Venice Boardwalk Confrontation: Local Man Reclaims Stolen Bike as Safe Team Steps In

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8 ай бұрын

VENICE BOARDWALK, October 23, 2023 - A dramatic scene unfolded on the Venice Beach Boardwalk earlier today. While dining on a restaurant patio, a local man spotted a passerby shouting, "Bike for sale for $60" as he rode a bicycle that looked all too familiar to the diner. The bicycle was, in fact, the same one that had been stolen from his daughter in Venice just nights ago.
Without hesitation, the father confronted the cyclist, verifying the bike's identity by unlocking its combination lock. The cyclist countered, asserting he'd bought the bike at a garage sale over the weekend. A dispute ensued between the two, drawing the attention of a Venice Safe Team ambassador who tried to de-escalate the situation and promptly called the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD).
Before LAPD officers could arrive, the suspected thief fled, leaving the bike behind. The officers took a statement from the father upon their arrival and then left in pursuit of the suspect. In a heartwarming twist, the father contacted his daughter, sharing the good news and asking her to retrieve her recovered bicycle.
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@longliverocknmetal 8 ай бұрын

Neither the cops nor the "Safe Team" prevented the theft. They didn't recover it either. It's sometimes up to the victims to get the justice we deserve. Well done!

@bubbagasm1 8 ай бұрын

This is California. Remember the place that defunded the police and voted to take it easy on criminals. You get what you vote for.

@NonEuclideanTacoCannon 8 ай бұрын

Especially in larger cities, cops only respond in a timely fashion if you are a big business or wealthy individual. That's why many smaller crimes go unreported, no one wants to sit and wait 8-12 hours for an officer to eventually show up and take a report. Because that's usually as far as it goes, they're not going to send in the detectives and forensic team because someone smashed your window or took a package off your porch.

@BaronKilaton 8 ай бұрын

They were there if it escalated and safety team helped. Police in Venice do a great job so do the Park Rangers, Beaches and County etc. Cool place to live the community is awesome!

@Finder76 7 ай бұрын

Call the cops while some one is actively breaking in your house or attacking you. Let me know how those police protect you.

@NonEuclideanTacoCannon 7 ай бұрын

@@Finder76 People who've never had to deal with police seem to think they materialize out of thin air like fuckin' Batman when you need them.

@kumaquattro-le1vk 8 ай бұрын

He bought it at a garage sale, and immediately tries to sell it ? Right!! Total disgusting thief .

@Misfit-from-Zanti 8 ай бұрын

Liar liar 👖 🔥

@HiThisIsMine 8 ай бұрын

“Here, have your bike back…. It’s not even your bike…” Well, why’d you even say, “have your bike back”

@beekeepermariadelgado6806 8 ай бұрын

3 days ago my arse!

@AStanton1966 8 ай бұрын

A good ? would have been, do you have a bill of sale?

@moonbind 8 ай бұрын

proof of stealing where?

@sbg911 6 ай бұрын

The dad did all the work. Nice to see the SAFE team in their role as interested observers.

@2FRESH-4U 6 ай бұрын

They probably help the thieves

@scruf153 5 ай бұрын

crime is legal in blue states/cities

@theexperiment8498 5 ай бұрын

Who leaves a bike overnight in Venice and actually expects to find it the next day? Pure luck they found it again.

@1ROB82 8 ай бұрын

Props to the dad for taking back what already belongs to him. I can’t stand a thief..

@CoopyKat 8 ай бұрын

@Bobert82 I can't stand a MAGA, or anyone that supports them.

@ramongonzalezdiaz9511 8 ай бұрын

I was ok with him till he pulled the maga crap @@CoopyKat

@CoopyKat 8 ай бұрын

@@ramongonzalezdiaz9511 Me too, whenever someone pulls the Jerk card like that, it's a major turnoff.

@naturallaw1733 8 ай бұрын

@@ramongonzalezdiaz9511 yeah, my Sympathy quickly just sailed away after that... 😊

@victormontoya117 8 ай бұрын

@@CoopyKatyeah the other white guy that stoled the bike was probably a trump supporter too trying to blame Democrats.

@Mark16NZ 8 ай бұрын

"You're violent!" Proceeds to throw the lock at the dad twice.

@Ifoughtpiranhas 8 ай бұрын

Yep, every accusation was a confession.

@jnicksnewstart 8 ай бұрын

Is actions were pretty typical of leftist/socialists.

@lcfflc3887 8 ай бұрын

he should have asked the guy to open the lock, that would have made him look even worse, the fact that he still have the Lock with him not even knowing the combination.

@JewBoy-co7yw 8 ай бұрын

Felony Assault With A Deadly Weapon. ADW PC 245

@JamesBond-py8xs 7 ай бұрын

Just because someone grows up physically doesn't mean they all grow up mentally

@JEDIM4REAL 8 ай бұрын

Bought it Three days ago but the bike was stolen 2 days ago and the guy had the combo to the lock. Glad you got your daughters bike back.

