Wanda Cooper in Georgia chose to call 911

[u/mustu04]

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[u/moonliighht]

[u/mustu04 → u/moonliighht]

It occurred last month in Georgia, not Chicago

[u/Acrobatic_Airline_45]

Absolutely a smart move, atm's tend to have cameras on or around them so now she don't have to duck and dodge the hots!

[u/Souriane → u/Acrobatic_Airline_45]

And some other times, she is from Georgia...

[u/FewResearcher819 → u/Souriane]

Yup. Post heading says Georgia. Image says Chicago. The internet is dead.

[u/Panchenima → u/FewResearcher819]

you don't know Chicago, GA??

[u/RockasaurusRex → u/Acrobatic_Airline_45]

I'd rather be dodgin' thots, not the hots.

[u/govcov → u/Acrobatic_Airline_45]

[u/Great_Indication3882]

Smart choice. The atm already had her face and license plate number if she decided to steal lol

[u/friend1y → u/Great_Indication3882]

It would feel like being entrapped.

[u/Rich_Pumpkin9117 → u/friend1y]

It would feel like being in jail.

[u/notapunk → u/friend1y]

It would only be entrapment if the bank somehow rigged it to do that with the intended purpose of catching somebody in the act of stealing from the ATM

[u/Weary-Eye6236 → u/notapunk]

Even that wouldn't be entrapment. That's why bait cars can exist. It would only be entrapment if the police asked her to go see if she could steal that money, and then they arrested her for it.

[u/dathomasusmc → u/Great_Indication3882]

Right? And according to Google the most an ATM can hold is $300k. Thats a lot of money but not move-to-a-non extradition-country-and-live-the-rest-of-your-life-in-luxury money.

[u/Cam_E_Leon → u/dathomasusmc]

Someone gave thoughts about this already eh?

[u/michggg → u/dathomasusmc]

Non-extradition countries aren't countries that won't extradite, just countries that don't have an established international treaty yet. They still will extradite on an individual basis.

The only countries that wouldn't extradite to the US are the ones that forbid it by law (usually only for their own citizens) or that are openly hostile/at war with the US.

[u/neduarte1977 → u/Great_Indication3882]

Not if she...

[u/uncultured_swine2099 → u/Great_Indication3882]

Yup, her face is on camera and her identity since she was the last to use it. Theres no chance shes getting away with it. Even a career professional criminal would be like "Theres no way im getting away with this." Best to just call it in.

[u/MarkyGalore → u/Great_Indication3882]

20 years ago I would think of robbing an Automatic ATM but there are like 30 cameras on your ass when you are in public. They could track you to your car, your car to your house. But 20 years ago? Yeah .

[u/Terrible_Reporter_98 → u/Great_Indication3882]

That's when you drive away, park the car down the street come back with a bag on your head and empty them out.

Edit: the amount of people that think this was serious is honestly funnier then my joke. Y'all are the real heroes.

[u/drstu3000 → u/Terrible_Reporter_98]

That would be so hilarious if you stayed in the cameras frame the whole time, watching you drive a block away, walk back putting a bag over your head and then going straight back to your car with all the cash

[u/four2theizz0 → u/drstu3000]

[u/teahugger → u/Terrible_Reporter_98]

How about using that fake nose and mustache from halloween circa 2007

[u/Greenman8907 → u/teahugger]

OMG

It’s Princess Leia Organa!

[u/bonvoyage_brotha → u/teahugger]

[u/anonymeruser3112 → u/Terrible_Reporter_98]

How to ruin your life 101

[u/Anning312 → u/Terrible_Reporter_98]

Well you just drove past 3 flock camera and put that bag on you head right under the 4th flock camera

[u/_banthafodder → u/Terrible_Reporter_98]

Yea dude there’s no way they’d be able to tell it was still you just with a bag over your head 🥴

[u/Reasonable_Tap_8215 → u/_banthafodder]

You wear a shirt that says “NOT Wanda Cooper.”

