Another Bonnie and Clyde? No, more like Tweedle-Dee and Tweedle-Dum(b)…
It is self-evident that TV reporters labeled George and Jennifer Hyatte today’s “Bonnie and Clyde” without any consideration. Because it is equally self-evident that the Hyattes are not worthy of the comparison.
After all, even though they orchestrated a great escape on Tuesday, as a tandem, George and Jennifer are criminal virgins whose exploits amount to one lucky shot (made notorious because it killed a policeman); whereas, Bonnie and Clyde were criminal whores whose orgy of crimes included 13 murders (at least 2 of them policemen), kidnappings, bank robberies, house burglaries, car thefts and more than a couple great escapes.
Moreover, the Hyattes survived on the run for less than 2 days (having committed the boneheaded mistake of flagging a cab to take them to their motel hide-out); whereas, Bonnie and Clyde reigned as fugitives for over 2 years (February 1932 – May 1934).
Finally, Bonnie and Clyde sealed their criminal notoriety by ending their crime spree with a bang: in a hail of bullets as they tried to evade a police road block in Louisiana; whereas, the Hyattes may have earned a mention on COURT TV’s Stupid Crimes & Misdemeanors by ending their lives as fugitives with a whimper: in a lame surrender with hands up (and tails between their legs) from a roach motel in Ohio.
The real deal!
Notwithstanding media puffery, however, there is a compelling human-interest angle to this story which begs the following questions:
What made nurse Jennifer fall in love with criminal George? What made her throw away her job trying to please him in prison? And what, pray tell, possessed her to conspire with him to make this escape and then obey his command to shoot a cop on the spot in broad daylight?
Why do women fall for men behind bars?
And, does anyone know of a single man who has fallen for a woman behind bars?
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Anonymous says
Indeed…”does anyone know of a single man”…? Let me know.