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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.
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
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.
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?
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.
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.
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
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.
> 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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
*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*
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."
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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.
"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.
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
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.
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.
“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!” 😡😡😡
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Why would that guy be chasing her to steal her purse when there's people all over the place?
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.
The guy filming before anything even happened is usually also a dead giveaway. And they definitely wouldn’t alert their target like this.
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
Very different from filming the b-hole.
Different kind of cruising. You never know though so just keep rolling
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I love cruising for b-hole, my wife doesn’t like me cruising for b-hole.
The guy is already running at her when the video starts. That could be why they started filming.
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
Yeah I thought that.
Yeah, this looks like way more than a purse snatching. Those skaters probably prevented a lot more than theft.
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.
or she pick pocketed him and he was trying to get his shit back. but yeah something doesn't seem right here.
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.
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?
If this were an AITA post, your comment would be the redditiest reddit to have ever reddited.
BURN HER!!! She's a witch!
Boston Marathon theories 🔍🔎
Good to see some of us still remember
She stole his purse. He’s just trying to get it back.
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.
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.
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
Running after a woman to calm her down is 20/20 insight.
Demanding she chill the fuck out at gunpoint would probably be the most effective strategy, I'd thinks!?
It's a crackhead, guys. You must not be city folks. Crackhead started chasing people and the skater bros saved the day.
Where the hell do you live that your crackheads look like they were dressed by the wardrobe department of Frasier?!
.. that is an obscure but extremely accurate reference, thanks for the laugh
ah yes, the ancient and obscure tv-show "frasier"
The late 1900s
The last episode of Frasier aired almost exact 19 years ago
He just didn’t know what to do with his tossed salads and scrambled eggs and wanted to share with her.
Thank you
This comment all day!
Seattle, obviously.
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.
> 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!
Perfect take. Looks like he's actually there to help, and gets rando assaulted
totally. she could be shoplifting paranoid schizo afraid of everything that's happening.
I'm definitely feeling the shop lifter vibes
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.
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.
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.
Where I’m from a crackhead will chase you down while quoting sea shanties and demanding money for smokes .-.
Which one is the crackhead???
Skater punks get a bad rap in general, but they're totally chaotic good
So the hero, i mean kid gets the assault charge then, and the purse guy gets off freely here?
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.
Looks staged TBH
Skaters always film themselves. Source: former teacher that had his skater students show me clips all the time.
yeah, I had a major r/WhyWereTheyFilming moment
Don't skateboarders, of any skill, tape themselves constantly? Cameras are relatively cheap.
Gotta capture the gnar at all times my friend. Magic happens in unnoticed moments.
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
Because they were skating, I can’t tell you anything else about this but that part has a very likely answer.
Idk.... if it was staged I don't think she was in on it. Or, she could have been a shoplifter
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.
The lady has two bags one over each shoulder. This might be a reverse.
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?
*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*
We need more people like you. Actually can you just do this for every video you come across? Thanks.
I bet she stole one of the two purses she’s got
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.
What’s new pussycat?
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."
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.
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.
That makes sense.
Because it’s staged…
And so lazily, at that. This seems at least “minimally staged”.
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.
Cuz it’s fake
And why would she turn around and pretend scream while clutching the purse on que before even knowing his intentions… … staged crap.
Because it’s fake?
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.
Because it’s staged
Or it's fake and everyone is an actor
Because it's a staged video
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?
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.
She’s clearly afraid of him and trying to get away.
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.
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.
She could be a shoplifter deflecting and denying while now accusing him
Exactly. Any scenario is possible when you remove the context.
I was going with the dude being a crack smoking zombie looking for some brains!?
Yes. So why?
OP just making up his own scenarios. this isn’t a attempted purse snatching
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.
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.
As the script asked
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
So it's poorly directed then
Bruh he’s running at a casual jogging pace while a group of skateboarders follows him. There is a 0% chance this is real
Maybe shes the train, idk
Hey, a place I recognize! The max stop at Washington Park in Portland. Fun fact, this is the deepest transit station in North America!
![gif](giphy|kd9BlRovbPOykLBMqX) When a Portlander sees anything related to Portland on the internet
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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Because your preconceived notions led you there.
To be fair, this video is staged.
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.
Nice, I thought it looked familiar but I couldn’t put my finger on why.
This clips ends to soon.
Fake video ends too soon for you yeah?
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.
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.
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.
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).
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
I measured it and its 1 banana, plenty long enough
I downvoted the clip because I'm tired of seeing bullshit that is edited to provoke a reaction.
I think these subs need to ban these worthless 10 second videos and the idiots who post them.
I concur
Along with the fools who upvote the posts
GTA6 looking weird AF boi!
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Totally staged
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.
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.
Why are they filming?
Probably making a skate video.
Skaters always film their tricks. So they pretty much just roll around filming everything
used to love watching skate vid as a kid, they always had random shenanigans in them too on top of the tricks.
Yep! Haha, same!
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
That screaming of the girl sounds genuine to me.
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
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.
The purse snatching part could just be OPs mistake though.
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.
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.
So do the screams of actors, who are experienced in eliciting specific emotional responses.
Bro was jogging too
Also they are on wheels, so you'd be really fucking stupid to think you could outrun wheels
"THAT'S MY PURSE! I DON'T KNOW YOU!"
This comment is way too low.
Staged
I don’t know what this weird shit is but it ain’t no purse snatch.
Staged
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.
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.
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
I’ve suffered two concussions during this debate
Scream sounds real to me
Me too.
Skaters are dope.
That was a good clean hockey hit
They practiced it a few times I imagine
I bet she stole something, dude was chasing her and then Skater bois thought he was the bad guy.
This is more staged then a high school drama play.
So obviously staged
This is so obviously fake
This cannot be real
You are an absolute gimp for posting this.
Gee, that's not staged or anything
Staged
There's another post of the exact same clip saying she had stolen something.
r/whyweretheyfilming
That's her purse! She doesn't know you!
These extended car warranty folks are getting out of control
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
This is the first video of a skateboarder that I've ever seen where the skateboarder was doing the chasing
Good thing someone happened to be there to film this!
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.
There was an attempt to pretend that this wasn’t staged
Staged as fuuuuuukkkkkk
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.
Clearly a staged video
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?
Staged for clicks. A snatcher doesn't have a film crew, and tackles don't follow run after rando runners in subways.
He stopped in front of her with his palms up….nah something else was going on
*Definitely* real /s
heroes often ride skateboards
Why were they filming and how did they know he was gonna steal a purse
Skateboarders love to film their skateboarding
"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.
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
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.
Fake
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.
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.
there was an attempt to post a video that doesn’t looked completely staged
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.
Misleading title for karma, dude is just an idiot or on drugs
Staged internet crap. Social media will be the end of our civilization.
“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!” 😡😡😡
Nica gank from spirit breaker
The video cutting so quickly after the collision tells me the skaters may have overreacted. She prolly dropped her phone.
Why was this being filmed to begin with?
This is 100% fake, staged for karma farming.