Heather Holmes of KTVU in Oakland was doing a live report on a woman who was beaten and robbed when her purse was stolen out of her news van. To be fair, the van wasn’t locked. But to be fair again, it was outside of friggin’ police headquarters.
R u kidding me? Doing a live report at @oaklandpoliceca headquarters & my purse is stolen from the live truck! We were parked outside #OPD!!
— Heather Holmes (@hholmesktvu) June 17, 2014
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Oh the irony of it all…while reporting on violent mugging, my purse is stolen. Thieves used my bank card 20 mins after swiping my bag.
— Heather Holmes (@hholmesktvu) June 17, 2014
Credit cards now canceled. Locks changed. Lesson here… be aware of your surroundings at all times, including at police headquarters.
— Heather Holmes (@hholmesktvu) June 17, 2014
So let’s give credit where credit is due. Hats off to the guy who was ballsy enough to steal a purse from a vehicle that’s parked right outside of police headquarters. Zero points to Heather, who just assumed that her purse would be fine despite being in the ghetto, and negative 100 points to the police who are apparently just incompetent enough to let the cars parked at their station get robbed. Let’s meet again next week and do this again.
[H/T Huffington Post]