It took 20 years to catch the unabomber, and he was only caught because his brother recognized his writing and turned him in. That was a high profile case with a repeat offender so had way more resources thrown at it than would be thrown at a case of “I lost my fingers to a firecracker in a decoy wallet that I stole.”
Prove it. Police response time for non-emergancy issues could easily be 30+ minutes after which i would have moved on. Also investigatory resources for cases that aren’t gift wrapped or murders are about nil.
Civil cases for any meaningful non-small claims affair are going to start at 5000-10,000 and are basically unavailable for poor people. You aren’t entitled to a free lawyer.
Small claims is going to be for actual damages which are going to be about nil and are going to get you near no money and 15 minutes of fame.
Here is what actually happens. Thief endures a small amount of pain and humiliation and fucks off.
The actual risk isn’t a hypothetical lawsuit it’s that it leads to a fight where you might be injured.
The thief would have to prove that they were harmed by a particular person. Meanwhile such attacks are in public places people are moving through hit and run style. Police response times are long on non-emergency issues and the last thing the thief wants is police contact.
A: The thief doesn’t call the cops
B: If the thief does call the cops the person is gone,
C: If they follow you are being followed by someone who tried to harm you pepper spray them
D: the police do not meaningfully investigate the thief’s claims if they are alone
E: if both parties are present the police don’t care about petty crimes they didn’t see and therefore can’t prove so let everyone go
F: If you got harmed reaching into someone’s purse they are liable to prosecute the thief not the victim if anyone especially if they admit they had their hand in your purse
G: if the thief does try to sue its in small claims court for actual damages which are small and creates a record of their identity allowing you to popularize their face and identity in the local area as the thief who sued his victim. Seriously start putting up posters with their face around the area. Loss of illicit revenue will be higher than gains. Hopefully they also get stomped later.
Since all of these things are implicitly obvious and most importantly the first rule being a hood is avoid police contact we basically normally always stop at 1.
Probably easier way of defeating pick pockets is to carry a decoy or purse wallet with a painful surprise in it.
booby trapping is illegal and will get you in trouble while the pickpocket sues you into generational debt
It took 20 years to catch the unabomber, and he was only caught because his brother recognized his writing and turned him in. That was a high profile case with a repeat offender so had way more resources thrown at it than would be thrown at a case of “I lost my fingers to a firecracker in a decoy wallet that I stole.”
Prove it. Police response time for non-emergancy issues could easily be 30+ minutes after which i would have moved on. Also investigatory resources for cases that aren’t gift wrapped or murders are about nil.
Civil cases for any meaningful non-small claims affair are going to start at 5000-10,000 and are basically unavailable for poor people. You aren’t entitled to a free lawyer.
Small claims is going to be for actual damages which are going to be about nil and are going to get you near no money and 15 minutes of fame.
Here is what actually happens. Thief endures a small amount of pain and humiliation and fucks off.
The actual risk isn’t a hypothetical lawsuit it’s that it leads to a fight where you might be injured.
i have to prove booby trapping is illegal? ok thats pretty easy thanks
The thief would have to prove that they were harmed by a particular person. Meanwhile such attacks are in public places people are moving through hit and run style. Police response times are long on non-emergency issues and the last thing the thief wants is police contact.
A: The thief doesn’t call the cops B: If the thief does call the cops the person is gone, C: If they follow you are being followed by someone who tried to harm you pepper spray them D: the police do not meaningfully investigate the thief’s claims if they are alone E: if both parties are present the police don’t care about petty crimes they didn’t see and therefore can’t prove so let everyone go F: If you got harmed reaching into someone’s purse they are liable to prosecute the thief not the victim if anyone especially if they admit they had their hand in your purse G: if the thief does try to sue its in small claims court for actual damages which are small and creates a record of their identity allowing you to popularize their face and identity in the local area as the thief who sued his victim. Seriously start putting up posters with their face around the area. Loss of illicit revenue will be higher than gains. Hopefully they also get stomped later.
Since all of these things are implicitly obvious and most importantly the first rule being a hood is avoid police contact we basically normally always stop at 1.
Eh. The person who makes the porch pirate videos hasn’t gotten in trouble yet.