Panhandling as prelude to a robbery?

[zmgmeister.livejournal.com]

OK, with the current discussion about crime I want to ask an opinion of the group. If you have a couple of youths ask you on the street for money, and they don't look homeless, is it a good idea to call the cops on them as "suspicious persons" or is it just me being suspicious?

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Re: that situation happened to me last month

[zmgmeister.livejournal.com]

A while back, which is what got me thinking on the matter, is that I had a couple high-school aged kids stop me on Holland St asking for bus fare.

What was odd was, this was a quarter-mile away from Davis, why not ask for change there? Two, one of the kids was on a bike, and three, I grew up around here and believe me, even picking up a quarter off the floor was considered extremely uncool, never mind asking strangers on the street.