
and only to the head of the household. There is no family plan, you have to
share the one cell phone (or landline) with all family members.
LOL...Who gives a sh!t what you are tired of, I have paid taxes all my life and I am tired of that but I still get to pay them.
Pretty much sounds like my family plan difference is I pay for mine and I guess I am paying for someone elses too.
We are talking about NBC here, the same place that edited George Zimmerman's 911 call to make him appear racist.
You guys pretty much got it all right. I am really tired of paying for other "less fortunates". Let's get one thing clear. I am all for helping people when they are down but I am not for helping people that won't help themselves. I don't care who started the "I will pay for your cell phone plan", it is unbelievably ridiculous.
You're right, Makessense, but only thing wrong there is the part about people that won't help themselves... oh but they do. The help themselves to anything they can get their grubby little hands on. Just look at the New York stockpile for Sandy victims.
Chris from Yucaipa
You can bitch , cry & suck your thumb but their given name is still the Obama Phone.... Just mention it & everyone know what your talking about. Obama won & even has a phone program named after him. He even has a National Health Care program named after him. Obama Care. He is awesome.
Haha.. I like how 2008 is the Bush adminsitration, despite the fact that the democrats held a majority of Congress from 2006-2010. You know... The people that pass all the laws?
malith...idiot....they had a majority from 2008 to 2011. And in that time, republicans managed to set a new record for filibusters. Congrats to the party of no
and yea it's quite dumb that they're called obama phones just as propaganda. It's just another one of the lies that the majority of america saw right through and why your party has been a failure
Mike,
They had the majority from 2006-2011. Look it up. And all you other libs can stop crying every time someone doesnt agree with Obama. We all pay taxes, at least i think most on here do, so we have a right to throw mud all we want. This happens no matter who is in charge, not sure why it should be a crime now that Obama is president.
Or we can simply continue to watch you do all 3. Sure they call it the Obama phone and Obamacare. Your racist little GOP thought they'd be clever trolling for the white votes by making people think he was doing for the minority poor, giving them free phones and healthcare. When in fact the phone program began years before Obama was elected. Lie all you like and feel free to join the rest of the lemmings on the cliff jump.
@Bob Hamilton in Chicago per Chicagotribune.com "The robbers were described as black men between the ages of 20 and 30. " So, for more complete news go there.
No way it is anyone black. Everyone knows blacks are the most law abiding people there are. My first thought was it was one of those jewish gangstas. You know how violent they are.
or those violent swedes.
Amish Mafia, I heard they were moving in to Chicago, They want to get in on those $6.50 an hour parking meters.
Well if thats the case it surely has got to be the Jews. Most of them have been stealing and robbing the country for years, why not the public?
"Well if thats the case it surely has got to be the Jews. Most of them have been stealing and robbing the country for years, why not the public?"
Uhh, you did really mean to say the world, right?
LOL...Like either of you too ever had anything that anyone would want to steal.
Seriously? Let me fix that for you:
Well if that's the case, it surely has to be the rich corporations. Most of them have been stealing and robbing the country for years, why not the public?
i think its shaqqqqqqqqqqq, u never know
Just a couple of guys trying to improve the unemployment stats by starting new careers. They're actually cell phone repo men, hired to rip the phones out of the ears of deadbeats that are actually supposed to pay for their phones and service. With the new parking fees in Chicago of $6.50 an hour, business can only get better. More people/cell phones riding buses.
I travel to Chicago frequently and have met a lot of people of different races. I can say that there are a lot of law abiding, cordial, respectful people in all races. One thing that I have learned is that there are black people and there are ni99ers but only the ni99ers can call themselves that not the honkey or whitey.
the code word for "ni99ers" is democrats...
LMFAO!!!!!!!
Just an observation, no grammar nazi here...I think the correct spelling would be "ni99a" for those who would use it.
Or gangsta, they both hold the same meaning.
What is a ni-nine-nine-er? [:~}>
A big San Francisco sports figure who scares the crap outta ya?
Or maybe a little kid telling ya neener neener.
If you guys are gonna be calling people names, why be pussies about it?
You are a bunch of pathetic @!$%#ing cowards.
Hambone
There is nothing about being a pussy with my comment, MSN censers the word @!$%#. That is why I had to write ni99er.
See, but it didn't. I can see it plain as day.
There is an "obscenity filter" that needs to be turned off (somehow, haven't figured it out myself.) Some people see "symbols" and some see what's actually written.
I think it's in your account settings. I've turned mine off.
Did anyone try throwing them a basketball to stop the robbery?.
LMAO!
Ima shame-ed dat I din think of dat myself. ;-)
They should just install velcro on the ceilings of the train cars.
My apologies to anyone I may have offended, but I couldn't resist.
Hahahahahaha, I like that ! good idea, go to the patent office quick !
Maybe they are dropping it in those bins t the grocery store "phones for the homeless"
Meanwhile in other parts of Chicago shootings and murders are committed on a daily basis but alas that is no longer news.
Chicago...the Obama/Democratic vision for America...a place where a person can not even afford to park their car.
someones still bitter. I didn't even vote for obama but you are an absolute idiot. Shut up already and at least hope for the best you effing parasite
Doesn't a cell phone have a tracking device? Maybe call it and see who answers? lol.. Here's how it would go.. rings... guy answers.. I say, Hey, Baby.. what's for dinner? confuse em and tell em the phone is fake.. or it's haunted.. or you found it in.... donkey.. poo.. wouldn't you throw it down? LOL.. ha
If they haven't been caught yet they know what they are doing, there are ways to get around the tracking device long enough to disable the phone.
Sasquatch!!!
o.k. i'll bite.. between 20 and 30yrs old,6ft tall and 7ft tall .. were they hairy ? grunting in code? smell funny? i'm going out on limb here-it's bigfoot and his son stepping into the modern world and having no cash,gotta get with it a.s.a.p.
Naaa, they where just BLACK, and noone can say it LOL what a stupid story
I can say it....Black...Black...Black...or as Joe Peschi pronounced it in one of the Lethal Weapon Movies Blauque... In the scenes where they were at the South African Consulate and Murtaugh was pretending he wanted to emmigrate to S Africa... Really love those movies
Rahm Emanuel wearing platform shoes.
"platform shoes"
Does anybody know where Ru Paul was???
;-)
They are "too big to fail" which means that they are above the law, will receive an automatic pardon when caught AND free tax payer funding so they can run for congress.
In NJ when a person is discharged/released from jail or prison then can go to the town they were arrested in and the welfare director for that town must provide funding for living accomodations and for food, The criminal does not even have to have been a resident of that town. So basically they steal from us, they get arrested and we have to pay for it and when they get released they are still stealing from us.
prove it
I hope the police find these guys, and do not come up short.
If they don't say what color the person is then we all know it's a black person.
Well, duh.