Comments by "Daniel Bradford" (@Falconlibrary) on "‘Theft is essentially legal’: Lawrence Newport’s plan to crush crime | SpectatorTV" video.

  1. My experience in the States: I lived in Beverly Hills. A homeless man vandalized my car in a futile attempt to break into it, causing thousands in damage. As two very bored Beverly Hills police officers were taking my report, I shared security camera footage with them that clearly showed the man's face--and as I was doing that, THE MAN ON THE VIDEO WALKED BY US, dressed exactly as he appeared in the video. The cops agreed this man was the guy, but one of the officers said "Oh, we know him. He does this all the time. If we arrest him, he'll be back on the streets today, so I'm not going to waste time on that. The law doesn't allow us to hold him for a non-violent crime. You have insurance, don't you?" The vandal/thief was standing watching and listening to this exchange. He hooted with laughter and pointed at me: "GET IT FIXED! SO I CAN DO IT AGAIN! YOU CAN'T DO NOTHIN' TO ME!" Then he ran off laughing like the madman he is. But not so mad he didn't know he's immune from consequences, and surely more sane than the people who made him immune. I moved back to Kansas after that, where the laws actually allow the police to actually DO something about crime.
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  2. Fail to pay your taxes if you want to see the police leap into action.
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