"How about a Halloween mask? They're everywhere. It's not that hard. Permanent marker is literally the very last thing you would want to use to hide your identity while committing a crime... America, we can do better." http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/29/stupid-criminals-burglars_...
Man. Picture me pinching the bridge of my nose with my face scrunched up in pain. I can only imagine one scenario here:
Arresting Officer: Ho-ly-- Ha ha! Whoo... So, uh... Wow, I'm actually speechless here. So, uh, what do we-- I mean, what is there to do, right? Okay, boys, we're going to drive over to the vet and have you put to sleep. Come on."
It's like when banks put explosive dye in a money-bag to mark the robbers, except these guys did it to themselves.
The only part of the case I care about, though, is whether this guy was thinking of a generic bat symbol or specifically a fan of Dark Knight Returns. Because at least then he did something stupid in imitation of something way cool balls nasty.
It would have seemed less stupid if they hadn't done such a half-assed job of it. I'm just waiting for someone to call this a racially motivated hate crime.