From the Aberdeen Police Department:
On Monday, August 20, 2018, Aberdeen police responded to a report of an attempted armed robbery of a cab driver.
At approximately 12:45 AM, officers responded to the unit block of Aberdeen Avenue and met with a male victim, 52, who works for a local cab company. The victim advised he was dispatched to the location to pick up a patron. The victim parked and observed a subject approach his cab from the rear and enter his taxi. Immediately, the subject demanded money from the victim, ultimately pointing what the victim described as a pistol at him. The victim did not comply and the suspect fled on foot.
Detectives responded to the scene and assumed control of the investigation. Follow up investigation led to the arrest of Willie Pink Addison IV, 16, who has been charged as an adult with the following charges: Armed Robbery, Robbery, 1st Degree Assault, and 2nd Degree Assault.
After his arrest, Addison was transported to the Harford County Detention Center for processing.
Yet another reason to support concealed carry in Maryland. This state is very focused on preventing people from protecting themselves.
I couldn’t agree more. As a single woman I feel very vulnerable in some circumstances without a firearm. I train and know how to defend myself, but Maryland doesn’t think my life is worth protecting. Sad.
How would a gun have changed the crime. The perp still would have attempted a robbery and perhaps shot him while he reached for the gun. This is not a case that supports the CCW arguement.
False assumption: “the perp would still have attempted a robbery”.
This kid ( thankfully charged as an adult ) is obviously a dumb-ass punk. But, if he thought that the cabbie might have a hole-maker in his pocket, he would be facing a different risk model, and he might have found something more productive to do. As it, is MD has made it the law that he find a defenseless victim.
I believe that’s one of the *best* reasons to support self-defense: Good citizens don’t even need to buy or own a gun to change the behavior of all of the bad guys. Giving them a potentially life-ending something to think about before attacking someone benefits all citizens.
The firearm (a tool) would have been a defensive option. As in, the tool’s ability to stop the threat.
The threat being the suspect criminal using a firearm in the commission of a crime.
The crime being armed robbery.
Id take a guess anyone on Earth could reasonably articulate fear for their life if they were a victim in this particular crime.
Your argument is semantics with many variables. The suspect criminal would have shot the victim if he “reached” for his gun? Is this for certain, as in this always happens?
Almost Every kid in the was raised by little debbies and chips and crackheads .what u expect.them ghe%o kids try running in anybodys house for 10bucks them broke future junkies.stop breeding church green washington park and every other dumb person that dont wanna watch n raise there children.they wasnt born that way but they sure end up that way
Hot Cheeto; I thought these comments were suppose to be in English. I’m afraid my white middle-class ass doesn’t understand a word of what you just said.
I agree with you. I guarantee that was a white Trump supporter trying to hide behind bad English.
News Flash, we, “Trump Supporters”, don’t hide”.
Hot cheeto needs som skoolin. If Md allowed concealed carry the punk may not have tried to rob the driver in the first place or maybe the kid would have been killed so he couldn’t have preyed on honest citizens anymore.
If Obama had a son.
Fuck off you racist piece of shit.
Did you think of your response alllllll, by yourself?? Brilliant!!!!
With all the ongoing indictments and admissions of criminal conduct, you have the wrong president, political party and administration.
And now felony convictions.
and the Collusion proven is?????? (crickets)……
I’m surprised it took this long for someone on the left to bring this up… I would be astonished if more than 10% of the people in Congress, the upper levels of any government bureau and all the lawyers that gravitate around them could withstand investigation by a special prosecutor – including Mueller himself – without being caught up in some felonious activity. They’re all criminals whether they’re Democrat or Republican. Hey, maybe this will tip an impeachment and we can finally put the brakes on this economy and get people back in the unemployment line where they belong. I think Trump was a fool for paying off those skanks. With Hillary as the alternative, he would have won no matter what they said. I’m still working on why when someone blackmails you and you pay them off YOU’RE the guilty one. He should have just done it the Clinton way and had them Vince Fostered.
He didn’t know what he was doing. He had the mind of a child.
