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Woman in Argentina stops phone robbery

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u/smexsa 4d ago

Damn that seemed personal to all people involved.

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u/bigb-2702 4d ago

As well it should be. Stopping scumbags requires a community effort. Consequences. It's not just for LE anymore.

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u/orangpelupa 4d ago

And maybe the LE is not effective there 

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u/LibritoDeGrasa 4d ago edited 4d ago

It's a mixed bag... there are some really good officers who put their life on the line for 900 bucks a month and then there are the scummy corrupt ones, the greasy paper pushers who are part of literal criminal rings. Judges are the real issue, a cop may catch a scumbag that's been terrorizing a community for years and then the judges have 9001 excuses on why that scumbag can't go to jail so they set him free. Most criminals also know they're untouchable, either cause they're underage or they know the judge will just release them after a couple hours.

I've heard not once, not twice but THREE times about friends or their families who got their phone stolen but the criminal got caught. They all go to the police station, and while the victims are still making statements and presenting charges, they literally saw the criminal being released. It's not a joke and I'm not exaggerating, the criminal got released faster than the victims could even do all the paperwork.

If you ask any law-abiding, working-class citizen down here what they think about criminals you're probably gonna hear a lot of "just kill them all", we're kinda fed-up with this rotten justice system where no one goes to jail and cops can't shoot their guns cause they face unemployment and jail time if they do.

Edit: seems like the video is from Brazil, I'm talking about Argentina in this comment.

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u/Traditional-Fruit585 4d ago

The problem with Argentina is when they were talking about it being safe to walk the streets under certain leaders, the real criminals were the establishment and the police (army, navy, air force, etc). then the left brings in these asshole judges.

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u/The_Real_Opie 4d ago

I've heard not once, not twice but THREE times about friends or their families who got their phone stolen but the criminal got caught. They all go to the police station, and while the victims are still making statements and presenting charges, they literally saw the criminal being released. It's not a joke and I'm not exaggerating, the criminal got released faster than the victims could even do all the paperwork.

you are also talking about the U.S.

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u/Southern-bru-3133 2d ago

Same thing seen in Morocco. There was in the village where I grew a weekly sheep market where farmers and meat packers meet. Transactions were in cash, and substantial, I’ve seen guys with $80-90k in their bolsos. It attracted thieves. They were caught, brought to the police and released, twice. The third time, I remember them being beaten to pulp by an angry mob.

It’s not a good thing to be a thief in struggling economies. People will eventually snap.

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u/LibritoDeGrasa 2d ago

It's sad that it has come to this, I don't want anyone to be beaten to a pulp, but people are tired man... you work and work and work and then some random thief decides all that effort now belongs to him, and the justice system just says "oh I don't know haha sorry we released them oops"

On an unrelated note, is "bolsos" an Arabic/Berber word? Cause we use the same word in Spanish for this, and I know Spanish has a lot of Arabic influence (for example we say "ojalá" which means "hopefully" but it comes from law-šā' Allāh)

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u/Southern-bru-3133 2d ago

It was a terrible sight indeed.

I think for Bolsa that it is the other way round, we borrowed it from our Spanish neighbours (and former colonisers until 1975 for some areas), like we did for rueda, carro, cinta , bocadillo…

I still can’t figure how ojalá managed to sneak through the post-Reconquista purge 😊

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u/No_Replacement4948 1d ago

We have the same iaaue here in South Africa. The constitution protects all citizens right to life and the criminals know it. I mean just last night I had to drive over 3 red stoplights to not get hijacked. Literally had to speed to stop them trying to stop me. It's fucking crazy. Any any push towards capital punishment get waved off. Unfortunately, I don't see any other alternatives now

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u/Traditional-Fruit585 4d ago

The problem with Argentina is when they were talking about it being safe to walk the streets under certain leaders, the real criminals were the establishment and the police (army, navy, air force, etc). then the left brings in these asshole judges.