@Defender78 6 ай бұрын

How did the theef unlock the bike lock though

@emmettturner9452 6 ай бұрын

@@Defender78Bypass or decode, but the owner didn’t have to do either proving he was the real owner.

@emmettturner9452 6 ай бұрын

Yeah, the timeline doesn’t add up. Since it was stolen overnight it was more like 1 day ago.

@biknjak 6 ай бұрын

I was in law enforcement for 31 years, and I still to this day am amazed by the number of absolute a$$wipes there are in the world. You'd think I would have got used to it by now. Beam me up, Scotty....😬

@JohnSmith-op5vq 6 ай бұрын

this isn't about you, narcissist . typical old has been cop trying to be important get a life

@Photosynthesisbeing 6 ай бұрын

I'm not in law enforcement and I'm amazed at the amount of total fuckwits there are in power around the world.

@tristanwwsd 8 ай бұрын

I had the same thing happen to me. It was a year after my bike was stolen, I saw it being pushed down the boardwalk by 2 guys. I was riding my newer bike with a buddy and told him to hold my bike and I went and grabbed the bars and wouldn't let go. We pushed and pulled our way to the Lifeguard tower by the Roller Coaster at Mission Beach. I told a lifeguard the situation and he called the cops. I had bought it new and had the receipt with serial number at home but I had reported it stolen by serial number right after it was taken. The cops verified this and asked the guy where he got it. He said he bought it from a friend but couldn't remember his name. The cops told me it would be too hard to prove who stole the bike and told the guy if he wanted to press the issue they would arrest him. He decided to walk away. I had to ride home holding the 2nd bike next to me like the bums do when they steal bikes. Ha. It took me a year to find it and was probably a very lucky event to come across it, but I looked at every bike after the loss and one day, there it was.

@auteurfiddler8706 8 ай бұрын

I thought they disguise it with spray paint or by swapping parts with other stolen bikes.

@richardelliott8352 8 ай бұрын

Thats why the pros would take the bikes in mass up north, to sell them to kids on the first day of collage in Santa Barbara. It got so established , some kids included it in their collage plans . I think someone finally took action, but have no details, only hearing about where the stolen bikes from Southern California went.

@auteurfiddler8706 8 ай бұрын

@@richardelliott8352 There is a LA news reporter that let her bike get stolen. They put a couple of trackers on it. The first time time it got stolen, a man in the subway had it. He was angry when they asked for it back. He said "I'm an addict! I have to get high!" As if it was everyone's responsibility to facilitate this. He was a big scary dude. The next time it was stolen similar to the they one in the video. The news crew found a middle aged man and woman loading it along with dozens more in the back of a van. They could well have been on their way to to some college.

@steverenom.299 8 ай бұрын

You Trumper, you. Lol.

@melvinturner6513 8 ай бұрын

@IntegraDIY 8 ай бұрын

If the crook actually bought it at a yard sale, he wouldn’t be that desperate to try and sell it for $60 yelling the price out loud..

@Ghostdog4 8 ай бұрын

It was an investment purchase

@authordent170 7 ай бұрын

@@Ghostdog4Kool reply

@Francedefence 6 ай бұрын

@@Ghostdog4 😂😂😂

@jesseredden7123 6 ай бұрын

People buy shit at garage sales all of the time to resell.

@mtlnascarfan 6 ай бұрын

Fortunately for dad, thieves aren't too bright when it comes to fencing stolen goods.

@craigklein5563 8 ай бұрын

That guy should have been arrested for possession of stolen property but law enforcement is about his lazy and unprofessional as it gets! Shame on law enforcement!

@XDNonstop 7 ай бұрын

They should ask the guy where he bought the bike from if he said so. They never ask about the tracing of the bike

@Rt-ig4bk 7 ай бұрын

Because the bullshit politics in California have made it to where the cops can’t even do their job!

@jimrehman904 6 ай бұрын

Unless I am wrong, they looked at all the videos of the perp. and noted it as such. They will now patrol the area and if the see him they should get his side of the story. Does anyone want them to send out an APB and light up the red lights in a frantic search?

@oledahammer8393 6 ай бұрын

Kalifornica, there is NO law enforcement....

@JoeOvercoat 6 ай бұрын

@@jimrehman904That guy plainly was in receipt of stolen property worth over $200. That’s a felony in VA. so…yes.

@saysar5625 8 ай бұрын

He did what a father was supposed to do for his daughter. . Glad to see ordinance and ppl stepping up. Hopefully the boardwalk gets to be what once was

@htomc42 8 ай бұрын

He's mad that he couldn't make any money off the stolen bike. Also note his political bigotry.

@patmcbride9853 8 ай бұрын

He figures such ad hominem attacks will be accepted in Venice.

@Ifoughtpiranhas 8 ай бұрын

@bigfatolddude; You're either psychic, or personally interview each thief to check his/her political affiliation.

