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Female tourist takes down phone-snatcher in Argentina (i.imgur.com)

submitted 5 days ago by slothrop@lemmy.ca to c/videos@lemmy.world

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This is the moment a quick-thinking female Russian tourist took down a phone-snatcher in Argentina. Video posted by journalist Gonzalo Benitez shows the incident on November 9 when two thieves snuck up on the 33-year-old woman while she was on a bike waiting at a junction in the capital Buenos Aires. As they grab her device, she manages to wrestle one of them off the bike and hold him until Good Samaritans rush to her aid and help restrain him until the police arrive. Officers were also able to trace the offender who fled on the bike and discovered 10 cell phones at the property where he was arrested.

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[–] ozymandias@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 5 days ago (30 children)

this is what actual anarchy looks like

[–] Chev@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

Anarchy is nice

[–] DERRALEXANO@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I wish cops were reliable

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 12 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I wish they weren't corrupt, rapists, murderers, and recently, kidnappers.

[–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago

Recently?

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Abolish police. Form well-regulated militias instead. Most of the "police" don't even live in the neighborhoods they enforce the laws in.

[–] LaLuzDelSol@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Can you give me one example where this has EVER worked, on a scale larger than a couple thousand people.

[–] ozymandias@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 days ago

not gonna happen

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[–] motor_spirit@lemmy.world 12 points 5 days ago

stomp that mf out til he has a fucking epiphany

[–] wieson@feddit.org 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Compare - if you will - the effort and danger of the women herself, hanging onto the offender on a moving motorbike, falling multiple times, being dragged underneath his feet, not letting go, to the big man in the white t-shirt arriving late and kicking the offender as he's pinned down.

[–] albbi@piefed.ca 2 points 4 days ago

She took a few shots to the face too. One with the phone, and another with an elbow. May have slipped under the elbow though.

[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 8 points 4 days ago

Now trending on Kickstarter: That guy

Crowdsourced violence™️

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 days ago

More reasons to use a cheap burner when traveling (in addition to any potential border checkpoint shenanigans)

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