Tourist chases after bandit through streets

[Touches]

He was fearless but this coulda end up wrong...also watch the time and location...you know how many people around town then, you mean nobody coulda hold the bandit. But I also highlighted some parts of the article that were a concern to me.


Source: Trinidad Express

Tourist chases after bandit through streets
Jensen LaVende

Thursday, June 25th 2009

   

IN what was described as a scene from a great action movie yesterday, a tourist burst through the glass door of Mario's Pizza on Independence Square, Port of Spain, in hot pursuit of a bandit.

The Express was informed by the pizzeria's supervisor, Rhonda Thomas, that around 5.10 p.m., the man and another male friend were enjoying a family size pizza when the bandit grabbed his bag. The tourist chased after the thief, who, in his pursuit of freedom, slammed the left side glass door on the visitor, who was zeroing in on him.

The tourist is said to have "buss through the glass like a mad man" and chased after the assailant screaming "Help! Thief!". The bandit dropped the man's bag and continued running. The tourist, after taking up his bag, made his way back to Mario's.

When the Express arrived at the scene some minutes after the ordeal, the tourist had already been taken to the hospital by the fast food outlet's manager, along with his friend. Two police officers, who were on foot patrol, received information and had gone searching for the man, the Express was told.

The scattered glass and busy crowd outside the pizzeria did not stop customers from ordering their pizza. One lady uttered, "Wham, allyuh had fight", before making her way to the cashier. Those already inside seemed not to be bothered with the flashes of the camera and continued enjoying their meal as normal.

Officers from the Port of Spain CID are investigating.

[STEUPS!!]

like iwer "d boss" george say, We Reach! 

[E-man]

He was fearless but this coulda end up wrong...also watch the time and location...you know how many people around town then, you mean nobody coulda hold the bandit. But I also highlighted some parts of the article that were a concern to me.


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The scattered glass and busy crowd outside the pizzeria did not stop customers from ordering their pizza. One lady uttered, "Wham, allyuh had fight", before making her way to the cashier. Those already inside seemed not to be bothered with the flashes of the camera and continued enjoying their meal as normal.

Officers from the Port of Spain CID are investigating.

But the Express admits they reached late after the bacchanal was over, so of course people have calmed down again and that's what they are reporting.

[Touches]

Point taken E-Man.

[fari]

for real, b/c i ent want to believe ppl stand up normal and watch a bandit run away.  the feeling i am getting is that the citzenry is becoming fed up... 'de ppl ent taking dat so'...i predict that bandits from now on will have to fear for their lives even more so than in the past...ppl going to take out they frustrations on anyone who they feel represents oppression.

[grimm01]

They forget to tell us what de man had on his family size pizza.

[asylumseeker]

They forget to tell us what de man had on his family size pizza.

Interestingly, no mention of where the tourist was from ... buh dey know he's a tourist.

[verycute1]

They forget to tell us what de man had on his family size pizza.

Interestingly, no mention of where the tourist was from ... buh dey know he's a tourist.

well it have to be a tourist, given what going on in the country these days, you feel a local going an chase down a bandit?

[just cool]

They forget to tell us what de man had on his family size pizza.

Interestingly, no mention of where the tourist was from ... buh dey know he's a tourist.

well it have to be a tourist, given what going on in the country these days, you feel a local going an chase down a bandit?

Tell dem nah family!! if allyuh want tuh risk yuh life for ppl ting then go right ahead, but if it was me, i woulda count it as ah loss and move on. BC me not getting hurt for no material ting, especially wid dem mad blood thirsty yutes it have on dat island, " take it sar! ah was just holding on to it until yuh come to retrive it, here."

[verycute1]

They forget to tell us what de man had on his family size pizza.

Interestingly, no mention of where the tourist was from ... buh dey know he's a tourist.

well it have to be a tourist, given what going on in the country these days, you feel a local going an chase down a bandit?

Tell dem nah family!! if allyuh want tuh risk yuh life for ppl ting then go right ahead, but if it was me, i woulda count it as ah loss and move on. BC me not getting hurt for no material ting, especially wid dem mad blood thirsty yutes it have on dat island, " take it sar! ah was just holding on to it until yuh come to retrive it, here."

 

[Brownsugar]

BC me not getting hurt for no material ting, especially wid dem mad blood thirsty yutes it have on dat island, " take it sar! ah was just holding on to it until yuh come to retrive it, here."

The sad thing is these days JC, it seems like even if you hand over yuh possessions yuh still eh sure they goh spare yuh life....

[Touches]

I find the bandit real bold.

Not only he have to walk in the restaurant and grab the item but Indep Sq at that time is real people.

Dat is prime time traffic...plus they have a police eye in the sky thingy on the promenade opposite. plus all the taxi stands and thing right there.

Also yuh see how they mention "male friend"...I feel the reporter alluding to something in the article, but I go leave it alone.

On another robbery story...a man I know shut down on the beetham with a flat...when they come for him and start to rob him, he actually jack up he car and help the bandits take he rims and say here...go with that...thanks.

[asylumseeker]

I don't doubt a tourist was involved. What I'm addressing is that from a journalistic viewpoint the tourist's point of origin should be material.

[ribbit]

I find the bandit real bold.

Not only he have to walk in the restaurant and grab the item but Indep Sq at that time is real people.

Dat is prime time traffic...plus they have a police eye in the sky thingy on the promenade opposite. plus all the taxi stands and thing right there.

Also yuh see how they mention "male friend"...I feel the reporter alluding to something in the article, but I go leave it alone.

On another robbery story...a man I know shut down on the beetham with a flat...when they come for him and start to rob him, he actually jack up he car and help the bandits take he rims and say here...go with that...thanks.

ha ha - that and "family size pizza" 

[asylumseeker]

Well ... "another male friend" would suggest there were a party of 3 ... buh we understan iz really 2 de writer means.

[WestCoast]

I feel dat Bandit ent like mustard on he pizza so he rob de tourie

[just cool]

BC me not getting hurt for no material ting, especially wid dem mad blood thirsty yutes it have on dat island, " take it sar! ah was just holding on to it until yuh come to retrive it, here."

The sad thing is these days JC, it seems like even if you hand over yuh possessions yuh still eh sure they goh spare yuh life....

Yeh, but if yuh humble and take yuh juk, 90% of the time ah bandit would just ride out, and the 10 % of the time believe it or not does come from some sort of attitude and lip coming from the Robbie, so the robber does react with violence.

and then again , it have fellas who just love tuh hurt ppl and no matter how yuh flex , they does just want tuh dun yuh! but most of them bandit dem does be more scared than the ppl they robbing, and does sometime shoot ppl out of fear , so when ah fella robbing yuh, the less yuh say and do is the better yuh chances of walking away unscathe.