Current Events > YouTube "prank" turns fatal...

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MisterPengy posted...

The victim is the person who was made to believe they were in danger and now gets to deal with the trauma of having killed another human being when they were (presumably) just trying to go about their day.

Sad

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MisterPengy posted...

People keep talking about "victim blaming." The person who got killed is not the victim. A victim of his own stupidity, maybe, but that's it.

The victim is the person who was made to believe they were in danger and now gets to deal with the trauma of having killed another human being when they were (presumably) just trying to go about their day.

This!

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Sympathy not found

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of course hes not going to get fucking charged. Why would you?

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Common sense says you don't do robbery pranks like this, it always ends in disaster.
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Can the surviving prankster still get an attempted armed robbery charge? What if it was a real robbery attempt and he just told cops it was a prank to get a lighter charge >_>

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I'm trying to wrap my head around the events leading up to this. Couple of guys sitting around, hey I know, let's pretend to rob someone! They are gonna laugh so much when they find out it's a prank! And they are all like yeah great idea guys let's do it!

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Monolith1676 posted...

I don't understand why victim blaming is so frowned upon. There are some situations where people do bring it on themselves and should rightly get blamed for it.

Blame mod enforced political correctness and the mass marking snowflakes.

VipaGTS posted...

Can the surviving prankster still get an attempted armed robbery charge? What if it was a real robbery attempt and he just told cops it was a prank to get a lighter charge >_>

It's at least criminal menacing

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Conflict posted...

This isn't victim blaming. These motherfuckers literally walked up to a random group with butcher knives. If anything the shooter was the victim

I was basically saying, "I'm not saying the dude deserved to get killed, but..."

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VipaGTS posted...

Can the surviving prankster still get an attempted armed robbery charge? What if it was a real robbery attempt and he just told cops it was a prank to get a lighter charge >_>

Tbqh I think it could be argued that he should be charged for his friend's death

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@Slayerblade11 here

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Darwin award goes to...

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I didn't know that those prank videos were still a thing.
Anywho this wasn't even a prank this was crime.

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Gonna rob a bank as a prank
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Smashingpmkns posted...

Gonna rob a bank as a prank

Already happened... And the police was let the off easy at first. It wasn't until the DA stepped in.

TikTok and YouTube video-makers Alan and Alex Stokes have been arrested after allegedly staging two fake bank robberies for a video.
During one incident, an Uber driver was held at gunpoint by police.
The twin brothers, who have a total of about 30 million followers, have been charged with false imprisonment and falsely reporting an emergency.
If convicted, they face up to four years in prison.
The pair are accused of presenting themselves as criminals to an unsuspecting Uber driver and members of the public in Irvine, California, on 15 October 2019.
In one YouTube video, the pair are seen running away from a building wearing ski masks, and carrying duffel bags filled with dollar bills.
They appear to ask bystanders to give them assistance in the form of clothes or free car rides. The Uber driver refused to give them a ride.
The police were called by a member of the public, who thought they were trying to steal the driver's car. When police arrived, the driver was held at gunpoint. It was later determined that he was not involved.
The incident was being filmed by a videographer for the purpose of being shared on social media.
At the time, police let the brothers go with a warning, some of which was included in their video.
However, Orange Country district attorney Todd Spitzer said the elaborate "prank" had broken the law.
"These are crimes that could have resulted in someone getting seriously injured or even killed," said Mr Spitzer.
"Law enforcement officers are sworn to protect the public and when someone calls 911 to report an active bank robbery, they are going to respond to protect lives.
"Instead, what they found was some kind of twisted attempt to gain more popularity on the internet by unnecessarily putting members of the public and police officers in danger."

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cjsdowg posted...

Already happened... And the police was let the off easy at first. It wasn't until the DA stepped in.

so what was the end result? prison or no?

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Smashingpmkns posted...

Gonna rob a bank as a prank

i saw something where some guys tried this...or rather they dressed like robbers, had a speaker play an alarm sound then ran away from a bank. Did it multiple times. One of those times they called an Uber and tried to prank the driver but the driver kicked them out and called the cops. then afterwards they were like "dude wtf the cops got so mad at us lol it was crazy"

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Has his Youtube channel been identified yet?

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Fucking dumb.

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What was the endgame if the people being mugged handed over their cash?

"Ha-ha, gotcha! We weren't really robbing you. Here's your money back for being good sports "

"Oh thank heavens, you got us good you little rascals."
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ModLogic posted...

so what was the end result? prison or no?

looks like their channel is getting regular uploads

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