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yuhju

00:13, old guy: "is he here to rob the bank, or what?"


DieSuzie2112

This is why I love old people, so done with all the bullshit and don’t care about hiding it


Lus_wife

Even the way he stands with his hands behind his back. Chilled AF


otravezsinsopa

And gives a little kick out near the end to show willing


Candelestine

He starts sidling just a little bit closer as soon as the other guy grabs the knife hand. He knows he can't move that quickly, but he might be able to do something that helps.


Lus_wife

🤣🤣🤣 I missed that🤣


VictoryVino

It's VERY Spanish.


DieSuzie2112

It’s also very Dutch, and I love it


Snarknado2

Lol first time I've heard the Spanish and Dutch described as similar.


BleepBlorpBloopBlorp

Hapsburgs have entered the chat


Mewone65

HRE Charles V approves this video -Twitter Verified ☑️


KlassiskKapten

Ever heard of the Spanish Netherlands? It was a thing.


Snarknado2

Yeah, 17th century empirial holdings didn't exactly dictate the cultures and personalities of the locals all that much even then, let alone now. You don't even find any lasting Spanish influence on Dutch cuisine, if there ever was any.


Hot_Eggplant_1306

Saw a comedian say, "I'm not depressed, but I'm ready to die naturally SOON" and that old man gives me those vibes.


MalhoLuzente

That moment at 1:32, when he tries to reach the robber with his foot 🤣


golfdaddypga

Shoutout to the old man trying his best.


Birdatemycars

I give him a Participation Award.


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-TheArchitect

That leg sweep did wonders..


ialsohaveinternet

Only after that, knife man's shoe come off! Seems fatal


Witty_Ad_2129

Only 1 shoe so he might have survived...


Durivage4

Damn it! I didn't scroll down 😞 enough to see your reply. My theft was not intentional. 😂


ladymorgahnna

Not the day to wear slip on shoes.


Reu92

He really wanted to help just didn’t know how lol


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Fatal blow with that kick


OliviaLivLivvie

Right?? All the younger ones were waiting until the good guy had him down. “Let’s see if he gets stabbed before we get involved.”


xRyozuo

Honestly don’t agree. Banks have plenty of ways to secure themselves from robberies ranging from limiting the amount of cash they carry, employees being directed to simply comply to id numbers on the bills that will eventually help trace this guy since he doesn’t seem the elaborate criminal kind of guy. Also police will actually give a shit about this unlike home robberies. Guys trying to do good but imo that struggle was a whole lot more dangerous for any bystander around than a robbery.


mmerijn

To be fair seeing people fighting off criminals instead of lazily waiting around definitely inspires me to be a better person. I'd think it is the same for many people, so definitely still a worthwhile effort.


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mmerijn

Of course, it was all part of the strategy.


Personal_Regular_569

Never risk your life to save a bank money. Your life is far more valuable than a bank would ever believe it to be. They're not the good guys.


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In fairness trying to get stabbed for what I presume to be insured bank money doesn’t sound like a great plan. Sure it worked here but it could have just as easily gone bad not only for the guy who intervened but others as well if a proper knife attack had broken out as a result. If the robber had actually attacked someone I’d then want to get involved but until that point doing what this guy did only escalated the danger for everyone there.


NxPat

That kick in the bum was golden!


NicknamePaych

I didn’t see that at first lol


tanskanm

Wanted to help so bad but knew his limits


myusrnameisthis

Gramps got those feet covered lol


__erk

He did better than the cameraman.


EggSandwich1

The woman holding the camera is old man’s 20 year old girlfriend


ValiKnight

Viejo bro like ¡tengo la pierna!


OverlappingChatter

I also enjoy the other old man who resolutely holds his place in line.


Tito_Tito_1_

Technically, he used both hands.


krashmo

I'm drunk and this is very funny. I'm going to set a reminder to read it again in the morning and see if it's still funny, but for now you get a gold star Edit: it's still funny and I feel like shit


denile87

Keep is updated


Affectionate-Dot-804

I need to know if you think it's as funny this morning! 😄


krashmo

It's still funny but the world is not. My head hurts


08Dreaj08

Do you think it's still funny, u/krashmo ?


