Bike thief interupted...

http://gothamist.com/2009/09/08/video_bike_thief_gets_beatdown.php#more

ha I know one of those guys and I'm 99% sure I know the guy videotaping based on the voice. This happens sort of regularly, people are so ballsy about stealing bikes these days that I've known of a few beatdowns to occur...

I've heard from a couple people (including a video someone posted here) that bikes are more likely to get stolen on busy streets than deserted ones.

someone needs tofind a working link for this video

I gotta see it!

Subject: Video

The video was available today morning. Now it is gone. Youtube states that the video was violating their terms of service. Whatever the reason, I bet, Hitokiri, that just like you many people are going to wonder what was there.

Ironically, these images may be far more powerful now that can be only imagined.

At least the story is on gothamist, you can imagine it. It wasn't grafic at all he just got pushed and punched in the back 2 times or so.
http://mobile.gothamist.com/2009/09/08/video_bike_thief_gets_beatdown.php

Here's the story. I was having brunch on first ave and first street with a a couple of friends including Alfred .It was a pretty sunny day and a good there was a good amount of pedestrian traffic .Nothing unusual. Alfred went out to make a call and spotted someone looking over his bike. Nothing unusual ,he got a hot ass cannondale with hot ass wheels.the guy was average looking,had a helmet and a bag.looked like your average joe casual biker.Suddenly this dude gets on his knees and pulls out a drill.At first Alfred thought he wanted to steal his wheels,until he saw the drill.Is this what it has come out to?!people stealing bike with drills?Anyways as he was getting ready to drill the ulock,Alfred comes in the restaurant and yells,!yooooo someones trying to steal my bike,lets go get him.and let me tell you this ass hole tried stealing the wrong bike.first it was a bike messengers bike and second it was Alfred's bike and the motherFkr got a temper sometimes.so we roll out to this dude and start pounding him.my first instinct was to get my U lock and bang on him,but my bike was already locked up so , we bumbrushed this dude and started pounding him.Everybody is watching and wondering why this dude is being plumeted ,but at that point we don't give a fuck.we had to make sure this asshole dosen't do it again.me personal i have had 2 bikes stolen,in like a month apart.fuck that shit.he did't even look like a bike thief!so while pounding him i reach out to put my phone in my pocket and realized i had a camera on my wait.i pulled it out and captured the second half of the beating!

lord knows i would have done a running soccer kick to his head if I caught him in the act of taking my bike... especially with adrill, which could be considered a weapon.

hitokiri wrote: lord knows i would have done a running soccer kick to his head if I caught him in the act of taking my bike... especially with adrill, which could be considered a weapon.

It looked like it may have actually had a bit like an angle grinder, so not a great weapon.

Carnivore wrote: [quote=hitokiri]lord knows i would have done a running soccer kick to his head if I caught him in the act of taking my bike... especially with adrill, which could be considered a weapon.

It looked like it may have actually had a bit like an angle grinder, so not a great weapon.



depends.

...it could be applied to the ear lobe.

determination!

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hitokiri wrote: determination!

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That was much milder than I expected.

agreed

the guy got lucky and missed a knockout punch to him due to the helmet shielding his face.

Carnivore wrote: [quote=hitokiri]determination!

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That was much milder than I expected.

LOL J said the same thing "that wasn't a beat down, that was a scuffle"

The thief looked embarrassed more than injured.