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Manchester attempted bike theft (via Facebook).JPGVideo: Manchester bike thief filmed punching bike owner
Footage shot in the centre of Manchester shows the moment a bike thief punched and kicked a cyclist who was trying to stop his bike from being stolen.
The video, shared on the UK Motorcycle Theft Protest Community page on Facebook, shows a man wearing a suit trying to intervene while other people watch the incident, which happened on Oxford Road.
After unsuccessfully trying to wrest the bike from its owner, the would-be thief, wearing a black hooded jacket, makes off with a friend on another bike, but not before shoving the woman filming who is trying to get a shot of his face.
It is not clear when the incident took place nor whether it has been reported to police.
Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.
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Are you kidding? There's a jam & cream (or cream & jam) war going on down there for centuries.
Lovely bit of casual racism there. Perhaps this hasn't ever been explained to you yet?
In areas where there are a large number of shitheads, those areas which have a large proportion of non-white youths will obviously have a larger number (proportionately speaking) of non-white shitheads. Areas which do not have a large proportion of non-white shitheads will not have a larger number (proportionately speaking) of non-white shitheads
Do you know why that is? It's because - and here's where it gets complicated - EVERY RACE HAS IT'S PROPORTION OF SHITHEADS, IT'S BASED ON LACK OF OPPORTUNITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS.
Of course, it might be a bit much to expect a man who can't spell 'multiculturalism' to understand that...
BOOM!
Nice.
Here's hoping it was indeed a Yorkshire/Lancashire joke, because we know what happens to thick racist cunts around here, don't we? Abusing racists isn't against anyone's rules and you can't be a racist without being a thick cunt, to the point that thickcuntracist should be one word.
I wondered how long it would take for the Guardian readers to get offended. I figured I'd get a bite.
Get over it.
And accept thick cunt racism? Over by cold and decomposing body.
Never read the Guardian in my life. Tend not to read newspapers, as they're all just confirming the bias of their editorial staff and owners.
Don't need a newspaper however, to clue me into the fact that you're a thick cunt who feels emboldened by the current climate of fear, bigotry and antifacts, to the point they're able to spout utter bollocks online from the safety of their mum's back room with impunity.
Fuck off back to the stone you crawled out from under
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Good effort, at least you injected a degree of humour into it, unlike our dear friend Don.
What makes a thick racist cunt think I'm trying to amuse them?
Make me laugh and justify the shit that you spouted, explain and educate me as to why it's funny/warrants not being called racist.
Then explain why it's OK to be racist.
Explain why you think reading the Guardian is negative.
Lose your thick racist cunt moniker.
The floor is yours.
Oh Donald, you really are butthurt aren't you. I made a simple comment, and you've lost the plot.
Knew you were a Guardian reader, you're so predictable. xx
So you can't and it was all a simple off the cuff remark... If only life was that simple.
Silly old me, I do apologise you thick racist cunt.
Oh I could, but quite honestly Donald, you're not worth my time xx
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I think one of the main reasons I wouldn't physically intervene is the danger that these kind of thefts are often carried out by people carrying weapons and possibly under the influence of drugs. Filming, helping etc. are all good, and if as much evidence can be gathered for a police response then great. I'm in the comfortable position to be able to afford cycle insurance, and my attitude to the bike (which I love) is "it's an object and can be replaced". Sorry if this doesn't sound very 'hero' but my life and health are worth more to me than my bike.
bike thieves are parasites
The owner doesn't even look like the real owner imo, looks like the sort that cycle around all day looking for smack. Not sure what model it is but it's got decent forks on so not a Halfords Apollo job.
'great' city though. Must remember to visit sometime when I want my bike stolen and face rearranged.
The bike is a Voodoo Canzo - so it's a Halfords (or Cycle Republic) bike.
Nice sterotyping there.
regards,
A yorkshireman
Edit: Voodo Canzo 2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srM-3thPfEs&feature=youtu.be
The other day I was in Leeds for work. I watched a drug deal take place in broad daylight in front of me, and two blokes out of their head on spice 'fighting' in the middle of the street. I say 'fighting '- it was really more like slow-motion tai chi set to a soundtrack of slurs and invective.
As a result, I instantly dismissed all denizens of Yorkshire is thieving, drug-taking scoundrels.
Oh wait - no I didn't - I just went away realising that all cities, everywhere, have a high number of inveterate junkie scumbags, with violent tendencies
Grow up with the 'Yorkshire vs Lancashire' shit
He's just bitter cos we won.
It's only been 500 years...
I'm sure they'd be happy to visit you if you asked.
Why didn't the bloke with the umbrella administer a few blows?
Assault, attempted theft both covered under citizen's arrest and as long as he didn't use excess force then nothing to be concerned about.
OK, so two people did something, but most of them stood around watching! I hope someone at least called the police as an emergency situation.
They probably hung up after waiting in the queue to be answered!
Not totally broken. Suit guy, the lady filming it (assuming it was shared with the police as well as social media), and others who checked the cyclist was okay restore some faith in human nature.
The would be thieves are toal scrotes though.
Exactly.
If those bystanders were helping the thieves then you could claim it to be totally broken but claiming that while those factors exist, is all a bit 'Chiken Licken'
Who says Britain's broken? It's the absolute brazeness of it that gets me.
Exactly. "The rest of you are just puppets in a play put on just for me, and if I want to break you, I will." People that do stuff like that in broad daylight, and who then get p!ssed off if someone tries to stop them doing whatever they want are acting like toddlers rather than adult humans - total ego obsessed sociopaths.
Is stuff like this why they're not allowed to have Mobike any more...?
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