Justice via Natural Selection

How often do we see our court system fall short of delivering justice? Fortunately, the process of natural selection sometimes helps us thin the herds from undesirable individuals who like to kill, steal, and defraud his fellow man.

From The Boston Herald:

NEW YORK - A thief fleeing a jewelry store was killed when his bicycle was struck by a bus, police said.

Authorities said the 42-year-old man snatched a $2,000 gold chain from the Bronx jewelry store on Friday and was making his getaway. A store clerk and two bystanders were chasing the man on foot when he pedaled into an intersection and was hit by a fast-moving bus, police said.

The suspect was taken to a hospital, where he died from head injuries. Five passengers who were jostled when the bus slammed on its brakes were also examined at the hospital.

"He lost his life for $2,000," said the store’s owner, Lakhwinder Singh. "He’d sell it for maybe only two or three hundred. That makes no sense."

The necklace was still missing, and may have been thrown from the scene or grabbed by a bystander after the accident.

I don’t know about you but this story brought a big smile to my face. This man’s inability to evolve into a person with marketable and desirable skills cost him. On the bright side, he may well have earned a nomination for The Darwin Awards.