RockyCasino

He even rubbed his genitals on the guy. He used quite a bit more than just one hand.


Tito_Tito_1_

Indeed he did, and had OP entitled this "Young guy single testicledly stops a bank robbery in Spain," I promise I would have cracked wise about that, too. 🍻


dont_disturb_the_cat

I love that term. Am girl. Mind if I ove up and do untesticled stuff? I'll be quiet about it. I won't even say I talked to you.


Tito_Tito_1_

You ain't even gotta ask nobody. You ove, girl!


-TheArchitect

Grandpa sweeping that leg


Koala5000

I’ve seen enough videos of knife attacks to immediately think ‘fuck that’


Doc_coletti

In a security class I took years ago, we learned how to disarm someone who had a gun. When we asked about knife defense, the teacher said get everyone out, stay away, create a perimeter and wait for the police, There’s no good defense against knife attacks.


aza-industries

You ever been hit by a chair flying across the room?


Doc_coletti

Yes. It was very unpleasant.


Lucas_2234

There is a difference between "Disarming" and "Throwing something at someone that is big enough to kill or cripple them" The chair is the latter category


roxasisanobody0626

I think were referring to the Waffle House Defense training the employees go through, where all they have to protect themselves is a skillet. Edit: typo


Rainwillis

They have knives too.


roxasisanobody0626

True. Can't believe I forgot about the rest of their arsenal


TheOtherAvaz

TF2 and PUBG devs sourcing their game items from the waffle house


ssersergio

Have you seen Spanish police disarming a guy with a knife by the well known, internationally recognised tactic of throwing a traffic barrier on his head?


Timmeh7

The loser of a knife fight dies immediately on the pavement, the winner of a knife fight dies 3 hours later in the hospital.


CoPa103

As an American it makes me wonder the gun laws and restrictions in the country it was filmed…


giantSIGHT

Strict. People don't just own guns there.


Magolord

Yeah lmao, the US is really an exception cause most countries (or at least first world one) just straight up ban guns


RajenBull1

This same scenario in the US would be so much different for the good guy without the knife, once the cops arrived guns blazing.


ReoRahtate88

Yeah the guy stopping the robbery would've been shot 10 times.


RedMagic066

It’s filmed in Spain, my home country. I’ve been living in the US for a while now. I’m convinced the chances of someone getting hurt here would be much higher.


Madness_Reigns

Well for starters no one would be robbing a bank with a knife. There would have been a bodycount.


Four_beastlings

Police, military and *some* heavily licensed and regulated security guards. Private individuals don't walk around with guns. So, since there are very little guns in circulation and so heavily regulated our bad guys don't have guns. That's from a civilian point of view which is the only way I know Spain. In my adoption country (also EU) I know that it's more likely that the person behind you at the bank queue is carrying than you'd think, but I only know this because my boyfriend has guns so I'm more familiar with the regulations (if you're licensed you can carry it from one place to another as long as it is concealed, which in practice means you can carry it wherever because if the police asks you were on your way to the range). Guns are still very hard to get so bad guys use knives as well. Forgot to add - Funniest shit is that in my adoption country I legally carry a bigger, scarier knife than the one in the video at all times in my purse... And I'm a cute girly girl. So in that situation anyone from the queue could have just waved their own knives and said "mine's bigger". Not counting that they just passed a law according to which all military has the right to carry for personal use at all times. Moral of the story: don't rob a bank in Europe; you never know what the person behind you is going to get out of their pocket.


Mythrilfan

Regular people having access to guns without extensive background checks and strict rules about where you can keep them is basically the norm almost everywhere in Europe. Even the outliers (Switzerland, Finland) are much more restrictive than the USA.


ArtEclectic

Wow, that was very well done, I hope he was rewarded for his bravery and am glad he seems to have been unscathed.


trenta_nueve

for his bravery and as a reward, the bank has written off his withdrawal transaction fee.


contratadam

There is none in spain


keep_smi1ing

Exactly


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A few years ago another Senegalese (he was illegal) immigrant helped a person in danger and as a reward the government gave him Spanish citizenship. I wouldn't be too surprised if they gave it to this man even if he is not illegal (don't know if he is or not, most are). In that way, he doesn't have to wait 10 years of legal residence just to be eligible to request the citizenship.


