Congratulations, You Are an Asshole.

If you are at all like the Bad Lawyer, sometimes you read a story of some stupid-ass criminal and you think to yourself, that Boy needs a good smack, or more accurately he needed a good smack at some formative moment in his pathetic little life which he did not get. 

Out of St. Paul, Minnesota via Twin City News. com, the website of the great St. Paul Pioneer Press we have the story of the 88 year old man standing in the bank lobby iwth $300 he had just withdrawn to pay down for his wife's funeral.  Suddenly a thief appeared and snatched the money. 

The St. Paul police have identified a suspect after reviewing surveillance videos and locating the getaway car.  If the story sounds like a bummer, well the link will take you to the story that tells you that the world is not an entirely heartless place, because the folks in St. Paul rallied in an effort to make right what a rotten punk took away. 

Why I Hate the Cops-Part 51

Police Officers who take the time to steal are a wonder to behold.

Phoenix, Arizona "retired" a thirty year veteran police officer and fired his partner after it came to light that the patrol officers were stealing sports cards (44 in all including, the Ernie Banks card, see pic) glued to the doors in a foreclosed house in the Phoenix.  On a list of sins, this is pretty small cheese--but, it raises a couple of questions: namely,  while the officers in the foreclosed home were brandishing knives to meticulouosly remove these collectabile treasure, how many donuts remained uneated? 

Here's the other question, the serious one:  Al Jackson, the officer with 30 years on the force--how many time do you think he did this over the years?  And, I'm not talking sports cards--how much stuff did Officer Jackson steal from homes, cars, commercial properties while he was on patrol around Phoenix, Arizona during his 30 years on the force.  Just a hunch, but I'm betting a lot of property that turned up missing over the years ended up in Sergeant Jackson's hands. 

More at AZCentral.com.