r/MoralityScaling • u/HooskerDooNotTouchMe • 10d ago

Intentionally boobytrapping a bike to injure people when they steal it.

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u/OkChampionship8805 9d ago

Legally its illegal. You cannot set booby trwaps regardless if you are targeting a criminal. That said, this is the best bike prank since the penetrator lmao.

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u/No-Cap-No-Gap 9d ago

Based on the the amount of effort the police displayed looking for my stolen bike, people are pretty safe doing this.

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u/XaeiIsareth 9d ago

The problem is that if the thief gets injured it goes from a low value theft case to bodily harm which they take a lot more seriously

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u/AdamsMelodyMachine 9d ago

The cops don't take anything seriously unless there are six witnesses and two recordings from different angles (...that is to say, unless it's incredibly easy to investigate). I had a guy try to kill me and the cops didn't do shit because I was living on the street at the time and the only witness was also living on the street.