LOL
Hey Dagger, you do love to put up a photo of a certain type of person doing something wrong. Where’s the article about the Confederate KKK leader from Bel Air who was just found guilty? Isn’t that worth noting that a man who started his own racist organization that has chapters all over the country is from Bel Air?
If it’s important to you, you might want to tell others how to find this info instead of just bitching.
What’s the conviction? Was it something like what this fine young feller’ was charged with?
Details > complaints.
You know….Can’t admit that KKK is in Belair now can we. It might implicate the Harford County Leadership and the clan meetings they hold.
@ Reality
Blacks are killing each other and others every day at alarming numbers but no one wants to address it. That would be racist. A very large portion of Black American society are not doing the right thing by being violent, and generally unlawful and disrespectful but you either have to ignore it or be called a racist by liberals who only watch MSNBCand never leave the safety of their homes. Listen to the music which advocates violence, crime, and the disrespect of women. No one will address that because that would be racist. Instead the liberal media attempts to cause a false hysteria about a small group of unaffiliated rednecks. A basically defunct organization. More people were killed by blacks in Chicago last week then were kllled but the Klan in the last 50 years. Go ahead liberals. Keep up with your rants and your attempts to start a civil war. In your attempts to be stylish black people arekilling each other like it is free. Who are you helping? TOOL!!!
Are you advocating for the KKK? I cant seem to connect with what your stating.
I wouldn’t expect a liberal with no concept of the real world to understand. What is your mother cooking you for breakfast?
She made me lucky Charms with a banana, lunch was spaghetti O’s. and dinner is hamburger helper. She makes my favorites on Saturday while I play COD all day.
@ Reality
Question there liberal one:
Who has a better chance of survival a black man walking through KKK invested Bel Air at night or a white man walking through East Baltimore or the south side of Chicago anytime? Go ahead you can be honest I won’t label you as a racist for telling the truth. tOOL!!!
Probably the White man in Baltimore…..Are you white? If so lets give it a try and see.
Another liberal with no clue about the way things go on outside of the safety of your home. Keep listening to liberal tv. Stand by and say or do nothing while blacks are killing each other and keep blaming it on whit racism.
You must be white….Do you own a white sheet?
Why is it the conservative/Republican voting majority is overweight, middle aged white males, though?
Go order another cheesesteak sub, man.
Tell me about your second amendment rights, too. Tell it again.
I love the way you guys have turned a story involving the attempted robbery of a taxi cab driver into an argument for Concealed Carry of Weapons and Racial issues. Some of the racial issues discussed don’t even involve any circumstance of the situation at hand. Finally it degenerated into the continuous battle of racist republicans and the racist Democrats. Your political affiliations have divided you amongst racial lines and is more proof that both parties should be busted up for anti-trust violations regarding the business of politics. Just to be clear, the denial of any right guaranteed by the Constitution is an act of treason and no law of the US Code, including the regulation of an imaginary militia involving every man 18 to 45, can be enforced without the consent of the individual involved. If the individual does not give consent to the militia laws then they are to not be regulated. End of the story…..End the Selective Service regulations as no war since Vietnam has used a draft and it is these rules that make people subject to regulation to begin with.
@ Realuty
Can’t admit the Bloods gang is a problem in MD and nationally. That’s right acknowledging that the 12 black Baltimore City “Blood”members who were just indicted for murder pose a much larger threat to a civilized society than that small group of rednecks you are worried about in Bel Air would make you a racist. Why don’t you research the numbers. See who is the biggest threat the Bloods or the Klan? I am a moderate and would like to see both gone from this country. I know that liberals are willing to cause racial divide and potentially a civil war to further their agenda. Very sad.
So you are white and do own a white sheet
@ Reality
Yes I am white and I believe in accountability. I guess that makes me a racist in the eyes of liberals. Remember figures don’t lie liars figure. You guys keep up your crusade against a tiny group of unaffiliated red necks and keep up your efforts to cause racial divide. Meanwhile people, particularly black people are dying by the thousands every year. I will be watching the uniformed crime stats to see how many murders were caused by the Klan or other white red neck hate groups. Did you liberals ever consider why someone who was really a racist would attempt to hold people account for thousands of senseless deaths and maybe prevent some cases. TOOL