Crime-Fighting Babies

Business owners in southeast London are decorating their store fronts with giant pictures of babies, in the hope that such pictures will deter criminals and rioters. [The Blaze]

Maybe it's just me, but something looks odd about the baby in the picture. I think it's the hair. I know some babies are born with more hair than others, but that kid has such a full head of hair that he looks like he's wearing a wig. Also, (and I know this is not a comparison that would occur to most people) he vaguely reminds me of the (fake) baby Adolf Hitler.

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Posted By: Alex - Sun Sep 09, 2012
Category: Babies | Crime

Comments

Seems to me that those pictures would be more likely to incite a riot than deter it.

Posted by J Tolleridge on 09/09/12 at 10:55 AM

Touch my parents store and I'll put a cap in your ass ! :coolgrin:

http://cdnimg.visualizeus.com/thumbs/5b/c4/baby,funny,gun-5bc49791559ee1c0b09b05e11909ff21_h.jpg

Posted by BrokeDad in Midwest US on 09/09/12 at 11:28 AM

It's probably very effective. Riots usually get news coverage -- could you imagine the shame if a video of you in front of one of those pictures went viral?

Posted by Phideaux on 09/09/12 at 11:52 AM

~~Rioters~~ Demonstrators rarely care why (or what) they're destroying.

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 09/09/12 at 01:00 PM

Both the baby pics look odd, the lips of the one on the left look like he took a smack in the mouth and the other looks like he has the start of 2 black eyes.

Dillenger's baby pic BD? 😉

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 09/09/12 at 07:29 PM

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