Random crime
2007-11-30
Anyone driving a fancy car around Prague should be shaking
with fear in his hand-sewn leather seat after the police said the
murder of a Bentley driver looked like a "random robbery." Four
shots to the head and chest at close range are now the modus
operandi of common thieves, if we're to believe the police. This
is about as credible as the claim that a deputy Prague police
chief stabbed himself 29 times before hanging himself in 2005.
With their ridiculous explanations, the police are apparently
trying to cover up serious crime linked to the underworld. This is
good news for law-abiding citizens, including rich ones,
because it means they aren't likely to be "randomly" gunned
down in the streets or "suicided" at home. But it's devastating
for the image of the police. They would be much more credible
if they said the Bentley driver was perhaps knocked off as a
warning to his boss, CEO Aleš Hušák of Sazka. But that would
open a can of worms the size of Sazka Arena.
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