Has anyone heard anything about Chamblins on Laura St being robbed today not too long ago? Stephen, do you know anything?
Whatever happend, I heard a Downtown Amabassador chased the guy down until the police got to him. The idiot is now on his way to jail.
News to me, and I go there about everyday. I'll run down in an hour or so and talk to Jennifer. Went to the big store on Roosevelt about 45 minutes ago, saw Ron, he didn't look like anything happened. He was intaking books.
They have a phone number
yes the idiot grabbed the cash and made the mistake of doing it during lunch hour rush, with downtown ambassador right at the corner of Laura and Monroe. not that anytime is a good time to be a stupid crook but during lunch, with hundreds of people milling around on laura street....he had no sense, now is is enjoying a stay at our fabulous jail !
way to go
Quote from: stephendare on June 08, 2012, 03:12:25 PM
Idiot. No one in their right mind would cross the vegetarian troops of Chamblins.
::)
Quote from: ulistenin on June 08, 2012, 03:10:58 PM
... hundreds of people milling around on laura street....
Really? Maybe things are turning around downtown.
Glad to hear it they got the guy. What an idiot.
Kinda sad, actually. To be desperate enough to rob a place in daylight with people around, you either have to be missing a few brain cells (sad) or a drug addict (also sad) or really hungry (the saddest). All judgments aside, this guy needs some help--obviously.
Congrats on catching the bad guy!
Sorry to hear this happened to Chamblins. Glad the robber is now parked at the Green-bar Hotel !!!
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Without knowing anything about him or his motivation, I agree it could be sad. But robbing the store? While I can feel compassion for him if he needs help, committing a crime isn't the way to get it. If the guy was hungry, Sulzbacher will feed him dinner, no questions asked. At the moment, I'm afraid I'm feeling more compassion for the employees of Chamblin's. It's really scary to get robbed.
Quote from: Timkin on June 08, 2012, 05:22:00 PM
Sorry to hear this happened to Chamblins.
Is any place deserving of a robbery? :o :o :o :o
Looks like another attempt to distribute income via one of the direct methods. Don’t know about the fellow. Nobody recognized him. Jennifer heard the words “Stopâ€â€¦ “Stopâ€, and Summer and Janine ran after a black man in mid-thirties, of average height. The DVI ambassador rode beside him down Adams, sighting him while calling the police. Then Ben Burbridge, the artist at the landing who happened to be in the area, apparently grabbed the fellow, holding him for the gestapo. The girls gave Ben a free lunch.
I wonder if he was out of work, and for how long. I wonder if he was hungry, or if he needed money for drug stuff. His behavior suggests he was desperate.
In ’61, in southern California. I was hungry with no money. Hearing there was food at the Salvation Army, I went there. In a room with about fifteen others, I listened to a talk about Jesus. I was desperate for food, so I listened. The talk seemed very long because I was hungry. The food was good, because I was hungry. As my hunger faded, so did my memory of Jesus. I will always remember the food from the Salvation Army.
The history of this fellow, the circumstances of his past, his upbringing, is unknown to us. I wonder if he could get a job even with a better economy. Being a black fellow, chances are that he already has a police record, one which will be now enhanced, causing him greater difficulty at job hunting.
These times see many desperate people, fellows who want to work, but cannot because there is none. I find myself wanting to help them, to give them work, but I have none. I find myself sensing their desperation, and suspect the obstacles set before them in our society.
So, I mean to say that I do not hold bad feelings for this fellow, and find myself wanting to embrace him, to let him know that I do not wish harm to him. I wonder if he would respond to me with indifference, or with hatred.
I cannot be proud of our society when we have so many fellows like this who, by whatever occasions or circumstances, have ended up being desperate, and without an opportunity or preparedness for work. I cannot turn from them and simply say, you…… you thief, you worthless scum, you have failed, and therefore you are not a man. Our society is failing. We are seeing the fruits of its failing.
Ron, I'm a huge fan of yours, but it's pretty bad form calling the guys who arrested the cat who robbed your store "the gestapo".
Quote from: coredumped on June 08, 2012, 07:30:09 PM
Quote from: Timkin on June 08, 2012, 05:22:00 PM
Sorry to hear this happened to Chamblins.
Is any place deserving of a robbery? :o :o :o :o
Ummm.. Nope. And my message was not meant to insinuate that some other place should have been robbed. :o
Quote from: ronchamblin on June 08, 2012, 09:15:43 PM
I cannot be proud of our society when we have so many fellows like this who, by whatever occasions or circumstances, have ended up being desperate, and without an opportunity or preparedness for work. I cannot turn from them and simply say, you…… you thief, you worthless scum, you have failed, and therefore you are not a man. Our society is failing. We are seeing the fruits of its failing.
+1. If only more people felt this way. There are always two victims: the guy who acted, and the people who were acted upon. I can't sit back and fall into the "glad they caught him" crowd. Personally, citizens rallying around the downfall of another human being make me quite perturbed. We are too quick, as a society, to 'blame the bad guy'. This is a human being who was desperate enough to steal. I blame not so much the actor, but the society which built the actor. I don't believe the actor is inherently a bad man, but has been shaped into a bad man from decades of unfulfilled needs, societal 'brick walls', racism, and oppression. Our society is a society of 'haves' and 'have-nots'. I can't help but to mourn and feel for the 'have-nots'.
