DUMB COP OF THE WEEK
by Hazed
Normally I delight in writing stories about stupid criminals who do something idiotic that gets them caught. But this week, it’s not the villains who are being dumb. Oh no. It’s the cops.
Police in Detroit decided to stage a simulated purse-snatching and have the incident filmed by a TV crew, who would record the reaction of the public to seeing the “crime”.
What could possibly go wrong?
Well, as it happens, quite a lot. It very nearly ended in tragedy. Because when the fake criminal snatched the fake purse from the fake victim, a very real off-duty FBI agent gave chase and pulled his gun. If another police officer hadn’t run up to tell him the whole thing was a stunt, he may have shot the thief.
Good grief! Are there no crimes for them to solve in Detroit these days? That’s the only explanation for them having the time to cook up a hair-brained scheme like this one!