Comments on: FBI: ‘Bucket List Bandit’ Was Escambia County Man

By: Sandra

Sandra — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 12:59:40 +0000

Too bad he saw this as his only solution.

By: David Huie Green

David Huie Green — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 14:35:36 +0000

REGARDING:
“I don’t see where Henry Coe endorsed anything this man did,”

Please consider the wording of: “He had no where to live and no way to live, so why not rob banks?”

AND:
“the “threat of violence” is considered assault, a “violent act”, as in making physical contact, is considered battery…two VERY different things.”

So you say, yet legally battery is usually a misdemeanor and assault is a felony, meaning a worse thing in the eyes of the law.

David who can think of reasons to not rob banks

By: Infernal Bear

Infernal Bear — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 14:11:33 +0000

Jimbo, I don’t see where Henry Coe endorsed anything this man did, or any political affiliation. But maybe you guys are cousins or something and you know what’s in his head. I’d be surprised if that isn’t the exact excuse Brewster uses, regardless of his actual health. “I had nowhere else to turn.” Financial hardships, whether self-inflicted or as a result of poor decisions, can lead to a very bleak outlook.

By: Infernal Bear

Infernal Bear — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 14:01:50 +0000

I like that he wore his favorite bank-robbing shirt each time.

By: matt

matt — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 10:39:13 +0000

Perphaps in the moral sense the two are the same… but the “threat of violence” is considered assault, a “violent act”, as in making physical contact, is considered battery…two VERY different things.

By: David Huie Green

David Huie Green — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 22:11:48 +0000

The threat of violence IS a violent act.

Those who justify it in any form encourage its continuation.

By: Jimbo

Jimbo — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 22:11:46 +0000

Henry, excuses and blame, typical response from a govermnent loving Democrat. When you say “I’m not saying what he did is ok”, you are really releasing him from blame. In the eyes of the FBI, what he did is/was wrong and he’ll get every chance to prove himself innocent.

By: Devastating Dave

Devastating Dave — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 15:20:54 +0000

Hollywood will probably make a movie about him and present him as a hero.

By: Henry Coe

Henry Coe — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 14:56:09 +0000

if he really is dying, it wouldn’t be for very long. It would be my guess that what ever his physical problem is, that he is unable to work 40 hours a week to make enough money to live on and he probably isn’t old enough to collect SS and probably got turned down for SSI and Medicaid because in Florida, if you are a single male, the State of Florida just doesn’t care about you as a resident.
He had no where to live and no way to live, so why not rob banks? As crimes go, you are more likely to get health care in prison with committing a non-violent Felony. That sounds better then dying while living on the streets of Pensacola and having to panhandle.
I’m not saying what he did is ok, I’m just comparing the alternatives he likely did not have that could have made a difference.