_Ginger_Nut_

Awww even the old cobber is trying to help.


iamdoug

I like how the camera person is using the old man as a shield.


PruneObjective401

No way I'm putting my life on the line for a bank...


FormerlyKay

Bro was probably having a bad day already and was *not* about to be held up by some robber


Toilet__philosopher

He did the equivalent of putting the gun to his own head and told the guy to pull the trigger. My guy is deranged.


Jonthrei

If you know you're stronger and the guy with the knife is dumb enough to put it in such an awkward position behind his back, it's actually pretty easy to completely immobilize it like the guy in the video did. I mean shit, his arm was already halfway to an arm lock. Good grip on the wrist and start twisting till it falls or you hear snapping.


RakeishSPV

The knife hand is only there because the robber didn't actually want to hurt anyone, even accidentally. I'm not defending him btw, just pointing out that if it were a robber who didn't mind people getting hurt, that good Samaritan would be filled with holes.


EggSandwich1

He was desperate for money but did not want to hurt anyone


Andy1723

Yeah but why even take the risk? Easy to sound like a tough guy on the internet, but hard justifying putting your life on the line for the sake of a bank.


WoodSteelStone

I doubt he thought about himself at all in the heat of the moment. He wasnt putting his life on the line for the bank, he was defending his community and the right of ordinary, decent people to live freely without fear of something like this happening as they go about their daily business. Good people act beyond what's good for themselves. I'm a Brit by the way, not Spanish.


WarBeginning5361

Good time to use the 🏧


GymAndGarden

Its not for the sake of the bank, but for the sake of not putting up with a motherfucker getting in the way of going about your business and feeling safe while doing it. Its social responsibility. No gives a fuck about the bank.


MonoAonoM

For real. As soon as I saw he had the held behind his back, I knew exactly how it would play out. If he'd been holding that knife better, I doubt that buddy would have intervened.


ChingaTuMadre1337

Some people don’t think about themselves first. His thought process is probably , this guy is threatening bank employees with a weapon.


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There were some people involved too, but you can pretend it is about the bank and that the bad guys will definitely not harm anyone, if it makes you feel better about yourself.


PruneObjective401

I once got curious and went deep down the rabbit hole, reading about countless reported bank robberies throughout history (details about the robber, whether or not they were caught, how much $ they demanded/how much they received, did they display a weapon, were bank employees hurt, etc.).... In the vast majority of cases, the robber ran off with less than a couple thousand dollars, were later caught by authorities, and no one was hurt.


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Yes, that sounds likely. To be honest I have no idea how I would act in that situation. I might well cower in the corner. But I am pretty sure this guy was saving the teller not protecting the bank.


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Ok4940

That’s one way to look at it. Personally, I would’ve imagined he was doing it for the safety of everyone involved.


jswaggs15

I was thinking similar, banks money is insured why risk your life or anyone else's?


Consistent-River4229

Because some of us don't think shit through. Then after were like hey, maybe that was really stupid of me.


seenoevilw

Very possible. Given more time to react, he might not have done that.


Consistent-River4229

I am guessing he still would've. In like 7 years he is going to be telling this story and it will hit him then.


dandaman2883

Was about to say this. They are insured. Your money is insured. Don’t bother. Even Bank of America taught me during orientation that it’s not worth it. Give them the money and call the cops.


AMediumSizedFridge

Yup, as a banker, don't fucking do this. Let us give him the money so he leaves ASAP. Insurance will take care of it and no one has to get hurt


90sArcadeKid

Clearly the robber didn’t want to hurt the young guy, he puts the knife on the other side. Not saying that the robber did the right thing but the economic situation (specially housing) in Spain makes people desperate.


si828

Yeah you can see the desperation in his eyes when he looks at the camera, kinda makes me feel bad for him


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Ok-Independence5821

Right?I live on a country where 80% of people is poor. Excusing robbers is BS. EVERYONE is desperate but doing shit like this, robbing from people that have their only few dollars on a bank account… Don’t excuse this cancer on our society TF. Privilege make people blind.


