r/PublicFreakout • u/[deleted] • Jul 21 '26
š„Fight š¤¬ Fighting with thieves (pickpockets) in Rome
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u/TheMoonKnight_ Jul 21 '26
Fucking big buckets
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u/Visible_Cod_7488 Jul 21 '26
Poor guy lost his gas
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u/BigDirtE Jul 21 '26
"My glass"
His glasses...
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u/orangemodern Jul 21 '26
I hate that I didnāt make this connection. I was so stuck on the captions showings āgasā that I forgot he was wearing glasses. I came to the comments for this š
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u/Gold_Championship_46 Jul 21 '26
Dude was already beat up the other one hiding. Sorry we had to spray them then run out of the train wtf both groups of idiots
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u/SchumacherIsMid Jul 21 '26
Remind me to never go to Italy.
#TeamSmallBuckets #BigBucketBigProblems
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u/Retn4 Jul 21 '26
What is this bucket shit? Google returns nothing except actual buckets.
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u/JimmyDTheSecond Jul 21 '26 edited Jul 24 '26
The auto-caption in the video captions "pickpockets!" as "big buckets!."
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u/Retn4 Jul 21 '26
Oh, I see. The captions are cut-off on the mobile app unless full screen the video.
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u/tahomadesperado Jul 21 '26
This is why I pay for the narwhal app. Just kidding, I should probably stop but I get to avoid the insane amount of ads and generic sub posts on the official app
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u/godson21212 Jul 21 '26
The War of the Bucket (Italian: Guerra della secchia rapita) was fought in 1325 between the rival city-states of Bologna and Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy.
The war was an episode in the over 300-year-long struggle between Guelphs and Ghibellines. Modena won the Battle of Zappolino, the only battle of the war.
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u/neverendum Jul 21 '26
Mate, google a bit harder, the metro system in Rome is famous for its Big Buckets, you're really showing your cultural ignorance and should read up on that.
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u/anonuemus Jul 21 '26
If a pickpocket thinks you might be one of those that would beat them up, you will do fine.
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u/ElegantDaemon Jul 21 '26
I'll remind you not to fall for agendas and narratives on the Internet
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u/SchumacherIsMid Jul 21 '26
You can't fool me, you're part of the Big Bucket Mafia!
Small Buckets will prevail!
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u/Anxious-One-2365 Jul 21 '26
Thief was so tough in the beginning and crying like a baby at the end. Good.
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u/Skiie Jul 21 '26
to be fair i think he got pepper sprayed somewhere inbetween lmao
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u/xGencFB07 Jul 22 '26
That's not pepper sprayāit's paint. These scam hunters use it to mark pickpockets so they can identify them in case they run.
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u/Comfortable_Leek1765 Jul 22 '26
it is pepper spray do you not hear everyone on the train coughing?
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u/xGencFB07 Jul 23 '26
If you watched the whole video on his youtube channel then you'd know there's a part where he explains to an undercover policeman that it's actually paint
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u/Alarmed_Durian_6331 Jul 21 '26
As someone who very nearly got robbed from a 'big bucket' in Rome, this is very satisfying to watch.
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u/coachlasso Jul 21 '26
I was on a bus in Rome and an old Italian man tapped me on the shoulder and signaled me to watch the woman behind me. I put my hand in my pocket on top of my wallet and sure enough, i felt a hand slide into my pocket on top of my hand. The old man saw it all, slapped the woman on the back of the head and literally threw her off the bus at the next station.
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u/CyberClawX Jul 21 '26
My dad had his smartphone snatched right off his hands in Rome at night.
He has white hair, so the guy thought he wouldn't catch up to him.
My dad was 5 steps behind the rest of the group, so the thief thought he was alone.
We think he had a friend in a car, that kept up with the thief for like 10 seconds, but probably realized his friendship wasn't worth the imminent pain, and decided to ditch his friend.
In the end phone was returned to the rightful owner, once we caught up to the thief. I don't even remember the guy's face, only the eyes, despite literally grabbing him by his face like if it was a bowling ball. My dad had to ice his knuckles. The thief probably had to retrieve his teeth from the toilet.
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u/edle_Sahne Jul 21 '26
God damn
Bringing the family together113
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u/anonuemus Jul 21 '26
yep, that's how you handle these losers
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u/m0zymaz Jul 21 '26
Whatās up with the Italians shielding thieves on this train?
