Man wins Boobie prize by jumping out of window to avoid cops
Meet Ronald "Boobie" McIntyre, proud Chicagoan:
"Boobie" is in the news because he jumped from a 3rd-floor window while attempting to escape from officers who wanted to arrest him for non-payment of child support.
In a painful (and for us, hilarious) miscalculation, Boobie thought he was jumping onto soft green grass; he was, in fact, jumping onto astroturf covered concrete. He broke both legs. Boobie dug deep and continued his escape attempt by crawling away, cursing at the officers before being taken into custody.
According to this article in the Sun-Times, Boobie has "...more than 80 criminal convictions not related to the warrant, including 21 assaults, 39 incidences of obstructing justice and 20 convictions for invasion of privacy."
While he's contemplating his newfound lack of mobility, Boobie can console himself that at least his escape didn't end in his death--unlike that of Jason Kitchekeg, who drowned in the Chicago river while trying to avoid an arrest for tagging.
Boobie can also take comfort that his mishap was not captured
on videotape, as was the spectacle of Travis Copeland bouncing off shatter-proof glass at the Lake County courthouse. Had Copeland succeeded, he would have fallen 40 feet.
It's fun to laugh at stuff like this, but think about it for a minute. Consider the decision making skills and impulse control of people who, in order to get away from cops (even for minor offenses like child support or criminal damage to property) will hurl themselves out of windows or into icy rivers. Think about the total lack of forethought or concern for consequences.
Here's another example that's not funny at all. Meet Lashonda Davis:
According to police, officers saw Davis run a redlight at Kedzie and Fulton at 1:30 in the afternoon, and turned on their emergency lights to stop her. Rather than pull over and get a traffic ticket, Davis sped up, drove into oncoming traffic and ran over a pedestrian. All because she didn't feel like pulling over, and didn't want a traffic ticket.
Now, imagine dealing with people like this every single day you go to work.
5 Comments
irishpirate said:
Man,
I saw "boobie" in the headline and I got excited.
Perhaps one day I can end up featured in your blog.
Not as a weenie waver, but for some other type of perversion.
I'm thinking kilt, St. Patricks Day, Guinness and "Farm at the Zoo".
As for Ms Davis that is one mean looking woman.
Joe the Cop said:
Aim high, my friend.
irishpirate said:
Joseph,
my family motto from the Latin is:
Ovis they tribuo adeo quod scisco tantillus.
Which roughly translates as "sheep they give so much and ask so little".
tmSparty said:
80 convictions, including 21 for assault. How is Boobie still walking the streets, well, he's not walking right now, but you get the idea...ridiculous
Skylers Dad said:
Jumping out of the third story to avoid arrest is a lot like Leslie Nielson jumping out of the control tower in Airplane to avoid the plane coming at him.
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