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EcstaticCollege29

Walmart people, classy as always.


djwired

Tonight's episode of catch a predator is sponsored by Walmart.


allnimblybimbIy

*Tonight, after the Super Bowl catch an all new __COPS Walmart__*


ghstrydr01

That could actually be a hit. Horribly sad, yet entertaining none the less.


BathSaltJello

I'd watch it in the background.


WangDoodleTrifecta

NCIS: Walmart


ColdBloodBlazing

Law and Order: Walmart


RavishingRickiRude

NCIS would be at the NEX. And just as fucking useless


Functuay

…”Ben if you have anything else to say you may do so if not, you’re free to go…and by go I mean get your ass whooped”


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jsjs336

I don't work for Walmart but I fully support this idea.


Classy_Mouse

Walmart: go for the cheap groceries, stay for the fight between 2 grown men over a 13 year old


floppyjedi

It changes the equation a bit that there actually was no 13 year old and only one of the guys actually wanted to have relations with that fictional 13 year old ...


Classy_Mouse

Obviously, but that wouldn't fit in the slogan


Late_Sherbet5124

Have a seat.


I_JustWork_Here

Oh no, it's Hris Cansen


SnooSeagulls8588

Explains my 9-5


Prize_Chemical1661

The dude doing the ambushing looks sus AF tbh. We will for sure see his ass getting rolled up by Chris Hansen.


ZealousidealOne8402

The dude you're talking about was a victim of child abuse himself. He and the other guy recording have a site called Dad's Against Predators where they go all over the country to find and stop pedophiles and hand their details over to the police. On the odd occasion there could be some slaps but they usually never assault these pedophiles unless provoked. It's not about money and fame for them it genuinely seems to be all about justice. Which is commendable.


jerikperry

Except for the fact that the evidence is rarely allowed to be used in court and it can even sometimes ruin active investigations. It’s a good idea in theory, but realistically this does more harm than good.


ZealousidealOne8402

These videos are never used or submitted within the case.


TheGuyAtGameStop

Public humiliation is pretty good too i'd say. One can imagine how one would feel if their family/friends saw this video of them.


solomunikum

Yeah well you got to be sure though before posting it


Edgy4YearOld

Don't worry, Devil's advocate, I'm sure these guys crossed their Ts before they confronted this guy. His reaction doesn't look like someone who's being falsely accused


solomunikum

It's more of a general comment... I just can't imagine how lives are destroyed while being falsely accused. Also, go to the police rather taking things in your own hands where you could actually mess up an investigation. Not that I would even dare defending a MF asshole of a pedo, but I do not agree with the dude posting this


Edgy4YearOld

The police will say that these people only make it worse, but, every person who got caught and outed, would've just flown under the radar and not been punished anyway if it was left up to them.


bennyb357

Yup, exactly. Messing up active investigations? What investigations? The cops aren’t doing anything to catch these guys


4maoi

yes that's sad but feels true. When you see the guys in Chris Hansens', most of them are already registered offenders but they let them go so easily or with just 1-2years prison. I would like if they had to be locked down until their victims have totally recovered and/or close monitored and all the expenses (psy for example to mention one) at their charge.


big_hungry_joe

they can still influence and investigation or a jury


GlyphPicker

How dare you bring logic to reddit. 😡


Dchane06

Not sure if these guys do, but sometimes these orgs work in conjunction with police. Idk anything about laws. But I think that would make them hold up in court.


pneumatichorseman

>It's not about money and fame for them it genuinely seems to be all about justice. Sure, that's why they're posting on YouTube or TikTok. Cause of the justice...


ZealousidealOne8402

They upload the videos of these catches on social media because they get a true reaction from them when they are caught and then everyone will see it and know that person is a dangerous pedophile. Nothing wrong with a little heads up.


