A Chicago television news crew reporting on a string of robberies ended up robbed themselves after they were accosted at gunpoint by three armed men wearing ski masks.
Spanish-language station Univision Chicago said a reporter and photographer were filming just before 5 a.m. Monday in Chicago’s West Town neighborhood when three masked men brandishing firearms robbed them, taking their television camera and other items.
“They were approached with guns and robbed. Mainly it was personal items, and they took a camera,” Luis Godinez, vice president of news at Univision Chicago, told the Chicago Tribune.
Where tf are they going to fence a news station camera??
They can be broken down and sold for individual parts. I’m sure it will end up on Craigslist.
They get sent overseas often times...and Its a problem alot photogs face and happens quite a bit. There has been several in San francisco just like this, but news cams get stolen quit a bit at major events. Serial #s dont do shit when independent contractors will buy stolen cams at a discount.For anybody else who sees this as a code block:
They get sent overseas often times…and Its a problem alot photogs face and happens quite a bit. There has been several in San francisco just like this, but news cams get stolen quit a bit at major events. Serial #s dont do shit when independent contractors will buy stolen cams at a discount.
Out of curiosity, why did you format your comment as a code block?
Yeah, I dont know what I did there.
I know this is serious but I laughed 🥸
Real front-line reporting.
I’m feeling like this has been done as a bit before…
I’ve heard of this happening before. Did the reporters notice if the thieves were wearing any symbols that would suggest they belonged to an ancient ninja clan called “The Foot?”
I need to check if there’s a “Not The Onion” forum.
Peak Chicago
Ironic
Don’t ya think.
Well well well
Oh how I miss my hometown 🤣
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When I worked in news a few years ago, there were small and cheaper digital cameras which would do just as good a job as our huge ones, but the huge ones looked more ‘professional’ so we used those instead. And carrying them around sucks.
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