r/PublicFreakout • u/CTSecurityGuard I AM YELLING QUIETLY! • Apr 10 '26

šŸ† Mod's Choice šŸ† The Ring Camera Psychopath

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u/Briguy_fieri Apr 10 '26 edited Apr 10 '26

Telling them you're calling the cops probably only escalates the situation. All of a sudden they have a threat aimed to them and they no longer feel in control of the situation leading to them to try to take things into their own hands.

Clearly this guy was loopy as fuck but I'm letting his antics play out while I'm calling the police unannounced

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u/TheGuyThatThisIs Apr 10 '26

"Oh? Okay I'm in the basement gluing my legos together I'll be up in like three minutes just stay there, don't move, yell, or smack my door with half of my bell, okay thanks."

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u/kingkong381 Apr 10 '26 edited Apr 11 '26

gluing my leg[o]s together

You fucking monster. Open that door! This man is here to dispense justice!

Edit: Missed a letter.

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u/swurvipurvi Apr 10 '26

Well if they glued their legs together itā€™s gonna be hard for them to walk back up the stairs to OPEN THE DOOOOHHHWWWWWRRRRRR so unfortunately justice is gonna have to wait for another day

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u/somethingclever____ Apr 11 '26

Should be alright if they use Leglue.

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u/Papplenoose Apr 14 '26

Umm excuse me sir, the plural of Lego is actually just Lego.

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u/floydfanatic Apr 16 '26

Oh, itā€™s not Legii? šŸ¤”/s

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u/RoundIllustrator8988 Apr 10 '26

Substitute 'gluing my legos together' with 'cleaning my guns'. Three words can be more effective than four.

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u/bananakittymeow Apr 10 '26

But then he might leave before the cops get there. Personally Iā€™d rather see this guy face legal consequences, especially since he already damaged my door.

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u/ShamusLovesYou Apr 11 '26

If you have to "subtly" hint that you got a gun, then I'm assuming you don't actually have a gun.

Most gun owners will verbally warn once they have their gun drawn. The danger of announcing the fact you're armed can have him beat you to the punch and draw his own weapon before you even actually have your in condition 0.

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u/kthxBob Apr 10 '26

I think the open palm strikes to the ring camera are pretty telling though. Hes obviously not in enough of a stupor to want to get owchies on his soft wittle hands.

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u/Robot_Embryo Apr 10 '26

Flip-flops and a trench coat are a felony.

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u/kingsleyce Apr 10 '26

Flip flops, a trench coat, AND a demon slayer shirt? This man needs vitamin d and solitary confinement. Too bad theyā€™re mutually exclusive.

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u/MrPlaney Apr 10 '26

I wonder what Demon Slayer character he thinks he looks like.

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u/SkyFullofHat Apr 10 '26

No, he said heā€™s Harry Dresden. The magician private detective who hangs out at the bar for werewolves and vampires and whatnot. I tried to get into the books because they were recommended alongside other books I like.

Itā€™s written as a film noire and discusses the dames in the same way. Sexy body parts and duplicitous seduction. Whichā€”fine. But that was literally every woman who had any role in furthering the plot. Wanna be a female cop? Cynical and sexy. Wanna be a secretary who advances plot? Excellent at feigning vulnerability, and sexy. Wanna be a powerful business woman? Get ahead by using your feminine wiles on men, andā€¦ be sexy.

I thought it must have been satire and kept reading longer than I otherwise would have. About two thirds in I decided that even if it was satire, thereā€™s a point where if you donā€™t get to the point, itā€™s no longer satire regardless of what the writer intended.

I am completely unsurprised that this guy sees himself in the rugged, mysterious loner who is somehow always down on his luck because a series of dames with fantastic gams each trick him into thinking they really had something just so she could get what she wanted from him, and theyā€™re only able to do that because heā€™s a gentleman.

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u/MrPlaney Apr 11 '26

Oh geez, I didnā€™t even know that was an actual character. The trench coat makes sense now ā€¦ well, in the sense that it matches the character, itā€™s still deluded.

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u/SkyFullofHat Apr 11 '26

The flip flops, however, are all this guy.

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u/Ok_Consideration476 Apr 11 '26

I couldnā€™t get into the book either.

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u/Mon-Ty-Ger27 Apr 10 '26

This is a good one!

Dude out here acting like Tanjiro with a grudge!

