On January 17th, 1950, a group of eleven thieves perfectly timed, planned and choreographed one of the most well known robberies. These eleven individuals stole more than two million dollars from the Brinks Armored Car depot located in Boston. As it hit news headlines everywhere, it instantly became the perfect crime and robbery. The suspects were caught a few days before the statute of limitations. Tony Pino was the director and mastermind of the theft and Joe McGinnis assembled the group…
life through a flashback. Anders was shot in a bank while being caught in a robbery. To say the least Anders had a very difficult personality. Some would also think he was crazy. As he always said what was on his mind no matter what. Anders had a somewhat good life with a very outspoken mind which ending up costing him his life. Anders was a very outspoken person no matter the situation. During a bank robbery everyone was told to be quiet. The bank robbers barged in and said “keep your big…
know: “What makes someone put a gun to someone’s head and demand money? How do they decide to commit armed robberies? What does it feel like to participate in armed robberies? Why do they target certain people? How do they convince people to obey their commands? (p.3-4)” In previous studies on armed robberies, researchers would interview people in jail who had been arrested for committing robberies. The authors of this study took a different approach and interviewed 86 active robbers. Active…
She’s not able to do anything and this drives her inner guilt and her obsession to go after the ones responsible. As mentioned, there’s more room to highlight her obsession about the robbery. Parts of the storytelling feel too surreal, such as Jessica as the robber and the monster. Some interpretation and mystery is good, but too much can be unsatisfying. The concern is that the mainstream audience will want more clarity throughout the…
If you manage to come out of a robbery safe and sound after you averted a theft, the way Blake did in scenario 2, your employer could fire you for violating company policy. In fact, your employee doesn’t need a reason to fire you if you’re an at-will employee. Employment-at-will can be…
The many purposes of kidnapping, primarily aggravated, include ransom demands, procuring a hostage(in a bank robbery perhaps), with intent to commit sexual crimes, robbery, murder, to terrorize the victim(perhaps a stalker or a domestic dispute), or to achieve political aims(which may fall into a terroristic act). In many foreign countries kidnapping is an often used tool to fund terrorism…
Nightcrawler exemplifies the surveillance film genre. Nightcrawler first exemplifies the surveillance film genre by having someone use equipment to film, listen, or spy on a person or event that is happening. In almost all of the movies or series that I have watched in this class, they all have had something to deal with a set of equipment. Louis Bloom, uses a hand held camera to shoot different crime scenes that he has hunted down to find. We have also seen in Rear Window, The Conversation,…
stab wound found by Dr. Loretta Wade showed an injury that needed medical attention but was treated without medical help. When the team found a duffel bag of cash in the victim’s garage, more questions emerged as the red dye suggested it was from a bank heist. Looking to get answers, Agent Percy reaches out to FBI Special Agent…
GAME COPS Justice isn’t a game anymore “Hello, this is 911 what is your emergency?” “There are these…these two guys down here at the harvest and trustee bank, they have masks, guns, and hostages!Please send help!” we arrived two minutes later, first week on the job, a bank robbery. we didn’t know what to expect at first, maybe a 12mm pistol or a pump action shotgun, the classics you know? But these guys were professionals,they had a full auto smg and dual barrel shotguns…
individuals lifestyle is at risk, it can be quite influential on an individual subjective value in which they assign to risk and rewards. For example, Jacobs and Wright (1999) noted that one of the primary motivations for offenders to take part in street robbery were to keep up with appearances. According to Jacobs and Wright (1999), “The open ended pursuit of sensory stimulation was but one way these offenders enacted the imperatives of street culture. No less important was the fetishized…