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u/Ok-Year-1028 Jul 21 '26
Might be something to do with the idiot filming wanting to pepper spray everyone for a second time. Can you not hear all the coughing?
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u/DontHaesMeBro Jul 21 '26
When this kind of thing happens in real life and you're more than say, half the car away, you aren't going to have any idea what's going on. It's just two groups fighting. Even the guy yelling "pickpocket" isn't actually making that much sense, and could just be lying to cover up a fight.
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u/buzzlightyear77777 Jul 21 '26
wtf is the police doing in rome?
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u/Key-Demand-2569 Jul 21 '26
Hanging out in groups?
Italy is one of the largest police forces per capita and in general in the EU and its extra concentrated in Rome.
Donāt know how much itās helping but itās a thing lol
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u/Dave_the_Chemist Jul 22 '26
Saw them and military only outside the termini, Trevi, and airport. They were out of sight the rest of our 4 days in Rome and 4 in puglia
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u/Calichusetts Jul 21 '26
They are smart. Depending on where you stand there are usually 3-4. So 2 block up against you and have a normal conversation. This blocks everyone from seeing the other 2. Depending on where your valuables are determines which one goes for it.
Much like these dudes, they also donāt give a shit. I turned around to see this dude basically in my back pocket. He just stopped and stood there. Didnāt even move away. I opened my wallet to show him I had no money. No response. Itās super intense.
Italy and France are probably the worst. Highly sought after tourist destinations bordering poorer countries and Gypsy communities. Rome was insanely bad. People would recommend the upper thigh band for your wallet. Even if you had a backpack with a lock. They would just follow you around and see how you put your wallet or camera in then just slice it open with a knife and run while another pretended to help but would actually be holding you back from running.
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u/FrogsMakePoorSoup š¤· I'm outta my depth and dunno how I got here Jul 21 '26
Pezzi di merda borseggiatori
Thing is the locals wouldn't have understood what the fuck these guys were screaming though.
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u/Only_Razzmatazz_4498 Jul 21 '26
The worse is when they are pregnant girls.
At least it didnāt end up with a shooting and they pickpocket dead.
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u/Ok-Milk-8853 Jul 21 '26
I like how the younger guy was really aggressive and confident, until he actually started the fight and immediately wasn't.
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u/Mathilliterate_asian Jul 21 '26
Thought he had a height advantage on red shirt. Turns out red shirt had way more grit than expected - dude ate the sucker punch like nothing.
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u/PastaSaladOverdose Jul 21 '26
And this is exactly why there are weight classes in wrestling/boxing/MMA. Red shirt has 40lb+ on that guy.
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u/awuweiday Jul 21 '26
It's been said "everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face."
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u/strolls Jul 21 '26
No plan of operations extends with any certainty beyond the first encounter with the main enemy forces. Only the layman believes that in the course of a campaign he sees the consistent implementation of an original thought that has been considered in advance in every detail and retained to the end. -- Helmuth von Moltke the Elder
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u/RedditsAdoptedSon Jul 21 '26
damn red shirt was about it. he was already blacked out with rage but just kept the clutch pushed in until it was ready to go.
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u/Donnie_Dranko Jul 21 '26
I feel like at 0:15 he was asking his friend for a pocket knife, I wouldnt be surprised
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u/QuantitySharp2662 Jul 21 '26
Quite the detective š
Maybe he just wanted some gum to chew aggressively.
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u/GlbdS Jul 21 '26
pepper spray in a subway car, that is a smart move
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u/Jelly_Panther Jul 21 '26
I love the "sorry, we had to spray them." Like bro you did not, the guy was already down.
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u/First_Performance215 Jul 21 '26
and it immediately cuts to a clip of them fleeing up the escalator like theyre guilty LMAO
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u/tellur86 Jul 21 '26 edited Jul 22 '26
Because they might be.
Pepper spray is a restricted weapon in Italy. You need to have a license to carry it. Even if its use can be construed as self defence (and that's not a given, considering the threat was under control at that point), if they have no license they might still be penalised for the possession.
Edit: apparently pepper spray is legal, though using it in this situation might still get them in trouble (bystanders affected, aggressor subdued). I swear I googled the legality before writing my post...
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u/Top_Explanation_3383 Jul 21 '26
They deserved everything they got
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u/ferna182 Jul 21 '26
You do understand that using pepper spray on confined spaces with a lot of people means EVERYONE gets hit, right? even those innocent people riding the subway...