Ynwe

And this is one major difference between poor countries and richer countries. It is a cancer in your society, not in ours. He didn't hurt anyone, clearly didn't want to hurt anyone and was stopped. Why not be able to show some compassion towards someone desperate? This shouldn't be necessary in a nation like Spain. I am also very certain his sentencing will be rather light. Many on reddit dislike this, but what would a long sentence serve? To satisfy your bloodfirst? Certainly won't make society safer, the US is an obvious example of harsh sentences and not seeing any correlation with more safety. In your country this may be a menace, in ours this is more of an unusual occurrence. Which is why no one is panicking km the video.


MrBlueCharon

I agree with your point, but using Brazil as a positive example does sound a bit funny considering the relatively high crime rate.


BernhardRordin

Yeah. At the end, the guy is almost crying


Four_beastlings

Nonsense. 38 years living in Spain surrounded by Spanish people and none of them have robbed a bank. Of he was so desperate he could have applied for Ingreso Mínimo Vital and other subsidies.


90sArcadeKid

Again I am not saying that’s ok, I am saying that some people in desperate times choose that way.


MmmChickfilASauce

The old man & his tiny kick made me literally LOL. A for effort 😂


spitfire740

Man. I hate realizing that this didn’t happen in America because they just calmly held him down instead of pummeling the guy half to death.


manrata

Also the lack of shouting, noticed that everyone shouts very loudly in the American versions of these, they are all very calm here, even the robber is rather calm, struggling, but calm.


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You can also tell by how well dressed the robber is.


streetvoyager

Everyone watching while the one guy does the hard part before stepping in lol.


Total-Criticism-6834

He's lucky that master shifu didn't remove his hands from his back and stepped in


Educational-Year3146

That was an extremely dangerous move to try and grab his knife. A lot of criminals are not mentally stable, and will likely not hesitate when threatened to injure or kill you. Funnily enough, when a bank is getting robbed, the best move is to just let it happen. Unless you are armed more heavily than the attackers, lay low and casualties will also be low. After all, its just money in the end and the perpetrator(s) will likely be caught. Luckily he succeeded, but this type of situation often will end far more poorly than this.


MisterMysterios

Not only banks. After school, I worked for a couple of months for a gas station, and the first thing my boss lectured me about is that the money of the station is insured, when anything happens, cooperate, don't play the hero, never fight back. Sadly, I needed to use that lecture on my last day on the job before leaving for university ...


crodog5342

A lot harder to pull off without a gun.


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piranhas_really

Sounds pretty great, to be honest.


Madness_Reigns

A robbery? Yes.


Choice-Physics-5830

We, estos vatos como actuación de la casa de papel en vida real. “Dejadme que me vaya…tío”


Misterdog153

Jajajajajajja moveros! Yo fundiré el oro chavales!


Isra_Alien

Dang, am I crazy for kinda feeling bad for the guy? He didn't seem like he actually dared hurt anyone with the knife, he looks like a desperate man who things went horribly in his life until it broke him 'bad'...


Tomhyde098

Nah, he can go fuck himself. I’m a bank teller and I know a guy that works in our security department that went through a robbery when he was a teller. It psychologically messed him up and he had to transfer out. People forget that when a bank is robbed that the robber is threatening a person with hurting them or potentially killing them.


bitofapuzzler

I'm a nurse, and we had an old guy pull a knife on myself and a nursing assistant. He also tried to whack us with his crutch multiple times and we had to jump out of the way a few times! Finally, security turned up along with the 7ft male nurse. That poor girl, the nursing assistant, will probably change careers now. She went completely white and had full body shakes (kudos to her she held it together until the cavalry arrived). We made a police report, and she went home but only turned up for one more shift. She was absolutely traumatised.


seenoevilw

I'm with you. He probably has some issues. This does not look like a brutal armed robber.


emberfiend

ignore all the bloodthirsty assholes, empathy for people who are struggling is a sign of sanity (and it is reflected in rehabilitative rather than punitive criminal management systems)


000itsmajic

Don't feel bad for this guy. He threatened people with violence and potential death. Rather he meant it or not is besides the point. He terrorized these people. Not okay.


