Peaceful acts of desperation such as this one will rapidly escalate into VIOLENT acts of desperation. When the masses become desperate and have nothing left to lose, they will begin taking out their desperation on those whom they perceive are the cause of the problem.
On June 9th James Verone left his Gastonia home, took a ride to a bank and carried out a robbery. Well, sort of.What he did was hand the clerk a note that said: "This is a bank robbery, please only give me one dollar."
Then, as he later told the local NBC news station, he calmly sat in the corner of the bank having told the clerk: "I'll be sitting right over there in the chair waiting for the police."
He told the paper he had lost his job after 17 years as a Coca-Cola delivery man, and with it his health insurance. He was in increasing pain from slipped discs, arthritic joints, a gammy foot and a growth on his chest.
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Then, as he later told the local NBC news station, he calmly sat in the corner of the bank having told the clerk: "I'll be sitting right over there in the chair waiting for the police."
He told the paper he had lost his job after 17 years as a Coca-Cola delivery man, and with it his health insurance. He was in increasing pain from slipped discs, arthritic joints, a gammy foot and a growth on his chest.
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