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Nigerian police detain goat over armed robbery | Oddly Enough
LAGOS (Reuters) - Police in Nigeria are holding a goat on suspicion of attempted armed robbery. Vigilantes took the black and white beast to the police saying it was an armed robber who had used black magic to transform himself into a goat to escape arrest after trying to steal a Mazda 323. "The ...
Robbery
eschatonblog.com — Stiglitz: The U.S. government is basically using the taxpayer to guarantee against downside risk on the value... of these assets, while giving the upside, or potential profits, to private investors, he said. "Quite frankly, this amounts to robbery of ... (more) Robbery
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"We cannot confirm the story, but the goat is in our custody."
Althouse"The group of vigilante men came to report that while they were on patrol they saw some hoodlums attempting to rob a car. They pursued them. However one of them escaped while the other turned into a goat.... We cannot base our information on something mystical. It is something that has to be proved scientifically, that a human being turned into a goat." ...

Police Arrest Goat
Moonbattery — ... No, Barney Fwank isn't going to be subjected to justice. It's a tale of crime and punishment from the hole down which Obama plans to pour untold ...

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