- Published:March 20th, 2009
- Comments:2 Comments
- Category:News Comments
In Philadelphia this week, a woman’s purse was stolen. Two Boston salesmen making a call at a nearby hair salon thought a moment, then gave chase. A couple of blocks down, a guy saw the thief run past, called 911 and joined the chase. The thief dropped the purse, the victim got her purse back, people’s faith in humanity and strangers in general was renewed. A nice, feel-good story, right? Let’s go to the Philly.com comments!
We start out pretty positive this time-
Wow, now this is positive news!!! It’s nice to know that many people in and out of Philadelphia, PA are great people.
seriously…way to go guys…it is verymuch appreciated
I still hate Boston people. Good job on the purse though.
Well, okay, mostly positive. But then- a conspiracy?
There are so many pictures of this from different angles the whole thing seems like a staged feel good story.
This seems fake, not because of the good deed, because of the amount of pictures. I don’t get it.
Also, how didn’t they catch this dude?? They have pipctures of him. Why not instead of taking the pictures of the action, join in on the fun and chase him.. I’m curious about who took the pictures.. Anyone wondering if this story was staged? haha
“ELIZABETH ROBERTSON / Staff Photographer”…very convenient that an Inquirer staff photographer HAPPENED to be across the street to take a photo of the mugger making his getaway. F-A-K-E.
Am I the only one who thinks this looks set up? It looks like a bad high school PSA done for class.
Hm. What is this, Little Green Footballs trying to Sherlock up a Reuters photo?
Something seems to be missing, though. Some familiar element-
He’s black?! Get out of town! Never would’ve guessed it.
I’m waitng for the “ya’ll are racist.” Tick tock tick tock.
I am shocked at the race of the perp!
Ah, there it is.
What a scam! We’ve all seen Mr. Deeds.
Okay, that one I liked. Now let’s get some clumsy attempts at topical humor-
Hey, Green Hood guy was just getting his bailout. I thought Congress announced stealing is no longer wrong. Next time Green Hood guy should hit AIG’s offices; millions there!
And one exhortation to cure society’s ills, then we’ll finish up.
Who cares. It’s an effing purse. Wake me when 2 salesman take a flight to Dar Fur to help out, or show up at a Rape Clinic, or offer their time helping many others that are truly in need. This woman had a purse = money. She doesn’t need help.
Thank you.
Though, I believe Dar Fur might actually be a folk cover band that gets booked at Anthrocon.