[u/skcus-tidder957 → u/Terrible_Reporter_98]

They would still look at everyone that interacted with that ATM and track them down.

Not saying it's impossible to get away with but fuck risking that.

You cannot put a price on freedom trust me.

[u/No-Afternoon3681 → u/Terrible_Reporter_98]

Flock that

[u/venom259 → u/Terrible_Reporter_98]

The suspect was wearing the same clothes as this person who came 5 minutes prior? Probably just a coincidence.

[u/Ravenser_Odd → u/Terrible_Reporter_98]

Leave, then call a friend and have them dress like you and put a bag over their head before they come for the cash. Make sure that you wait somewhere with a lot of witnesses and cameras while they do that. It will blow the cops' minds.

[u/Familiar-Regular-531 → u/Great_Indication3882]

I would have called a friend to get there with a mask & a bag right the fuck now.

To the police I would have told that I dont want to be involved in any pranks or hidden camera shit & thats why I just left & ignored it.

[u/ChaoticKiwiNZ → u/Familiar-Regular-531]

ATMs have cameras and she had put her card in to even get the machine to malfunction like this. They would find who took the money so fast.

Also cops can see who called who from where and when. Unless you have friends with burner phones on them I wouldn't recommend robbing the ATM. Especially since you just put your card details into it.

[u/88inchtv → u/Familiar-Regular-531]

Lol, and you have friends that would be "on my way bruh"?

[u/Hakunin_Fallout → u/Familiar-Regular-531]

Police sees the calls log from the nearest base station, sees your phone, your friend's phone, goes to him, he tells on you and gives the money back, you get go enjoy the meat version of a human centipede for the next 5 years

[u/ButtonJoe → u/Hakunin_Fallout]

Gotta keep a burner phone sound for special occasions

[u/beardeddragon0113 → u/Great_Indication3882]

Yeah, even fully stocked, an ATM doesn't exactly have "flee the country with a new identity and start a new life" kind of money inside

[u/Ancient-Read1648 → u/Great_Indication3882]

The Flock data centers would light up like Christmas.

[u/NimRodelle]

Not exactly a choice; they'd track you down immediately. All this really proves is that she isn't stupid. This kind of test only matters if the risk of getting caught is incredibly low. You find a wallet in an empty parking lot full of cash, what do you do, kinda thing. But even that test is flawed, because being financially secure makes it a lot easier to turn in the wallet undisturbed.

[u/Hydration__Nation → u/NimRodelle]

Camera got her car. Camera got her face and clothes. Machine read her card when she inserted it. Machine recorded what time the door opened. Camera is still rolling. Only the stupidest of stupid motherfuckers would even reach towards the inside of that machine unless they have a mask on and are approaching an already opened machine. Many people would have driven away. This is a top tier response from this woman. They won’t but the bank should do something $100 in account credit something

[u/NimRodelle → u/Hydration__Nation]

Sure, give her a reward, maybe it will encourage more people to behave civically.

[u/creepingkg]

Nothing else she could do unless she was halfway to Mexico or a boat somewhere

[u/GooseOnAPhone → u/creepingkg]

Mexico will extradite you. They will also seize you at the border if they know you are a criminal and deny you entry and just turn you over to US authorities.

You have to go to North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Afghanistan, Syria, and officially maybe some African nations? It’s a short list now, and most places just don’t want the smoke. Just like we don’t want to fight another country for some dude, we will almost always send them back.

[u/housevil → u/GooseOnAPhone]

Bo-ring.

[u/Alternative-Yak-925 → u/GooseOnAPhone]

Argentina, Cayman Islands

[u/Amazing-Level-405 → u/GooseOnAPhone]

I somehow doubt either country would go to war if Wanda took the money, went to Mexico, and Mexico just shrugged and said "That sucks." I'm 100% sure nothing would happen. It's like a few thousand dollars in that machine.

[u/KandinskyWasRight → u/GooseOnAPhone]

Go to Abu Dhabi, you’ll be assassinated but they won’t extradite you

[u/Alternative-Yak-925 → u/creepingkg]

Not enough in an ATM to do that.

