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Detroit, 8:27 PM
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    Laughing Car Thief Steals Bait Car, Stops Laughing

    Car Thief Soils Self After Finding Cop In Passenger Seat

    Car Thief Calls 911 To Brag, Results Predictable

    Car Thief Gets Carjacked In Stolen Car
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    Image of Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est
    07/22/09

    In reply to Laughing Car Thief Steals Bait Car, Stops Laughing
    Why wouldn't they just put an immobilizer in the bait car? What happens if there is a chase which leads to someone/thing getting hurt?

    Just send a signal to the ECU or what-have-you, that limits the stolen car to 1st gear.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    04/28/09

    In reply to Laughing Car Thief Steals Bait Car, Stops Laughing
    These losers confirm all the worst stereotypes of impulsive, stupid and predatory jackals. As one magistrate termed them, 'the evil poor.'
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    Image of .357 .357
    04/28/09

    In reply to Laughing Car Thief Steals Bait Car, Stops Laughing
    Ha ha, stupid people. You always break the window first so you can get out.
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    Image of Unregular Unregular
    04/28/09

    In reply to Laughing Car Thief Steals Bait Car, Stops Laughing
    i wonder how far this "bait" thing can go.


    can you lay a $20 bill on the sidewalk and arrest anyone that picks it up?

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    Image of acarr260 acarr260
    04/28/09

    @Unregular: Grand Theft Loose Change?!
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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    04/28/09

    @Unregular: I don't know, but I've been baited into punching people before, so I think it can go pretty far.
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    Image of Unregular Unregular
    04/28/09

    @acarr260: well it ain't your 20!
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    Image of Mad_Science Mad_Science
    04/28/09

    @Unregular: There's a standard for entrapment, something to the effect of not presenting undue temptation.


    The jackass defense lawyer argument is that the car (usually picked from a "most stolen" list) in the shady neighborhood they leave it represents an unfair temptation.


    Generally, this doesn't hold up, as car theft is much much more complicated than petty theft (wallets, purses, etc). You have to break in, hotwire and drive off in the car. Then you have to sell it to someone. None of those are spur-of-the-moment kinds of things.

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    Image of Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig) Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig)
    04/28/09

    @Mad_Science: I remember reading somewhere that the fine line is whether or not the police truly precipitated the crime by initiating the sting.


    So leaving a car unlocked with keys in it is NOT entrapment, but doing that and putting a sign on the windshield that says "FREE CAR" is entrapment...as I understand it. It all borders on quantum physics.

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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    04/28/09

    @Ash78: The super collider will put an end to all of this.
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    Image of fanboy.took.my.star fanboy.took.my.star
    04/28/09

    @Unregular: finding money is not a crime... but if you find a car with the keys in it you are not supposed to take it...
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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    04/28/09

    @urbanturban666: In a perfectly honest world, the money would be turned in.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    04/28/09

    @Unregular: It's no one's 20 when it's loose on the sidewalk. The same cannot be said of a parked car.
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    Image of sos10 sos10
    04/28/09

    In reply to Laughing Car Thief Steals Bait Car, Stops Laughing
    Bait cars, that's the same dirty trick George Michael got in trouble with, sort of.
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    Image of Mad_Science Mad_Science
    04/28/09

    In reply to Laughing Car Thief Steals Bait Car, Stops Laughing
    Yo dawg, I herd yo like stealin cars, so I put a stolen car in yo stolen car so yo can steal cars while yo steal cars.
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    04/28/09

    In reply to Laughing Car Thief Steals Bait Car, Stops Laughing
    Just wait till the guy steals it, then drives it into the world's biggest puddle. Water fries the electronics and wrecks the footage. Only the pudddle wins.
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    Image of 1300ccsoffury 1300ccsoffury
    04/28/09

    In reply to Laughing Car Thief Steals Bait Car, Stops Laughing
    Is Tan Camry Guy smoking 4 cigarettes?!
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    Image of Duff-Lad Duff-Lad
    04/28/09

    In reply to Laughing Car Thief Steals Bait Car, Stops Laughing
    I've always wondered why car thieves don't drive the cars to a discreet, nearby location and go back for the car later. Surely taking it and staying with it on public highways is a sure-fire way to get your ass in jail.
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    Image of Jo Schmo Jo Schmo
    04/28/09

    @Duff-Lad: What is "dumb" Alex?
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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    04/28/09

    In reply to Laughing Car Thief Steals Bait Car, Stops Laughing
    Car thief: Buckle Up.


