Originally Posted by buzzman

Actually, the punishable crime here might be one committed by the videographer. I'm not a lawyer but I believe the unlocked bicycle, rigged deliberately to fail in a manner that could cause injury falls under the "attractive nuisance" tort. An "attractive nuisance" is any object, particularly one that is abandoned and would be attractive to a "child"- and an unlocked bicycle left outside on a sidewalk definitely falls under that category.

Had any of those children had a serious injury, broken their neck or caused an automobile accident as they rolled into the road the videographer would have more than likely been at least charged with a crime if not convicted or would have been subject to a civil suit. It's interesting he chose what looked like a low income neighborhood. It would have been interesting to see him leave that same rigged bike near a playground in an affluent neighborhood- my guess it wouldn't have taken all that much more time before some kid grabbed it and rode off on it.

Hey, maybe the videographer will get the bright idea of leaving a loaded gun for some kid to pick up and videotape that too. And the gun should be rigged to blow up in their hands if they pull the trigger- that should teach them, huh?!