Crime

[tokie]

For some reason I had the thought pop into my head that I would be an excellent criminal. It seems most criminals are rather stupid, but really you just have to be smarter than the police. If you plan and execute something properly and live an otherwise normal life, how would they ever find out? Are you a bad enough dude to outwit, outplay and outlast the cops?

Not saying I would ever do that, since I don't have the gonads for serious stuff.

 

[MotF Bane]

Nope. I could make a good plan, but somewhere in the execution, I'd fuck it up.

 

[xanis]

Originally posted by: MotF Bane
Nope. I could make a good plan, but somewhere in the execution, I'd fuck it up.

This. Especially with today's technology and access to information, one fuck-up would do you in really fast.

 

[Alienwho]

I could make an excellent criminal. I'm way to empathetic to ever pull it off though.

 

[Barfo]

Originally posted by: tokie
For some reason I had the thought pop into my head that I would be an excellent criminal. It seems most criminals are rather stupid, but really you just have to be smarter than the police. If you plan and execute something properly and live an otherwise normal life, how would they ever find out? Are you a bad enough dude to outwit, outplay and outlast the cops?

Not saying I would ever do that, since I don't have the gonads for serious stuff.

 

[santuitman]

depends on the crime... are you talkin' axe murderer or jewel thief

 

[zerocool84]

Originally posted by: tokie
For some reason I had a thought pop into my head

Shens

 

[Modelworks]

Having an EE background I could tell you how to get around most alarm systems, but actually going in and doing the crime, I don't think I have the guts for it.

 

[Baked]

Unless you intentionally leave behind evidence that can be easily traced back to you, I'd say you have a pretty good chance of getting away with murder in this country. The success rate for solving crimes is notoriously low in this country because people are selfish and don't wanna be bothered with things that don't pertain to them.

 

[dainthomas]

SAMIR
Well, we have to do something.

MICHAEL
May-maybe we launder the money.

PETER
That's a great idea. Ok, how do we do that?

MICHAEL
I don't know, I don't know. I don't even know what it means. It's
something I think, I think coke dealers do.

PETER
Ok. Do we know any coke dealers?

MICHAEL
My, my cousin's a cokehead.

 

[tokie]

Originally posted by: santuitman
depends on the crime... are you talkin' axe murderer or jewel thief

I would rule out murder for me, although some people might not (Dexter ?).

I would say more relating to thievery than murdering.

 

[DT4K]

I'm fairly intelligent, especially compared to most criminals, so I think I'd have a pretty good chance of not getting caught.
But cops are pretty smart too, especially those CSI guys and there's always things you might not think of.

 

[Yukmouth]

Living in Oakland california has taught me a lot about crime. There's a network to it all. If we're talking guns, there are people with throw away piece's *EVERYWHERE*.

People get killed every week out here without witness or a gun. The general idea is to knock off the person in question, then toss the gun off the Golden Gate, Bay Bridge or Richmond/San Rafael bridge. The currents wipe these area's clean every night.

So in answer to your question, yes, you can get away with a lot.

Another simple tactic is using the dark of night for robbery, if nothing or nobody was seen, nothing happened.

 

[CRXican]

mask and gloves

 

[GagHalfrunt]

The vast majority of crimes are unsolved. Police don't have the resources to go after the small stuff and don't have the leads to nab even the medium sized stuff. They mostly focus on the violent crimes, drugs and anything else that gets them in the news around budget time. There's no buzz over nailing a guy that knocks over a 7-11 for $200, so they don't prioritize that stuff.

Any intelligent person can easily pull off a lot of small crimes and get away with it as long as they plan well and can think on their feet. But what happens the one time things don't go according to plan? What happens if your getaway car doesn't start? What happens when the guy behind the counter at 7-11 is a frustrated Green Beret wannabe with 50 guns and a lifelong desire to blow somebody away? What happens when a little old lady causes a traffic accident in the only exit to the parking lot and blocks it 10 seconds before your escape? All it takes is one thing to go wrong and you're one of the idiot criminals that we're all laughing at.

 

[Dirigible]

Originally posted by: Yukmouth
Living in Oakland california has taught me a lot about crime. There's a network to it all. If we're talking guns, there are people with throw away piece's *EVERYWHERE*.

People get killed every week out here without witness or a gun. The general idea is to knock off the person in question, then toss the gun off the Golden Gate, Bay Bridge or Richmond/San Rafael bridge. The currents wipe these area's clean every night.

So in answer to your question, yes, you can get away with a lot.

Another simple tactic is using the dark of night for robbery, if nothing or nobody was seen, nothing happened.

What are you talking about? There's no crime in Oakland.

 

[LS21]

Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt
The vast majority of crimes are unsolved.

word. even murder

im highly confident i can kill (random) and get away with it

 

[PieIsAwesome]

Yarr!

 

[tk149]

We make a lot of fun of idiot criminals, but remember that these are only the ones who have been caught.

You need not only intelligence, but a cool head during and after the crime. I don't know anything about forensics, so I'd hesitate to commit a crime that could be tracked in that way. Can I guarantee that I won't leave any hair at the scene of the crime? What about saliva, or blood, or skin cells?

You have to be smarter than the police, but keep in mind that "the police" is not just some dumb cop, but an entire department, including a lab, and years of history and methodology.

Plus they have Batman :evil:

 

[Kelvrick]

Originally posted by: tk149
We make a lot of fun of idiot criminals, but remember that these are only the ones who have been caught.

You need not only intelligence, but a cool head during and after the crime. I don't know anything about forensics, so I'd hesitate to commit a crime that could be tracked in that way. Can I guarantee that I won't leave any hair at the scene of the crime? What about saliva, or blood, or skin cells?

You have to be smarter than the police, but keep in mind that "the police" is not just some dumb cop, but an entire department, including a lab, and years of history and methodology.

Plus they have Batman :evil:

Just wait until Joker distracts him.

 

[olds]

<--- hasn't been caught yet...

 

[Ns1]

Depends on the crime

I think I've mastered blunt rolling, off to master bestiality.

 

[jlee]

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
<--- hasn't been caught yet...

 

[zoiks]

What is my perfect crime? I break into Tiffany's at midnight. Do I go for the vault? No. I go for the chandelier; it's priceless. As I'm taking it down, a woman catches me. She tells me to stop. It's her father's business. She's Tiffany. I say no. We make love all night. In the morning the cops come and I escape in one of their uniforms. I tell her to meet me in Mexico but I go to Canada. I don't trust her. Besides, I love the cold. Thirty years later I get a postcard. I have a son. And he's the Chief of Police. This is where the story gets interesting: I tell Tiffany to meet me in Paris by the Trocadero. She's been waiting for me all these years. She's never taken another lover. I don't care. I don't show up. I go to Berlin. That's where I stashed the chandelier.

 

[irishScott]

Define crime. I could shoplift various items on a daily basis and never get caught if I wanted to. Getting away with murder is a little more involved, but doable.

So yes if I put my mind to it I could pull off some serious shit, but the risk would be extreme (read: not worth it).