Awesome story out of Chicago about Kim Ja Moon, the 66-year-old owner of a dry cleaners who fought off two armed robbers then chased after them -- and the cops grabbed and managed to arrest one of them: Shop owner stands up to 2 robbers, gives chase. That's right, you robbin' suckas -- you just got taken down by a fierce-ass Korean lady:
One of the men announced he had a gun, demanded money and pushed Kim backward, demanding she and her husband go to the back of the cleaners.Hadley, who probably won't be readily telling anyone he was chased down by a 4-foot-10, 100-pound Korean woman, was charged with armed robbery and is being held on $250,000 bond. My favorite part, after all that, is Ms. Kim's advice for her would-be robber: "He [should] study. Get out [of jail], he find a job. Don't go to school, no job." That's gangsta.
"No," she said again. "No! I stay here."
Somehow, Kim managed to push the man, grab on to the edge of the counter and brace herself, blocking his path.
Kim recalled what she had learned from watching the television show "Cops."
"If I go back of store, maybe I die," she said. "I stay here and fight."
The gunman's accomplice got nervous, and they ran off, she said.
Kim gave chase. Soon, the men split up, and Kim chose to go after the gunman.
He couldn't shake her.
"I jog every day," Kim said.
Plus, the gunman was "very heavy," she said.
During the chase, Kim encountered two regular customers and asked them to call the police.
The chase continued, and minutes later, police arrested 215-pound Courtney Hadley, 26, of Chicago.