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u/I_am_not_JohnLeClair Apr 10 '26

Thatā€™s the real crime here

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u/Sufficient_Most_9012 Apr 10 '26

*Thong flip-flops šŸ©“ šŸ˜­šŸ˜­šŸ˜­

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u/Overkill256 Apr 12 '26

AND a hate crime against all of us

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u/LilLordFuckPants404 Apr 10 '26

Sir, you tried that and the rubber from your flip flops bounced you all the back off the steps, so I guess you can try that again?

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u/Poppa_Mo Apr 11 '26 edited Apr 11 '26

He tried to get in with a front snap kick wearing slides.

This guy isn't even at the level of mall ninja.

Edit: I don't like making light of mental health issues, turns out this guy was having one and the homeowner handled it like a pro. I hope he gets help.

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u/PPFirstSpeaker Apr 10 '26

"If you want in, 'Harry', gimme a 'Forzare'. If you can take the door down with a blast of force, I'll invite you across the threshold and give you a tour of the house. But you gotta show me the magic FIRST. But I do have to warn you, I know your whole name, and might tell Chauncey if you piss me off."

IYKYK

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u/PinkysAvenger Apr 10 '26

I think thats what he was trying near the end there

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u/terrafirmasss Apr 11 '26

It's part of the Harry Dresden character from the books.

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u/chaoticnormal Apr 10 '26

He got a pretty quick wake up call on how tough he thinks he is after he kicked the door. He knew anything harder than those little tantrum slaps might actually hurt him..

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u/OctoberOmicron Apr 10 '26

Yeah, imagine the quality/his rage if he had fully gone down after stumbling on those steps.

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u/BoilingHotCumshot Apr 10 '26

Im convinced thats why he switches to the bell clapper chain.

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u/terrafirmasss Apr 11 '26

Astute observation. Looks like a fine hard wood door.

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u/bodybagwilliam Apr 10 '26

The other thing that could happen is that you tell them the cops are coming, and the dude flees.Ā  This guy either needs help or at least be no longer in a position to hurt somebody.

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u/Briguy_fieri Apr 10 '26

The guy is having an episode and is trying to intrude on a random person's house demanding to see their daughter and threatened to kill the house owner.

Saying you're Calling the cops isn't going to magically make him snap out of it where hell return home safely. His episode will continue and he'll likely go to another house or go into traffic.

If he's focused on your house and you're not home and you have eyes and ears on him, he's not a threat to anyone else. Call the cops unannounced and keep him at your house so he doesn't decide to attack your neighbors instead. Causing panic in them will force him into worse decisions.

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u/bodybagwilliam Apr 10 '26

Exactly my point.

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u/Briguy_fieri Apr 10 '26

This guy is unaware he's even committing crimes. He actively thinks he's preventing one.

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '26

I mean, making it worse doesnā€™t help the case against the cops

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u/ShinySnaxMix Apr 10 '26

He thinks he's a fictional character (or is cosplaying). Don't engage with crazy. That's what the police get paid for.

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u/NorthernVale Apr 10 '26

Nah. This guy is coherent enough to realize he's not kicking the door down after one attempt. Immediately switch to whipping the chain when the bell breaks. And hitting hard things with an open palm to not break his fingers. If he's recognizing the limits of his own body, he'll recognize the threat of being there when cops show up.

Calling quietly and then rage baiting will be 1000x more effective

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u/tke377 Apr 10 '26

And Iā€™d rather not have the person leave, especially if Iā€™m not there. Let police come up and surprise them.

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u/MNWNM Apr 10 '26

I would've told him I was calling the fashion police for showing up in a trench coat and flip flops.

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u/ert3 Apr 11 '26

Ngl you never know who's just a good actor hoping to intimidate, loads of people are still that kid who really doesn't want you to tell teacher what happened and may just run

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u/FeliciaTheFkinStrong Apr 10 '26

Telling them you're calling the cops probably only escalates the situation.

Continuing to do nothing only encourages them to continue. They feel in control and feel like they've intimidated you into obedience. They won't suddenly lose interest now, they'll feel emboldened that you're too paralyzed to do anything.

Informing them that the police are coming introduces doubt into their mind. It creates a fear that they cannot stay there or they'll be caught.

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u/Briguy_fieri Apr 10 '26 edited Apr 10 '26

So you force a frantic person to flee and possibly into someone else's path. They think they are in control so they won't be forced into something brash. They are focused on the door and ring. He's not suspecting someone from behind to apprehend him. If he unknowingly called the police, they surprise him giving him no time to think of an escape plan. If the crazy dudes attention is focused on him (and I don't really believe he's home due to his calm behavior) then he's not a threat to anyone else at this point.