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Venice Pickpockets Sue Citizen Watchdogs (www.wantedinmilan.com)

submitted 1 week ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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[–] _cryptagion@anarchist.nexus 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

except that was just a nonsense rumor. the only examples of anything of the sort actually happening is one tiktok video of a lady grabbing and holding onto a pickpocket, and the one blog post linked below by @the_picard_maneuver@piefed.world claiming americans would do it. I never did find a single parisian or american news article with any names or incidents of it happening.

there was a bunch of tiktok videos making fun of the americans for the weird patriotic fantasies of beating up pickpockets, though.

[–] SL3wvmnas@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 week ago

That was a short, interesting read. Thx. Did not know it was more of a meme.