@naturallaw1733 8 ай бұрын

@bigfatolddude Except Literally Trump though... 😆🤪

@HiThisIsMine 8 ай бұрын

@bigfatolddude- the sketchy thing I’ve seen about people in power… whenever someone commits a crime multiple times, over and over again, and continues committing more crimes and more fraud and more theft… well, it’s usually Trump.

@patmcbride9853 8 ай бұрын

@bigfatolddude I actually learned those TWO words in a philosophy class. Of course, you know all about fallacious argument since it's all you seem to have.

@scorpio85 8 ай бұрын

The man should be put in jail. The sheer audacity of it, disgusting.

@importon 8 ай бұрын

You can often find that guy riding around town yelling similar nonsense at people he passes. He's been at it for years

@naturallaw1733 8 ай бұрын

the issue here looks more like that man just Unknowingly bought Stolen Property. it happens but all we can do is Learn from it.... 🤷‍♀

@desertratsummers 8 ай бұрын

⁠@@naturallaw1733Yeah I’m sure that’s the issue😂

@naturallaw1733 8 ай бұрын

@@desertratsummers it appears that it could be if we don't Assume so much. 😉

@richarddemp2413 8 ай бұрын

Right!!...When someone sells you a bike for $20, of course it's totally legit.@@naturallaw1733

@sidx32 8 ай бұрын

I had a guy steal my bike out of my backyard and take it a block over to his house. I called the police and we went over there. Police said because I did not register it with the city and could not prove it was mine he could keep it. That was 20 years ago and still baffles my mind today.

@Francedefence 6 ай бұрын

You should have stole it back! Then say the guy couldn't prove it was his!

@thekamotodragon 6 ай бұрын

@@Francedefence yea exactly, at that point, you've shown the law can't help you and is ineffective at stopping crime, so you have to stop it yourself. Stealing it back should've been a given but he also should've doled some "street justice" because without punishment, that criminal will just come back for his bike again.

@joeybiden7755 6 ай бұрын

Calling the police after a crime is damn near waste of time. I often tell people that police don’t prevent crime most of the time, they just react to the crime after it’s happened.

@marcelotapia3970 6 ай бұрын

I say you go and get him back lol

@Jez2008UK 6 ай бұрын

You 'had a guy', meaning you got a guy to steal your bike? Makes no sense dude.

@HardRockMiner 7 ай бұрын

He needs to be arrested by the fashion police.

@LisaJayne63 8 ай бұрын

Good for you! Way to go to stand up for what is yours. Great Dad !

@nakedkitten 8 ай бұрын

Not such a great Dad to teach your child to hate everyone who is not like you. If you haven't figured out who Trump is yet then you really aren't all that intelligent, in a cult or everything hateful that the monster stands for.

@2011woodlands 8 ай бұрын

I want to see the grocery chains reclaim their carts.

@mrtodd3620 8 ай бұрын

The grocery chains could come up with policies and technology to keep their carts from being taken if they wanted to, but it is probably cheaper to just let the carts go.

@ottomatic3123 6 ай бұрын

"He's a liar and a thief!", says the liar and the thief.

@Makethetruthyourown1990 8 ай бұрын

I had someone steal a bike from me right in front of the building I was working at. He cut my lock wire with his bolt cutters and rode away like it was his. Little did he know I was right behind him running and gaining. He slowed down to check out the bike and wham I was there. I got my bike back and it was the best feeling ever. 4 years later the bike was stolen again.

@user-uh2kx7tz4k 8 ай бұрын

Slinging a lock at someone not violent he should be arrested for assault 😂

@bguerra4 8 ай бұрын

It would been hilarious if the daughter said something like “No dad my bike is red.”

@CoopyKat 8 ай бұрын

@bguerra4 LOLL I'm a little amazed that the dad didn't even bother with the police! That is the first thing I would do, is call the cops on the guy.

@Onix.556 8 ай бұрын

LOLOLOL

@mikeca98 8 ай бұрын

@@CoopyKat Nothing good happens when you call the police.

@steverenom.299 8 ай бұрын

Lol.

@beng4647 6 ай бұрын

Or she traded it for dope on the boardwalk.

@dustinguriel620 6 ай бұрын

I love this guy!! "you better stand for something or you'll fall for anything!" Self reliance at it's best here.

@thenotoriousgryyn342 8 ай бұрын

Glad he got his bike back.

@ByeDave 8 ай бұрын

This was straight up like a GTA side mission 😂

@kikeruiz539 6 ай бұрын

LA is based of Los Santos

@zvette5 8 ай бұрын

What’s more disturbing the guy stealing the bike or the guys daughter having the combo on the lock as “DO ME”

@stefunkylove 6 ай бұрын

Or, is it disturbing that you automatically insinuate her combo implies “f” me? Lol. She could be reminding herself each time she unlocks her bike to just be herself with a simple “do me” message as in the saying, “Do you boo-boo”. People make passwords that tell themselves something all the time.

@kirbywaite1586 6 ай бұрын

@stef.12 Nice try but pretty hard to swallow.

