video of bike getting stolen by cutting a tree
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video of bike getting stolen by cutting a tree
Just saw this on the news and I'm speechless.
Youtube link (non embedded)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcV4LVhSRLg
Another news link showing size of tree trunk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hK2syx0ho7s
Youtube link (non embedded)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcV4LVhSRLg
Another news link showing size of tree trunk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hK2syx0ho7s
Last edited by colleen c; 06-09-11 at 07:35 PM. Reason: added direct link and a news link
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The person who owns the tree was sad, since his dad that past away planted that tree because they're known for lasting generations. Shame a bunch of thugs did that just for a laugh.
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Give credit to a few of them who were trying to get the chopper to quit. I'm not sure I would have risked tussling with a guy wielding an axe.
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If you watch the whole video you can tell they are walking back and forth to "play it cool" I thought they were fighting at first but then I relized the guy with the axe could just chop the other guy and it would be over. I don't think the person who locked there bike up there was very smart putting it in that kinda area.
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I thought that to but if you think about it. have you ever meet a good thug who wanted to be a good person. No. Everyone of them was in on it and they should all be taken down to china town. I wouldn't belive for a heartbeart that he was trying to stop him.
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It looks like the guys that go at the chopper are warning him about people coming. After each run in you can see people or a car pass by. What's scary is that these guys are walking around with an ax. You can't see what lock the bike has but it must've been a cable lock to be able to go around that tree. Makes you wonder why they didn't just use a bolt cutter and save some time/energy. I can't see how they have an ax handy and are not able to find a bolt cutter.
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Seems like they also would've noticed the security camera recording them. Usually they're big and white and quite noticeable.
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according to the news report: "cunning crooks"??? that's not the adjective i'd use.
cutting down a tree to steal a bike... that's gotta invoke some seriously bad karma. at least it's comforting to think that, since they probably won't be brought to justice in this life.
if it was locked to a tree, it was probably a cheap cable lock. a few goods whacks with the axe would have destroyed the lock and scratched the tree. doing it the way they did, they'd still have to deal with the lock. ****ing idiots.
this supports the argument for forced sterilization... and kills the belief that no one would chop down a tree to steal a bike.
cutting down a tree to steal a bike... that's gotta invoke some seriously bad karma. at least it's comforting to think that, since they probably won't be brought to justice in this life.
if it was locked to a tree, it was probably a cheap cable lock. a few goods whacks with the axe would have destroyed the lock and scratched the tree. doing it the way they did, they'd still have to deal with the lock. ****ing idiots.
this supports the argument for forced sterilization... and kills the belief that no one would chop down a tree to steal a bike.
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That's just ridiculous. Nothing quite like ruining a piece of mother nature for your 10 foot ride.
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It looks like the guys that go at the chopper are warning him about people coming. After each run in you can see people or a car pass by. What's scary is that these guys are walking around with an ax. You can't see what lock the bike has but it must've been a cable lock to be able to go around that tree. Makes you wonder why they didn't just use a bolt cutter and save some time/energy. I can't see how they have an ax handy and are not able to find a bolt cutter.
This video now remind me of an older thread here a while back title "What will you do if you see someone stealing your bike?". I think I found my answer and that's pretty much let them have it in this scenerio.
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even on the internet, most people wouldn't be too macho if they turned a corner and found that. just keep walking and call the police. don't even mention the bike... just a group of guys swinging an axe on a corner in brooklyn. any cop with more than a week of experience would approach the scene with lights and sirens, hoping that they'll leave before he gets close enough to even see them.
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So one guy chops the tree down and another rides the bike in a circle? WTH was that all about? The whole thing was pointless.
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I think the truly sad/scary thing here isn't even so much the goon squad behaving like this (trash will be trash)...but that they felt confident enough that no one would notice/care that they did it for over 10 minutes without much fear of getting caught.
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I guess it was the wrong size for him. Remember folks, always check the bike for proper fitting BEFORE you chop down the tree.
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Ruh Roh!! NYPD is looking for the arboricider:
https://www.thesmokinggun.com/documen...urderer-532901
https://www.thesmokinggun.com/documen...urderer-532901