Real interesting. To catch a thief on rural property.

[Fixastuff]

Not going to watch the video but anything like this from a YouTube star I assume is scripted and fake.

 

[AchingBack]

Not going to watch the video but anything like this from a YouTube star I assume is scripted and fake.

Nah. It's real.

 

[4570Man]

Not going to watch the video but anything like this from a YouTube star I assume is scripted and fake.

Not this guy.

 

[the old grind]

We old guys (>70, etc) should recognize that just like say a news network or a movie franchise there is a lot of wholesome, useful, informative material in the moral/social/political swamp that YT is like so many others. Just like any media we can only learn from what we watch, whether it's about right to repair or next year's likely tractor price increases.

btw, A friend's snowflake wife once said that a 'bait car' is entrapment. That was several years ago and before glitter bombs were being set for porch pirates. I'd love to hear her take on that bit.

 

[JDZ735M]

Maybe its legit; maybe its a con job. I don't know. It doesn't help that the "victim" has a strong interest in self-promotion on his YouTube channel, and does lots of things to draw attention to himself. YMMV.

Like most things on the internet we may never know for sure, the REAL and FULL story. You make some good points and a lot does go back to "is it real or staged'. The one thing you seem to be misaligned on is the influence or control the judge has on a search warrant. I see you are in Cali so that may be part of it, things are different there. But I don't know of anywhere that the judge signing a search warrant becomes the prosecutor or investigator after he signs the warrant.

And as far as LEO's not liking the TV cameras, I guess you never heard of "COPS" or any number of spinoffs. A lot of jurisdictions had to officially cut ties with those shows because of all the pandering for the cameras some of those guys were doing.

 

[4570Man]

Maybe a rapist.

At least that carries significant prison time where nothing happens to a thief.

 

[JDZ735M]

At least that carries significant prison time where nothing happens to a thief.

Yet some sitting behind bars in prison today for theft would say the exact opposite.

I think reality is that our justice system is overwhelmed because it's inherent leniency encourages recidivism. Everyone knows some one who has been in jail or prison and too many have been arrested multiple times without enough punishment to keep them from doing crime again when they get out.

 

[3 Horse Ranch]

Yet some sitting behind bars in prison today for theft would say the exact opposite.

I think reality is that our justice system is overwhelmed because it's inherent leniency encourages recidivism. Everyone knows some one who has been in jail or prison and too many have been arrested multiple times without enough punishment to keep them from doing crime again when they get out.

I've been watching the original 60s TV series" The Untouchables" for the last week or so. It amazes me how narrator of the series rattles off a litany of charges and convictions of the hoodlums, yet there they are back at it. While the stories are fictionalized, many of the characters and rap sheets are real. It has been an ongoing problem for decades.

Personally. I like the three strikes law, but I would modify it. Three misdemeanors for theft, assault, etc = a felony. Each misdemeanor after that is also a felony, three felonies and life without parole. If the first offense is a felony, every crime whether misdemeanor or felony is counted as a felony. And I would start the clock at age 16.

 

[JDZ735M]

And I would start the clock at age 16.

Those are good ideas. This particular statement reminded me of what the Bumper Morgan character said in one of Wambaugh's novels about the LAPD: "Give every 16 year old a shyster and let the chips fall where they may." Or something like that in support of eliminating "juvenile" court trials.

 

[MossRoad]

... I like the three strikes law, but I would modify it. Three misdemeanors for theft, assault, etc = a felony. ...

Here's how that works out....

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania prosecutors have dropped a felony theft charge against a man who underpaid for a bottle of Mountain Dew by 43 cents.

Prosecutors in Perry County dropped the theft charge this month against Joseph Sobolewski, 38, and downgraded another charge, the Patriot-News reportedTuesday.

In August, Sobolewski went into an Exxon in Duncannon and saw a sign advertising two 20-ounce Mountain Dew bottles for $3, he said. He took one bottle, slapped $2 on the counter for what he thought was a $1.50 soda and walked out, not realizing the discount did not apply to a single bottle.

The bottle really cost $2.29, so including tax, he owed the store 43 cents.

State police found Sobolewski and arrested him on a felony charge. A judge ordered him held on $50,000 cash-only bond. He was in jail for seven days before his public defender successfully argued for his release, the newspaper reported.

Sobolewski had twice in the past 10 years been charged with theft, once for not paying for a tank of gas and another time for stealing a pair of shoes from a store. Under Pennsylvania's three-strikes law, a third theft charge must be a felony, regardless of the amount or value involved. He faced up to seven years in prison.