So, I walked out of the library to find a kid bent over my front wheel trying to nick it.
Shouted at him, he legged it, and I ran after him.
Stopped and thought "what are you going to do if you catch the git?".
So I shouted a bit and let him go.
I think this was proably the right thing to do. I wanted to give the scrote a right kicking, but hitting kids isnt exactly on is it.
Don't suppose its worth reporting it, can't see the police would be bothered.
Sadly..you prolly did the right thing.
I've done the other and it's just not worth it.
sounds about right, in the end up there's nothing you can do bar chase them away...
good to give him a scare, about all you could do really... I've busted a few punks trying to steal bikes along Upper St in Islington, I think it's good that they realise people are actually watching and they can't be so bloody blatant about it to be stealing in broad daylight on a busy high street (amazing how few people actually do say something though...)
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i do wonder if anyone would notice if you tied them up, dumped them in the car boot and then abandoned them in mid wales.
Problem is alot of the scum know they are not going to suffer for their actions.
I wanted to give the scrote a right kicking, but hitting kids isnt exactly on is it.
Are you mates with fourcrossjohn?
i saw someone eyeing my bike up outside the uni library. he was right at my bike, i came over and asked if i could help but he casually sloped away. to eye some more bikes just up a bit. i stared and when he finally clocked me looking at him he decided to walk away.
Realman
This how its done
I'm only 16 myself and IMO if you could have got your hands on the kid you should have had some 'Strong Words' with his knee caps. The kid knew full well what he was doing as much as an adult would so why shouldn't you.
What if the kid accidentally fell into some oncoming traffic while you scream NOOO, at such a tragic waste of a young life?
That would really be tragic.. Ah well life goes on
Presuming he was on foot and your playing by the book I think taking his shoes would be a fair punishment. What price are reebok classics fetching on eBay at the moment ?
I'm only 16 myself and IMO if you could have got your hands on the kid you should have had some 'Strong Words' with his knee caps. The kid knew full well what he was doing as much as an adult would so why shouldn't you.
When grow up you'll realise you can't do that.
I know you can't mate, just light hearted fun it's just a shame nothing can be done to stop it.
Sadly some natural justice needs to be dished out on occassions. I would have done the same as you (whilst wishing I wasn't so sensible and had bounced his head off a wall a few times).
Bring back the Birch!
catch em and birch em!
rosss plus 1
nick one of his shoes as a dose of his own medicine so to speak.
Well, I guess not giving him a smack was the right thing to do.
To be honest I was more surprised at my reaction. I'm pretty calm and reserved so wouldn;t have said I'd be up for some Ton style action.
Give the wheel a good quick spin with his fingers still in it.
this presents a dilemma for the internet hard man.
*thinks*
Yelling at him so that he had the opportunity to run away was (IMO) the wrong thing to do. I'd have quietly walked up behind him, pinned him to the floor and called the Police. He may well have been well known to them, and that could have been the last piece of evidence they needed to prosecute him.
You did the right thing. Trouble is, in the eyes of the law, the kid had not actually nicked anything, so had not broken the law - he was only looking suspicious. If you had educated him, you would be guilty of assault or worse.
Now, if he actually nicked your wheel, then reasonable force could have been used, but only to restrain him, not educate him.
Oh, how I sometimes wish the law would step to one side for some good old fashioned punishment - that may stop kids getting into worse trouble later in life....
Shoes and urine interface time. Followed by a good old fashioned lynching.
Get ya flamin' torches 'ere.
Pitchforks a paand
It would have been a tragedy if you had tripped up just as you caught up with him. The weight of an adult body falling on a young 'un at 15mph can do a lot of damage. Then of course if you accidentally kneed him while getting up, I'm sure you'd apologise.
Citizens arrest using reasonable force, you (being a reasonable person) think he then tries to attack you, and you do what any other reasonable person would do and make a pre-emptive strike to fend him off.
Simples.
ignoring the hard men you dod the right thing do you really want to risk assault charges or batter a small child for your wheel?
i would beat the shit out of him.
Yes Jedi 'bout time someone said it straight
jedi - Member
i would beat the shit out of him.
that what should happen! but it seems in this country the thieving scumbags have more right than the people they steel from? 🙁
but some times its worth it...
The useless little shite should have a slap and he would carry on running anyway, aleast he had a slap for his actions.
Bloody shite like them ruin the country.
we have a generation who have never been told no. some stand up and say no
"When grow up you'll realise you can't do that"
Scumbags know this and push their luck. You want to see their little faces change once they realise they've come up against a naughty adult who doesn't follow the rules. Personally I'd have stuck a size 12 right up his hoop but the whole story sounds to me like you just couldn't catch him! 🙂
Pi
tchforks a paand
Paand? Bit much innit?
Do the Tyson and give him the right hook ...
flying shark
Id have caught him and held him until the police arrived. Simple, legal and the right thing to do and likely to give him enough of a scare if it's a first-time thing for him. If not, the police probably are not gong to do much to scare him but at least they're more aware of his increasing trouble making and all round no-one has done anything illegal other than the little squirt.
Or as per coffeeking but then he might stab you ...
Not sure what I'd do in the heat of the moment tbh, I'd like to think I'd have walked up slowly and then scared the poop outta him without actually causing physical injury . Mind you a swift boot in the leg wouldn't harm 😉
grabbed him by the neck very hard while giving a maximum volume talking to.
i would have kicked him to death end of
similarly to psychle, I've chased some kids off around Sainsburys in Islington - they blatantly carry small croppers and look for bikes with those weedy cable locks.
they've got some front though, scary little shits they are. one group wouldn't bugger off so I pretended to call the police - that seemed to work.
Take off the pair of £70 trainers he was prolly wearing and piss in them .
What you should have done was whip out your phone, video him actually removing the wheel. Chased , and caught the little scrote ( then wee'd in his shoes) used reasonable force to restrain him , and called in the fuzz .
Trouble is his parent would have done nothing , the plod would have nothing , and LS will have learnt a lesson in do what you like , as there are no consequences . .
ripped his arm off and beat him to death with the sticky end.
on a VAGUELY related note, some scrote, probably in his late 20s, came up to me yesterday "mate can i just borrow your phone real quick, the phone box round the corner isnt working"
he had a mobile in each hand, and there is no phone box on the street.