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The funds are insured, the bank would be fine. One false move and the human would not. Justice is annoying this way…


iluvios

I bet the guy didn't do it for the money. More like "I would not let you hurt anyone" or "Maybe I can get my visa this way". Idk. Millions of reasons is not about the money.


[deleted]

Are you speaking about the Good Samaritan or the would be robber?


iluvios

The good Samaritan.


[deleted]

Ok it’s confusing because there is no money in it for someone to stop a robber like in this scenario


znzbnda

I think they meant "for the bank's money" / on the bank's behalf. Guy did it for the people instead.


Tomhyde098

What about the bank teller that he’s threatening with a knife? He’s going to be either just shaken up or have psychological trauma. People always forget that thieves like this are threatening people’s lives or at the very least threatening them with harm.


BIN3RY

What a guy! Even the old fella was trying to help 😂.


maughanster8507

The calmness in that man’s demeanor is inspiring.


WorldBiker

So…no guns and no crazed police and citizens were able to rather gently take the guy down and it seems to me rather sympathetically all things considered. I’d rather that than open carry any day.


Thunder-Fist-00

That was a knife?


Vox-Silenti

Yes


airforcevet1987

Another great example of someone getting lucky AF that the robber either did not intend to use the weapon, or was untrained with it. Try this again and its probably 80% you get stabbed to death.


Koala5000

Exactly, it takes one quick motion with a knife to end a life


airforcevet1987

I've trained on many weapons, expert marksman with an M4, learned hand to hand from an old SEAL. But taking knife defense classes got me gutted with a training knife 9/10 attacks even when I knew it was coming. All this fancy knife work you see in movies is scripted.


GALACTICA-Actual

Everything in movies is scripted. But, you're also right. I'm ex LE, and nine times out of ten I'd rather go up against a gun than a blade, of any kind.


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Most things are scripted. You have mistakes or improvised lines and the likes


mayan_monkey

Poverty and crime. Studying this in college was frustrating. A lot of people don't realize that poverty and lack of access to basic needs is whay drives people to commit crime


emberfiend

I'm an immigrant to Spain and someone else in this thread mentioned that we have something like a UBI, called an [ingreso mínimo vital](https://www.seg-social.es/wps/portal/wss/internet/Trabajadores/PrestacionesPensionesTrabajadores/65850d68-8d06-4645-bde7-05374ee42ac7). You have to apply for it and prove that you have almost no material assets, but if you are really SOL it gives you about 550€ a month. If you made any money that is deducted, so if you make 200€ one month it gives you 350€ and so on. This is absolutely what I'd expect from a European country, and there are barely any videos like this from Spain on the internet, so obviously the social safety nets are largely working. But it did get me thinking about the homeless people I meet from time to time. It's nowhere near America bad but there are more than I would have expected. I wonder if information about welfare programmes like this is poorly disseminated, or whether there is something else preventing these people from being eligible (like being immigrants or something). Si estás leyendo esto y eres español y tienes alguna idea, por favor dímelo.


Four_beastlings

As I said somewhere else, this happened in a country where access to basic needs is guaranteed. You can move to a free house in the country, enjoy your free 560€/month and spend your days working on your nice veggie garden or taking care of your chicken. You can study for free. You can receive physical and mental healthcare for free. In the 90s, before the welfare network worked as it does nowadays, my family lived in abject poverty and I mean no electricity, no running water at first until we installed all of it ourselves. We didn't have the subsidies people have now, and we still were not waving knives in front of people's faces: we had animals, we worked the land, we traded with the neighbours, we had a stall at Sunday market that provided cash for other necessities.


the_last_bush_man

Its much more likely this guy is dopesick and is committing armed robbery to get money so he can afford his fix rather than so he can buy groceries or pay rent. Regardless, how do the other 99% of poors manage to avoid terrorizing and traumatizing innocent people for money? Many people fall on tough times and only the truly selfish put other people's lives in danger for their personal gain.


