Don‘t Mess With This Bar’s Regulars: Armed Robber Gets Ignored Then Chased and Tackled
- Posted on February 17, 2012 at 12:00am by
Liz Klimas
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Here’s the way a holdup is supposed to go: Armed robber enters establishment and demands money. Patrons cover heads and cry. Proprietor graciously hands over the cash saying he just doesn’t want anybody to get hurt. Robber makes awkward sideways run to the door so as not to get tackled from behind and makes off scot-free until police catch up with him five minutes later.
This is not what happened at all in a pub located in the Netherlands recently. Not only was the gun-wielding robber not greeted with the expected screams of fear or the brave hero trying to calm him down before cowering on the ground himself, but he was completely ignored and couldn’t even muscle a pack of cigs from the crowd. Apparently, the regulars of this Rotterdam bar won’t let anything get in the way of their brewskis.
Watch the footage and interview with the pub owner:
As the clip shows, once the robber realized he wasn’t getting anything from the crowd — not even a second glance — he took off. That’s when the group decided to take action, leaving the bar to catch the would-be robber. They turned him over to the authorities.
[H/T Gizmodo]
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Comments (62)
inferno
Posted on February 17, 2012 at 10:26amOne well armed citizen could have avoided the chance of someone being injured or killed. Oh, I forgot, only criminals are armed ! How stupid of me !
Report Post »thegreatcarnac
Posted on February 17, 2012 at 10:21amAmericans used to be that way and would still be brave and unrelenting in times like that except for one thing,….lawyers. Americans think twice about coming to the aid of friends and business owners because of some shyster lawyer suing on behalf of the criminal. Perhaps you would use ‘excessive force’ in chasing him out. Maybe you would go to far and actually engage in fisticuffs and you might hurt him. He would sue the patrons and the bar owner and you for interrupting his robbery. Afterall, had you all cooperated no one would have been hurt or inconvenienced. Lawyers have ruined America in many ways and their power needs to be curtailed drastically. Common sense must prevail.
Report Post »teddrunk
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 8:03amVery true. In the listing of worth of people, lawyers fall just below child molesters, but just above the lowest, abortionists.
Report Post »Politijack
Posted on February 17, 2012 at 9:27amLOL
Wonder if they gave him an epic Dutch rub when they caught up to him!
Report Post »LESSONATOR
Posted on February 17, 2012 at 9:49amLet that be a LESSON to him!
Report Post »THX-1138
Posted on February 17, 2012 at 9:12amAmericans used to be like that.
Report Post »G-WHIZ
Posted on February 17, 2012 at 12:41pmto: THX1138: Want to move here…PLEASE?? we have a few openings in the WH ina few months. Wouldn’t that just be the greatest?!! HOOOO-HAAA!
Report Post »Ghandi was a Republican
Posted on February 17, 2012 at 9:08amNo re-distribution today dweeb..
Report Post »Mattsbay18
Posted on February 17, 2012 at 9:01amIf that would have happened in America, the robber would have sued the bar and won.
Report Post »Maximus_Delta
Posted on February 17, 2012 at 5:26pmno doubt…
Report Post »objectivetruth
Posted on February 17, 2012 at 8:54amSounds like they took a cue from richmonders.We had someone try and rob one of our resstaurants[steak and egg].He went in during dinner rush.It didn’t work to well for him either.He however got a better reception though.The waitress told him she was too busy and that she would get to him when she could.He walked out the door mouth agape in shock.
Report Post »noblevegas
Posted on February 17, 2012 at 8:53amWow, talk about having a bad day. Nothing went right for this guy! Sounds like the regulars have an attitude we need here in America! Things would definitely be a lot better off.
Report Post »rationallyurs
Posted on February 17, 2012 at 8:36amsounds like one of the obamanation made it to rotteram—and thought he was still in th obama cabinet
Report Post »Deepdiver58
Posted on February 17, 2012 at 8:16amNext round is on me.
Report Post »Quiata
Posted on February 17, 2012 at 8:01amAs much as I admire the patrons’ bravado, it might not go so well if there’s a next time.
Report Post »Avigdor
Posted on February 17, 2012 at 9:01amSo? Better to die resisting than to be a victim. A victim is just a slave in training. Death is preferrable to victimization.
You might lose to a bully but he will not risk a fight the second time.
Report Post »Dismayed Veteran
Posted on February 17, 2012 at 10:40amYour choice is always the same. Die like a lion or lamb. Each of us has to make that individual choice. There is no escaping it.
Report Post »Quiata
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 8:37am@AVIGDOR. Watch the video again. My point is, the patrons stupidly, placidly, ignored this guy, and in just a few seconds, he could have wreaked havoc. They are LUCKY he hesitated for so long, and now they feel like heroes, when in fact it could have been “too little, too late”. Gotta raise the situational awareness, just a tad.
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on February 17, 2012 at 7:38am.
Report Post »Been to Rotterdam, boy do they like to drink. They were probably to drunk to care….
Quiata
Posted on February 17, 2012 at 7:17amBut but but but but….don’t they have laws against guns in the Netherlands??? HOW did the bad man get a gun? Aren’t laws supposed to make people not do things? :-o
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on February 17, 2012 at 7:16amThe only problem is, that’s about how they acted when the Nazis rolled in 70 years ago, LOL.
