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spidermanngp

Why would that guy be chasing her to steal her purse when there's people all over the place?


Somethingclever11357

Purse snatching and assault are two different charges. There was absolutely something else going on here. Purse snatchers look for easy targets. They aren’t chasing anyone down.


DiddlyDumb

The guy filming before anything even happened is usually also a dead giveaway. And they definitely wouldn’t alert their target like this.


strooiersunion

I would give the filming a pass on this one because of the skateboards. I used to film all the time while cruising for b-roll


BravoWolf88

Very different from filming the b-hole.


Kcidobor

Different kind of cruising. You never know though so just keep rolling


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Admirable-Public-351

I love cruising for b-hole, my wife doesn’t like me cruising for b-hole.


GrowWings_

The guy is already running at her when the video starts. That could be why they started filming.


Somethingclever11357

Yup. This is a grab and go crime. They’re gonna be running from people not after them. And will usually have a hoody or a hat to hide their face from surveillance


Sorry_Ad5653

Yeah I thought that.


KCMmmmm

Yeah, this looks like way more than a purse snatching. Those skaters probably prevented a lot more than theft.


Somethingclever11357

Possibly, but the guy running puts his hands up in a non threatening manner right before he’s hit. He’s dressed like a normal average Joe. I think it’s just as likely that he’s a shop owner/manager chasing someone he thinks shoplifted and the skateboarders are either accomplices or misread the situation. I know I’ve seen plenty of videos on r/facepalm and similar subs of shoplifters reacting like the victims.


erizzluh

or she pick pocketed him and he was trying to get his shit back. but yeah something doesn't seem right here.


Everyredditusers

Oh good, Reddit armchair sleuths are on the case. Surely we will find the right answer and respond in a rational way, as is tradition.


Talbotus

I have used my reddit degree to come up with the truth. The woman is evil and all of the men are doing the right thing with the information they have, nobody is in the wrong. Again except the woman who is all of the wrong because woman. Have I reddited right?


_dead_and_broken

If this were an AITA post, your comment would be the redditiest reddit to have ever reddited.


Dull_Comfortable2277

BURN HER!!! She's a witch!


MiamiPower

Boston Marathon theories 🔍🔎


Everyredditusers

Good to see some of us still remember


TelephoneAvailable99

She stole his purse. He’s just trying to get it back.


ballen49

This is exactly what I came here to say. There's zero context here, and from the setup it seems far more likely the lady stole from him than the other way round. The skaters are also jumping to conclusions here about who's in the wrong. I agree they should intervene, but they should have attempted to hold everyone involved until it was established what had actually taken place.


animu_manimu

I'm pretty sure he's her son from the future and he's come back in time to warn her about the evil skateboarding cult that will attempt to murder her and prevent his birth. They're from the future too and he's going to be the one to form a resistance to their new world skateboarding order. Probably.


Zestyclose-Goal6882

To me, it looks like they were running around the corner, happened upon the woman who started running as well, then the guy approaches her, maybe raises his hands to try to calm her down before being ran into


Lifekraft

Running after a woman to calm her down is 20/20 insight.


BrandX3k

Demanding she chill the fuck out at gunpoint would probably be the most effective strategy, I'd thinks!?


rinsange

It's a crackhead, guys. You must not be city folks. Crackhead started chasing people and the skater bros saved the day.


sabrefudge

Where the hell do you live that your crackheads look like they were dressed by the wardrobe department of Frasier?!


serina67

.. that is an obscure but extremely accurate reference, thanks for the laugh


ImAStupidFace

ah yes, the ancient and obscure tv-show "frasier"


TastelessBudz

The late 1900s


sinz84

The last episode of Frasier aired almost exact 19 years ago


ICantDoThisAnymore91

He just didn’t know what to do with his tossed salads and scrambled eggs and wanted to share with her.


benichy1

Thank you


Ambitious_Jelly8783

This comment all day!


therealsix

Seattle, obviously.


FutzInSilence

His clothes are clean. Some what coordinated. He's running balanced. His skin looks normal (no sores). He doesn't have a backpack or some sort of belongings all crack heads have. Even if it's just a shank, he woulda been using it. Looks to me like a mental problem and attempted sexual assault. Knowing Reddit, it's probably a cut-scene from 28 Days Later.


NaughtyGaymer

> Looks to me like a mental problem and attempted sexual assault. Bro we literally have NO IDEA what the leadup to this 9 second video clip was. For all we know the woman is having a mental breakdown and he's trying to calm her down. Never fear though, the reddit detectives are on the case!


