Something's Rotten in Hackensack

One of Mayor Michael Bloomberg's personal employees was beaten by a thief who then stole the billionaire's car in New Jersey, authorities said.

The employee was driving the gray 2001 Lexus Wednesday morning in Hackensack, New Jersey, on an errand for the mayor shortly before 9 a.m. when a woman came to the window to ask for money, police said. As he declined and began to roll up the window, a man got into the passenger seat and punched him in the face, authorities said.

Uh...doesn't a 2001 Lexus have automatic safety door locks that activate whenever it's being driven?

I'm trying to think of a reason one would stop and have the window rolled down near a streetwalking woman. Come to think of it, the AP reports "a woman came to the window" as though it were an accepted fact, rather than the aide's story. But it was a man who got in the (volitionally?) unlocked car door.

Not that I'm the suspicious type, so I'll take the easy way out and repeat the irony stated by others that, had he been armed, he could have protected both himself and the car, had being armed been legal he would have faced no repercussions, and if the billionaire mayor was such a great humanitarian, his employees ought to have a few dollars to spread around to the needy when they rub elbows with the hoi polloi...

Nah, I like my first fantasy scenario better...

[Via SayUncle]