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Re: Glitter bomb tricks parcel thieves

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Post by nkrisc »

captncraig wrote: post #864
nkrisc wrote: post #753

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I think even just the sink bomb part that instantly emptied as soon as it was opened would have the same effect. It's probably easier to build and could all be done mechanically. You can get some pretty foul stink bombs, then triple it. If it made their car unsellable out their house miserable I'd call that a success and no one got hurt.

There's a line that might open you up to being sued over it. Ridiculous as that would be, I wouldn't really be surprised if the right lawyer in the right court could pull it off.

Sure. It's all hypothetical, of course. Though, hypothetically, I might also thank them for intercepting a booby-trapped package that was meant for me.

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Post by slededit »

djsumdog wrote: post #679
will_brown wrote: post #607

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>What happens next? Well let me tell you of another event that occurred to me in 08/17. I was kidnapped at gunpoint from a gas station, forced to drive my attacker with a gun on my for 30 minutes, eventually after getting off the highway I jumped out of my own car in gear, escaped and called the police. First words out of the sergeants mouth responding, “cut the shit what really happened.” Despite my insistence I’m a…

Did you piss off someone as an attorney? This sounds super suspicious; like you've been targeted and there's corruption involved. ... or it could just be a shit system; speculating here.

The cop is going to make a split second decision on your story and that will forever colour future interactions with cops. They will all see the note on the file. If your story sounds like a hollywood movie its not too surprising the first cop will be suspicious.

First impressions matter a lot when it comes to bureaucracy.

Re: Glitter bomb tricks parcel thieves

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Post by undersuit »

unreal37 wrote: post #868
MagicPropmaker wrote: post #738

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You can get the business to hand over their records by suing "John Doe" in court, getting a judgement, and then getting a subpoena. The banks losses aren't yours but you can sue for your uninsured damages. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doe_subpoena Call an attorney!

He is an attorney...

Allegedly.

Re: Glitter bomb tricks parcel thieves

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Post by JVIDEL »

jimmux wrote: post #821
cr0sh wrote: post #670

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Not that it would have helped in your case, but we've had porch pirates in my neighborhood. We had a recent one steal some packages. I found out about it on Nextdoor. I wasn't affected by it (I have my packages delivered to my work), but I watched the thread with interest. The neighbors had cameras - they got good pictures of the vehicle, the woman who stole the packages, etc. Multiple neighbors did this, coordinatin…

Criminals are often not the brightest sparks. My car was stolen last Friday night. It's on a car-share platform so the thief took the lockbox that's normally fitted to the window, bashed it open to get the key, and came back later for the vehicle. There is a very conspicuous warning on the lockbox that the car is fitted with two GPS units. When I first reported the theft, police said all they can do is wait for the c…

They sell vehicle trackers that can be hidden anywhere, the only expensive part is the data plan really

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Post by xapata »

iamroot wrote: post #863
xapata wrote: post #808

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Is it not obvious?

It's flagged. What was it?

A sarcastic comment suggesting that President Trump is a kleptocrat similar to ones from other countries. BTW, you can enable the "show dead" preference if you're curious about flagged or heavily downvoted comments.

Re: Glitter bomb tricks parcel thieves

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Post by iamdave »

cat199 wrote: post #782
iamdave wrote: post #533

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there needs to be a platform to post these videos for the public to crowdsource the identity of these people. And then what? Will the platform also have a portal that will let people en masse vex the local PD with messages containing links to the video until the precinct assigns an officer to the case? What happens next? Is there going to be a timer or some kind of SLA on the platform that notifies people in the crow…

> Crowdsourcing criminal investigation, even a passive element of it like identifying mugs from home security footage seems like a rabbit hole I'm not sure we're prepared to go down sooo, like, down with trial by jury?

If you're looking for me to respond, in seriousness to this I'm going to need some assurances that you know the difference between a criminal investigation and a court trial since my comment was about one of those things, and pretty emphatically not the other.

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Post by foxyv »

will_brown wrote: post #512

I just told this story on HN, but my car window was smashed on 10/13/18 and the theives got my wallet and house keys. They used my credit card at foot locker (~$500), The Store Manager confirmed two guys made the purchase and corporate said they would turn over the video if police just ask. A month later the bank fraud dept informed me someone was trying to cash a fake check ($1,600) against my account at an ATM usin…

When did police stop trying to catch robbers? It's usually just a few serial robbers terrorizing a neighborhood. The few times they catch someone they stop like 50% of the crime in the area. I remember one time they did a bait bike program and rounded up a ring that was stealing hundreds of bikes. But they see one little robbery and go meh!

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Post by scarejunba »

dvtrn wrote: post #874
scarejunba wrote: post #812

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No more than you're curtailing my freedom by not letting me into your home. I've been convicted of nothing but you won't just let me into your home.

An individual private citizen not letting you onto their property is categorically different from the state passing laws dictating where individuals who aren't prisoners, captives or wards of the state may travel, commune, and reside--and it's an astonishing notion that anyone would try to conflate one with the other and expect to be taken seriously when they say it's "not about curtailing freedom".

Ah, but I wasn't requiring the state to pass laws. Only for the state to allow for private enterprise to build safe places using this trust factor.

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Post by dkonofalski »

pixl97 wrote: post #559
dkonofalski wrote: post #360

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That was my takeaway from this. It just gives the package thieves more reason to do it because, even if they do get caught on video, there's nothing that's going to be done about it.

Until they finally do it in Texas or Florida, and get shot to death.

I think people in TX and FL would have a hard time defending themselves with Stand Your Ground because a central part of that defense is proving that your only other option would be retreat. An unarmed package thief pretty much negates that as a defense.

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Post by woolvalley »

lxmorj wrote: post #806
will_brown wrote: post #512

I just told this story on HN, but my car window was smashed on 10/13/18 and the theives got my wallet and house keys. They used my credit card at foot locker (~$500), The Store Manager confirmed two guys made the purchase and corporate said they would turn over the video if police just ask. A month later the bank fraud dept informed me someone was trying to cash a fake check ($1,600) against my account at an ATM usin…

This sucks and shouldn’t be true, but it is: make this the police’s problem. Make it easier for them to do what you ask than to ignore you or give you platitudes. Call every damn day day. Explain the situation from scratch, in detail. When they say they can’t do anything, ask for a supervisor. Repeat. Do not get upset. Be friendly, but annoy them into submission. They are human. Lazy humans with a very easy out ‘this…

The problem with this is the police can harass you back in an asymmetrical way that involves you in jail with a record on trumped up charges.

If they wont even bother with the most non-controversial of crimes, what makes you think they have the moral gumption to not do that to get rid of an annoyance?

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