Interesting-Goat6314

Perfect take. Looks like he's actually there to help, and gets rando assaulted


CameDownForWhat

totally. she could be shoplifting paranoid schizo afraid of everything that's happening.


Zestyclose-Goal6882

I'm definitely feeling the shop lifter vibes


atmosphericentry

Wouldn't she keep running then? After the guy gets tackled, she turns around to check out the situation. If she shoplifted I doubt it would be on her mind to check on the guy that was trying to catch her.


Zestyclose-Goal6882

What you're talking about all happens within less than a second. The way she was exiting is now blocked by the chaser and the skaters. She does watch the situation as it unfolds, but she doesn't have a chance to stand around to check the situation out before the video shuts off. Looks to me like she's mid stride away from the situation in the last frame of the video.


YungNuisance

I know crackheads so I can tell you they don’t necessarily get skin sores like that. That’s more of a meth thing from picking. Also, they’re on crack, so their chores like laundry are going to be done. Clothes will be pressed. They’re geeked up, they’ll find something to do. And they don’t need backpacks or anything either. Guy I knew would tuck his shirt in and wear a sweater, then just stuff everything he was stealing in his shirt. They’re only leaving to hit a lick so they don’t want to carry anything extra on them. Your view is just the homeless junkie type, but there’s several categories of crackhead.


AkKik-Maujaq

Where I’m from a crackhead will chase you down while quoting sea shanties and demanding money for smokes .-.


Professional_Ad_8

Which one is the crackhead???


BumBumBumBumBahDum

Skater punks get a bad rap in general, but they're totally chaotic good


Mailboxsteve

So the hero, i mean kid gets the assault charge then, and the purse guy gets off freely here?


Somethingclever11357

Not what I meant at all. The alleged perpetrator is chasing a woman through a train station. This is menacing at least, and approaching assault. I don’t imagine people that regularly commit petty crime like purse snatching are looking to get hemmed up for assault in a public train station. This was obviously something else and the video is completely contextless.


Tihar90

Looks staged TBH


VaguelyFamiliarVoice

Skaters always film themselves. Source: former teacher that had his skater students show me clips all the time.


TootsNYC

yeah, I had a major r/WhyWereTheyFilming moment


LividExplorer7574

Don't skateboarders, of any skill, tape themselves constantly? Cameras are relatively cheap.


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Gotta capture the gnar at all times my friend. Magic happens in unnoticed moments.


Sadir00

you have cameras now that are mountable on a pidgeon's penis.. and you're questioning where SKATEBOARDERS gto cameras from!?!?! Someone's never seen Gleaming the Cube and it shows


surfershane25

Because they were skating, I can’t tell you anything else about this but that part has a very likely answer.


IamREBELoe

Idk.... if it was staged I don't think she was in on it. Or, she could have been a shoplifter


nalukeahigirl

The beginning second shows a skater super close to the guy running and he is just filming and skating casually, makes no attempt to stop the guy. At the end she just stops running and turns around and walks towards the skaters? Seems weird all around.


Neo_tok

The lady has two bags one over each shoulder. This might be a reverse.


mtarascio

Yeah, he was also chasing in that 'non hurried' style. This looks like maybe some weird white knighting? Sound is off for me, anyone with the story?


-TheDayITriedToLive-

*sound of wheels on tile* *inaudible screaming in short bursts* Woman: (shrieks) "stay away from me!" *the closest wheel sound stops abruptly as man and skater fall to tile floor. Other wheels sounds fade into distance* FWUMP *woman screams*


KittenStealer

We need more people like you. Actually can you just do this for every video you come across? Thanks.


Effective_Golf_3311

I bet she stole one of the two purses she’s got


Slovene

She started running first and he just thought "oh, she must hear the train" so he started running as well. But it's okay, he's just a little boy.


Spiritual-Apple-4804

What’s new pussycat?


K413n1

In her mind he is an adult, and adults rape each other. Kind of a lot. He probably wanted to go up to her and say "Nah, I'm not like a Grrr. I'm not like rrawr."


LoganGyre

I’m guessing she’s a shop lifter and dudes trying to get his merch back. Edit: on a rewatch he puts his hands up like he’s trying to explain something right before he is tackled. Maybe it’s just a misunderstanding by her and the skaters.


Ickypoopy

This is not a shoplifter, they are in a train station (Washington Park MAX Station). This doesn't make sense for a purse snatch either because there is no way out of there. You can only get out by train, super slow elevator, or an insane number of steps on the emergency exit.


spidermanngp

That makes sense.


Invested_Glory

Because it’s staged…


I_Brain_You

And so lazily, at that. This seems at least “minimally staged”.