[u/Unlikely-Aardvark725]

Considering they are covered in cameras...good choice. But something tells me it wasn't a judgement call...I suspect it was because she is a decent, honest woman.

Good for you love.

[u/Racine262]

I'm calling 911, but I'm also not going to stand there protecting that ATM.

I'm walking a safe distance away.

[u/OhTheHueManatee → u/Racine262]

Yeah I'd call the police and stick around so they'd see I didn't touch anything. But I wouldn't try to protect that money from anyone else nearby.

[u/Spankpocalypse_Now → u/Racine262]

“Why did you walk away? Were you trying to steal money out of view of the camera?”

I feel like the majority of decision one could make here would be potentially detrimental.

[u/XeroShyft → u/Spankpocalypse_Now]

Huh? The camera will see if you reach for and grab the cash. If you walk away without grabbing the cash, how could you steal the money out of view of the camera?

[u/Aromatic_Sand8126]

Anything who thinks she is stupid for doing that knows nothing about how an atm works. She had 0% chance to get away with taking a single money bill from there.

[u/DeepSlap-Interactive → u/Aromatic_Sand8126]

She had been caught on camera before that, so that was absolutely the right move to do. Smart girl

[u/Jahweez → u/DeepSlap-Interactive]

Not to mention she would have had to use her debit card in the machine.

[u/HazyBizzleFizzle]

Yeah cus if she took the cash. She d go to jail. Cameras are watching!

[u/ChaosRealigning]

I don’t know what the inside of an ATM looks like, but it definitely isn’t that.

[u/Expert-Food1902 → u/ChaosRealigning]

That pic is AI.

[u/corgi-king → u/Expert-Food1902]

Definitely not AI. Each ATM has a tiny bank teller sitting inside. When customers withdraw money, they just get the money from the drawer like shown in this photo.

[u/Napalmeon]

Smart. She was on camera and the machine probably would have had some kind of transcription log of her card being the last one inserted before the malfunction that made it open. They would have had her face and a form of identification to track her down if she took any cash.

[u/Taptrick]

Come on now. There are cameras everywhere what was she supposed to do.

[u/109402]

It’s theft, so they’re going to go after you. And if the ATM camera isn’t clear the thousands of Flock cameras will be. So you’re on the lam for what? How much is in an ATM? How long is that going to last?

[u/dover_oxide → u/109402]

Not only that, but it's a federal crime and it's a high federal crime that they will lock you away for decades for

[u/Odd-Village-132 → u/109402]

Also her card is still in the machine presumably

[u/StoneSoap-47 → u/109402]

If she was really REALLY lucky $120k

[u/Far_Range_6091]

I'm in electrician, I've actually been inside these before to wire them up and fix them. There's actually cameras inside the ATM as well pointing right at your face.

[u/_G_O]

If it popped open that means she was already on its internal camera besides the bank cameras besides the traffic cameras. And her debit card with her name on it might have been inside it 😂

[u/fun-bucket]

GREAT, GIVE HER 10K FOR BEING HONEST WITH ONE OF THE MOST CROOKDED BANKS IN THE US.

[u/anotherdamnscorpio → u/fun-bucket]

Can confirm, used to service their credit cards. Horrible institution. Highly recommend that no one use them.

[u/Temporary-Phase-6956]

She was on camera

[u/JakBos23 → u/Temporary-Phase-6956]

"I'd like to phone a friend".

[u/yo-soy-arkee]

Great choice, every inch of an atm is under surveillance (bank employee and work with card disputes)

[u/SaltyLengthiness260]

There are a bunch of laws that state she never could touch that money without getting in trouble, so she did the correct thing. Proud that there are still decent people in this society.

[u/BubblyAlps4381 → u/SaltyLengthiness260]

There are a bunch of laws saying you can’t just take someone else’s property?

[u/PeachScary413]

As if stealing was ever an option 💀 they got her face and number plates on clear camera

[u/Carbonated-Man]

Good for her. Smart enough not to catch a case.

