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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That’s odd. Where I live people add a sign, “Free” to whatever item they leave out at the side of the road, in front of the house where one would put their trash cans. And why would someone leave something for free, in front of their vehicles, right next to the garage where it’s hard to see from the street? like in these videos?
These people were obviously thieves, plain and simple.
Lesson learned: beat the crap out of him the next time and let him crawl home on his own since the cops won't do anything.
So yes, I approve what this couple were doing........
“Why would the homeowners do this?”
Because they wanted to post videos
Here, wannabee disposees typically put a sign on unwanted possessions.
Usually utilizing a flap from a cardboard box with “FREE” scrawled on it that can be see by passing vehicles.
And at the road/sidewalk edge of the property...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THVKBm0YGZs
Put me on their jury. Not Guilty!
That sounds Awesome! Are these videos still available? What happened to the guy? Did he get in trouble?
Honor them, not arrest them.
A friend of mine complains bitterly about the state in which he lives changing the threshold for a felony from $500.00 to $1,000.00.
He said it encourages crime, and that crimes like shoplifting would increase dramatically.
Events seem to indicate he is correct. Just like New York letting people out on no bail seems to have increased crime, and California no longer prosecuting defecation in the streets or prostitution, this is how you turn your community into sh*t.
On the good side, if they get to where they don't prosecute people, then beating the sh*t out of criminals is a very good idea.
Merrill...Swing away."
A highly entertaining hobby that, if widely practiced, would cut down on theft drastically.
He had these outrageous videos. He would dress up like an Arab and walk up to people and throw a backpack at their feet yelling bomb. And people would scatter. He would throw the backpack in people’s cars and the people would JUMP out the windows. Every so often, people would beat the hell out of him, backpack be damned.
With the Tazer in the bicycle seat, he would leave the bike sitting under a tree and people would walk up and steal the bike, mostly blacks. He would let them get about 20 feet and, ‘zap’ down they would go on the ground and he would walk up and get his bike back.
Outrageous!
“Hunting over bait” In the case of wildlife laws.
This is what happens when the police fail to do their job.
We need/will see more of this as police fail in their most basic duties.
“You make it a habit of routinely beating up people so you can YouTube it?”
Maybe if the police did THEIR JOB people would not have to do this.
Call the police about a stolen bike in my town and they will laugh at you and tell you not to waste their time.
These people were only targeted(by the police) because they had a dollar for the police/courts to steal.
“Young have been indoctrinated that criminals are victims.”
The young people are empathizing with the beaten criminals because most of them have probably swiped an Amazon package or two themselves.
So what? Is there some law in CA that says if you store your bicycles on your own private property, that makes them free for the taking? What about putting them in your back yard? What's the difference?
A public service?
It's called protecting your personal property while it's being stored on your own private property. The instant the "would-be thieves" set foot on the homeowners private property with the intent to steal, they just became thieves.
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