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I was delivering an order for a customer and saw some guy messing with the bikes on a bike rack using a screwdriver. Then another guy showed up, so the first one stopped, slipped the screwdriver into his pocket, and started smoking a cigarette like nothing was going on. I was debating whether to report it or not - but then I noticed his jacket said "Russia" in big letters on the back, and that settled it for me.

That was only the second time in my life I’ve called the emergency number.

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[–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 4 points 2 hours ago

The emergency number being, of course, 0118 999 88199 9119 725 …. 3!

[–] LaLuzDelSol@lemmy.world 4 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

So what happened? Did you stick around to find out?

[–] Perspectivist@feddit.uk 3 points 4 hours ago

No, I went inside. I doubt they ever reached him.

[–] HailSeitan@lemmy.world -5 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

New club rule: No narcs allowed

[–] lessthanluigi@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 4 hours ago (2 children)
[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 1 points 39 minutes ago

On the one hand, I agree.

On the other hand, the cops aren't going to stop them. At best they show up and provide a note for your insurance. At worst they shoot your dog.

[–] HailSeitan@lemmy.world -1 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

Fuck people who call the cops

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 4 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I've thought about this problem and don't have a generally applicable answer.

On the one hand, I don't want someone to steal my bike or have their bike stolen.

On the other, the police are the worst and will probably make the situation worse.

So I lean towards "don't call the cops", but it feels like there should be something to do other than taking on the full risk of intervening yourself.

[–] tmyakal@infosec.pub 2 points 1 hour ago

I've literally had my home broken into and stuff stolen from it. It was the one time in my life that I ever called the police. They trampled through my place, made a mess and broke more things, and then decided I was reporting a suspicious amount of electronics and accused me of trying to do some kind of insurance fraud.

Fuck cops.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 hours ago

Fuck generalizations.

[–] zwerg@feddit.org 35 points 13 hours ago

That sounds way too exciting for here. What is this, a bond movie?

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 14 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I always feel queasy when people of a certain minority confirm the prejudices one has about them.

[–] Cris_Color@lemmy.world 13 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

To be perfectly honest, I feel kinda queasy when people see the misdeeds of an individual as substantiation of a prejudice against an entire minority demographic...

[–] match@pawb.social 5 points 5 hours ago

also, a bit queasy when someone uses minority status as part of their reasoning to call the cops

[–] lessthanluigi@lemmy.sdf.org 13 points 13 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Perspectivist@feddit.uk 28 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

Could be. Maybe they're running out of motorbikes too and are about to start storming Ukranian positions with bicycles next.

[–] verity_kindle@sh.itjust.works 7 points 12 hours ago

Jesus wept.

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 5 points 12 hours ago

I'm pretty sure I saw footage of exactly that happening

[–] verity_kindle@sh.itjust.works 4 points 12 hours ago

Good on you.