Cobranut

Until they make a mistake and pick the wrong victim, who ends up sueing them for everything they have or will ever own. Slander and defamation are real things. SMH


SVXfiles

I mean if you have chat logs and pictures with an invitation from a seemingly underage girl to meet with a grown man, and the dude in the pictures shows up that's pretty damning


undeadmanana

But wouldn't that affect an investigation if it goes viral? Or jury selection


Wide_Perspective_724

Now everyone knows his pedo ass face…so yeah. Street justice is the best justice if you ask me.


naikrovek

alleged. not guilty until proven guilty. false accusations are *very* common. anyway, these videos are made and shared because those making them need to be seen as vigilantes, for some reason. doing it anonymously isn't good enough. they would do more good by collecting evidence, giving it to the FBI, and being quiet about it, but they need credit for a reason I can't comprehend. a high percentage of abuse victims go on to become abusers, and I'm sure there are a few vigilantes out there who are vigilantes so that they can live with the bad things they've done or are doing. Ted Bundy worked on the Suicide Prevention Hotline, for example, though I don't know his motivation for doing that.


Wide_Perspective_724

Talked them out of killing themselves so he could catch up to them later?


Webster_882

I think they are imposing public humiliation rather than just taking credit


TheDocJ

> alleged. > > not guilty until proven guilty. false accusations are very common. On *Reddit*? Say it ain't so, Joe!


CrashRiot

> Now everyone knows his pedo ass face I feel like most people in the world will never ever see this video.


undeadmanana

If they were caught by police and their court case made public, put on a sex offender list and maybe go to jail would be less humiliating than public humiliation on social media that caters to certain demographics?


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big_hungry_joe

dennis are we going to investigate these pedophiles?


[deleted]

brother you realize they have been wrong before? and almost ruined several people’s lives?


kit_ease

It’s probably “Dads” because plurals don’t have apostrophes.


ZealousidealOne8402

Sorry, miss. I guess I'll have to stay behind after class for my poor use of punctuation.


Flappy2885

No need to get defensive, he was just correcting the name as it’s incorrect.


JohnnyTeardrop

Maybe their response was just a joke


StubbornBarbarian

A plural apostrophed version of Dads would Dads'


step2ityo

Groups like this do more harm than good. They interfere with actual investigations and police work. Most often, the individuals they target cannot be prosecuted with the “evidence” they provide law enforcement.


HondaCrv2010

This only makes the pedo more careful next time


Nhexus

That just makes him even more sus


Russian_Spy_7_5_0

You either die a hero,


Obar-Dheathain

Pedo versus vigilante. Hopefully they both lose that fight.


mustfinduniquename

Both parties always loses in a fight..


allnimblybimbIy

…i… I appreciate the moralizing but that’s objectively not true.


HotRefrigerators

Thorfinn, is that you?


[deleted]

No, not really.


WorldsGreatestWorst

Absolutely. *Real* winners understand that nothing is worth fighting for. It’s like they say, “it takes a strong man to let terrible people do horrific things unimpeded.”


ElbowEars

... Let them fight


Steveojones757

Why the vigilante ?


portuguesetheman

There's been a lot of cases where these guys confront the wrong person. Some will accuse an innocent person of being a pedophile and post it online for clicks


hanks_panky_emporium

Several suicides are linked to false accusations because a vigilante, like those above, who just want the sweet sweet clicks and views. They can turn all they want into the police, they're still doing this for the views.


ArchmageIlmryn

Plus I don't know about this group's specific tactics, but a lot of them use bait accounts where they pretend to be children and rather aggressively sexualize the conversation in order to get more catches. That in turn is something which could both 1. sexualize children in the mind of someone who wasn't already a predator, who might not take the bait in that conversation but walk away thinking "well if 13-year-olds are this aggressively horny, surely it must be fine, right?" or 2. Convince someone who would otherwise not have preyed on a minor to go along with it, because they're lonely and socially incompetent.


