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Jackie Robinson - Wikipedia

This is a low even for criminals. https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb...rk/ar-BB1hkaDc

Knowing how he reacted to stuff with a coolness under fierce pressure he is probably still keeping calm.

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With so many cameras available, it shouldn't be hard to intensify the perps. The weight wasn't listed, but multiple people and some sort of truck had to be involved.
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With so many cameras available, it shouldn't be hard to intensify the perps. The weight wasn't listed, but multiple people and some sort of truck had to be involved.
There was a truck. The two perps put it on the back of a pick-up.

And I do not remember that a lot of cameras were available at this place.
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Simply the latest of many statues toppled and/or stolen over the last few years. Sad.
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There was a truck. The two perps put it on the back of a pick-up.

And I do not remember that a lot of cameras were available at this place.
They probably passed many cameras. Many stores, restaurants, banks etc have cameras facing the roads. Not to mention all the Ring doorbells. It may depend on how active the police are during their investigation.
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Little League nonprofit League 42, named after Robinson's number with the Dodgers, paid about $50,000 for the model of him, Executive Director Bob Lutz said. The sculpture was installed in 2021 in McAdams Park, where the roughly 600 children play in the youth baseball league.
Quote from linked story. https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb...rk/ar-BB1hkaDc
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They may have found the truck. They will probably be caught in a few days.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime...ts/ar-BB1hrZr0
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They may have found the truck. They will probably be caught in a few days.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime...ts/ar-BB1hrZr0
Good to hear. Really liked the movie 42 | Rotten Tomatoes. Saw it at the Barnstorm Theater.
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Risky move to earn about $2.50 a pound at the scrap metal dealer.
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This is a first in recent history during which hundreds if not thousands of statues were toppled, desecrated, stolen, and otherwise vandalized, yet absolutely nothing was done about it! An arrest has actually been made for the theft of a statue. Police arrest 45-year-old man for theft of Jackie Robinson statue
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Suspect caught.
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Suspect caught.
Yes, that is what I posted. Whoopee!
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Hope they are punished to the fullest extent of the law, but can you imagine the outrage if they are released without bail pending their trial.
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