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Unemployed man robs a bank for $1 — then calmly waits for police for a reason that shocked everyone

Summary by Hasan Jasim
In 2011, an unemployed man from North Carolina walked into a bank and asked for just one dollar. He didn’t run. He didn’t hide. Instead, he sat down and waited quietly for the police to arrive. His goal was never money. James, a 59-year-old unemployed man from Gastonia, North Carolina, was desperate—not for cash, but for healthcare. Without health insurance, he was suffering from multiple serious medical conditions he could not afford to treat. …
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Hasan Jasim broke the news in on Friday, December 19, 2025.
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