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It was pretty jarring, honestly. Thief was screaming he was going to hit me and trying to square up to me with the crankset in his dominant hand (his idiot gf was screaming too but at least was pushing him back). I started yelling back that he repaid our attempt at a favour by calling us ‘shits’ in a language he didn’t think I’d understand and was now stealing our stuff, without threatening him or even insulting him. I called 999, asked for police and didn’t notice when the cop picked up. It was then max. 10 seconds of back and forth with the thief, in front of like 12 other people, when I hear the cop say in my ear ‘if you don’t stop yelling I’m going to put the phone down on you.’ Guess everyone else is cool as a ducking cucumber when they call for police with someone threatening them with a weapon in the background?
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Adhiero
The filth are useless eh. I'd make a complaint.
Pop into the workshop and grab a larger weapon, breaker bar or long seatpost come to mind.
Im not suggesting you attack anyone, I'd probably stay well behind the counter. Wouldn't bother attempting to detain anyone with a weapon in hand.
Also, I've always wondered what the legal implications are for detaining someone. It's sort of expected by security people. What constitutes false imprisonment?