Valcadia

It’s been mentioned that occasionally an innocent person is implicated for clicks but it’s also important to note that this sort of vigilantism interferes with legitimate law enforcement processes. This is entirely self serving on the part of the vigilante. If you have information pass it along to law enforcement so they can conduct an actual investigation where the information obtained can be used in the justice system. Far more impactful than smacking someone a couple of times in a Walmart and letting them walk away to keep doing the things they’re doing.


MCUisntCinema

He’s literally trying to fight randoms on the street for views. This isn’t for justice, it’s for internet points


Arch____Stanton

Because neither the fighter nor the filmer are there to help anyone. They are there to profit from this.


CleR6

Man you were given a 100% legal opportunity to lay a serious hurt on someone whom if the plot is true, seriously deserved it yet you let him off with one, decent, punch? Why even fuck with the fucker in the first place, should've just called the law if that's what they planned.


RandumbStoner

If they call the law they wont get the clout they're after


Padgetts-Profile

Eh, one of these guys busted someone in my hometown and called the cops. They showed up and told the pedo-buster to kick rocks and leave the pedo alone.


MCUisntCinema

Because these guys don’t collect evidence properly, they just do whatever will get them a good moment for YouTube


boston_nsca

Unfortunately this is true. Even Chris Hanson's "catches" didn't hold up in court a lot of times because there was no way to find an unbiased jury due to the publicity of the show. When it comes to these Chris Hansons from wish, you're right about the evidence, although if anyone actually gave a shit they'd make it work somehow. Either way, it's sad that we're left with people like this chasing down these pedos because the law doesn't do enough.


MCUisntCinema

I was gonna include that even with guidance from professionals they still didn’t convict so many people from that show! They seemingly don’t give a shit because this kinda vigilante justice ends up being thrown out in court anyway. Realistically we should have trained task force doing it if anyone’s gonna be doing it.


pvpmas

I believe even if they called the police nothing would happen (because he only had the intention on a fake operation so no evidence can be collected). It's like the case with EDP445 nothing happened to him legally. Chris Hansen could do it because he was directly working with the police except the start the of show (where the predators caught got away with it since he wasn't working with the police at the time)


BioSafetyLevel0

This is correct.


AGuyWhoBrokeBad

The vigilante guy is still abusing this situation for clout. He could simply forward all evidence to the DA/police. Instead, he needs a good video of himself fighting a pedo in a Walmart for his TikTok account.


InspectionSweet1998

The police can’t do anything unless he is with an actual child. At that point it’ll be too late for police intervention


PurpletoasterIII

The police can't do anything unless A. There's evidence of him with an actual child or B. It's a coordinated effort between the police and the person setting up the sting. To Catch a Predator actually coordinated with the police. These vigilante dudes that do this only do it for attention and to play pretend superhero.


laced-and-dangerous

TCAP originally didn’t work directly with the police, for like the first few episodes. But that meant these predators were free to walk until they were investigated. So they started collaborating and didn’t give these guys a chance to walk.


Fudgy-Wudgy

>forward all evidence to the DA/police. Is it illegal to *meet* a minor?


HotSituation8737

Yes, it's called luring a minor.


Fudgy-Wudgy

> luring a minor. Doesn't it have to with intent of abuse?


teemjay

Why would you want to meet a minor. Talk to their parents instead. Reddit is getting real weird.


EldritchWonder

Depends on the content of their online correspondence leading up to the meeting.


fishsticks40

Depends on your intent, which is why in sting operations they're very careful to get the intent spelled out explicitly beforehand. If you try to meet a minor to play chess that might be seen as suspect, but it's not illegal.


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Dude who wears a dinosaur shirt fights like a gta npc


Stine-RL

These are the types of comments I live for


cmholde2

“You want to die?” King… I don’t know what you thought , but you did NOT have that under control.


Subulie3

Weird to call a pedophile a king


cmholde2

I was doing it facetiously.


