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Laptop theft from cafe Stroud Green Road
I just heard that there was a laptop theft by moped thieves from a cafe in Stroud Green Road the other day. Woman was sitting in the window with a laptop in view - biker came in, helmet on, threatened her with a hammer and got away with the laptop in seconds.
Never sit in the window with a laptop.
I'm not identifying the cafe. Not their fault.
It's the new Dark Ages.
Never sit in the window with a laptop.
I'm not identifying the cafe. Not their fault.
It's the new Dark Ages.
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I did read once that a hammer was the best piece of kit for self-defence, for a man or woman. No skill needed, close range effectiveness, and you'll do some damage whatever you hit.
Someone else can try this first, please.
the injuries are life changing - seems so utterly futile.
Actually maybe these phone snatches will be a good thing - rid the pavements of dumb f***s walking along looking at their phones instead of actually living their lives.
And I don’t often carry a handbag.
And i do love this place. I just don't understand why no one is really tackling the problem. And seeing some idiots stealing from cafes with hammers is just unbelievable.
These crimes are just an easy way to get money without working for it, the people they are stealing from are probably no richer than the families of the thieves - you can get an iPhone for about £30 a month and they'll chuck a tablet in.
I have been to LA a few times, no one walks anywhere at all there so you're pretty safe in your car unless you stray into the wrong area.
The victim of a crime is no less a victim for acting irresponsibly or failing to take what most people might see as sensible precautions, and the criminal is no less a criminal and no less responsible, however easy or tempting a crime is. Yet common sense and experience motivate us to avoid certain situations, in the hope of lessening the risk of being victims. We have a right to go about unhindered and unmolested, but we recognise that it's naïve and impractical to act as if we expect everyone in our environment to be benign and honest.
Part of fighting crime is minimising the opportunities for criminals; as a society we haven't discovered how to remove the motivation for crime; crime seems inevitable, so we lock doors and windows, avoid being alone in dark streets, keep our valuables hidden, are less trusting of strangers, etc.—to whatever extent we decide to take these precautions is an indication of how much risk of crime we are willing to take. Sometimes we underestimate the risks or are just unlucky in a place which is usually safer; we have no ready objective measures of risk. What is often described as "victim blaming" might be more accurately seen as a lack of sympathy for a victim who has been less cautious than we believe we would have been had we been in their circumstances. This does not necessarily mean that we fail to empathise with the victim's misfortune or suffering.