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In article <Jym.07Aug2011.4e3f1881@scorcher.org>,
 Jym Dyer <jym@econet.org> wrote:

> =v= A guy tries to steal a bike in San Francisco and is
> stopped, everything is caught on video:
> 
> http://youtu.be/U-zJQzi7dMg
> 
>     <_Jym_>
> 
> (via @sfcriticalmass)

That polite confrontation should stop him from stealing another bike for 
at least 5 minutes.  I bet SFPD refuses to investigate.
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On 11/08/11 11:45 PM, Kevin McMurtrie wrote:
> In article<Jym.07Aug2011.4e3f1881@scorcher.org>,
>   Jym Dyer<jym@econet.org>  wrote:
>
>> =v= A guy tries to steal a bike in San Francisco and is
>> stopped, everything is caught on video:
>>
>> http://youtu.be/U-zJQzi7dMg
>>
>>      <_Jym_>
>>
>> (via @sfcriticalmass)
>
> That polite confrontation should stop him from stealing another bike for
> at least 5 minutes.  I bet SFPD refuses to investigate.

I don't understand why they didn't keep him on the ground, in an 
arm-lock, until police arrived.  I would never have let him get back on 
his feet, and certainly not have let him grab something and start 
walking/running away.  She had enough moxie to blast into him to knock 
him off the bike.  I'm sure she would have had plenty of help holding 
him on the ground, if she had just asked the people around her to help, 
and asked for someone to call 911.

jc

=v= There's a comments thread.  The thief claimed to have
a knife, which did the trick of scaring people.  However,
the thief left his own bike behind, which in theory the SFPD
could do some sort of forensics on if _CSI_ reflected actual
police work.
    <_Jym_>

On 13/08/11 12:02 AM, Jym Dyer wrote:
> =v= There's a comments thread.  The thief claimed to have
> a knife, which did the trick of scaring people.

That only matters after he got up.  If they had tackled him while he was 
still down and off the bike, they could have put him in an armlock 
before he could even think of going for a knife.

jc