@stefunkylove 6 ай бұрын

@@kirbywaite1586 Try? There is no try. You’re just revealing where your mind goes and where I’m sure plenty of others go too. Straight up. If you can’t swallow, you might want to get checked out…

@kirbywaite1586 6 ай бұрын

@@stefunkylove What does your crazy rant even mean?

@stefunkylove 6 ай бұрын

@@kirbywaite1586 You just had to insert a comment that further proves what I had previously stated. It seems you are unable to take in another probable perspective that actually holds weight. I guess it’s because I have the perspective on it and you don’t, which makes it difficult for you to swallow. My mind didn’t go where the OP and yours did with the, “Do me”. Simply put. Is it that difficult to understand?

@MUISHAGGY572 6 ай бұрын

Legend has it that thief is still screaming "that's my bike!"

@dinoman4451 8 ай бұрын

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@wacko6219 8 ай бұрын

I bet she's glad she got her bike back but I bet she's embarrassed because her dad's wearing those shorts LOL

@noahperius8291 6 ай бұрын

What about the socks with no shoes on lol

@roblovegreen 8 ай бұрын

I had my bike stolen a few years ago. A month later I rode my new bike right by the guy and recognized my bike. Me and my buddy chased him and his friend down. I confronted him and said where is my bike. He said he bought it for ten bucks and it was stashed behind a bush. I got my bike back.

@LuckyBaldwin777 6 ай бұрын

The guy buys a bike worth hundreds for ten bucks and that doesn't tell him it's stolen?

@jp8950 6 ай бұрын

Being on the safe team is like going hiking without a gun.

@PROGAMING-yu5ef 8 ай бұрын

Well done dad!

@kendi1417 8 ай бұрын

Do people really lock bikes up overnight in public places and expect it to be there in the morning?

@bguerra4 8 ай бұрын

Yeah, I would only do that if I wanted to get rid of a bike.

@MrReymoclif714 8 ай бұрын

Roaming around somewhere?

@deed421 8 ай бұрын

It’s not the same world we grew up in

@smckay6438 8 ай бұрын

Your sick for not expecting laws to be obeyed! YES , IT SHOULD BE THERE! IT WOULD BE IN JAPAN !WHY NOT IN AMERICA?

@hpb5495 8 ай бұрын

There it is..

@ung427 7 ай бұрын

I really wish i was there. Over the years I've had over eight custom bikes stolen from me. I hate bike thieves.

@scullcap357 6 ай бұрын

Me too hed been sorry really sorry .

@arok.podcast 8 ай бұрын

This happened to me last year. Some guy was riding my wife's bike (not 3 days after it was stolen) in the EXACT SAME STREET it was taken. When I confronted him and tried to take it back, everyone was thinking I was in the wrong because I'm a young Asian man and he was an old Middle Eastern man. Few people threatened to attack me too.

@tomruth9487 8 ай бұрын

@Lutus.and.yonten, what a horrible situation to be in.

@arok.podcast 7 ай бұрын

@@tomruth9487 society is fucked

@pargolf3158 6 ай бұрын

I'm pretty sure he was riding it the same day it was stolen LOL. Just kidding bud. Sorry that happened to you.

@kurt6221 6 ай бұрын

Time to get out of Cali bro. i'm in Missouri. The cops here wouldn've pummeled the bike thief. Get out of that sht hole lib. state.

@bnwo 8 ай бұрын

Good thing the Safe Team was on the scene.

@smoothoperator1083 8 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 1st side of a weapon they'll be pullin that pride flag out boi!😂😂😂

@Lopezsokray_z 8 ай бұрын

Doing nothing

@seanmahoney2755 8 ай бұрын

As useless as sox at the beach.

@wolfgangk1 6 ай бұрын

Mr ."Safe Team" acted like a cowardly bystander.

@frankflstf 8 ай бұрын

Way to go local man good for you

@JoeOvercoat 6 ай бұрын

I loved that everyone laughed at the thief as he went away yelling.

@CPny65 8 ай бұрын

Those locks are so easy to pick. Put tension on cable and start moving closest tumbler. We it is found it will slip just a bit. mover to the next until all 4 digits are found. 15 minutes for a first timers 3 min for anyone who has done it at least once. Props to Dad for standing up and getting his bike back.

@SeaMonkey137 8 ай бұрын

The thief yelling that the other guy was being violent while throwing all that stuff at him was right out of the terrorists' PR playbook.

@lanceolot007 8 ай бұрын

Democrats

@2-old-Forthischet 8 ай бұрын

"Bought it at a garage sale".....ah yeah.....that doesn't spell hot. Three officers for a stolen bicycle. I couldn't even get one officer for a car break in.

@DadeMurphie 8 ай бұрын

Well a "safety team" member called in a fight. They probably get higher priority and there are cops there all day.

@Misfit-from-Zanti 8 ай бұрын

He lied.. He said he bought it 3 days ago.. It was stolen the day before.

