He Hates Rich People // The Stephen Jackley Story
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Why did 21-year-old Stephen Jackley decide to become a 'real-life Robin Hood'?
So why does this 21 year old college student think he's a real life Robin Hood? Now the guy's name is Jackly and Jackly is 21 when this story starts and he's a college student living in England. And Jackly, he's got all kinds of things going on. He's kind of a loner, a total outsider, he barely talks to anyone. He also likes to get high and drunk all the time. He's also on the spectrum, so that's fun. But none of that is what drives him. What drives him is he really, really doesn't like rich people or capitalism. He feels like it's a corrupt, unfair system, and he wants to raise 100,000 pounds to give to the needy. But, Jack Lee, he doesn't have that kind of money. So one day in 2007, he decides he's going to become a real-life Robin Hood, and he's going to start by robbing banks.
What personal background and beliefs drove Jackley toward bank robbery?
So he gets to work on this plan. He chooses a bank, and he gets a plastic BB gun that looks real, and he puts on a ridiculous blonde wig and big sunglasses. Then he heads over to a local bank. When he gets there, the bank is closed, because it's after hours. But he sees a mailman who literally is just there to collect the bank's mail, and boom, he corners this guy, and he points his BB gun at him like, "'Let me in the bank,' because the mailman has access to the security door." Now, keep in mind, this disguise he's got on is not intimidating at all. He just kind of looks silly. So this mailman doesn't take him seriously, and he's like, no. And bam, he tries to grab the gun out of Jack Lee's hands, and they struggle.
And the mailman quickly realizes this isn't a real gun. So he gets even more aggressive. Then Jack Lee pulls out a knife, and he slashes the mailman right across the chest. And from there, Jack Lee kind of panics at all this chaos, and he runs away from the scene. So that failed. But he's not going to give up. He's determined to be a modern-day Robin Hood. So the next day, he goes to a betting shop that's closed, and he's wearing a balaclava, and he's armed with a knife and a hammer. And boom, he breaks into the shop. Now, some of the staff are still there, counting up the cash at the end of the shift. And he forces the deputy manager to dump 886 pounds into his bag, and he flees the scene, and he gets away.
And that robbery actually worked! So, he decides he's gonna do it again. And about a month later, he goes to another bedding shop, pretending to be a regular, normal customer, and he goes in the bathroom and he hides there until the end of the day when the shop is closing. Once he's sure all the customers are gone and the place is nearly empty, he puts on a balaclava and kaboom, he busts out of the bathroom. And he's got a knife and a fake gun. And one of the employees sees him and freaks out and runs out of the building screaming for help. While Jack Lee steals 530 pounds and he flees. Now, Jack Lee, he actually does start giving some of this stolen money to the needy. But before he does, while he's at home, he takes a pen and he writes RH, for Robin Hood, on a bunch of the stolen bills so that people know the money came from him.
Then he goes out to the freezing streets and he hands these bills out to homeless people all through the night. But, like, he doesn't hand out all of it. Like, he has this whole plan to give away 60% to people in need and keep the other 40% for himself. So his Robin Hood act isn't entirely all that selfless. He's actually making some money for himself, too. Anyway, next, he's gonna try robbing another bank. So, at nighttime, when the bank is closed, he breaks into the building. But, as he's trying to make his way to the actual bank, he finds this heavy metal security door blocking his way down into the actual bank vault. So, ultimately, he can't get into the vault. And this pisses him off. In fact, he gets so mad that he starts trashing these offices connected to the building.
And he's like throwing shit around and he's tearing the whole place apart, which causes thousands of pounds worth of property damage.
But what old Robin Hood doesn't realize is that these offices don't actually belong to the adjoining bank.
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