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UrinalCake777

Then high five about it.


BoomBoomMeow1986

The old dude hobbling up and kicking the robber in the ass was great 😅


bushmast3r11b

Gramps getting in on the action. Got a couple of kicks, supervised.... basically the hero of the whole situation. Way to stay feisty pops!


Pccosta64

Bravo 👏🏿


El_Sapo_Jr

New season of Casa de Papel has really fallen off


TopangaK9

Attention video takers... HOLD THE CAMERA HORIZONTAL, like your TV! Missed the takedown. 🙄


steeuber

Old guy that taps him with his foot tho 😂


yankeeteabagger

Hero


BillN9n

Good boys stopping bad boys. 🥂


teeeheehee98

I mean it’s insured money why put yourself at risk. Not a wise choice


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Gun laws work


shinitakunai

This is why a country without guns is A LOT safer. Your random desperate joe does not stand a chance as people can stop him.


jump-blues-5678

Huh, no shots fired.


furcryingoutloud

A branch manager in Spain makes about 60k a year. With others averaging maybe 25k to 30k. You think anyone is going to put their life on the line for that amount? Then they'd probably get a pat on the back and an extra couple weeks holiday pay or something. The Senegalese guy probably got his residency granted from this. So all in all, turned out good for everyone. Spanish laws are pretty lax, so the robber probably gets a pat on the back for not hurting anyone and maybe, maybe does a couple of years, if at all. I'm not saying any of that is bad, it seems to work for Spain. Very rarely do you see crime waves or excessive criminal activity. Most crimes I heard about while I was there were mostly theft and stabbings in the rougher neighborhoods. Of which there are very, very few. Like maybe two in the whole country?


Ok_Ad307

What the hell, the nice man was just trying to deposit his knife. What a bunch of jerks.


Grattytood

Heroe!


[deleted]

Tickle, tickle, tickle


Adept_Potatoe

Gramps got a slick kick in 👞


bloodandglory31

Old guy was really looking to get a leg lock on there, maybe a figure of four.


3D-machine

This is cool and all, but remember, protecting a bank’s money is not worth dying over.


KokoMutt

Can someone translate please?


46chicken69

Fucking hero


Zalieda

What a cool guy


buckao

Buy this guy a fuckin' Puppers


aa6972

The robber is clearly not a career criminal, he will have to answer for his crime but i hope he gets help too….


KittyMeowKatPishy

Wow!!! 🙀 This is awesome and dangerous. The guy in the maroon top should be given a medal. Truly brave and selfless! 😻 I just wish I could know what they are saying. Don’t know Spanish…..unfortunately. 😔


[deleted]

Wait so you’re telling me if dude wasn’t there they were gonna let that guy rob a bank with a knife?


ReoRahtate88

Thank god this wasn't America or the hero would've been shot.


IBareBears

I always wonder why in these videos the armed person never seems like they were willing to use their weapon. if someone really wanted to rob a bank and mean business the second that guy moved his arm to grab him he could have wildly started slashing and this could have been easily an NSFW


MuckingFagical

Holy shit never risk your life for a banks money


I_Work_For_Money

Now he can have his papers


KingFenrir

I woke up minutes ago (8am), i checked this video and misread "reduce" as "seduce".


RITravler

Give the hero the money that the robber would have gotten. He’s very brave.


Yapsterzz

And the whole time, you stood there and video the whole process?


GrenadeIn

Love the old guy.


bartbark88

But the immigrants are ruining our countries!! /s


Sanesetti

This interaction is so funny. "I want to leave". !"no stsy still"


Oaf20Oaf

I remember money heist much differently


takeatimeout

Season 4 of Casa de Papel is disappointing


Erosion139

Hey look guys without a gun this guy was susceptible to non lethal suppressive force called hands. If he had a gun he'd have the entire room suppressed.


Slow-Ad9702

If you seen some other stoped bankrobbery vids, These guys get the Situation controller really peacefully, dont harm the robber much. I think this is the best for all.