Posted on 01/13/2020 10:16:49 AM PST by lowbridge
A California couple was arrested after police say they left out bikes to lure thieves and then recorded themselves beating them with bats which they posted to YouTube, police say.
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Police say videos of the assaults were posted on YouTube. In the videos, police say the suspects appeared to plant a bicycle in the front yard of their home, unattended, and wait for someone passing by to stop and attempt to steal it.
When someone would try to make off with the bike, the suspects would rush from the house and assault the person with a baseball bat.
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They should get medals.
I have no problem with them either.
Play stupid games. Win stupid prizes.
Applies both ways here. Why would the homeowners do this?
I loved the vid about the guy who put a tazer in the bicycle seat. He would let the bike thieves get about 20 feet away and then zap them! It was out a few years ago. Awesome!
To get views on YouTube.
“Why would the homeowners do this?”
Wild guess - they were tired of having their $hit stolen by low life scum and being told by the police there was nothing they could do about it.
One word: YooToob. Unless that's two words.
Oh wait. They did.
Ya gotta love CaCa. Leave your bike out front and everyone walking by wants to steal it. You could make a hobby of beating people with a bat while videoing the fun. Gak~
UPS does the same thing leaving Boxes unattended on our Front Porch.
I hate sitting in my House cradling a Baseball Bat waiting for someone to try and steal them.
If they didn’t want their stuff stolen, then don’t leave it out in the front yard.
Entrapment. And assault. These homeowners are idiots.
I guess there wasn’t anything good on TV.
this thread doesn’t “work” without a link to the youtube videos.... I kinda want to see them beating people up
“If they didn’t want their stuff stolen, then don’t leave it out in the front yard.”
Well maybe they had stuff stolen from inside their house, garage, vehicles, etc., etc.. Millions of people have.
But go ahead and blame the victims.
This was posted on FB. Vast majority thought these people should be jailed, it was wrong what they did etc. When I say people it was mostly younger of both sexes.
Older people said give them a medal.
We are screwed. Young have been indoctrinated that criminals are victims.
So what’s wrong with that? Police use fake prostitutes to entrap men. As soon as the man asks for sex and agrees to pay, he is arrested, and the woman is not (a transaction requires two parties). Police use bait packages to catch “porch pirates.” Police organize fake auctions to catch thieves. The FBI throws you in jail for saying you were at the bank at 1:15 PM when you were actually there at 1:10. They entice someone to commit crime, and then arrest him when he commits it.
It’s a training video. Bad dog....
Well done.
L
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