@richardelliott8352 8 ай бұрын

@@Misfit-from-Zanti if you watch again, your timeline will prove incorrect.

@mob4336 Ай бұрын

Plus the moron tried selling it will the same bike lock .

@meade916 6 ай бұрын

why is that guy wearing biker spandex? Does it make him more aerodynamic while riding a beach cruiser? lol

@jodiburnett6211 7 ай бұрын

The bike drama is legendary Venice. I lived in the Venice Canals once upon a time. Thank you for the tour of my old home town.

@Lawomenshoops 8 ай бұрын

That safe team member says it’s not that serious to the guy who got his bike stolen!

@sunsensational 8 ай бұрын

Prolly some homeless dude stole it and re-sold it to that one guy, who then runs into the actual owner, and the rest is history.

@elleg3651 8 ай бұрын

That guy was the one who stole it.

@markattila9835 8 ай бұрын

He lied about when he acquired the bike. Did you catch that? Caught red-handed.

@richardelliott8352 8 ай бұрын

the great W.C. Fields said it long ago, "you can't cheat an honest man". one prevents theft in your community by not buying stolen goods.

@roskypolkerkan8355 6 ай бұрын

I lived right off the boardwalk for 16 years and had my bike stolen too. I'm glad he got his back, it's a rare occasion, believe me. Word of advice, a cord lock is just ASKING to be cut, if you're serious about locking up your bike you NEED a good U lock.

@David-vt3hn 7 ай бұрын

This was a very good video, the police should see this video for what it really is. If it was not the guys bike he would not know the combination to the lock on it which he certainly did when he finally opened it up! A crime was stopped, the rightful owner did not back down, and it was proved the bike did belong to him and his daughter. This is why it is very important to know how to hold your ground no matter what situation you're in. If you're in the right then stay in the right.

@IRequireMedication 6 ай бұрын

lol @ 'safe team', oh California, never change. The shear amount of amusement you give us in your complete and utter idiocy is priceless

@DJ-jx4jm 8 ай бұрын

Venice Ale House, best place in Venice. I feel bad for the owners for how bad things have become in their area

@GardenerEarthGuy 8 ай бұрын

Good job, Dad!

@brisvegas859 6 ай бұрын

Leaving a bike in Venice beach overnight is not a wise move to begin with.

@magicunicorn6535 7 ай бұрын

These days I won't lock my bike and walk out of sight of it. Where I go, it goes.

@Derpherppington 8 ай бұрын

just brought at a garage sale yesterday now i'm selling it for 60$

@caroltremblay9511 8 ай бұрын

OMG the spandex... and the glasses...

@sharinglungs3226 6 ай бұрын

He’s lucky the bike was still intact. Where I live someone locked up their bike and the next day it was just the frame still locked up. They took the wheels, gears, brakes, handle bar and seat.

@duaneayers6117 8 ай бұрын

He Said that he bought the bike 3 days ago at a yard sale and now he's trying to sell it. Yup he's guilty 100% percent.

@saymstuff 8 ай бұрын

Calls him violent.....starts being violent...

@randolphholy-day6400 8 ай бұрын

Stick a paper with name inside the handlebars. Or, place a tracker inside the handles. Write a number on the back tire in small print!

@chorlesteajones6794 8 ай бұрын

Sadly, writing something on a tire would normally wash away. Instead have something unique etched into a part of the frame small enough to not be noticed but big enough to read if you know where it's at. Even if they try to repaint it, they'd have to spot the etching and scratch it off but nine times out of ten they are just trying to flip it as fast as possible for a quick buck and won't try to repaint it as that would take a full day of waiting to flip.

@dgphi 6 ай бұрын

You can get microdots that you paint onto the bike. Each microdot has a serial number printed on it.

@chorlesteajones6794 6 ай бұрын

@@dgphiBut those can be removed with paint thinner. Sketching something into the frame is easier. Could also remove the handle bars and put a small gps tracker inside the frame or even the serial number lasered inside the frame in the same manner.

@dgphi 6 ай бұрын

@@chorlesteajones6794 You dab the microdots all over the bike in inconspicuous places. It would be hard to remove them all.

@tbogie274 8 ай бұрын

That safe team member sure did a lot 😂 what a joke. Props to dad taking care of business.

@ausername7470 6 ай бұрын

That's LA taxpayers dollars hard at work right there lmao

@patkelly6349 6 ай бұрын

What a joke safe team. From Australia.

@SI0AX 5 ай бұрын

@@ausername7470 It's California. They are only allowed to convince people to stop problems, not actually take any action.

@mob4336 Ай бұрын

@@SI0AXlol ,really ? might be a waste of tax payers money like he said…

@SI0AX Ай бұрын

@@mob4336 That entire state is a hypocritical waste of tax payer money is many ways. Even the corporations in that state are a waste of tax payer money, like a certain vehicle manufacturer that gets subsidiaries from taxpayers...

@CashMacGregor 6 ай бұрын

how do you buy a bike 3 days ago that went missing 2 days ago?

