Amazing Prison Escape!

[Haakzilla]

...wow, this is incredible! If this guy makes it to the stashed $600k from his heist, then he might just be home free. And if you can successfully complete an escape like this, then you should be allowed to keep your "freedom" +/-

2 inmates escape from high-rise jail in Chicago

CHICAGO (AP) — Two bank robbers pulled off a daring escape from downtown Chicago's high-rise jail Tuesday by apparently scaling down about 20 stories using a makeshift rope tied to the bars in a cell window.

Police helicopters and canine units swarmed the area, but not until more than three hours after Joseph "Jose" Banks and Kenneth Conley went unaccounted for during a 5 a.m. headcount, U.S. Marshal's Service spokeswoman Belkis Cantor said.

Both men were still at large late Tuesday night.

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[ehizzy3]

hahah wow

 

[NOVoodoo]

This is the best part of the article...

Banks, known as the Second-Hand Bandit because he wore used clothes during his heists, was convicted last week of robbing two banks and attempting to rob two others. Authorities say he stole almost $600,000, and most of that still is missing.

During trial, he had to be restrained because he threatened to walk out of the courtroom. He acted as his own attorney and verbally sparred with the prosecutor, at times arguing that that U.S. law didn't apply to him because he was a sovereign citizen of a group that was above state and federal law.

There's a certain 'Shawshank Redemption' quality to this breakout.

However dangerous as these guys may be though, does the article really need to reference Newtown? A couple of black dudes escaping prison on robbery charges are not akin to an emotionally troubled northeastern white boy doing the unthinkable.

 

[TradeNurkicNow]

During trial, he had to be restrained because he threatened to walk out of the courtroom. He acted as his own attorney and verbally sparred with the prosecutor, at times arguing that that U.S. law didn't apply to him because he was a sovereign citizen of a group that was above state and federal law.
After he was convicted by U.S. District Judge Rebecca Pallmeyer, he said he would "be seeking retribution as well as damages," the Chicago Sun-Times and Chicago Tribune reported.
When the judge asked how long he needed to submit a filing, Banks replied: "No motion will be filed, but you'll hear from me."

Kind of scary for the Judge.