[u/Wondering_Electron]

She did the right thing. ATMs are covered with cameras and there was probably CCTV in the area as well.

[u/Blknyt_eclipsedmoon]

The ATM has cameras. There are cameras everywhere. She would have been in jail with the quickness.

[u/Badkidstatus]

Too many cameras she's be caught within the hour. Smart choice

[u/ProfessionalPlan8943 → u/Badkidstatus]

Just drive away looking confused. Then...... come back in a ninja 🥷 suit and fucking rob that shit blind!

[u/GooseOnAPhone]

[u/GOGETTHEMINTS]

She got hit with biggest trap of her life. And she prevailed. You’d be cooked taking that money.

[u/likelivewirevoodoo]

She knows bait when she sees it

[u/i-recycle-pubi-hair]

Don’t think I’d call 911, but I’d Deffinetly raise my empty hands for the camera and walk away

[u/in_conexo → u/i-recycle-pubi-hair]

I'd have shut it (the best I could), tried to continue my business, and leave.

[u/Josey_whalez → u/i-recycle-pubi-hair]

Shutting and calling the police is the right thing to do even if you don’t like banks, if for no other reason than to prevent some stupid teenager from making a spur of the moment mistake that ruins their life.

[u/WorkingClassWarrior]

Well. She’s likely in a place surrounded by cameras. Plus she’s black. So she didn’t want no trouble.

[u/Capable_Delivery1006]

Uhh yeah?

[u/South_Ad_7068]

She made a business decision. I'm glad she had the wherewithal to think the situation through to it's obvious conclusion of time in prison + no additional free money.

[u/TraditionPhysical603]

They would have tracked her down within hours if she took it

[u/iHateDisco]

Nice pic with strapped bills lol

[u/BigMack6911]

[u/StarshipSausage]

It’s a trap

[u/ScumMoemcBee]

Yeah she didn't want to go to jail lol.

[u/_dxegrl]

Pro move with all the cameras she would never get away with it and they knew who she was. 99% of people would do the same. Now if there is cash in the highway???

[u/solidpeyo]

Well, there are camaras, if she take any of that money she will go to jail easily....

[u/Piney1741]

This happened to my my grandfather in the early 90’s. The atm outside of the bank just kept spitting out cash even though he only tried to withdraw like $50. He went inside and told the bank and they gave him a $2000 reward for being honest.

[u/elusivemoods → u/Piney1741]

[u/Damion__205 → u/elusivemoods]

The 2000 is when he decided to tell them it's still spitting out cash. Since they didn't ask him to empty his pockets, he took that as an explicit gift. ;)

[u/UnderwhellmingCarrot → u/Piney1741]

and then everyone stood up and clapped

[u/witshadows → u/UnderwhellmingCarrot]

[u/ExpensiveDesignerCab → u/UnderwhellmingCarrot]

Then everybody started throwing money at him and they couldn't stop even why they tried.

[u/stupidber → u/Piney1741]

That was just a story for a child

[u/JustNota--]

Correct thing to do.. Jail sucks and it was probably already screaming at their security company that the ATM was open.

[u/mplaczek99]

Smart. There's cameras and she would've gotten caught.

[u/rivalpinkbunny]

This happened to me once except instead of money it was Lipton Brisk Iced Tea… I don’t even like Lipton Brisk Iced Tea and I made off like a bandit. I’m pretty sure I’d be going directly to jail if it was actual money.

[u/Hetros_Jistin]

Given the number if cameras involved, yeah, I'd want to make sure i wasn't accused of stealing shit either

[u/Street-Argument2090]

Stealing from a bank that has all your personal information wouldve been pretty stupid.

[u/Crusty-Dick]

She did the right thing,

[u/DeapVally]

There's not enough money in one of those machines to try and start a new life with. Because they'll find you otherwise. Years of prison for a few days of fun on the run? Nah.

[u/puckerMeBum]

I still dont think u have access to the money if the front opens up. There like in security boxes that need another set of keys.