Report Post »OlefromMN
Posted on February 17, 2012 at 7:08amBut the Netherlands has strict gun laws, people don’t use guns in crimes in countries with strict gun laws. Somebody needs to have Debbie Unwashed Schlitzcan explain how tightening our gun laws would prevent such events. We can see that having a law didn’t stop this criminal, the patrons did.
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on February 17, 2012 at 7:38amOlefrommn
Report Post »Debbie Unwashed Schlitzcan…. Now thats funny lol..
unpata
Posted on February 17, 2012 at 6:18amHysterical! Must have been a pellet gun
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on February 17, 2012 at 2:56amIf you live in a socialist country, you do not care if you live or die. You pleaseure is to escape reality that you live in a s^%thole. He interfered with that escapism.
They have guns pointed at them from the government control more than we do. But that is all about to chnage. We are going to be in the prison of full on socilaism soon..Can you say Gestapo?
Report Post »decendentof56
Posted on February 17, 2012 at 4:28amDid that robber have black hands?
Report Post »MrMagoo
Posted on February 17, 2012 at 4:46am@Baddoggy
Report Post »The worst may or may not be yet to come.Guess we‘ll all find out what we’re all made of and who we want to be on Tuesday November 6, 2012.
One things for sure,Freedom,Liberty and the USA Constitution will not go passively by the wayside.
These current days are happy days,relatively,as to what could lie ahead..
I think I love the USA *now* more than I ever have.I’m not giving it up.DEATH TO TYRANNY.
1casawizard
Posted on February 17, 2012 at 5:50amWhat the hell does your comment have to do with the subject matter?
Report Post »MrMagoo
Posted on February 17, 2012 at 6:22am@casawizard
Well,are you are sheep or a wolf?
Report Post »proliance
Posted on February 17, 2012 at 7:06amBaddoggy once again flies off the handle and runs his mouth on a subject he knows nothing about. Rotterdam is a great city and the government is not waving guns at anyone.
I‘d suggest that he visit there but I get the feeling that he’d rather hide in his bunker than travel overseas.
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on February 17, 2012 at 7:08am@1Cazwizzaed…They were involved in escapism from living in a crappy socialist life. They were interrupted by someone. They kicked the persons backside for interrupting them.
Live in a Socialist Nation and you will live in escapism unless you are on the law making side of the equasion. Misery reigns in places like this.
But I am sure you are some spoiled rotten puke that will wake up pretty soon when you cant access your iPhone or Internet when you want to. You will see how Socialism has ruined your Country pretty soon. The land of plenty will soon be the land of misery.
Wake up Sheeple!!
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on February 17, 2012 at 7:31am@Proliance…I guess you like social control..Why dont you go live there if it is so good? BTW I have been there and it sucks! You are an idiot if you think that ROTTENDAMN is a good place to live. I suggest you pack your liberal/marxist/commie bags and leave. Have a nice time living in a s@@thole.
Report Post »billrow
Posted on February 17, 2012 at 8:09amAs a matter of fact he did. Seems The Netherlands has problems similar to the US.
Report Post »MrMagoo
Posted on February 17, 2012 at 2:51amMy kind of people.Nice job Netherlands.
Report Post »1casawizard
Posted on February 17, 2012 at 5:47amGreat job, folks. That’s the way I like to see bad guys caught, by the folks they are trying to steal from.
Report Post »NRAWorthy
Posted on February 17, 2012 at 2:18amLooks like something that needs to happen in th WH!!! Chase the coward out and hand him over!
Report Post »1casawizard
Posted on February 17, 2012 at 2:11amThis guy was a pro. He just wanted to go back home.
Report Post »TreeTrimmerJim
Posted on February 17, 2012 at 1:43amAbout 40 years ago something similar happened like that happened in my home town. When the cops got there both the guys were on the floor tied up. As the customers said… those guys didn’t bring as many guns as we did.
Report Post »1casawizard
Posted on February 17, 2012 at 2:14amDon’t mess with the tree trimmer folks. I’ll remember that .
Report Post »snowdrop
Posted on February 17, 2012 at 12:39amI think that guy could do stand-up and use some of Rodney Dangerfield’s jokes……
Report Post »TheObamanation
Posted on February 17, 2012 at 12:33amProbably a pellet gun
Report Post »survivorseed
Posted on February 17, 2012 at 12:18amAnd they didn’t all have to pull their guns out to see who had the biggest one.
Report Post »Got2bRoni
Posted on February 17, 2012 at 12:13amNice. He is lucky they turned him over to the authority’s. He wouldn’t have been so lucky in some bars…
Report Post »Exrepublisheep
Posted on February 17, 2012 at 12:27amYup.
Report Post »1casawizard
Posted on February 17, 2012 at 2:45amYou doggone right. Before the cops if any got there, We woulda known everything about that person by turning their pockets inside out and robbing them. Another team would be checking out the keys of robber and finding out how they got there. You can imagine what happened next.
Report Post »tbear44
Posted on February 17, 2012 at 4:31amHe is lucky he isn’t dead or at least got a serious beating. Unfortunatly, being turned over to the authorities there means the guy will probably be back on the streets in no time.
Report Post »Harvey
Posted on February 17, 2012 at 5:26amWe had better start standing up in this Country and start takeing care of our buisness because if Obama is elected to a second term this Country will be a socialist Nation as soon as Obama is declared the winner.It wouldnt suprise me if this is not the last election for President we have as a Nation,Congress will be disbanded because a dictator does not need them.Obama will be in total control,hes almost there now.
Report Post »Wake up America,we have a job to do and that job is to stop Obama.