From the LA Times: Even in the land of police chases, it was a wild ride.
A pair
of bank robbery suspects Wednesday led cops on a bizarre, dangerous
pursuit, hurling fistfuls of stolen cash from their car in a failed
getaway bid that sent hundreds of people scrambling into the path of
oncoming police cars as they lunged after the flying bills.
Although
it was almost certainly a self-serving gambit meant to slow their
pursuers, the robbery suspects' decision to share the loot in such
brazen fashion made them instant heroes to many in the impoverished
South L.A. neighborhoods where the chase came to an end.
"It's our neighborhood
stimulus package!" laughed Diane Dorsey, who watched the bedlam unfold
from her front yard at the corner of Kansas and Vernon avenues.
"Kids were smiling like it was Christmas," added a neighbor, who gave only his first name, Desean. http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-bank-robbery-20120912,0,6072960.story
Watch President Obama throw down dollar bills from Air Force 1, making it rain, as they say.
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