    Hahahahahahahaha


    More like hemmed up, and cuffed up, soon to be sent to lock-up, you f*ck up.

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    Image of Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig) Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig)
    04/28/09

    In reply to Laughing Car Thief Steals Bait Car, Stops Laughing
    Hahaha, "Tan Camry Bait." Nice going, Beavis.
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    Image of acarr260 acarr260
    04/28/09

    @Ash78: I laughed when I saw that as part of the video. I hope he got double the sentence for trying to steal a damn Camry.
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    Image of mytdawg mytdawg
    04/28/09

    In reply to Laughing Car Thief Steals Bait Car, Stops Laughing
    Damn smokers always stealing respectable people's cars.
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    Image of Duff-Lad Duff-Lad
    04/28/09

    @mytdawg: The police aren't always THAT respectable, really...
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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    04/28/09

    @Duff-Lad: And they're even worse when they are out of uniform.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    04/23/09

    In reply to Car Thief Soils Self After Finding Cop In Passenger Seat
    Hence the skid marks for the picture?
    Although this punk did more than skid marks in his drawers--thanks for not being grosser.
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    Image of goatrope goatrope
    04/23/09

    In reply to Car Thief Soils Self After Finding Cop In Passenger Seat
    Who among us can honestly say we haven't done the exact same thing when we were young and stupid?? I know I have...
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    Image of Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face. Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face.
    04/23/09

    @goatrope: What? Shit yourself, or try to break into a car with a cop in it?
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    Image of Graverobber Graverobber
    04/23/09

    In reply to Car Thief Soils Self After Finding Cop In Passenger Seat
    We've been down this road before. Fudging your Huggies while being pursued is an age-old defense mechanism. When our ancestors where still seeking refuge from predators by climbing into trees, a final payload drop on the pursuer would encourage targeting another victim with a less active metabolism. It's an evolutionary advantage and increased the likelihood of reproduction among "shotgun-bowel" protohumans, perpetuating the line of those with the ability to heave a havana.


    Today, we see stress-related sphincter spasms in our nearest relatives- the chimpanzees, which share 99.5% of our DNA code, and a love of all things scatological. They are able to shit at will, and understand the value of a turd as a weapon. Again, evolution at work.


    What this teen car thief didn't understand was that by building a log cabin, his body was unconsciously telling him- "Here, let me help you run faster, I'll lighten the load for you!" Dropping a deuce can also throw olfactory-based trackers off your scent.


    So next time you are under great stress, and feel that turtle's head poking out, you go ahead and clear out some inventory, because that's just your body's natural autonomic response to stress. It's the result of millions of years of evolution, steaming there in your pants. Don't worry, it means you'll live to crap another day.

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    Image of PatFromGundo PatFromGundo
    04/23/09

    @Graverobber: I read that entire post with a 1950s high school science film narrator voice in my head.


    You're still the master!

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    Image of Dr. H. F. Danger Dr. H. F. Danger
    04/23/09

    @Graverobber: I wish there were more hearts I could click under your name, sir.
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    Image of scroggzilla raids again scroggzilla raids again
    04/23/09

    @Graverobber: Game. Set. Match.


    Nicely done, sir.

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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    04/23/09

    @Graverobber: "Heave a Havana" will probably get you COTD, and I'll approve completely.
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    Image of cyclopticgaze cyclopticgaze
    04/23/09

    @Graverobber: "Heave a Havana." Fantastic.
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    Image of Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face. Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face.
    04/23/09

    @Graverobber: I bow to your greatness and hereby dub thee Sir Robber of Graves, Master of Metaphor and Sultan of Simile.
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