Holy crap, I want to hang out with this dude

This guy’s a career criminal and I don’t think it’s ok to steal or anything, but the crimes he’s on trial for consist of putting his finger in his pocket and probably saying something like, “stick ‘em up!” so he doesn’t seem that scary.

The Daily News says: The source described Tackman's alleged crimes as "hit-and-run retail robberies" during which he put a finger in his pocket to make it look like he had a gun.

His finger in his pocket. Like a 50’s cops-and-robbers skit. He’s facing a life sentence at Riker’s. (Hey, what happened to that guy who kidnapped and raped a little girl? The first time he did it, or the second time that he did it after he was released from prison for the first time he did it?) Ok, I guess he had some other violations on his record also, but they won’t tell us what they are. Judging from his robberies, maybe he spiked the punch at prom, or tickled his kid sister until she cried.

Anyway, the point is, he escaped Manhattan Supreme Court this morning, which sounds like something that should be relatively difficult to do, but some court officer was no match for his finely tuned skills of wearing clothes and walking.

Tackman, who had been awaiting trial on Rikers Island, was "impeccably dressed" in a jacket and tie when he arrived for a pre-trial hearing on the 13th floor, the source said.
Somehow, Tackman managed to sneak down two flights to a holding area for prisoners awaiting trial - and where a court officer mistook him for a lawyer, according to the source.
"Counselor, what are you doing here?" the officer asked, the source said.
"The officer didn't even challenge him," the second source said. "He just walked out."

This shouldn’t have come as a surprise to anyone, because apparently he’s tried to escape before. And in really fun and exciting ways!

Once, Tackman commandeered a corrections bus and tried to drive to freedom. "The guy is a legend," the source said.
In September 1985, Tackman was described as an "escape artist" by a corrections official after he tried to shoot his way out a prison van using a rubber-band powered zip gun fashioned out of metal tubing and a comb."

A RUBBER-BAND POWERED ZIP GUN FASHIONED OUT OF METAL TUBING AND A COMB. I’m starting to agree with the source. Fasten your seatbelts, he’s just getting warmed up.

In an earlier escape attempt, Tackman briefly took over another prison van by brandishing a "extremely realistic" but bogus gun carved out of soap.
Tackman made the guards stop the van and throw out their guns. Then he forced them to get in the back, where he locked them up with the other prisoners.

HOLY SHIT! This guy seems like he knows what he’s doing, so he could probably shank these cops and be done with it, but he made a f-ing fake soap gun instead. He never uses violence. He’s like Nic Cage’s character in ConAir. Maybe he robbed those stores to feed his family, anyone think of that?

Either way, he's running around the city right now, and don't worry, if I see him, I'll call the cops. Right after I give him a big high five, cause that shit's crazy.