@kennethpereyda5707 8 ай бұрын

what the heck is a safe team ?

@DeafOnAllFronts 8 ай бұрын

They keep you safe while violence goes around and yell out "safe" when the baseball goes and hits the batter then the police come with bear spray and douse the children hoping they don't grow up to be cowboys

@Aaron-rk5kl 8 ай бұрын

Someone that stands around and does nothing

@warrentopping4442 8 ай бұрын

This guy is the DAD of Dad's!!

@nakedkitten 8 ай бұрын

Yes..the kind who teaches his daughter to be racist, hateful and to vote for a rapist. My kind of Dad!

@tucoblondy1643 6 ай бұрын

Standing up to a bike thief for his daughter , What a low down “Trumper ! “ That sums up everything in our Country today .

@andrewkim7700 6 ай бұрын

When the guy yelled, “get a fucking job pal” and then everyone laughed, it was very eerie to me. I’ve lived in NYC my whole life and people do not give a fuck about what’s going on anywhere. I think this goes to show how much better quality of life is in Venice or really anywhere in Cali for that matter. People are way more open and chill in Cali because of the nice weather and scenery all the time whereas in NYC, especially when it gets cold, nobody will speak to or want to have anything to do with you.

@grimispotato245 8 ай бұрын

Dude is alright ! Get your bike back ! And I totally agree with him 100% and he's got a case ! That's how it should be.

@nakedkitten 8 ай бұрын

They are both awful people

@Scottlane-zg2ur 8 ай бұрын

Salute sir👌

@dyrectory_com 6 ай бұрын

Most people don't buy a bike 2-3 days ago, only to sell it for only $60. by taking it to public place and announcing a bike for sale. Glad the rightful owner go their bike back. 👍🏻Good on the father for taking back what belongs to his daughter.

@notanomad9320 8 ай бұрын

There are so many bikes out there people just give away. I just picked up one on a free site and it will be fixed up and donated to a needy family. No one should be stealing bikes.

@Saunders7 8 ай бұрын

He knew the code.

@thedownzguy 6 ай бұрын

Now we all do.

@vikinghog 8 ай бұрын

Wow, the safe team was such great help. Makes me feel so safe. Not!

@LoGicKaL1 8 ай бұрын

There are various types of AirTag mounts you can get to hide on the bike. Some have security screws that use a special tool to remove. I have them on both my bikes.

@ElSantoLuchador 6 ай бұрын

"I know the combo, right, it's DO ME" "How did he get the bike unlocked? I don't know all of the particulars."

@JesseChavez-wo3ti 8 ай бұрын

And to think I did all that with my socks on. 😆

@leom2328 8 ай бұрын

Don’t be a Trumper…that’s disgusting.

@risingequinox3093 8 ай бұрын

Looks like the clean up has worked though. The boardwalk looks good. Before the cleanup his daughter would have probably had some problems going down there.

@nakedkitten 8 ай бұрын

Right..

@druiz607 6 ай бұрын

yes thanks to the former LA county sherrif because Newsom and Venice's mayor wouldn't do a damn thing.

@nakedkitten 6 ай бұрын

@@druiz607 obviously don't know much about how things get done in Ca.

@nakedkitten 6 ай бұрын

@@druiz607 I'm actually embarrassed for you because you believe that a Sheriff who is involved in coverups, doesn't listen to the people he works for(the people of LA county) and has known gang affiliates working in the Sheriffs Department...and that is a fact...is going to have any positive help for the homeless? Not at all. So while you play make believe I am going to continue speaking out not only for the homeless but against gangs in police departments.

@nakedkitten 6 ай бұрын

@@druiz607 right...not. I think people are forgetting there was a pandemic. Nobody wanted to give the homeless a place to stay. The Sheriff actually did nil ..he just continued to look the other way while his associates committed crime after crime. He is a horrible man. At least Newsom is working hard not only to help low income in Ca but in the country. You really need to look up his accomplishments. I bet some of the things he has pushed through have helped you in one way or another. Remember...this isn't a football game where red vs blue...it's our lives. I don't get why people want to put people in office who will make their lives harder 🤔 Gets me every time.

@thomas2much601 6 ай бұрын

Saying he bought a bike three days ago and he’s trying to sell it already?

@marayl8834 8 ай бұрын

Pobre gente ya no tienen moral, dignidad , los principios se fueron a la luna ….. todos están de cabeza ….

@todd8109 8 ай бұрын

Fabian do a follow-up if you can

@shaneb4923 8 ай бұрын

Great Job Safety Team!! And Thank You Venice PD!!

@dennythomas8887 8 ай бұрын

"Safety Team" 🤣😂🤣😂🤣 Stood there and watched and did nothing, Ya good job! 👍😁🤣

@JamesBond-py8xs 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for what?? Safety team for talking to either of these guys and the cops for showing up a couple days later after the fact?? 😂😂😂

@MrRar66 6 ай бұрын

2:00 his daughter's lock combo "Do Me" hahaha 😆

@vlada 6 ай бұрын

The combination lock was intact? So how was it stolen? She forgot to put the lock on?

