Only in San Francisco

[paulney]

This is just ridiculous:

(01-29) 14:25 PST SAN FRANCISCO -- A San Francisco man who is paraplegic was convicted Friday of two counts of robbery and one count of attempted robbery in connection with thefts he conducted from the seat of his Chevy Blazer in the Richmond District over a two-month period in 2005.

Cuong Vinh Tran, 35, was found guilty by a jury that deliberated a day-and-a-half, the San Francisco District Attorney's office said in a statement.

Tran, who uses a wheelchair, robbed one victim of $160 and another of $500 and a necklace valued at $1,000, spokeswoman Bilen Mesfin said.

The jury acquitted Tran of one count of robbery.

"According to the charges, the defendant would swoop up on the victims in his van, who were all on foot. Swearing at them in Cantonese, he would act like he had a gun under his sweatshirt," Mesfin said in a written statement. "His defense included an alibi witness, which the jury did not believe."

The victims were all unaware that Tran was in a wheelchair because he remained in the SUV during the robbery, Mesfin said.

The victims, men ranging in age from 17 to 41, identified Tran in a photo lineup, she said. He was arrested at his home on April 4, 2005, wearing the necklace he would later be convicted of stealing.

Tran will be sentenced after the completion of another trial relating to two prior robbery allegations, Mefin said. That trial is expected to end Wednesday.

Straight out of South Park.

 

[Howard]

Wow, that takes balls.

 

[Schadenfreude]

Wow . . just, wow.

 

[aurareturn]

What are you saying about San Francisco? I lived there and it was the best city I've ever lived in and I've lived in 8 major cities ranging from midwest-east coast.

Please don't bad mouth San Francisco.

 

[paulney]

Originally posted by: aurareturn
What are you saying about San Francisco? I lived there and it was the best city I've ever lived in and I've lived in 8 major cities ranging from midwest-east coast.

Please don't bad mouth San Francisco.

SF is the wackiest city I've ever seen so far, and I've traveled and lived in quite a few places around the world. Congrats on living in Midwest.

 

[NaOH]

Wow....

 

[aurareturn]

Originally posted by: paulney

Originally posted by: aurareturn
What are you saying about San Francisco? I lived there and it was the best city I've ever lived in and I've lived in 8 major cities ranging from midwest-east coast.

Please don't bad mouth San Francisco.

SF is the wackiest city I've ever seen so far, and I've traveled and lived in quite a few places around the world. Congrats on living in Midwest.

I guess you had a ****** time in SF. I wouldn't want to live anywhere else besides SF but unfortunately, it's too expensive living there.

I grew up in the midwest and I think it's horrible compared to the West coast. I hate the nothingness and the crazy religious people. I got away from that and moved to the West where people are a lot more open minded.

Where do you live?

 

[Ricemarine]

Cantonese?...
Not Vietnamese?...

Something's wrong here...

 

[beer]

Originally posted by: Ricemarine
Cantonese?...
Not Vietnamese?...

Something's wrong here...

All the vietnamese people live in South Bay. Haven't you been to the Sunnyvale Costco on a Saturday?

 

[DVK916]

Originally posted by: beer

Originally posted by: Ricemarine
Cantonese?...
Not Vietnamese?...

Something's wrong here...

All the vietnamese people live in South Bay. Haven't you been to the Sunnyvale Costco on a Saturday?

He is refering to the man having a Vietnamese name.

 

[tfcmasta97]

Originally posted by: Ricemarine
Cantonese?...
Not Vietnamese?...

Something's wrong here...

Plenty of Viets speak cantonese, depending on where you live in Vietnam. Many Viets have roots in Vietnam for only a few generations, others speak it for business things etc.

 

[paulney]

Originally posted by: aurareturn

Originally posted by: paulney

Originally posted by: aurareturn
What are you saying about San Francisco? I lived there and it was the best city I've ever lived in and I've lived in 8 major cities ranging from midwest-east coast.

Please don't bad mouth San Francisco.

SF is the wackiest city I've ever seen so far, and I've traveled and lived in quite a few places around the world. Congrats on living in Midwest.

I guess you had a ****** time in SF. I wouldn't want to live anywhere else besides SF but unfortunately, it's too expensive living there.

I grew up in the midwest and I think it's horrible compared to the West coast. I hate the nothingness and the crazy religious people. I got away from that and moved to the West where people are a lot more open minded.

Where do you live?

I live 50 mins away from SF. If it weren't run by a bunch of morons (elected by another bunch of morons) it'd be a great city. Not so good right now. Aside from the scenic views and great weather you have a zone with high crime, high government corruption, choking laws that have businesses going away, extremely expensive real estate and lots of bums and insane people on the streets (because city govt would rather have bums than attract middle class).

All of that could be cleaned up, of course, but until the mayor is who he is... Don't get me started.

For the record: I think Berkeley is an even bigger bunch of morons, but that's a moot point 🙂