Bike Thief in New York Video
Bicycle theft is a serious concern for bike owners and the Neistat Brothers filmed a video in New York City as to how easy it was to steal a bike. Shot with a hidden camera, the video showed a bike stolen in different locations using different tools. The aim of the video was to show how no one stopped the bike thief in the act of stealing someone’s bike in broad daylight at a public place. Ironically, someone even helped the bike thief remove the locked chains from the bike.
On the other hand, the public’s apathy to the incident could also be viewed as innocent. The “stealing” of the bike looked closely similar to a bike owner who lost the keys to his bicycle’s secure lock and decided to use other means to remove the bike from its locked chains.
Is this a video that proves how people are blind to crime or simply a video that shows nobody cares if a bike owner lost his keys and decides to use other methods to open his bicycle chain? You decide.
It is interesting watching this. This is the kind of thing that many suspect to be the case – but to see it demonstrated so clearly, well…
I think I found the hacksaw one the most damning. It is one thing to see people apparently not even notice. That is frustrating but somehow excusable. We’re all busy, distracted, whatever.
But to see the folks walk by. To turn and look in a way that obviously indicates that they realize that something isn’t right, and then just keep walking. To me that is the worst.
I love how the NYPD didn’t do anything. This video just reenforces my believe that the NYPD is nothing but Sh*t and doesn’t deserve my respect. Send this video to NY1 and embarrass the NYPD. Your boy must have been in their way keeping them from more important crime fighting like taking pictures and eating. Now that is hardcore policing.