{"id":1417122,"date":"2022-04-03T18:44:37","date_gmt":"2022-04-03T22:44:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1417122"},"modified":"2022-04-03T18:44:41","modified_gmt":"2022-04-03T22:44:41","slug":"midwest-values-chicago-robbers-give-victim-a-switchblade-so-that-he-doesnt-get-mugged-again-authorities-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/midwest-values-chicago-robbers-give-victim-a-switchblade-so-that-he-doesnt-get-mugged-again-authorities-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Midwest Values: Chicago Robbers Give Victim A Switchblade So That He Doesn\u2019t Get Mugged Again, Authorities Say"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmidwest-values-chicago-robbers-give-victim-a-switchblade-so-that-he-doesnt-get-mugged-again-authorities-say%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1417122&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/04\/Switchblade.org_.jpeg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The Midwest has a reputation for being one of the friendliest regions in the country, but this latest story about a marauding gang of train robbers turned (sort-of) good samaritans truly takes the cake. Dejon Herring, 18, was recently arrested for allegedly being part of a gang of armed thieves who mugged one victim on a Chicago subway, but reportedly gave the man a switchblade so that he could protect himself against future thieves.<\/p>\n<p>CWB Chicago <a href=\"https:\/\/cwbchicago.com\/2022\/04\/armed-robbers-gave-cta-passenger-a-switchblade-told-him-to-use-it-so-he-doesnt-get-robbed-again-prosecutors.html\">reported<\/a> on Saturday that Herring was arrested April 1, but the alleged crime happened on February 22. According to authorities, one evening a young man was coming home from work \u201cwhen three males boarded the Green Line around 8:20 a.m.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHerring pointed a silver handgun at the victim, and all three offenders went through the victim\u2019s pockets and bookbag to find valuables,\u201d Assistant State\u2019s Attorney Leonore Carlson explained on Saturday during Herring\u2019s hearing, according to the Chicago media outlet. \u201cThey took three credit cards, a phone, and the man\u2019s Ventra card,\u201d CWB added.<\/p>\n<p>Just prior to leaving the scene, one of the members of the crew turned to the victim and handed him a switchblade while \u201crecommending the victim use this knife to protect himself to avoid being robbed again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Authorities recorded the incident, and a pair of patrolmen recognized Herring the next day. He and a friend were taken into custody for questioning, but were released as the investigation continued.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities monitored usage of the victim\u2019s subway card as one of the suspected robbers continued to use it, Carlson said.<\/p>\n<p>According to CWB Chicago, this was Herring\u2019s first arrest. \u201cHerring allegedly identified himself in CTA images of the robbery but said he didn\u2019t commit the crime \u2014 his friend did, and he just happened to be there,\u201d the outlet added.<\/p>\n<p>CWB Chicago also <a href=\"https:\/\/cwbchicago.com\/2022\/04\/armed-robbers-gave-cta-passenger-a-switchblade-told-him-to-use-it-so-he-doesnt-get-robbed-again-prosecutors.html\">reported<\/a>, \u201cCarlson said one of the other robbers is a juvenile, and the third is an adult who was arrested on unrelated charges in March. Herring\u2019s public defender said he has a 3-year-old daughter and works at a fast-food restaurant.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The arrest comes as violent crime on local Chicago trains is \u201cup 17% so far this year compared to last year,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/cta-chicago-blue-line-red-violence\/11638513\/\">according<\/a> to ABC 7.<\/p>\n<p>Chicago authorities recently doubled the number of security guards on train platforms to try and cut down on any potential criminal behavior.<\/p>\n<p>Not all robbers are as kind to their victims as Herring and his posse allegedly were to the man they gifted the switchblade. One man told CTA that he suffered bodily harm after coming home from his own birthday party:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Jerad Kluting said he was attacked on a CTA Red Line train near Fullerton Avenue over the weekend and was left with a concussion and two broken ribs. He was coming home from his own birthday celebration.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe guy looked at me, targeted me, said a choice of homophobic slurs,\u201d he recalled. \u201cAnd then he got extremely close in my face and looked at me straight in the eye, and I just looked at him and I said, \u2018There\u2019s cameras all over.\u2019 And then he took a shot and I went down.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Kluting\u2019s experience is sadly more often what victims of muggings experience. The gift-giving gang might be the first in history to give their target a piece of advice, as well as a free weapon for self-defense.<\/p>\n<p><em>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. We believe in our country, in the value of truth and the freedom to speak it, and in the right to challenge tyranny wherever we see it. 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