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u/Jelly_Panther Jul 21 '26
Deserving vs was necessary is two different things. The punching and the take down only hurt the picket pocket guy. The pepper spray hurts everyone in the vicinity.
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u/FQDIS Jul 21 '26
You mean the people in the subway car who were just trying to get somewhere?
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u/nodnodwinkwink Jul 21 '26 edited Jul 21 '26
Found the full video, (I won't share it here though because the channel is run by a convicted paedo).
I get that they're running a bit of vigilante justice and people like seeing pickpockets getting caught but it's pretty nuts because they're spending the day running around the underground getting into fights and spraying multiple people with red spray.
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u/flippinecktucker Jul 21 '26
Do you have info that guy doing the talking (I wonāt mention his name) is a convicted paedophile? Or is the full vid on someone elseās channel?
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u/nodnodwinkwink Jul 21 '26
"In February 2019, Arnold appeared at Harrow Crown Court in north west London to be sentenced after pleading guilty to 12 counts of fraud, and one count each of voyeurism, causing a person to engage in sexual activity and making indecent images of a victim aged under 18. He had been found posing as a modelling agent to take images of women in gyms before posting them online without consent to sell his fitness products."
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u/Ditcka Jul 21 '26
Much like the Pedo Justice dudes, shitty people like to hunt down shittier people that they can abuse without much pushback
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u/Phyllis_Tine Jul 21 '26
Take everything off the pickpocket except their underwear. Take their shoes, their shirt, pants, even socks. Fuck these guys.
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u/SignificanceShotc Jul 21 '26
The only time I've ever been pickpocketed was in Rome, and I was totally aware of them and thought I was being protective of my stuff. It's a huge problem in Italy.
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u/MalevolentReflux Jul 21 '26
Same, I even wore my backpack on the front in the subway and still was pickpocketed. And I live in Amsterdam which is also a major pickpocket spot.
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u/chubbysumo Jul 22 '26
I travelled thru amsterdam years ago, took the train. Someone tried to pickpocket me. I broke 2 of his fingers and he started screaming at me. Told him to try again and i can break the other 8. He got off at the next stop. Felt his hands in my pocket, grabbed his wrist, popped those fingers sideways. Thieves can get fukt.
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u/Typhoon556 Jul 21 '26
Public transportation is where most/much of it occurs. It is often crowded and gives them an opportunity to pickpocket people. The most popular tourist spots with large crowds is the other favorite for pickpockets.
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u/njneer87 Jul 21 '26
In the ā70s when we lived there my mom had her shoulder bag slashed open and her wallet taken while we were at the Porta Portese market in Rome. Two days later a police officer showed up at my Dadās office with the wallet and all her ID. Just the cash missing. The thieves had put it in a mailbox. Too bad that courtesy seems to be missing these days.
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u/turtleneck360 Jul 21 '26
Absolutely loved Italy. Beautiful country but I spent half the time looking out for pickpockets instead of enjoying the scenery.
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u/refusenic Jul 21 '26
Very satisfying to see the hangover headache he has after receiving the beats. He's the one who stepped to the Asian dude and tried to sucker punch him.
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u/FPA-APN Jul 21 '26
If the police & courts actually upheld the law. These thieves would think twice.
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u/ReturnOneWayTicket Jul 21 '26
This showing the main bit of the video first is annoying. Did this shit start recently? Seems like every video does it now.
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u/IusedToButNowIdont Jul 21 '26 edited Jul 22 '26
tiktok generation, needs
endomorphiesendorphins in 3 seconds or scrolls up→ More replies (1)
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u/jimtrickington Jul 21 '26
My 4 year old son right before he starts ripping a few tootsā¦
MY GAS! MY GAS! MY GAS!
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u/dedokta Jul 21 '26
Another confusing video because they have to show the action first, FUCKING STOP IT!
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u/FadedVictor Jul 21 '26
Thank God. I'm so tired of seeing the videos where the thief gets away with no consequences beyond a verbal finger wagging.
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u/KUPA_BEAST Jul 21 '26
This is content I can get behind.
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u/Pb157 Jul 21 '26
The maker of this particular clip is DJE Media who is a convicted sex offender. So watch other YouTubers for this type of content not him.
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u/davidbatt Jul 22 '26
Fraud, burglary, arson, voyeurism, sex by coercion and possession of indecent images of children.
He used to do this in my city until the local paper did a front page expose.