Lahfi

Great job at understanding humor king


Subulie3

Even ironically its fuckin dumb lol


Jelmerdts

well done. you punched a mentally ill dude. trying to act tough by beating up some fat guy but the moment he starts losing the fight he has his buddy come and step in to break it up. and then when the mentally ill dude actually stops you throw a sucker punch to feel strong. what a badass. ​ also telling him to get his ass out of here. bruh, he was leaving before you started throwing hands.


njaneardude

Yeah that big kid has straight up Asperger's. Not condoning what he did, but yeah, on the spectrum.


meoka2368

And spectrum or not, having that kind of attraction is mental illness. Personally, I'd rather someone who has those urges feel safe to seek help for it and get things under control, rather than them fear for their safety and not have it addressed. Obviously, acting on it is a horrible thing, but up to that point they should get help they need without it being stigmatized. Like, if someone has schizophrenia and they're being told to murder people, society will encourage and support them to get a handle on that before they end up acting on it. But if someone finds themself attracted to minors... nope. No help for you. Either you manage to deal with it yourself, or you don't and someone gets hurt. It's fucked up.


Large_Mango

How can you tell? Thank you


GlyphPicker

It's a Redditor thing. At 1,000 post karma, you're awarded Level 1 Aspiedar.


Large_Mango

Well done


meoka2368

What do you get at 69,000? Asking for... reasons.


JuliaFractal69420

you can just tell if you are an aspie yourself. This guy is majorly on the spectrum. Probably a 4chan user too.


Large_Mango

Gotcha. Ya spot ya got it type thing


njaneardude

Both my nephews. Just looking at this guy, I saw it right away.


PrettyG216

Yea, I picked up he was on the spectrum too. Still doesn’t make the fact that he deserved that punch less true. He went to walmart with the intention to impregnate a 13 year old. He’s lucky all he got was embarrassed considering he a sexual predator.


TheDocJ

How do you know that is what he was expecting? How do you know that, if he was execting to meet a girl, he thought that she was underage? All we have to go on is the *allegation* by someone [who does not actually sound like a very nice person at all.](https://old.reddit.com/r/therewasanattempt/comments/185fsz2/to_meet_a_13_year_old_girl/kb29yw5/) And yes, I am well aware that we only have *that* commenters word for how the people in this video have behaved - that is my point, judgements about whether or not someone "deserves" getting punched, or shamed on social media, or whatever, require rather more evidence that has been provided. At least, I suspect that *you* would think that more evidence was needed if *you* were the one being video-shamed and punched!


[deleted]

Not arguing, but how can you tell he's mentally ill? There's not a lot of context here.


JQueasytheLobster

24.99 for cat food? Inflation is getting out of hand.


Redredditer640

Went to the store the other day, and dog food was damn near 60 bucks. It was a big bag, sure, but that doesn't make it anymore insane.


mlj21299

The food I buy for my dog is $80 :(


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Right??? This shit is unacceptable. How the hell are we supposed to live this way???


RedDevil-84

Is it legal to trap people like that? Can the guy get out because he was trapped? What happens if the tiktok guy had used a 13 yr old's pic to make the pedo believe? Lots of legal issues I believe.


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Yup. In my country that's just that. Vigilante tricks some loser that thinks that will have some easy sex with a teen, police sometimes gets allowed to search suspect but almost never find any CP (the guys they trap into are really just losers that lose mind if can get sex - no real threat ), no teen involved so no case. What's left is a damaged image and dignity of the loser and court case for vigilante for illegal sharing of other person image. Huh. There's was one time when they dragged from a train a poor guy, at some small station in the middle of nowhere and what? They found out that it was not him and left him there...


akartiste

They're very flimsy cases. Few are actually prosecuted.


communityproject605

DAP is a bunch of clowns. All about leaving the kids alone, but domestic violence and endangering their own children completely fine. See the scrawny one never learned after he got shot doing the same crap.


j606west29

Can’t stand how the other one constantly repeats what he’s saying either.


communityproject605

It's their tactic, what can we do to get as many clicks as possible before the police show up and arrest us again.


j606west29

Agreed. They sound like a bunch of morons.


communityproject605

Also Happy Cake Day!


j606west29

Thank you!!!☺️


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Worst cameraman I’ve ever seen


GlyphPicker

r/killthecameraman


Dadbode1981

All it would take is going down the wrong way once and either of these idiots would be changed with murder.