@jazziez6467 8 ай бұрын

i'm not sure why his daughter would leave the bike and not walk it home, and he said they were together but somehow he didn't seem to know she was leaving the bike, and he approved of the idea of leaving an unlocked bike with all those homeless people around. The lock must have been left in the basket and not on the bike. Some of the story makes no sense, does he have pics of his daughter on the bike?

@CoopyKat 8 ай бұрын

@jazziez6467 I felt bad for the guy that got his bike back until he went into his MAGA speech, then it made me wish he hadn't got it back.

@michaelmiller410 8 ай бұрын

@@CoopyKat What about the pos bike thief that brought up the maga thing in the first place? Gettin all loud and aggressive, making an ass out of himself. Why did he suddenly make this political? But you're all - f**k that guy (that got his bike back) saying all that stuff I don't agree with. Well, to that, I say: Stay off the interwebs with your doofy comments and tell ur daddy to take his meds! 😄

@Zoneman-dg7kr 8 ай бұрын

True@@CoopyKat

@wolfgangk1 6 ай бұрын

SOME OF US don't live in areas where we know to think like that.

@josephkensil8831 6 ай бұрын

Most likely his daughter got drunk at a bar, went home with some friends and totally forgot about the bike. Dad looks to be wearing his mother's sunglasses and a discount cycling kit. Yeah, and the MAGA speech, WTF was that necessary?

@PlanetJigobotTV 5 ай бұрын

If this wasn't on video, his story would've evolved into a Jon Wick film from this guy 😂

@michaelgeraghty3989 6 ай бұрын

I ride along Venice Beach all the time and I carry 2 bike locks, but I never leave my bike out of eyesight. Thievery is rampant. Homeless encampments often have chop shops. No one leaves a locked bike overnight anywhere in Venice or Santa Monica, much less for two days. That part of the story is a little fishy.

@SunflowerPower59 8 ай бұрын

I'm all in for the Bike Dad... But must say that Bike Dad shouldn't be wearing those bike shorts...Just sayin'😮

@ligiv 8 ай бұрын

There is nothing wrong with his shorts......just saying

@richardelliott8352 8 ай бұрын

@@ligiv It's just a rather startling choice for a beer drinking body.

@PatrickStar19872 8 ай бұрын

Guy in cycling gear was kinda cringey.

@mob4336 Ай бұрын

But he did what he had to do

@obi-juan3295 8 ай бұрын

I hope he uses a different lock now that everyone knows the combo.

@Ifoughtpiranhas 8 ай бұрын

The dude who had the bike probably didn't actually steal it like he said, but it was still stolen property. That's why you have to be real careful buying items from individuals giving you a great deal on something that's obviously worth way more than what you're paying. As they say, if it's too good to be true, it probably is. Than again, maybe he did steal it, who knows. You really can't trust anybody these days, regardless of status, race, religious/political affiliation, et cetera. You know someone is lying when they say "I never lie."

@marcuslinton310 8 ай бұрын

That bike isn't worth squat, looks like a Walmart special.

@garyquail4996 8 ай бұрын

@marcuslinton310 got a grant that it's a Walmart special but it's not the matter of what it's worth it's the principle of the thing.

@marcuslinton310 8 ай бұрын

@@garyquail4996 No S, sherlock. I was answering the idea that somebody was selling an expensive bike for cheap which should appear suspicious. No, it was a cheap bike being sold for cheap. It really wouldn't draw that much attention.

@garyquail4996 8 ай бұрын

@marcuslinton310 you're wrong on that one actually it drew attention to the guy who was riding around with his daughter and he saw the bike plain and simple in plain sight with a very sketchy looking character but just remember this the criminals can get away with just about anything and everything and nice people like me can't have nice things whether it be inexpensive or very expensive so just remember that I'm glad the guy confronted that sketchy character I would have done the very same thing.

@marcuslinton310 8 ай бұрын

@@garyquail4996 No, attention wasn't drawn due to the expense of the bike, the owner clearly saw and recognized his daughters bike, DUH!

@johnmcgill4864 8 ай бұрын

The Speech at 7:03 is a masterpiece!

