Messenger beats bike thief
09-08-09 | 11:26 AM
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Messenger beats bike thief
I read the blog post and they were talking about a beating, but I think the guy got off pretty light. Probably won't stop him from doing it again though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sE94G...layer_embedded
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sE94G...layer_embedded
09-08-09 | 11:36 AM
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Did that guy really have a MASH tattoo on the back of his left arm? What a tool.
Other than that, win.
Other than that, win.
09-08-09 | 11:42 AM
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Props to those guys for having some restraint.
09-08-09 | 12:00 PM
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I kind of want to put "don't steal bikes bro" on my bag now. Someone should go to stickernation and have a bunch of stickers printed that say that, actually.
WTF happened to stickernation.com? ****'s changed
WTF happened to stickernation.com? ****'s changed
09-08-09 | 12:06 PM
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to see a thief getting what they had coming anyways.
09-08-09 | 12:09 PM
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how do you people feel about vigilante-justice like this? on one hand the guy is getting a well-deserved beat-down lesson and hopefully wont steal again, on the other its kind of "violent" in public.
im all for beating down thieves, but in the eyes of the police, what would happen if they just saw some people ganging up on the guy w/o knowing the scenario?
is there any way to publicly humiliate thieves AND leave them on display as an example to other would-be thieves?
im all for beating down thieves, but in the eyes of the police, what would happen if they just saw some people ganging up on the guy w/o knowing the scenario?
is there any way to publicly humiliate thieves AND leave them on display as an example to other would-be thieves?
09-08-09 | 12:11 PM
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09-08-09 | 12:13 PM
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U-lock 'em around the neck to a parking meter and use a Mag44 marker to write "BIKE THIEF" across their chest.
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09-08-09 | 12:14 PM
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09-08-09 | 12:16 PM
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09-08-09 | 12:43 PM
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nice. Had a similar thing happen last year. Called the 5-0, took all my restraint not to pull out my u-lock and turn his hands into hamburger.
09-08-09 | 12:47 PM
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how do you people feel about vigilante-justice like this? on one hand the guy is getting a well-deserved beat-down lesson and hopefully wont steal again, on the other its kind of "violent" in public.
im all for beating down thieves, but in the eyes of the police, what would happen if they just saw some people ganging up on the guy w/o knowing the scenario?
is there any way to publicly humiliate thieves AND leave them on display as an example to other would-be thieves?
im all for beating down thieves, but in the eyes of the police, what would happen if they just saw some people ganging up on the guy w/o knowing the scenario?
is there any way to publicly humiliate thieves AND leave them on display as an example to other would-be thieves?
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You see, their morals, their code...it's a bad joke, dropped at the first sign of trouble. They're only as good as the world allows them to be. I'll show you. When the chips are down, these...These "civilized" people...they'll eat each other. See, I'm not a monster. I'm just ahead of the curve
09-08-09 | 01:33 PM
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I will preface this by saying that I don't condone violence as a means to an end but I thought this was very appropriate. This was not a "beat down", this was humiliation and deserved.
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09-08-09 | 01:48 PM
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I approve of this 100%! The cops don't do anything, going to jail doesn't rehabilitate criminals but rather gives them new contacts for when they get out and their crimes just escalate in intensity. I wish they had at least broken every bone in his hands to teach him a lesson!
09-08-09 | 01:56 PM
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They took it easy on him. If it was my bike I think i'd be a little more violent then they are. Or not who knows.
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