Racial profiling is for the airports...out here, we use redneck profiling
"All the greats have nicknames." Those were the immortal words of Kevin Costner's character "Crash" Davis in Bull Durham. Of course, he was talking about baseball players, but the statement could just as easily be applied to bank robbers: "Babyface", "Hollywood", "Machine Gun"...the list goes on, and probably dates back to the first criminals who decided the best place to steal money was from an institution that houses it.
Well move over, legends...because here comes "Git-R-Done."
The FBI is asking for the public's help in catching this guy. He's hit two Northwest banks - one in Lynnwood, another in Mill Creek - and seems to have been quite successful at his outlaw career.
His crimes aren't what is particularly noteworthy...bank robbing nobodies come a dime a dozen. But the best part of all of this - besides, obviously, the fact that his nickname is the ever-sleazy "Git-R-Done" - is that the brief P.I. blurb on the case offers absolutely no explanation as to how this nickname came about.
But after looking at his picture, I've got an idea:
Yup. Looks like a classic case of redneck profiling. It's like police used a scientifically proven line of reasoning rooted entirely in stereotypes and B-grade celebrities: "This guy looks like he owns a gun and has trouble with hard words...therefore, let's go ahead and name him after 'Larry the Cable Guy.'" You gotta love it.
