Comments on: Guest Column: Forced ATM withdrawal a distinct felony

By: Joe Zingher`

Joe Zingher` — Wed, 30 May 2012 02:23:03 +0000

House Bill 3914 was successfully blocked in the Senate by the three seat CLEAR subcommittee of the Criminal Law committee on the false claim that it was not CLEAR compliant. This fails to stop the data from being exposed and publicized.

By: Joe Zingher

Joe Zingher — Tue, 15 May 2012 17:32:04 +0000

http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocTypeID=HB&DocNum=3914&GAID=11&SessionID=84&LegID=62721

By: Joe Zingher

Joe Zingher — Tue, 15 May 2012 17:31:36 +0000

House Bill 3914 was killed in subcommittee because the minimum sentence, 4 years, was too harsh. The result is that these murders will continue and government will continue to look the other way.

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 20:12:45 +0000

Diebold, a manufacturer of ATMs, states on their website that no such emergency alerting system is currently in use. They cite an article in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch which claims bankers oppose the reverse-PIN system out of concerns that “ATM users might hesitate or fumble while trying to enter their PINs backwards under duress, possibly increasing the chances of violence.” Diebold further states that they would be willing to support such technology if their customers (presumably banks) request it.
Source: Security Update – Reverse PIN Hoax Diebold, Inc.

By: Joe Zingher

Joe Zingher — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:15:59 +0000

AS more information has come to light, it appears that forced ATM withdrawals associated with murders account for at least 3 of the 104 murders in Rockford from Jan 1 2007 to Jan 1 2012 or 2.89%. This works out to at least 20 murders statewide. This excludes a crime that begins after a voluntary withdrawal, it does not include cases where the victim had no ATM card and it does not include homicides where the victim was killed before a withdrawal could occur.

By: Joe Zingher

Joe Zingher — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 17:28:50 +0000

“Subverted”?? We’re talking about keeping track of a particular crime pattern. The more the police know about ANY crime pattern, the better able they are to respond to it without resorting to invasions of privacy. WHY would you not want the police to catch Natasha’s killer? In case you haven’t figured it out, what’s going on is the politicians are ignoring the problem for the benefit of the banking lobby. By keeping the problem out of sight they keep it out of mind and the business model is protected. Those people died so the bank PR department could say “ATM crime isn’t a problem” and not have anyone point to the body count. If the families of all those victims find out what Pat Quinn did, he won’t be able to flee the country fast enough and his children will probably be in danger. If Natasha were your sister, and you learned that the politicians could have stopped it, how would you feel? Be honest.

By: John

John — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 19:44:49 +0000

That ATM Robbery is a crime is not contested. I disagree that we need a new law. New laws are the problem, not the solution. Common Sense, as usual, is the victim.

Robbery is robbery, period. Whether it’s a bank, or a liquer atore, or an ATM makes no difference. Robbery is subclassified as to the method and level of violence; armed robbery involves a weapon, aggravated robbery usually involves a deadly weapon.

What is the logical conclusion if we allow our laws to be subverted to the point that we have to identiy every faucet of a crime or else it’s not a crime?