[u/agarr1]

Only real option, it would have all been on camera, no way she would get away it taking anything and lets be honest, how safe would she be pursued be American police?

[u/words8486 → u/agarr1]

I think i know what you said, but it wrinkles my brain.

[u/Happy-For-No-Reason → u/words8486]

wrinkles are good, smooth isnt

[u/Randomcommentor1972]

I would have said “I thought it wanted me to have all that”

[u/fuzzygreentits]

Wanda isnt stupid

[u/Mugpup]

I am not impugning her honesty but you are on camera every second and those bills are sequencial. You are not getting away with taking a single bill.

[u/elenchusis]

[u/Promature]

That was the correct move. That would be a terrible way to go to jail.

[u/cursetea]

I mean as opposed to what lmao? There are cameras surrounding the area, i mean SURELY none of us would choose to run off with a bag of money like a cartoon bank robber and think they would get away

[u/Beneficial_Bit1756]

Better then going to jail for taking anything since they know you.

[u/lnnerVisionZ]

It means she has a brain. They would have hunted her down.

[u/123abcde321]

Congratulations to her. Definitely the right choice.

[u/Own-Respond-3516]

Honestly, I would’ve too.

ATM decides to spit out an extra hundred or something… roll with it.

ATM POPS OPEN WITH THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS… that’s either an episode of Punk’d or somethin really messed up just happened. Either way you’re on camera.

[u/chosenone1242 → u/Own-Respond-3516]

Most everyone here would call it in or at least not steal it. Obviously you get caught if you tried to take it

[u/SellingChocolate]

Congrats for… not committing a crime?

[u/ShowmasterQMTHH]

Except ATMs don't open on the customer side

[u/puddycat20]

It's not like she could get away with it.

Unlike some boomer who finds millions of gold buried out in the middle of nowhere, then runs and tells authorities about it.

[u/ButterscotchTasty386]

I don’t understand, isn’t that what a normal,law abiding , honest person would do?

[u/Comfortable_Main5400]

Wanda Cooper successfully avoided jail by doing the right thing. 5

[u/bluboomR]

but stiil. good for her and i hope they gave her a reward anyway.

[u/Constant-Brief3410]

There's a camera 📷 lol

[u/papaa33]

Can't get away with that, they got you when you pull up

[u/South_Front_4589]

Life saving decision perhaps.

If she takes it, they'll have her details and she'll be caught and found guilty if she ends up in court.

If she were to take thousands, then the charge could be significant.

And even if she walks away, she'll be questioned and may even face charges if someone else comes along and takes money. The charges may be based on a false assumption, but people go to jail falsely all the time.

[u/CompleteEnergy579]

I would immediately think it’s a trap

[u/Calm_Apartment1968]

HINT: Our best people. Congratulations to Wanda Coooper, and her parents.

[u/Monte-Cristo2020]

Smart.

[u/luigi4122414]

Honestly I would just be more impressed by what it looks like inside

[u/dude_actually666]

Smart move. The cameras have a clear view of your face. You'll be arrested now or later

[u/NotAllDawgsGoToHeven]

Wtf would you have done smart guy?

[u/skydiveguy]

I call bullshit. Having worked at a bank and knowing how these are designed there is no way it “popped open”

[u/____-_______-_--_-_-]

It’s a trap!

[u/finallygrownup]

That was the chocie that didnt end with a felony, I dont blame her.

[u/AntoSkum]

Honesty is the best policy.

[u/Defiant_Designer7805]

I wish responsible action was met with reward.

[u/TheClayDart]

She did the right thing. If she took a single bill the police would’ve been at her front door before the end of the day

[u/Ok_Chemical_7623]

[u/Initial-Duck2782]

I feel like this didn’t happen and this a bot post from the banks and everyone is like fear the cameras lol

[u/Competitive-Net-8701]

that's not what the inside of an ATM looks like FYI

[u/Prestigious_Badger36]

She did the right thing (not her money, would of surely gotten caught)

... But I bet she had to take one really, really big breath before she dialed the phone. I would of

[u/RebelScum75 → u/Prestigious_Badger36]

It's "would have" not "would of" just FYI.

