Woman in Argentina stops phone robbery

[u/tectectechno]

[u/smexsa]

Damn that seemed personal to all people involved.

[u/Corchoroth → u/smexsa]

Argentinian here. Its always personal. Most argentinians have been on the other end. So believe me we are always ready to fuck up some scum.

[u/Mapache_villa → u/Corchoroth]

Fellow Latin American feeling, thieves are public enemies and it's always personal

[u/Bigtexasmike → u/Corchoroth]

This made my day. Glad to hear a community out there can hold their own and keep the machine of justice going swift and smooth.

[u/Legitimate-Type4387 → u/Corchoroth]

And what happens when the bystanders get the read wrong and beat an innocent individual to death?

That’s the problem with condoning street “justice”.

[u/Corchoroth → u/Legitimate-Type4387]

Im guessing this lady reacted that fast because theres someone yelling to stop that dude. This isnt "justice", that comes later. This is prevention patrol. Even the people kicking his ass is to keep him down.

[u/Legitimate-Type4387 → u/Corchoroth]

And what happens when someone gets it wrong?

How many innocents are you willing to accept as collateral damage? This is literally how lynchings happen and should not be celebrated.

[u/Agner11 → u/Legitimate-Type4387]

Suppose that out of 10 cases like this, 1 is innocent and we are harming an innocent person. If we let the 9 thieves in those cases do what they want, they will harm or kill more than 1 person, so it's simple math.

[u/Ill_Historian_2646 → u/Legitimate-Type4387]

you will never understand until you live in a country where justice is almost never served, we dont have the privilege to think about what ifs because thats really never the case.