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One's right not to be harmed should be severely curtailed (in terms of legal protection) if it occurs in the context of having been caught in the act of stealing.

But in Cali-fookedup- ifornia, it is not a crime to steal anything worth less than $950. Technically, then, it was an unprovoked assault.

only thing they did wrong is record it and have witnesses....

They could be Google employee's. Bicycles are free for them.

It may be time for a little frontier justice. Never have believed Judge Roy Bean let convicted criminals lounge around in jail. Hasbeen

Similar to the victim of serial robberies who moved his car away from the house and sneaked home to lie in wait for the robbers so he could kill them on video.

Premeditated murder in that case, premeditated serial assault in this case. And in both cases, the perps provide all the evidence necessary to ensure conviction.

I guess it must have been fun while it lasted.

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

You cant set a trap for people.....unless yer the cops.

Good reason not to record or photograph schitt that could get you in trouble!!

Yeah! Like that time the hooker turned out to be a cop. I tried tellin’ em she was too damn good lookin’ to be a $20 hooker!

No conviction if I am on the jury

I agree

Ditto. Deliberately left out or not, a thief is still thief.

Where is that "Bait Car" show filmed? Where the cops leave a nice car unlocked with the keys in it or something. Talk about setting a deliberate trap. But even then, an honest person will walk right by it...

Clearly, those homeowners should have been giving out koolaid and blauxjobs out front to any would be thieves.

$950? C'mon. That's not crime. Should be 10x that much.

There is a difference between setting a trap in order to catch a criminal, and setting a trap so that you may commit a felony.

Where I differ is that if I catch a thief in the act and beat his ass with a pick handle it shouldn't be a felony or a misdemeanor for that matter.

A friend of mine had a younger brother who was kind of wild got arrested by a good looking undercover cop posing as a prostitute in San Antonio. When they put him in jail he was scared to death because there was bunch of rough looking characters in his cell. The biggest meanest looking guy asked him why he was in jail (the only white guy) and he told him he tried to get a female cop to give him a blow job. They all laughed and left him alone until his brother bailed him out.

Glad I live in Texas where it's not a felony to shoot someone who is stealing your property (which also can be a felony depending on the value of what they are stealing). I probably wouldn't shoot somebody stealing a bicycle (don't have one) but probably would shoot someone breaking into one of my vehicles.

Yep.

All Americans should be taught about jury nullification. The Founders intended for us to exercise it.

In California, a citizen may use "necessary force" to detain a lawbreaker, felony or misdemeanor, until law enforcement arrives. California Penal Code 837. But, it all comes down to the D.A., and what he considers necessary force, and whether the citizen making the detainment really wants to mix it up with a low life, it's pretty much a loser with the 950 dollar threshold, in my case, a tweaker swiped the electronics out of my boat. When I turned it in to the cops, the desk lady didn't want the serial numbers of the electronics??? You'd think they would at least want them to check the pawn shops. Nope. Very hard at the time, to weigh the pros and cons when you are angry, but if I had confronted the suspect and it escalated, to the worst case scenario, I think I could have gotten hard time...no more guns, and the grandkids, "Gramps, why did you go to jail?"