According to the Atlanta Police Department, a trio of men were arrested early Wednesday morning following an alleged Midtown pedestrian robbery. Among the items stolen was an iPhone that had a tracking device that help authorities apprehend the suspects.
APD spokesperson Kim Jones that at approximately 12:30 a. m., Zone 2 units were dispatched to a pedestrian robbery at 594 Wimbledon Avenue in Piedmont Heights. When officers arrived, they spoke with a female victim, who stated that a black male wearing a dark-colored hooded sweatshirt had pointed a silver handgun at her and demanded her belongings.
The victim, who gave the suspect her purse and iPhone, gave police a description of the suspect, as well as the vehicle he left in as being an older model grey Jeep Cherokee. One officer then stayed with the victim as another officer began to track the iPhone.
That officer soon came across the vehicle in question near the intersection of Peachtree Street and North Avenue. After a traffic stop was made, a locate signal was sent to the phone, which reportedly started making noise and was located on one of the passengers.
The victim was then transported to the scene and identified the subject, Carlos Johnson, 37, as the man who had robbed her. A subsequent vehicle search produced a silver handgun and the victim’s credit card.
Johnson, a convicted felon currently on probation, was charged with armed robbery and possession of a firearm during a felony.
Also charged with armed robbery were the other two suspects in the vehicle, Kelvin Gaston and Clifton Kilpatrick, both aged 23. All three were transported to the Fulton County Jail.
If you don't want people to associate your friends with the actions of known felons, how about you tell them to stop associating themselves with known felons. If they didn't know Carlos at all, then tell them to not ride around with strangers but take the bus instead.
1. The Patch article states that a passenger was holding the stolen iPhone. So one of these two "innocent" passengers has now committed a crime by accepting and holding onto known-stolen property. 2. They both knew that Carlos was getting out of the car to commit armed robbery against the victim and they did not successfully stop him. 3. Once they witnessed the felony armed robbery, they did not exit the vehicle and distance themselves from the crime. They are now considered an accessory to the crime since they did not stop it nor report it after the fact. 4. One of your "innocent" friends put the stolen iPhone in their pocket. They could have refused to take the iPhone, gotten out of the car, and called the police to report Carlos. The fact that they did not stop the robbery, they did not object to the robbery, they harbored stolen goods, and they did not report Carlos to the police, makes them just as guilty as the one who points the gun at the victim. While we white people are not explicitly stating that we are better than your friends, we the readers, are stating that we are not out there committing armed robbery, holding stolen goods, and failing to report crimes of known felons. So before you use very poor grammar again, please think about this, and feel free to provide any FACTS that support your case.
It may be that the crimes are not reported equally, or punished equally, but they are committed equally. There are just as many white criminals as black criminals. This can easily be supported by comparing police blotters to news coverage. Police reports will give you a more accurate picture of what crime looks like, while the media will give unequal and often, biased coverage.
The whole damn city is under siege from these worthless thugs, if you look like you might have a single dollar bill, or earn an honest living, they will attack like a pack of wolves if given the opportunity. Had the gun off, this lady would be dead. That's compelling enough for me to say that they need to be locked up for a long time. These jerks were willing to possibly take a human life, not mention destroy their own families, OVER A CELL PHONE. I mean, a freaking cell phone. Unbelievable. No value for any life, not this woman's, not their own, not their very own families lives, no one.