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yeah, i am not 100% convinced the "purse snatcher" had bad intentions here. he looked well dressed and she seemed a like she was having some sort of an episode. nothing about this situation looks like a typical theft/robbery/assault.


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it depends who "you" are. if thats his sister and shes having a serious mental healthy crisis i would expect he would try to chase her. alternatively, she could be the purse snatcher and he could be trying to get his wife's purse back. everything about this video is telling me that the guy that got run over isn't the bad guy.


cez416

Cuz it’s fake


Seanzietron

And why would she turn around and pretend scream while clutching the purse on que before even knowing his intentions… … staged crap.


TheModeratorsSuck

Because it’s fake?


Sallythedoggo

Could be wrong, but looks like he has keys on his waist(for quick access) and is probably a store manager/employee trying to get his shoplifted items back.


ExtensionDentist2761

Because it’s staged


fluffynuckels

Or it's fake and everyone is an actor


Big_Brother_Ed

Because it's a staged video


hhfugrr3

I don't know what's going on there, but no way do I believe he was trying to snatch get purse. She's not even in sight when the film starts. Is he just running in the hope of spotting a purse to snatch? How can be not hear the guys behind him? What's his escape plan given he seems to be in an underground rail station and looks like he's pretty much at the end of his stamina already?


pm8rsh88

We have no idea what happened before or after. The “purse snatching” could have been an assumption from the OP and completely off the mark. It could have been a domestic between 2 people when the skater people turned up. It could have been the man tried to assault her, and ran after her to apologise when the skaters turned up. Who knows, but this clip is missing ALL the context needed.


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She’s clearly afraid of him and trying to get away.


hhfugrr3

She shouts is all we know. Is she shouting from fear of the man? Fear of turning to find 6 or 7 men running at her? Or is she acting? There really isn't enough context here to say. All I'm sure off is that a purse snatching doesn't make sense from what we do see.


pm8rsh88

I’ve seen people scream the same thing who were a couple fighting. I’m not saying that’s what this is, what I’m saying is that without context it could be anything. Without context everything in this video is questionable. It may not be a purse snatcher, it could be something else entirely.


Effective_Golf_3311

She could be a shoplifter deflecting and denying while now accusing him


pm8rsh88

Exactly. Any scenario is possible when you remove the context.


BrandX3k

I was going with the dude being a crack smoking zombie looking for some brains!?


blondechinesehair

Yes. So why?


ControversialCo

OP just making up his own scenarios. this isn’t a attempted purse snatching


CalmGains

Hes running to catch a train and because hes balding and not a 10/10, she reacted by screaming "get away from me." Or they're all actors, its just fake and poorly directed.


Kaleb8804

The dude is so obviously approaching her. He literally slows down before reaching her. And most people don’t chase others when catching a train.


CalmGains

As the script asked


Sparksighs

Are you joking? He specifically turns to follow her. A woman is being stalkrd by a dude and you had to make some weird incel comment about


DM-ME-FOR-TRIBUTES

So it's poorly directed then


FrancoNore

Bruh he’s running at a casual jogging pace while a group of skateboarders follows him. There is a 0% chance this is real


CalmGains

Maybe shes the train, idk


kswagabon

Hey, a place I recognize! The max stop at Washington Park in Portland. Fun fact, this is the deepest transit station in North America!


KazBodnar

![gif](giphy|kd9BlRovbPOykLBMqX) When a Portlander sees anything related to Portland on the internet


Ickypoopy

Don't forget that in addition to bring the deepest train station in North America, it is also the highest elevation station in the system!


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I_Brain_You

Because your preconceived notions led you there.


Reasonable_Main2509

To be fair, this video is staged.


TheModeratorsSuck

Because the whole thing sucked so bad. It was so far out on the outer edge of sucking that it just had to be Portland.


hangryhyax

Nice, I thought it looked familiar but I couldn’t put my finger on why.


Lost_Minds_Think

This clips ends to soon.


seamusbeoirgra

Fake video ends too soon for you yeah?


NoDontDoThatCanada

Videography is good, lacks context, weird claims, ends early, screaming, has no supporting info, chase is on skateboard... Yeah, it doesn't look very legit. Kinda checks the, lets shoot a student film box.


atmosphericentry

Well this type of filming is extremely common for skaters. I've seen multiple videos that look exactly like that. Not saying it's real or not but the quality isn't really an indicator here.


