Exercising The Right
“I’m from Chicago, Bro!”
Fox News reported on September 26 about a story in Escambia County, Florida, that illustrated the embarrassing stupidity of criminals. Thirty-two-year-old Rakim Stephen Tate was captured on surveillance video walking into a Florida convenience store with a shotgun at his side. Seconds before Tate entered, the clerk working behind the counter saw the armed suspect walking toward the store with a long gun and retreated to a back room, where he quickly armed himself. Tate stood in front of the counter with his shotgun at his side, waiting for the clerk, but was stunned when the clerk emerged from the back room with a pistol drawn and pointing right at him. Tate immediately began trying to explain why he was standing there holding a shotgun and tried to imply that he was simply confused because he was from out of town. “I don’t mean no harm, I’m just not from around here…. I got a big [expletive] gun, but I’m not from around here is what I’m saying. I’m from Chicago, bro,” Tate said in a clearly bewildered manner as he started backing up toward the exit before he turned and ran away.
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office issued a press release that mocked Tate and stated that he “fumbles for words, resorting to meaningless babble about being from Chicago…. Words seem to fail you when your felony attempt is thwarted by lawful and righteous force.”
Fox News reported that Tate was arrested a few days later and charged with “openly carrying a prohibited weapon and attempted robbery with a firearm.”
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