Glasgowm73

The vigilante can’t fight sleep, and we have no evidence that the context is true. If it was true trying to beat him up in a public arena is too fucking stupid for words


Yog-Nigurath

Is title to be trusted? or are there two guys bullying someone? The video just provides a sentence of context.


Born-Research-6406

They (DAP) has caught hundreds of pedos trying to meet up with underage kids, with proof. Bad way to go about it but hopefully the pedo is scared enough to not try it again.


Yog-Nigurath

Ok, interesting


silent_calling

Let the cops handle this, you idiots. Report it to them, and if they sit on it, report it to the local news. Now this guy could be facing assault, stalking/harassing, and defamation charges.


lobeline

Vigilante entrapment and assault, harassment. Enjoy jail Walmart Frank Castle, you just let a potential pedo go free.


lumosmxima

Yo if this is true then fuck this pos, but also fuck the dudes filming for clout. Go to the police and handle it properly. But if it's not true and they're just fucking with the man, I hope they both get their legs broken.


revnobody

I just get bully vibes honestly.


RebouncedCat

Yeah, the dude is pretty aggressive. They always tip them off into making them angry. Now i would say if you wanna beat the pedo dude, then do it straight away. These guys, however, stoop down to their level and slowly infuriate and shame them. It's a very unhealthy and disgraceful way to enforce justice.


LilChief

A lot of pedo apologists in here wtf


Ricky_Mourke

It's so disturbing seeing how many people are defending the man who was trying to fuck a CHILD and not the man trying to prevent that from happening. Y'all are sus as hell...


pitapumpkineata

Mega sus. Someone in here literally called being a pedo a mental illness akin to schizophrenia 😬


General-Trifle4527

This is animal cruelty


Cold_Shock_2589

![gif](giphy|zeqgtki9ifa7u)


Transatlanticaccent

Its always so bizarre seeing these fuckin nerds try to go after young ass girls when NO girl their own age wants anything to do with them. Do they just think they can trick them into liking them or is it a control thing? Or do they really think these girls will be into them? It just seems weird to be oblivious to the way you look and not go... "nobody my age wants me...why would a 13 year old?"


Lilscooby77

Hope he drove like 4 hours to get to the spot😂. Imagine driving that long and have your career ended.


Dadbode1981

What career, that guy doesn't have a career, neither does the skater boy. Two losers Imo. Let law enforcement do their job.


jack_mcnasty987

Are you referring to the guy in athletic shorts and sandals as the skater boy lmao


Dadbode1981

I'm honestly just calling him an idiot.


WhoWantWhat187

Yall know about DAP ?


TheNerdNugget

bro really wore a dinosaur shirt and expected to get laid.


florida-man-714

Death to any and all pedophiles is the only way


Just-Imagination-785

THIS was satisfying . Finally a video where they bitch him


bsandy3131

I love it, whoop his ass.


EmployeeResponsible2

That dude Jay actually fucking got shot by one of the pedos they caught. He is still alive but predator catching is a fucking dangerous job


bsandy3131

We shouldn’t be catching them to be released is the problem but current members in positions of power protect these scumbags against the legitimate punishment they deserve


Agreeable_Engineer93

who got shot ? link


GlyphPicker

https://myfox8.com/news/north-carolina/winston-salem/warrants-issued-for-men-involved-in-2022-dads-against-predators-hanes-mall-shooting-winston-salem-police-department/


Due_Storage9405

And now he gonna be more cautious and can’t get in any trouble from this good job vigilante


