The teen stated to police, "I was walking home and I was very cold. I didn't want to want home,'' according to the officer.


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To be fair...aren't female cops really just meter maids?

And since when is a van called a carryall?
Sounds British to me.

jehovahs witness protection: To be fair...aren't female cops really just meter maids?

You clearly haven't met some of the female cops on the CPD.

But I need the cop car so I can complete the Most Wanted missions.

One day, the regular money escort called in sick, so the security company that my dad worked for asked him if he would take the money to the bank. Before he put the money in his vehicle, he double-checked his weapon.

Well, at a stoplight, some poor paperboy thought he'd make more money by banging on people's closed windows, rather than pestering only the ones whose windows were open. He approached my dad's car from the blindspot. In the space that it took my dad to jump because he was startled, he had already pulled his gun and was in the process of bringing it up when he realized what had happened. He holstered his gun, the kid probably shiat his pants, and my dad continued on his merry way to deliver the money to the bank.

Someone should point out that it wasn't even all that unusually cold (for Chicago in the winter) last weekend.

Not that it would matter. I've walked home from the 'el' when it is well below zero and windy, and never felt that carjacking anyone to get out of the cold was an option. I did, however, contemplate suicide January of 1994 when I found myself stuck on an 'el' platform one evening and it was -20F.

FishInABowl: The only thing that pisses me off about this story is that he is being charged with battery to a police officer. This kid didn't know it was a cop. Just charge him with regular battery.
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DING. Dumbest thing I've heard so far today. Ah, but the day is young....

studebaker hoch: Carjacking is essentially asking a random stranger if he or she would care to shoot you in the head without legal consequence.

/I can't believe that people still do it.

Because most people don't drive around with one hand on the steering wheel and the other hand cradling a loaded and cocked gun.

what I'd like to know is just how he carjacked a cop with only his fists. youd think she had some sort of training...maybe in self-defense, i dunno.

JamesLi: Loren: studebaker hoch: Carjacking is essentially asking a random stranger if he or she would care to shoot you in the head without legal consequence.

/I can't believe that people still do it.

Law abiding individuals that can qualify for a concealed-carry permit and are being careful enough of their safety that they will go to the time and expense involved are also generally careful enough of their safety not to drive in areas where carjacking generally happen.

jackiepaper: what I'd like to know is just how he carjacked a cop with only his fists. youd think she had some sort of training...maybe in self-defense, i dunno.

An earlier poster suggested that since the victim was female she was probably a meter maid. While I don't think all females in law enforcement are meter maids I'm suspicious about this case.

Or, you know, he could have just caught her off guard and beat the hell out of her. Not everyone is a super human with ninja reflexes.

the article said off duty police officer, meaning she's trained, even if he caught her by surprise, its unlikely he should be able to force her out of her car, unless he knocked her out with one punch.