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I was watching point break last week, and temporarily felt bad that bank robberies can't really happen anymore. If for no other reason, because they make a goo

I was watching point break last week, and temporarily felt bad that bank robberies can't really happen anymore. If for no other reason, because they make a good story line.

greenburger 6y ago
Over three thousand banks were robbed in 2018 in the US alone. https://www.fbi.gov/file-repository/bank-crime-statistics-2018.pdf/view https://www.fbi.gov/file-repository/bank-crime-statistics-20...
- byecomputer 6y ago
  I was in the Quad Cities (Iowa/Illinois interface) in the spring and there was a bank robbery pretty much every other week. Turned out to be the same guy each time, but as an East-coaster who's not too familiar with the Midwest there was a couple of months I was convinced that bank-robbing simply never died out in the heartland.
Talanes 6y ago
Bank robberies rarely ever happened like Point Break to begin with. The average bank robbery is a quiet affair conducted with a slipped note and the implication of a gun. I interviewed a family friend who had then recently retired from chasing bank robbers in the FBI for a school project a decade and change ago. The biggest take-a-way was his assertion that, at least at that time, anyone could get away with robbing a bank once. It's not getting away with the crime itself that's hard: it's not leaving a pattern on the next one.
- kevinmchugh 6y ago
  Have also heard this from someone in law enforcement. He said it's the easiest crime to get away with, as long as you only do it once and don't particularly care about the money. The dye packs make it hard to spend.
  - bigbubba 6y ago
    I've heard it claimed that bank tellers won't risk giving a bank robber dye packs if the robber specifically demands no dye packs. But I'm pretty skeptical of this..
zatel1 6y ago
If your interested in a semi modern bank robbery. Evil Genius on netflix is a strange and winding story that begins with one.
scanny 6y ago
They still happen, including a ‘Heat’-esque one in Brazil the other day [0]. [0] https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-55155377 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-55155377

I was watching point break last week, and temporarily felt bad that bank robberies can't really happen anymore. If for no other reason, because they make a good story line.

greenburger 6y ago

Over three thousand banks were robbed in 2018 in the US alone. https://www.fbi.gov/file-repository/bank-crime-statistics-2018.pdf/view https://www.fbi.gov/file-repository/bank-crime-statistics-20...

byecomputer 6y ago
I was in the Quad Cities (Iowa/Illinois interface) in the spring and there was a bank robbery pretty much every other week. Turned out to be the same guy each time, but as an East-coaster who's not too familiar with the Midwest there was a couple of months I was convinced that bank-robbing simply never died out in the heartland.

Talanes 6y ago

Bank robberies rarely ever happened like Point Break to begin with. The average bank robbery is a quiet affair conducted with a slipped note and the implication of a gun. I interviewed a family friend who had then recently retired from chasing bank robbers in the FBI for a school project a decade and change ago. The biggest take-a-way was his assertion that, at least at that time, anyone could get away with robbing a bank once. It's not getting away with the crime itself that's hard: it's not leaving a pattern on the next one.

kevinmchugh 6y ago
Have also heard this from someone in law enforcement. He said it's the easiest crime to get away with, as long as you only do it once and don't particularly care about the money. The dye packs make it hard to spend.
- bigbubba 6y ago
  I've heard it claimed that bank tellers won't risk giving a bank robber dye packs if the robber specifically demands no dye packs. But I'm pretty skeptical of this..

zatel1 6y ago

If your interested in a semi modern bank robbery. Evil Genius on netflix is a strange and winding story that begins with one.

scanny 6y ago

They still happen, including a ‘Heat’-esque one in Brazil the other day [0]. [0] https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-55155377 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-55155377