So Why Did She Run After The Gunman?
By Gitara
@Gita17112016 (3611)
Trinidad And Tobago
April 14, 2017 8:51am CST
Yesterday, just before lunch, a robbery took place in my village. The gunshot could be heard from where we are living.
A vegetable vendor was held up at gunpoint (gun placed at her head) and robbed of her day’s earnings and personal jewelry. There were three Indian men, two who did the robbery and one who waited in the get-away car some 100 feet away around a corner.
This is a normal frequent crime activity in my country. We hear of incidents every day…and while we can still be shocked, it wears off quickly.
What was unusual about this robbery was the victim’s behavior. She stated that she RAN after the gunman after she was released unharmed. She chased them and fell a few times on the road doing so. What she intended to do is anyone guess.
I ask you, is that normal behavior? The gunman had to fire a warning shot to stop her. She has no idea how lucky she was. She is a mother of a young toddler.
You tell me, is this normal behavior?
What are your views?
Had it been you who were robbed, what would have been your response?
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12 responses
@Mass_Sonu (1021)
• India
14 Apr 17
@Gita17112016 I would've been scared and unable to move & don't understand her reaction, but when we panic, our entire thought process becomes so shaken & each of us may react differently & illogically.
But, boy, she is lucky & I'm happy for that.
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@carexing25 (1822)
• Philippines
14 Apr 17
I think it is a normal reaction for someone who is in state of shock and if something very important is taken from him/her. .. You know the feeling that you can't let go of that stuff just like that.. So maybe that's why she chased them ..
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@carexing25 (1822)
• Philippines
14 Apr 17
@Gita17112016 perhaps it has big sentimental value to her. Well, whatever the reason.. Maybe because she panicked and she was kinda out of her mind and never realized what she did .. Good to know she's okay. She's very lucky indeed
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@Gita17112016 (3611)
• Trinidad And Tobago
14 Apr 17
@carexing25 She is lucky indeed. Okay I'll accept that people who panic do crazy things.Appreciate your point of view.
@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
17 Apr 17
I imagine she was in shock, to have worked hard all day and have someone steal your earnings is a hard thing to tolerate. It sounds like a dangerous place to live.
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@Gita17112016 (3611)
• Trinidad And Tobago
19 Apr 17
It's a 'Boil the Frog Syndrome". If you haven't born and grow up here...you can't live here. A kind of a cultural violence.
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@LadyDuck (472004)
• Switzerland
15 Apr 17
I have been robbed in the United States, two black men grabbed my handbag. My first reaction was to resist, I tried to keep my bag, so I lost my balance, I fell on the ground and I hit my head badly. I know that mine was the wrong way to react, but you must be in a situation, when it happens you can have a strange reaction.
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@LadyDuck (472004)
• Switzerland
19 Apr 17
@Gita17112016 I hope that this will never happen to you, I have been traumatized by that accident and I now feel uncomfortable every time I feel someone behind me.
@just4him (317249)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
19 Apr 17
@Gita17112016 So true. An inside location would be best.
@Gita17112016 (3611)
• Trinidad And Tobago
19 Apr 17
Right? I would have done the same. AND no more roadside vending for me!
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
19 Apr 17
It was a dangerous thing to do...luckily the robbers didn't shoot at her.
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@Gita17112016 (3611)
• Trinidad And Tobago
19 Apr 17
They did shoot,but it was a warning shot. Not much people have survived situations like these. We read about it everyday in the news.
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@Gita17112016 (3611)
• Trinidad And Tobago
19 Apr 17
Could be losing a day's earnings might be hard...but everyday we discuss incidents like this happening all over the country. So to me, her survival instincts should have kicked in and cause her to run and hide...or luck herself in her house and then call the police. I too, would have just let them go.
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@Courtlynn (67081)
• United States
14 Apr 17
I would never run after a gunman. I dont care what you take from me.
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@Gita17112016 (3611)
• Trinidad And Tobago
14 Apr 17
I share the same view. I can always buy back material things. But first I must live.
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@Gita17112016 (3611)
• Trinidad And Tobago
19 Apr 17
Yes...it is sad but true. Living in a country with a high crime rate forces people to develop survival skills. And her actions were not about survival at all!
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@voodoodall (8)
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17 Apr 17
I never been in that particular situation but I can imagine a person could react in so many different ways. I myself wouldn't have chased someone who had a weapon . I would think she did such a thing because she really needed her earnings .