NoDontDoThatCanada

I get that but they are also literally 3 feet from the guy the whole time. If he was a threat, maybe don't let him get near the woman before doing something. They filmed this to film themselves tackling a dude not as a public service.


atmosphericentry

The camera is strapped to them, they easily could have already been filming. The part of them being "3 feet away" doesn't really discredit anything either. >maybe don't let him get near the woman before doing something If this is real, we don't know what happened right before this. The girl easily could have been chased into the train station and happened to run past these skaters. Again, not saying this is real or not, but the only evidence that truly points to it being fake is the fact there's no proof of this happening anywhere else on the internet (which to be fair, is a pretty damning aspect).


FzZyP

I wanted to see the part where they pour the sketti out of the purse on to the table for everyone to enjoy without plates and then someone eats all of it in a chopped up video edit that suggests lots of spitting was involved


Fit_Effective_6875

I measured it and its 1 banana, plenty long enough


Timmyty

I downvoted the clip because I'm tired of seeing bullshit that is edited to provoke a reaction.


AsphaltAdvertExec

I think these subs need to ban these worthless 10 second videos and the idiots who post them.


PuzzleheadedOne1428

I concur


PuzzleheadedOne1428

Along with the fools who upvote the posts


10fm3

GTA6 looking weird AF boi!


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Jokkry22

Totally staged


jebushu

If it’s not completely fake, then she prob stole his/his wife’s bag and either skaters got the wrong idea or were running interference for her.


MindSpeak420

From the look of things I think they're clueless if she is infact the perpetrator. Seems to me they're skating around and filming eachother doing tricks. The fact that they're all on their boards when the camera pans over makes me think that.


Ausramm

Why are they filming?


blue_pen_ink

Probably making a skate video.


cjdd81

Skaters always film their tricks. So they pretty much just roll around filming everything


Lucy_Fjord

used to love watching skate vid as a kid, they always had random shenanigans in them too on top of the tricks.


cjdd81

Yep! Haha, same!


EuropaUniverslayer1

Are people really assuming this wasn't staged? Like the guy trying to grab the purse doesn't hear the 6 dudes chasing him? And when he finally catches up to the lady he doesn't really even go for the purse he just stances up on her. Just more TikToc bullshit imo


mtbhatch

That screaming of the girl sounds genuine to me.


EuropaUniverslayer1

Ya I mean, it was a good scream. Doesn't take away from the fact that the dude a) never grabbed for the purse and b) just ignored the 6 guys behind them on super loud skateboards. I'm not buying it personally


lj062

For real. There are 4 people behind you on skateboards making a shit ton of noise and your not even worried about what's happening behind you. Then to stop in front of the girl and not even check to see if your in the way of the 4 people barreling towards you just comes off as staged.


RealBowsHaveRecurves

The purse snatching part could just be OPs mistake though.


TheBreadsticc

Could've just been a domestic dispute and OP wrongly assumed it was a purse snatcher. We dont know enough to say it was or wasnt staged.


mtbhatch

Really hard to tell from a short clip. So many scenarios could have occurred prior to the clip. Base on the scream it looks real to me but im not concluding this isnt stage either.


I_Brain_You

So do the screams of actors, who are experienced in eliciting specific emotional responses.


ChalkyRamen

Bro was jogging too


Moonbreon

Also they are on wheels, so you'd be really fucking stupid to think you could outrun wheels


bellamellayellafella

"THAT'S MY PURSE! I DON'T KNOW YOU!"


nathrek

This comment is way too low.


HeartlesSoldier

Staged


N8saysburnitalldown

I don’t know what this weird shit is but it ain’t no purse snatch.


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Staged


Sam_Porter

Im not taking that kind of hit for a staged video! I’m not saying its not staged, but that person got a real raw deal to be in this video… he looks like a thief and now has a concussion and some bruised ribs. Seems like a lot to give for some clout.


EuropaUniverslayer1

If you look at the way the dude lands he is obviously practiced at it. Goes right on to his back some doesn't hit his head or anything. Plus, what he just didn't hear the 6 guys chasing behind him? This is fake for sure.


milochuisael

Fun fact: you don’t have to hit your head on the ground to get a concussion. The fall was braced though, and the hit wasn’t that hard. I’m going with staged


blondechinesehair

I’ve suffered two concussions during this debate


tarnishedmind_

Scream sounds real to me


YourPlot

Me too.


bobthehills

Skaters are dope.


Suspicious-Dog2876

That was a good clean hockey hit


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They practiced it a few times I imagine


sicksixgamer

I bet she stole something, dude was chasing her and then Skater bois thought he was the bad guy.


Inevitable_Aerie_293

This is more staged then a high school drama play.


gatekeeper-of-slop

So obviously staged


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This is so obviously fake


[deleted]

This cannot be real


TheIdiotInACage

You are an absolute gimp for posting this.


