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This is definitely a win for the Americans, beating the shit out of pickpockets is awesome.
Unfortunately it has an unintended consequence of criminals being more aggressive. If you as a potential pickpocket know they will throw hands regardless, you might as well start with maximum violence, save yourself some trouble.
Parisian pickpockets are quite unpleasant but at least you know they will not go beyond stealing your wallet while you're distracted.Or just deciding your wallet wasn't worth getting punched in the face.
They have the advantage here. The alternative is getting blindsided with a haymaker.
Nah, the whole advantage of pickpocketing someone is you're away before the victim realises they've been robbed. If you use violence, you then have to deal with bystanders, as well as an irate victim.
I mean knocking the person out and taking their wallet before they know wtf happened, maybe kicking their head like a soccer ball if they try to get up is done in America because it works.
You can't just knock someone out with a punch. That's how it works in movies, not in real life.
Its not like in the movies where they wake up hours later, but enough that the person is unable to defend themselves if not on the ground.
There are some really fucking stupid people on this platform, aren't there?
I am just describing a form of robbery that is more common in America than Europe, I dont understand why this is controversial.
No. Pickpocketers usually work in massive crowds in order to rob people. If a robber uses violence in a massive crowd, they are far more likely to be detained by said crowd even if they can knock out the person they are trying to rob.
Even threatening violence in a crowd could make people think you're a terrorist, and the crowd response is going to be different than if you're an unarmed pickpocket.
That's basically how mugging happens in the USA. There are still some finesse pickpocketers, but most of them are only going to rob you by pulling a weapon out, usually a gun, and immediately threatening harm if they don't get what they want.
And in some parts of the country, a significant part of the population is armed and legally allowed to shoot back.
Yes, of course, capitulation always works....
It's a French thing, you wouldn't understand.
Touché
This just isn't true because mugging and pick pocketing are different crimes done in different circumstances. People who are willing to risk a small amount of non violent risk don't just accept a much larger risk in crowded circumstances where they are unlikely to get away with it.
Instead they are likely to commit other crimes or the same in more amenable circumstances. Criminals have bad risk assessment not none
Psycho
Won't somebody think of the criminals? 🥺
Yeah kill them when you're at it!
/s