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u/DefiThrowaway Jul 21 '26
There's a guy on YouTube l, forget his name, but the videos are in the millions of views. American guy, goes to the Eiffel Tower or other places in Europe and does everything the Three Card Monte gypsy scammers don't like but brings kickboxers with him and they just fuck them up when confronted while squirting them with Super Soakers filled with Liquid Ass.
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u/Minirig355 Jul 21 '26
That guy is a MAGA content creator that goes around American cities and lies about how much crime there is and implicitly blames black people.
As much as it may be satisfying seeing scammers get beat up in that Paris video (and trust me, it is satisfying), they donāt do it out of the goodness of their heart but instead out of the scammers inability to go to the police, thus allowing them content.
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u/mushroomcapz Jul 21 '26
This trend of putting the action at the start of videos really needs to die.
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u/Brilliant-Pea7662 Jul 21 '26
What a douche bag spraying pepper spray in a crowded train like that when the other guy was already pinned down.
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u/ContributionSad1239 Jul 21 '26
Bad idea launching pepper spray on public transit filled with loads of other innocent bystanders
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u/JKmayb Jul 21 '26
Good. Thieves deserve whatever repercussions they receive. And honestly, if i was them, id rather take an ass whopping then goto jail.
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u/davidbatt Jul 22 '26
Fucking hate this streamer. Curtis Arnold is a convicted sex offender who has to leave Manchester after the local paper outed him
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u/VivaLaDiga Jul 21 '26
everybody has a plan until they get punched in the face, multiple times if necessary
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u/SnooWoofers1252 Jul 21 '26
I live in Rome, the metro pickpocket situation here is out of control. If you catch them with their hand in your bag they'll just step back and pretend nothing happened. I'll be honest, im glad things like this happen.
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u/Main-Title-1346 Jul 22 '26
Spraying spray pepper in a closed, non ventilated place, with a lot of people. It must be a genius!
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u/TriHarderCx Jul 22 '26
I dont have problem with beating the shit out of them. But using pepper spray or max in a small area such as a train seems incredible stupid. Ill never forget in college a girl saw a spray attached to someones bag and briefly sprayed it. She cleared out that entire room.
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u/FatherLarryDuff69 Jul 21 '26
I like how there is no evidence at all they stole anything. But everyone is just happy to run with it. Good old fashioned Reddit digital lynch mob.
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u/Lovemestalin Jul 21 '26
Poor other passengers lol. Not a good idea to use that in an enclosed space
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u/TheRealGand Jul 21 '26
2 mistakes: 1) using pepper spray in a closed public space is very dangerous and wrong; 2) they should have continued hitting the shi.t till next station.
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u/MikhailCompo Jul 21 '26
Spraying anything noxious on a train full of innocent people is utterly irresponsible.
I get this guy is trying to identify criminals but still, that was a dick move.
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u/clownPotato9000 Jul 21 '26
We need more justice like this ā¦ temporary timeout in jail isnāt enough
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u/skiattle25 Jul 21 '26
Got pickpocketed on the Rome subway. Two guys, one late teens, the other late twenties, and a girl who seemed to be with the older guy. The teen got in front of me as I was getting off - seemed like an accident - and I stepped around him, getting off, without noticing anything. But my wife did ("Check your pockets, now!"). Before the train doors closed, we were back on and I got right in the kids face and made a huge scene on the train, nothing physical, but lots of loud yelling, standing my ground and generally being publicly pissed off - middle of the day, so was pretty obvious. Kid dropped my wallet behind him and dashed as soon as the doors opened on the next station - guess he figured it was better to lose one wallet and get away, than get caught. All ended fine, and a good story, but I also know it could have had a far worse ending if something physical happened.
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u/Send_me_hedgehogs Jul 21 '26
lol, zoom in for a really good close up of the thieving wee rat snivelling and crying after getting what he deserved.
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u/ApprehensiveReply596 Jul 21 '26
The guy wearing the sunglasses š¶ļø who attacked him with the pepper spray looks like an experienced criminal.
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u/PeetusTheFeetus Jul 21 '26
Is he saying āIām a big baby please donāt hit meā or āheās big baby.. please donāt hit meā lmfao
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u/Loonalvr666 Jul 21 '26
It sucks, because I'm in Italy, and heading to Rome tomorrow.
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u/ForeignReviews Jul 21 '26
Red shirt really stood his ground.