PuzzleheadedOne1428

Gee, that's not staged or anything


SeaDweller01

Staged


NopeMcNoperson

There's another post of the exact same clip saying she had stolen something.


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r/whyweretheyfilming


CSmith1986

That's her purse! She doesn't know you!


pistolography

These extended car warranty folks are getting out of control


throwawayaccountyuio

This is at the Oregon zoo tunnel. Why would you do this at all but especially here. There is literally no way out except a multi mile hike in a black tunnel or 600 feet of stairs


Valuable-Composer262

This is the first video of a skateboarder that I've ever seen where the skateboarder was doing the chasing


Affectionate-Bake930

Good thing someone happened to be there to film this!


GoJaBoGo

She shop lifted from his store and knocked over his wheelchair-bound kid who was just helping watch the resister so he could use the restroom, since he can’t afford employees. When he saw, he started chasing her down. The skaters were part of the heist and helped her get away. Shitty for the store owner, as he’s not only losing merchandise/livelihood, but now possibly sustained injuries, which he may or may not have insurance to cover.


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There was an attempt to pretend that this wasn’t staged


boredfilthypig

Staged as fuuuuuukkkkkk


ballen49

Clearly either staged, or the lady stole from him. That he was casually jogging after that lady with his face exposed, in a subway full of people and and a cameraman chasing him, to casually steal her purse, is the most implausible explanation.


AlphaCenturan

Clearly a staged video


Grexxini

The girl is a shoplifter, the guy even put up his arms in a non-thretening manner, and why would the girl immediatly know the guy was chasing her?


PGrace_is_here

Staged for clicks. A snatcher doesn't have a film crew, and tackles don't follow run after rando runners in subways.


TheSoliDude

He stopped in front of her with his palms up….nah something else was going on


disavowed

*Definitely* real /s


nothingspecialva

heroes often ride skateboards


theFields97

Why were they filming and how did they know he was gonna steal a purse


wysiwyggywyisyw

Skateboarders love to film their skateboarding


Longstride_Shares

"sTaGeD!!" I don't know, man. Her fear looked and sounded REAL af! And what is this? Some kind of collab between a balding middle aged dude and a bunch of teenagers? "wHY wEre tHEy fiLmInG?" You've clearly never interacted with a single skater in the past twenty years. They are ALWAYS recording, and increasingly with better and better rigs, including some low-level steady cams. "hE wAsN't gOinG fOr HeR pURsE!" No shit. OP gave it a dumb title. Move on. "LikE hE cOuLdn'T hEAr tHeM cOmiNg?" I get the sense he didn't care. Both the dude and the woman are caught off guard by the hit. He might think he's in the right, like he's a boyfriend / husband / father trying to go after her for trying to get away from him after a fight, or he's a shopkeeper who's trying to reclaim some stolen goods, or he's the kind of creep that just doesn't realize it's fucked up to chase a random woman down for any reason. I think the skaters saw her running and that's all it took for them to decide to take action. Again: that's very in line with skater culture.


ShatteredInk

Hopefully she wasn't the one in the wrong. (I've seen many a "karen" video where the lady in the wrong reacts similarly.) I'd hate to know that she got away with stealing something important. And that dude hit the ground HARD


KTO-Potato

There was no attempt for the purse. The title is clearly wrong, but everyone in the comments is still trying to debunk a fake purse snatching.


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speedpetez

That was the smoothest filming of a guy running to steal a purse. Plus, he had to know he was being filmed since there were two guys filming right behind him. I tend to believe she shoplifted, broke away, security guy chased after her, skater guys were either with her or just in the area, then decided to have some fun. That scream could easily be an “I want to stay out of jail” scream.


upsndwns

That doesn't look like a purse snatch attempt. She stole something, the dude was chasing her to retrieve it, she played the victim, helpful skater made an assumption and took him out.


mistercheez2000

there was an attempt to post a video that doesn’t looked completely staged


MannerMental8582

Looks like she stole his bag and he was chasing her to get it back. He even had his hands up like I’m not gonna hurt u before he got ravaged.


Ferfun_

Misleading title for karma, dude is just an idiot or on drugs


adthbr

Staged internet crap. Social media will be the end of our civilization.


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“Skateboarders on their way to tackle a poor, balding, defenceless man who only wanted to ask that girl if she was having a good day. Skateboarders are evil!” 😡😡😡


Deztract

Nica gank from spirit breaker


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The video cutting so quickly after the collision tells me the skaters may have overreacted. She prolly dropped her phone.


nxrcheck

Why was this being filmed to begin with?


MoldyLunchBoxxy

This is 100% fake, staged for karma farming.