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WATCH: A Brinks Truck Door Flies Open And Makes It Rain On Motorists On A Texas Freeway

Imagine you’re minding your business riding and all of a sudden it starts raining…. money.

This wishful scenario happened to quite a few ~~lucky~~ dumbstruck motorists down in Texas when a Brinks money truck’s door flew open as it was traveling at highway speed down Interstate 20. The “money rain” created pure chaos ~~and multiple fender benders~~ on I-20 as motorists when into sheer pandemonium trying to “get to the money”.

Surprisingly, the truck rode for 7 miles leaving behind a trail of nothing but cold hard c-a-s-h.

~~Remind me to get behind Brinks on the highway~~!

Via Cox Media Group National Content Desk:

At first, Joel Aldridge though the sudden reduction in speed on Interstate 20 in Texas was due to an accident.

But then he saw people stopping their cars and rushing to the side of the road. When a man passed by him with two handfuls of cash, Aldridge began filming the chaotic scene.

According to a statement from the Weatherford Police Department, the door of a Brinks Armored truck flew open while it was traveling on the highway.

A “substantial” amount of cash was lost over a 7-mile stretch of I-20.

Police officials want to remind everyone that “finders keepers” does not apply in this case.

According to the police statement, “Weatherford Police will investigate and potentially prosecute any individual that has picked up any of the loose money and not returned it to either Brinks or the Police Department.”

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Crime Writer John Gordon Sinclair Believes Most Crime Writers Overlook Their Victims In Books And Films

Crime writers often overlook victims and treat them as purely as entertainment, Scottish actor and writer John Gordon Sinclair has said.

Sinclair, who has just been commissioned to write his third crime novel, will be speaking about the portrayal of victims in crime fiction at his forthcoming appearances at the Aye Write! book festival in Glasgow on 24 April and at Off The Page in Stirling next month.

‘I’ve seen lots of fiction where the victim is incidental with no depth’Now 53, Sinclair shot to fame as the gangly youth in Gregory’s Girl (1981) which won him a Bafta nomination. His recent film credits include playing a Navy Seal in World War Z with Hollywood superstar Brad Pitt.

Sinclair, who combines his acting career with crime writing, received the “green light” two weeks ago from Faber for his third book.

His debut novel, Seventy Times Seven, and its sequel, Blood Whispers, were described as “remarkable” and “astonishing” by critics.

But the actor turned writer said that he has grown concerned that the “missing voice” in crime novels was frequently that of the victim.

“There is almost always no impact statements on victims. It is as if they are there purely for entertainment with no emotional context. That’s what seemed to be missing from the ones I had read,” he told Scotland on Sunday.

“When I was reading Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian, which is fairly brutal, I stopped halfway through and thought ‘how on earth could you class it as a classic?’ It was vile and horrible and I thought ‘can I actually read anymore?’

“Then I read an interview with him [McCarthy] where he said he wanted the violence to have the same impact on the reader as witnessing real violence.”

Sinclair said he wanted his work to have the same sort of reality and would be exploring more of the emotional side of violence in his latest novel, which is mostly set in Albania.

“I’m trying not to glorify violence and always want the reader to feel the descriptions are ‘too much’ and flick the page.

“This time I’m going to go much more for the emotional side.

“The thing which sparked the thought off for me was reading Anne Cadwallader’s Lethal Allies: British Collusion in Ireland about the collusion between the British Government and the security forces and the impact on ordinary families.

“It made me wonder what the people are doing now, the impact of it all on their lives after living in a really heightened situation when ordinary life was lived under a blanket of fear. I’m now at the stage where I’d like to speak to people about this, not write their life stories, just sit down and discuss how it has affected them.”

David Sinclair, chief executive of Victim Support Scotland, said he did not entirely agree with the writer.

“I’ve seen lots of fiction where the victim is incidental with no depth given to the victims’ side. While elements of lots of the victims tend to be drawn from some reality there are some which ignore the victims’ perspective. But there are many books out there who do give them space. So I would say what John is saying is an interesting observation but a bit of a generalization.

“If John Gordon is interested in getting to understand how victims feel, Victim Support Scotland would be more than happy to help him facilitate that.”

The Scotsman

Man Ran Over By Suge Knight Says He’s Not Snitching

As the Suge Knight Saga continues, one of the men that that was run over by Knight at a Compton burger joint says that he’s not going to “snitch” on the former Death Row label owner.

Even though there is surveillance video of Suge Knight running over two men in his red pickup truck, “Bone” says he’s not talking.

Being as though there is pretty concrete evidence of the hit and run which left one man dead, I wonder how this case will play out.

By personal experience I know that once the State or Federal prosecutors pick up a case, they are pretty much going after you whether the victim approves or not. Jesus Christ (himself) would have to come down off the cross to save you once they have video evidence of a crime being committed.

This is definitely still a big positive for Suge’s defense but we will see how the court responds…

Stay tuned to The Pen Hustler…

Via TMZ:

The man who got run over by Suge Knight, and survived, tearfully testified in court that he would not “snitch” and help prosecutors put Suge in prison.

Cle “Bone” Sloan was called to the stand during Suge’s preliminary hearing Monday AM, and the prosecutor raised the topic of snitching.

Sloan got emotional and declared he “doesn’t want to be used to send this man to prison.” He added, “I screwed up and Terry’s dead.”

It’s amazing … the guy who was laid up for weeks with broken bones from Suge plowing over him — took the stand and tried to take the blame for Terry Carter’s death … seemingly taking some heat off Suge.

But what Bone giveth he taketh away, because by saying he wouldn’t snitch and help put Suge in prison, by definition he’s saying Suge did bad things that should land him in the big house.