''Rob Me'' signs work wonders: Two more ''no guns'' banks hit at year-end
They probably wish their normal advertising worked this well...
Authorities hunt man who robbed Lima bank
- A lone bank robber held up the Union Bank branch on Elida Road just before noon yesterday.
According to the FBI, the robber walked into the bank and demanded cash, saying he had a weapon.
He fled on foot with an undetermined amount of money heading west toward Eastown Road.
Search continues for bank robbery suspects
- The Richland County Sheriff's Department continued to search Friday for a young man and woman who robbed The First Citizens Bank of Shiloh on Thursday.
A statement issued by the sheriff's department Friday said another man was waiting in a car near the bank.
"Preliminary investigation revealed that at 11:06 a.m., a white male and female entered the lobby and then went behind the counter, where they helped themselves to an undisclosed amount of cash. The male subject brandished a knife during the robbery," the statement said.
"The suspects ran out of the bank and reportedly fled the scene in a white mid-size vehicle parked near the bank, and have not been located.
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Commentary:
The trend of the state media's failure to capture the real story continues - neither the Toledo Blade nor bothered to mention that these two banks post dangerous and discriminatory "no-guns" signs on their doors.
Since it is common practice for banks to instruct tellers to "just give the robbers what they want", we have no doubt some decision-makers believe it is the path of least resistance to ensure that no one in the bank (employees OR customers) will have the ability to protect themselves, hoping that the robber will grab the cash and leave the store.
But who is going to take the responsibility the next time a robber decides he doesn't want to leave witnesses, as the men who robbed this Cleveland deli did?
Why is Ohio's rate of robbery so much higher than neighboring states? Perhaps because criminals there hear about stories like these:
Robber killed by same Kentucky banker who dispatched another robber three years earlier
The human right of self-protection does not stop at the doors of these banks. Ohio law should be amended to hold businesses who actively disarm their customers fully liable for anyone who gets hurt as a result of being rendered defenseless.
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