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Who were Bonnie and Clyde?

Bonnie and Clyde were famous bank robbers that were also notorious for their violent dispositions. Clyde was notoriously violent and aggressive. His aggressive behavior has often been blamed on abuse he suffered while in prison.

However, some people claim that Bonnie never actually fired a gun while others claim that she was the more violent of the two. In any case, they recruited gang members, which helped them complete their notorious crime spree.

Their crime spree included robberies, murder and other violent crimes. However, they are most widely known as famous bank robbers. During the Great Depression, there were many famous bank robbers and most were killed in frequent succession.

In fact the most famous bank robbers of the time, were all killed by law enforcement or members of their gangs. In addition, their crime sprees led to much stricter laws, including the inclusion of bank robbery as a federal crime. Previously, the crime was not punishable in such a harsh manner, which may have contributed to the high number of bank robberies at the time.

Bonnie and Clyde were famous bank robbers that became notorious for other things, including their love for each other. Bonnie and Clyde, where in fact inseparable from the moment they met. Due to the nature of their relationship, their crime spree has been widely romanticized.

However, they were actually very violent and their lives ended in the same way that they lived them, in a hail of bullets. Bonnie and Clyde are credited with killing at least nine police officers during the commission of crimes. In addition they are said to have killed civilians unnecessarily.

The funerals of Bonnie and Clyde were allegedly attended by at least ten thousand people. In fact, after they were shot, mobs of people came to the scene in hopes of taking souvenirs. Their story made them infamous for a variety of reasons. Mostly, people were just curious and wanted to catch a glimpse of the pair because they were famous bank robbers.

Yet, their violent crime spree led to much stricter laws and harsher penalties for crimes such as bank robbery. In fact, after the era of public enemies, as it was commonly known, bank robberies occurred on a much less frequent basis. With the death of Bonnie and Clyde, and other famous bank robbers, came the end of an era.

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