Quote from: Tacachale on June 08, 2012, 09:55:39 PM
Ron, I'm a huge fan of yours, but it's pretty bad form calling the guys who arrested the cat who robbed your store "the gestapo".
What's the difference? Gestapo, police, charlies, gendarmerie, Maréchaussée, NKVD, all the same.
By definition, the police are a constituted body of persons empowered by the state to enforce the law, protect property, and limit civil disorder. Their powers include the legitimized use of force. The term is most commonly associated with police services of a state that are authorized to exercise the police power of that state within a defined legal or territorial area of responsibility.
Change out the word 'police' with 'gestapo'...same shit, different day.
Quote from: coredumped on June 08, 2012, 07:30:09 PM
Quote from: Timkin on June 08, 2012, 05:22:00 PM
Sorry to hear this happened to Chamblins.
Is any place deserving of a robbery? :o :o :o :o
Wal-mart...
It sucks that he will probably get out in the morning after he sees the Judge. Oh, that's right...
Quote from: ronchamblin on June 08, 2012, 09:15:43 PM
In ’61, in southern California. I was hungry with no money. Hearing there was food at the Salvation Army, I went there. In a room with about fifteen others, I listened to a talk about Jesus. I was desperate for food, so I listened. The talk seemed very long because I was hungry. The food was good, because I was hungry. As my hunger faded, so did my memory of Jesus. I will always remember the food from the Salvation Army.
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REALLY? In 1961 (I was also in LA... Well, North Long Beach to be exact) Clifton's Cafeteria in LA had a policy since the 1930's that if you couldn't pay, you were just as welcome as the high rollers. In 61, Clifton's was still in fine form. It finally declined and only recently has been renovated and reopened. I'm not sure if the new owners are continuing the policy.
Hey Ron? Would it be possible to offer this guy a job? Even part-time, it might be the life changing experience he needs. Follow your heart my friend.
I searched this post wondering if Chamblin was robbed of.......books. Course not,few bad guys or girls would target books.Idiots!!
Relieved the Roosevelt location was not targeted.....yet
Read more rare and non existent books,posts
Quote from: ben says on June 08, 2012, 10:32:51 PM
What's the difference? Gestapo, police, charlies, gendarmerie, Maréchaussée, NKVD, all the same.
By definition, the police are a constituted body of persons empowered by the state to enforce the law, protect property, and limit civil disorder. Their powers include the legitimized use of force. The term is most commonly associated with police services of a state that are authorized to exercise the police power of that state within a defined legal or territorial area of responsibility.
Change out the word 'police' with 'gestapo'...same shit, different day.
Not exactly, the Gestapo was the secret police force of the Nazi Government, their operations were fairly limited, sedation and treason being their main focus. They WERE noted for brutal interrogation methods, something we generally avoid in Jacksonville.
It's good that Ben/Ron brought this up as most people immediately think of mass murders, and death camps and the holocaust, but that wasn't the Gestapo's duty. The camps and the executions were under the control of the Schutzstaffel more commonly known as the SS. We better hope we don't have a single JSO officer operating in the manner of the Schutzstaffel.
Gestapo? ..... sensitive word to some I suppose. Of course, Gestapo means the police. I used the word not as denigrating to anyone at this point, nor to give any specific meaning other than police. The word "police" just seemed pretty boring.
But yes, Ock, it is possible to hire this fellow, and about 200,000 others. We get two or three job requests per day. We've never placed an ad. People need work all the time. When things allow, I try to hire someone who seems to be at a disadvantage in the job market. Sometimes it works out.
One of my dreams is to gain the Lotto for a couple of hundred million. Then I would start some kind of manufacturing .... something requiring low or medium skills so that I could hire many of these fellows and females who need work. That would be my dream. We could produce something. These people out of work could work if they wanted. How many would want to work is another question. But at least the opportunity would be there.
Of course, I could also take that few million and buy a yacht... maybe two. I could travel the world, making people wait on me. I could buy an airplane too. I could buy a townhouse in Manhattan. I could buy a few autos worth a million dollars each. I could send the money to secret bank accounts, somehow avoiding taxes.... so I could buy another yacht. I could send great sums to support the GOP, so that I could have in power guys to assist me in keeping more of my money, guys who want to help me and the other the rich be richer..... guys who are on the side of the god who has been helping the rich for a long time. The rich and their god are on the same side. And they have the wonderful evangelicals along too. It makes for a good team.
And I would invest in manufacturing companies that actually manufacture in other countries, as this is the way to maximize profits for their shareholders. As you know, money is king. The jobs lost are not important.
Yes, I would rather start a manufacturing plant to make something. I could hire many people who want to work, and who can work. The greatest pleasure would be to visit the plant and see all the formerly idle people working at making something useful. All I need is to get the few hundred million. A dream.
We never say "I can not afford it".
Rather; "How can I afford it"?
You dream is noble. I often think of the same thing.... How can I help secure a future for all those who have worked for me, and with me... and those who would come along?
Still working on it.
I'm sorry to hear that Chamblin's was robbed, but so thankful that the thief was nabbed before he could get away. Yeah, they probably should have said that the Crookstoppo got him rather than the Gestapo because he was certainly not a good guest. Way to go, Chamblin Gang!