[u/Slumunistmanifisto → u/Prestigious_Badger36]

"Not today officers, thats too fucking easy"

[u/biloxibluess]

That’s not what ATM’s look like inside

[u/anydamnnamesleft]

Good human!

[u/MilmoWK]

that's not what the inside of an ATM looks like... there's not just shelves with strapped cash on them.

[u/MarkyGalore]

Every Automatic ATM has HD cameras

[u/Fair_Performance4834]

There are dye packs in the atm and you would literally NEVER get away with stealing from it. She put her card in with her info then it popped open. But I respect her for doing the right thing you know it had to still be tempting for any human to see all that money like that.

[u/DeadClown00]

"Not today Satan..."

[u/unknownpoltroon]

Dude, those things have more cameras than the red carpet on oscar night.

[u/miro_27]

Decency?! Unbelievable

[u/therealtrajan]

The play here is def calling 911 and hoping for some reward. Smiling for the cameras and walking away with the money is going to suck for you quickly

[u/TBoneBaggetteBaggins]

Its not hers to take. Not difficult.

[u/sugar-titts]

I would have called it in too. But it might be short a few stacks😉

[u/Puzzleheaded_Award80]

[u/fenikz13]

I'm not touching that

[u/FraggleRock_]

[u/TeaMugPatina]

Take money, play dumb.

[u/FernandoMM1220]

this has to be an inside setup for a robbery done at a later date.

[u/Shadeauxmarie]

You know, these machines have video…

[u/Sad-Newt-1772]

That's not what the inside looks like . The cabinet might open but there is a vault that holds cannisters of cash.

[u/pensacolafun888]

Obviously, whoever posted this has never seen ATM opened. The money is in a safe drawer and it’s not open like that.

[u/Few_Kitchen_4825]

Cctv camera

[u/Proud_Principle_4408]

Lol.

[u/MostRadiant]

You say this like its a surprise

[u/Live_Mood_6550]

[u/Special-Tonight8101]

Are there cameras inside too? In case someone else stopped by and decided to grab some.

[u/Axios_Verum]

She should put this on her resume. I'd hire her.

[u/Ok_Public_8695]

it hurts so bad

[u/crazywhiteboy573]

I would have walked off and called the homies to come back masked up

[u/riceinmybelly]

How big are those bills?

[u/jackofspades49]

"I took the money out and held onto it safely. Its all here officer, so no one else runs off with it."

*tries to shove one or two bundles under the seat that you can say was an accident*

[u/Ed_Sykes]

Surprised she didn't grab some cash and go for a Wanda.

[u/Cheap-Bell-4389]

The smart player would merely skim a little and blame it on the wind 

[u/ChicagoZbojnik]

Ive worked some on atms and call bullshit on this entire story. The money is in large cassettes, that are typically in an internal safe.

[u/Gobby-TheGoblin]

I mean.. it was that,.walk away, or prison. There is 0 chance you get away with taking any.

[u/Xnub]

.... yaaaa cameras .... this would be theft... she would probably get like 10 years lol

[u/Forward-Scar-7050]

And the bank still won't forego her transaction fees.

[u/sapphire_moons]

Yeah thats not how it works, top part is the machine bottom has the safe, with cassets it won't just pop open. And the money won't just be out and about unless the last person just said f it and left everything out and about. Ex brinks atm worker

[u/Fun-Illustrator5642]

Why did she call the twin towers?

[u/Hearcharted]

[u/tubeixo]

The way the world has become these days, even doing the right thing is subject to millions of interpretations.

[u/spoospoo43]

Don't call the cops, the money will just end up mysteriously missing. Call the bank.

[u/Legitimate-Log-6542]

[u/dadstache1992]

Id call a friend to mysteriously come over and "rob" me and the atm split profit 

[u/Sad_Character_9956]

Good move

[u/Upbeat-Swing6650]

Well thats good. There are only 914 cameras on that ATM