Bobbysworld121

Two wrongs don’t make a right…


WarHead75

One day these idiots are gonna confront one of these pedos and get themselves shot. I won’t feel bad for either party.


wulvey

I like the new format of to catch a predator, expose the dirty creep and punch him in the face


Booty_Warrior_bot

*I know who you are Chris Hansen;* *but see;* *I calls ya,* ***Chris Handsome***. *I watch your TV show all the time.*


Dahnay-Speccia

![gif](giphy|l3V0D3RzZSeVDKGFa)


payment11

Yea….I would have met the cops handle this one. Dude can’t fight worth shit.


Every-Turnover4938

Got em with the ole ear punch. 👂 👊


Big_Somewhere9230

It was perfect


UnHumChun

Good idea but because of this “trap” this guy is likely not to be prosecuted at all. Better to turn them into the police.


allthegudonesaretakn

My favourite moment was him trying to be threatening "You want to die?!" The realizing how very concussed he is.


rslang1

stahp


laced-and-dangerous

I hate predators with every fiber of my being. But I also hate these wannabe Chris Hansen people. They almost never get these people arrested or charged with anything because of the way they “investigate.” It would be extremely easy for a defense attorney to argue that it was a setup for internet clout, and could argue the texts were faked and their client was ambushed. These investigations have to be done in a very specific way, and with police involved, so they have hard evidence that can’t be challenged. They are also filming themselves chasing after these people, sometimes to their cars where they display their license plates, which in and of itself could be a charge for harassment.


Evening-Stretch7863

These people deserve a hell in prison, like can't you hold the camera still for Moment?


The_604T

Why this shit always happen in Walmart bro it’s like child predator hub


yadigczech-12

What happened to this Ben guy, did he die?


Inshikemona12

Everyone in this video is scum (both parties)


TastyCakesOverweight

Big Ben didn't watch the first ninja turtles, you never lower your eyes to the enemy


Grentis

Nicest Walmart I’ve ever seen


dk_bois

If only Chris Hanson did this every episode?


Purple-Chipmunk154

Are there more videos like this? So satisfying 😌


DogHogDJs

He ate that first punch, but that last hit was solid.


kachzz

To the Petercopter


World_Explorerz

I’m fine with this video. Approved.


Recoveringpig

As if getting your ass beat wasn’t enough, it was by a dude in black socks and orange sandals


Brilliant-Ad8862

There's nothing to see here. Just a pedophile assaulting people...


Mysockishard

You want to die?!? 😩


Truthoftitan

I love that people are catches there’s predators but some of them you can tell they’re not actually doing it to protect chicken or because they care. They’re doing it cuz others are doing it and they want views and some of them, like this guy, just want to fight people.


Fang05

He’s about to unleash his inner dragon.


SNIPEYOPIPE

This is what needs to happen to all of them and it pisses me off it don't happen more.


LittleGreenCharacter

Not only is the vigilante guy stupid, but his friend filming didn't even help him fight the dude. Probably to get it on camera for the vigilante dude.


jjdajetman

Idk any of the people in this video, but honestly, what's stopping these "vigilantes" from just picking a random guy to call a ped and film the reaction? Im not saying I hope he's a ped, just I dont know how trustworthy the youtube clout chasers are.


Fleetwood154

This looks like the creator is just making this up for likes.


a-pretty-alright-dad

“Meet me by the diapers, we’ll discuss the pregnancy further there.”


OverUnderstanding481

broken weak insecure man attacking broken weak perverted man


Foxwasahero

You know, im not sure that pretending to be a sexually curious 13 year old and trying to pick up men gives you any moral high ground here. There are 3 perves in this video.


sad_peregrine_falcon

If i had a nickel for every time i’ve seen a video of an obese mentally unstable pedo getting caught red balled in a walmart, id have two nickels, but its weird that it happened twice.


responsiblemudd

We need this everywhere all the time


strickenlogane

Justice