What a theft
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While abhorrent, that's tame compared to what really goes on in this country every day. I once took an Agg Robbery report from a guy who lost his wedding ring along with the ring finger it was on to guy who used a rusty serrated folding knife to take it. Save yourself, not a neighborhood.
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While abhorrent, that's tame compared to what really goes on in this country every day. I once took an Agg Robbery report from a guy who lost his wedding ring along with the ring finger it was on to guy who used a rusty serrated folding knife to take it. Save yourself, not a neighborhood.
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In NY in the late 70's when crime was very high, there was an annual race in central park and the saying was off the back, off your bike. Thugs were waiting in the bushes to steal your bike out from under you.
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That was a terrible theft, and I'm surprised the guy got away.
Let's not forget, however, that crime statistics show crime going down over the last many years. See, for example, https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tan...me-in-the-u-s/.
Let's not forget, however, that crime statistics show crime going down over the last many years. See, for example, https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tan...me-in-the-u-s/.
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That was a terrible theft, and I'm surprised the guy got away.
Let's not forget, however, that crime statistics show crime going down over the last many years. See, for example, https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tan...me-in-the-u-s/.
Let's not forget, however, that crime statistics show crime going down over the last many years. See, for example, https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tan...me-in-the-u-s/.
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I don't mean to minimize what happened to the victim. He has my deepest sympathy. The thief should be taken off the streets for a long time.
But nasty things happen. We are all at risk of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. And the fact is that the risk of being a crime victim has been dropping for most of us for the last 25 years.
But nasty things happen. We are all at risk of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. And the fact is that the risk of being a crime victim has been dropping for most of us for the last 25 years.
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On the other hand, the class war is still going strong, and we have kakistocracies everywhere bent on whittling away pesky government regulations, so hold onto your hats...
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Really? One guy. One guy made an effort to intervene. WTF is wrong with people!?
I wish people would stop taking pictures and videos and start taking action. What a bunch of chicken****s. That part makes me more angry than the actual theft. The thief KNEW those people weren't going to do a damn thing. Crazy.
I wish people would stop taking pictures and videos and start taking action. What a bunch of chicken****s. That part makes me more angry than the actual theft. The thief KNEW those people weren't going to do a damn thing. Crazy.
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Really? One guy. One guy made an effort to intervene. WTF is wrong with people!?
I wish people would stop taking pictures and videos and start taking action. What a bunch of chicken****s. That part makes me more angry than the actual theft. The thief KNEW those people weren't going to do a damn thing. Crazy.
I wish people would stop taking pictures and videos and start taking action. What a bunch of chicken****s. That part makes me more angry than the actual theft. The thief KNEW those people weren't going to do a damn thing. Crazy.
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How about the after-math in court?
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Really? One guy. One guy made an effort to intervene. WTF is wrong with people!?
I wish people would stop taking pictures and videos and start taking action. What a bunch of chicken****s. That part makes me more angry than the actual theft. The thief KNEW those people weren't going to do a damn thing. Crazy.
I wish people would stop taking pictures and videos and start taking action. What a bunch of chicken****s. That part makes me more angry than the actual theft. The thief KNEW those people weren't going to do a damn thing. Crazy.
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And how does it take skill for several guys to stop one guy from attacking one guy. For *$^@ sake - it was a single unarmed guy, not a grizzly bear.
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You're kidding, right? That cyclist was being actively assaulted (technically battery). We - bystanders - are allowed to use force to prevent exactly this. If it took three guys to tackle, wrestle, punch the guy into submission - that's absolutely allowed. A bystander could've used a weapon to end the attack - and that would be absolutely allowed.
And how does it take skill for several guys to stop one guy from attacking one guy. For *$^@ sake - it was a single unarmed guy, not a grizzly bear.
And how does it take skill for several guys to stop one guy from attacking one guy. For *$^@ sake - it was a single unarmed guy, not a grizzly bear.
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And I'll bet you did that alone, right? This was during an event. I totally get (but hate) the reluctance to help a stranger in the middle of the 'hood. But the cyclists we on a GROUP ride. Surely 15 (or 50!) cyclists could've dissuaded 4 or 5 thugs from steeling one bike.
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Really? One guy. One guy made an effort to intervene. WTF is wrong with people!?
I wish people would stop taking pictures and videos and start taking action. What a bunch of chicken****s. That part makes me more angry than the actual theft. The thief KNEW those people weren't going to do a damn thing. Crazy.
I wish people would stop taking pictures and videos and start taking action. What a bunch of chicken****s. That part makes me more angry than the actual theft. The thief KNEW those people weren't going to do a damn thing. Crazy.
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I really think a lot younger Americans have just gotten soft and selfish. They can hide behind a camera and feel like they're doing their part. Gimme one by-standing Aussie any day! ;-)
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I saw something on FB about this guy's bike be stolen. I hope the thief is publicly executed(very slowly)
https://www.pinkbike.com/news/parapl...n-calgary.html
https://www.pinkbike.com/news/team-g...-to-an-11.html
Paraplegic's Adaptive Bike Stolen in Calgary
https://www.pinkbike.com/news/parapl...n-calgary.html
https://www.pinkbike.com/news/team-g...-to-an-11.html