@vazzav5009 8 ай бұрын

Hardly. The guys sites Trump in his anti-stealing speech, yet Trump stole top-secret classified info, lied about it, said he owns it, spent almost 2 years trying to hide it. Trump tried to steal democracy with his fake-electors but look how quick that is unraveling, his attorneys plead guilty and are testifying against him. Not just their words, but with massive paper trail and receipts. .. In the Tax Fraud case in NY so few in just a few weeks we learned: Jeff McConny, controller for TrumpOrg since 1987, working under Alen Weiselberg,testified under oath he committed fraud for Trump. McConny said the fraud was not by accident, but by design, inflated value by 2300%. Don Bender a 15 year outside accountant for an accounting firm called Mazers with Trump & Trump family as his biggest client testified under oath of Trumps fraud. Allen Weisselberg testified submitted fraudulent docs and data at Trumps direct request. Week 3, Patrick Birney, Assistant Vice President of Financial Operations at The Trump Org testified he was to lie and fabricate the financial statements. Expert Doug Larson of Cushman & Wakefield, Commercial Real Estate Brokers listed by Trump Org as its appraiser for years tells court he never did the work and had no idea he was being listed. This is just the beginning. Mark Hawthorne, the Trump Hotel chief accountant, testified about a $290 MILLION DOLLAR fake number on Donald Trump's balance sheet for Trumps hotels. David McArdle of Cushman & Wakefield testified Eric Trump hounded appraiser to inflate valuation of property on golf course. They have 160+ names on their witness list. All the evidence, testimony against Trump are from people on Trump's own team, Republicans, people loyal to him. in NY fraud trial, Why doesn't Trump address Don Bender of Mazurs was witness # 1 testifying against him that he is a fraud, the fact that all the bank statements and paperwork show he's completely guilty of fraud, instead he comes out and repeats these ridiculous things accusations that do not dispute or disprove any of the hardcore facts

@CoopyKat 8 ай бұрын

@johnmcgill4864 After listening to his MAGA speech, which you call a masterpiece (of idiocy) I wish he didn't get his bike back.

@naturallaw1733 8 ай бұрын

@@CoopyKat yeeup! ☝

@danstenis660 6 ай бұрын

Bought it at a garage sale 3 days ago when it was stolen just yesterday. And then tried to sell it off for $60 when he just bought it. What nerves! Then he has to audacity to get violent with the bike retriever person. What has America turned into?

@beansprout2170 8 ай бұрын

Thief looks like he got his bike stolen from the look of those legs 😂

@josephhernandez5922 8 ай бұрын

Dudes confidence was through the roof after that

@herewegoagain7403 8 ай бұрын

CA needs to become a red state in order to see change happen

@TheCrusher72 8 ай бұрын

It was a red state and it went in a tailspin, stupid…

@herewegoagain7403 8 ай бұрын

@@TheCrusher72 Arnold was great but if that was a tail spin, then Newsom CA is 9/11

@TheCrusher72 8 ай бұрын

@@herewegoagain7403 Ah Hërr Gröpenfurer - largest budget deficit in state history- quite impressive for the worlds 6th largest economy - California will be paying for his incompetence and mismanagement well into the future…

@herewegoagain7403 8 ай бұрын

@@TheCrusher72 uh oh, we've got a wikipedia reader. you're out of touch my guy

@deed421 8 ай бұрын

@@TheCrusher72when was that it sounds like you are a young kid and won’t know what red or blue is

@NPCHSN 6 ай бұрын

“Have your bike, it’s not your bike.”

@GaryL3803 6 ай бұрын

Had a $600 bike stolen from my locked garage and assumed a pro did it, so I reported it to the cops and put it on a watch list of stolen bikes that many bike shops use. Waited a few weeks and bought a replacement which I rode for several years before seeing a guy riding my old bike. I told him I liked his bike and asked where he bought it. He replied "from a kid in his subdivision for %150". When I told him it was stolen from me and $150 was a suspiciously low price, he offered me $150 to compensate me. I refused because of his honesty. That kid lived across the street from me! Unfortunately, the family had moved away. This stolen bike scourge is much like the broken window epidemic in the 1990s in NYC. When laws are enforced, we have a civil society and when not enforced - well just look around now.

@Dead_man14 8 ай бұрын

He called his daughter to come and pick up the bike and ended up showing up with another bike😂

@juliecastle7039 8 ай бұрын

I’m the mom and I gave her my bike two days ago because her bike was stolen. It’s all legit! That was her bike. And she left it because something was wrong with it. She did lock it up.

@jazz2020 8 ай бұрын

Cool, hey what's it like being married to a trump cult guy? @@juliecastle7039

@duncecap65 8 ай бұрын

He can’t stand thieves, but he voted for Trump and his grifter family

@rheel6747 6 ай бұрын

Bike thievery is a serious side effect of Full-Blown TDS

@elmSTREETnasty 6 ай бұрын

Yeah, apparently wanting your property back make you a "Trumper".

@ukestudio3002 5 ай бұрын

Was very poor as a child. Took me a years to get enough money to attend University of Wisconsin full time. For my 25th birthday my older brother bought me my first 10 speed to ride to school. It was stolen a month later. I’m 73, never forgot my birthday bike..

@johnbrown4568 8 ай бұрын

California is done 🤷‍♂️

@KingdomOfZeal 8 ай бұрын

4th largest economy paying your welfare checks says otherwise

@blondiegal6518 8 ай бұрын

No we're not.

@Misfit-from-Zanti 8 ай бұрын

Ya notice how the police tried to gather evidence against the victim.. They should try that hard when they have a real criminal in custody. Guy was right about democratic social ruin. Fight for your property. Don't let bad people just rip you off.