Posted on 04/13/2022 9:08:03 AM PDT by Red Badger
A citizen stepped in to try and stop a shoplifter from leaving a Target store, telling the suspect to “get a f***ing job.”
Crime reporter for California news station KTVU, Henry K. Lee, posted a video of the confrontation to Twitter.
The citizen, who wished to be known as Tiger, confronted the suspect at the entrance of the store and attempted to pull the bin of merchandise from his hands.
Tiger later yelled at the suspect, “Stop that s**t man! Get a f***ing job.”
Watch the video below:
VIDEO AT LINK.................
“Stop that s— man! Get a f— job!” Citizen frustrated over thefts tries to stop @Target shoplifter. The suspect, Samuel Balcorta, was later arrested, per @ColmaPD pic.twitter.com/pV51VFw2Iq
— Henry K. Lee (@henrykleeKTVU) April 12, 2022
Tiger later told the news station, “If you see something wrong, you better do something.”
According to police, the citizen witnessed the suspect putting roughly 40 to 50 pairs of jeans worth $2,000 in the bin, as the station reported.
“I just flipped the box so things spread out, so people watching me can see what’s going on, so they can tell which one is the bad guy, which one is the good guy,” Tiger said.
Colma police Cmdr. Sherwin Lum told said law enforcement “definitely appreciate citizens being very good witnesses” instead of stepping in to directly take action.
Lum added, “We highly recommend not to intervene or get physical with any of these suspects because again, the safety of the public is paramount.”
The station noted Tiger says he went out to follow the suspect into the parking lot “where he dropped the jeans and tried to get onto a bus.”
Tiger explained he feels good “doing the right thing.”
He continued, “I think if we speak up and do the right thing, life is much better and you sleep better at night.”
The defendant is reportedly in jail and has been charged with burglary and grand theft.
In November 2021, CNN reported “smash and grab” crimes swept upscale stores in major cities in the United States.
Pete Eliadis, a former law enforcement official and founder of security company Intelligence Consulting Partners, told the outlet the crimes had “nothing to do with the pandemic.”
He added, “The pandemic is overused at this point.”
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She is nuts! “Bat” guano crazy for sure. Not sure if our esteemed male Freepers jury would find her not guilty.
Stupid. People on this board would be mourning his loss with “prayers to his family” if the shoplifter had been armed.
I say she’s “Guilty”.
Blondes don’t always have more fun!
If CPS wasn’t mostly toothless, they would have put her child in Foster Care for a while.
“...the safety of the public is paramount.”
They are going to graduate to violence from there...
Idiot...
Shopping at the Necropolis...
“... grabbed a bat from the trunk of the car and struck her with it. And when that wasn’t enough, ran over her with the car....”
Wow!
According to a website, “it is very important that you avoid accusing someone without valid proof, or handle their detention in an unreasonable manner. Otherwise, you could face charges yourself.”
It can be hard to make a last minute decision whether or not to confront someone. If you witness someone shoplifting, that’s one thing. But if it’s not too late, what do you do if you see someone doing bodily harm, and you THINK you can save someone’s life? Should you take a risk?
That is a good question. I think we would all like to be Dudley Do Right and hope it doesn’t backfire on us. But over the years we have been conditioned to wonder if the legal ramifications are worth it. No good deed..
“Are the cops right to discourage the public, for their own safety, to refrain from getting physical with shoplifters?”
But it’s gotten to the point where cops either don’t or aren’t allowed to do their job, that’s why this shit is happening so much. And then you have DAs that release the perps the next day with no bail.
Let’s face it we have become a sick and dysfunctional society and the culprit is staring you in the mirror. He either voted for this or is too cowardly to personally do anything about it when he sees it, like this guy did.
Kudos to him.
If only the thief had split the haul in half taking $949.99 in each dash for the door.
Since your penname suggests you know karate, you wouldn’t have a problem with defending someone in trouble, would you?
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Lol!!! That was soooo long ago!!! I could maybe kick somebody in the knee and run away.
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