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Sega9599
09/29/23 7:15:22 PM
#1:


https://news.sky.com/story/alan-colie-man-who-shot-youtube-prankster-at-virginia-shopping-centre-acquitted-12972201

I don't know. I think these pranksters are stupid and need to be put in their place, but shot dead? To be fair it seems provoked, guy getting up in your face and no premeditation on the part of the shooter, but...surely he could have physically pushed him away with more aggression? Did he need to go right for a gun?

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Smashingpmkns
09/29/23 7:18:12 PM
#2:


I thought the youtuber was still alive

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Hospy
09/29/23 7:20:50 PM
#3:


Dude is still alive.

After reading the article I don't have any problem with it.
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thronedfire2
09/29/23 7:21:22 PM
#4:


RIP Youtube

2005-2023

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Sega9599
09/29/23 7:21:30 PM
#5:


Smashingpmkns posted...
I thought the youtuber was still alive

Ah yes, still alive my mistake

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Touch
09/29/23 7:21:55 PM
#6:


Time for vimeo to rise AGAIN

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ablegator
09/29/23 7:24:20 PM
#7:


https://youtu.be/mMqjU1kRiC4?feature=shared

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eggcorn
09/29/23 7:24:42 PM
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thronedfire2 posted...
RIP Youtube

2005-2023


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Inohira
09/29/23 7:26:46 PM
#9:


The guy didn't die.

Colie says "stop" three times and tries to back away from Mr Cook, who continues to advance.

It's cut and dry, dude tried to retreat and was pursued. At that point he's allowed to defend himself. If Kyle Rittenhouse can get away with self-defense despite clearly provoking people to try something, of course this guy who wasn't bothering anyone also would.

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OriginalPlain2
09/29/23 7:27:53 PM
#10:


RIP YouTube
cause of decease: prank gone wrong

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Kami_no_Kami
09/29/23 7:29:13 PM
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thronedfire2 posted...
RIP Youtube

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StealThisSheen
09/29/23 7:30:05 PM
#12:


Yeah, this seems pretty fair. The guy said "stop" multiple times and tried to walk away, and the Youtuber kept getting in his face. At that point, the guy reasonably had no idea what the Youtuber was going to do to him, since there was no indication that he was just some dumb Youtuber.

This seems no different than those dumb Kick streamers who got punched.

It should be very simple to just... Not harass people.

EDIT: Also, yeah, the Youtuber did not die. TC is full of shit.

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Kimbos_Egg
09/29/23 7:30:48 PM
#13:


everything with the opening post is wrong..

It happened months ago too...

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thronedfire2
09/29/23 7:33:44 PM
#14:


Kimbos_Egg posted...
everything with the opening post is wrong..

It happened months ago too...

I hope I got the year right at least?

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Jagr_68
09/29/23 7:35:26 PM
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thronedfire2 posted...
RIP Youtube

2005-2023


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Soliloquy_Rhap
09/29/23 7:57:27 PM
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Pranks are something both the prankster and the target can laugh at. These aren't pranks. These are harassment and hazing of random strangers.
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PeteyParker
09/30/23 8:42:26 AM
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thronedfire2 posted...
RIP Youtube

2005-2023


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ai123
09/30/23 8:42:53 AM
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The situation did not need to be resolved with a person's death.

But hey. Guns.

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Ushiromiya
09/30/23 9:00:06 AM
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ai123 posted...
The situation did not need to be resolved with a person's death.
It wasnt.


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Tora_Sami
09/30/23 9:08:08 AM
#21:


Fairest of nexts. Dude was scared as fuck as the dude kept menacingly following him, towering over him in his face. Dude had no idea what was gonna happen and feared for his life. Glad the YouTuber lived, now he can go home and rethink his life.

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Ivynn
09/30/23 9:09:24 AM
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Can't believe Youtube is fucking dead.

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Kibouno
09/30/23 9:33:03 PM
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Smashingpmkns posted...
I thought the youtuber was still alive
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StealThisSheen
09/30/23 9:34:03 PM
#24:


I wonder why the TC still hasn't corrected their topic, or even posted since, despite getting numerous facts wrong...

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ultimate_reaver
09/30/23 9:36:16 PM
#25:


he shot one whole YouTube

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WingsOfGood
09/30/23 9:36:35 PM
#26:


Sega9599 posted...
https://news.sky.com/story/alan-colie-man-who-shot-youtube-prankster-at-virginia-shopping-centre-acquitted-12972201

I don't know. I think these pranksters are stupid and need to be put in their place, but shot dead? To be fair it seems provoked, guy getting up in your face and no premeditation on the part of the shooter, but...surely he could have physically pushed him away with more aggression? Did he need to go right for a gun?

Maybe the guy with a gun was a cop and felt fear for his life.

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tripleh213
09/30/23 9:36:49 PM
#27:


thronedfire2 posted...
RIP Youtube

2005-2023


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Cobra1010
09/30/23 9:37:25 PM
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Hes alive and he even said he will continue to make those videos. Unfortunately for us, hes just going to get more famous and influence more people.

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markconig
09/30/23 9:38:57 PM
#29:


Tora_Sami posted...
Glad the YouTuber lived, now he can go home and rethink his life.

He already said he's going to keep doing pranks, and already has some pranks on his channel from after the incident. Getting shot is big for his channel, a lot of eyes are on him right now.

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StealThisSheen
09/30/23 9:44:52 PM
#30:


Looking into their posting history, TC is a prior Trumper, so no wonder they approached this topic like they did.

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NoxObscuras
09/30/23 9:49:26 PM
#31:


I remember when this first happened. Yeah, the youtuber is still alive. It's sad though, that despite the fact that he literally could have been killed over his stupid prank videos, he's already made more prank videos since then.

Kimbos_Egg posted...
everything with the opening post is wrong..

It happened months ago too...
True, but the trial reached a non guilty verdict the day TC made this topic. TC just got a lot of the other info wrong

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RISEofCHRISTIAN
09/30/23 9:50:12 PM
#32:


I'm confused. The site is still up.

https://www.youtube.com/

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StealThisSheen
09/30/23 9:51:45 PM
#33:


NoxObscuras posted...
TC just got a lot of the other info wrong

On purpose. Their post history shows they're a right wing troll.

EDIT: Even if you give them the benefit of the doubt, and say the verdict was reached the day of the topic, it was known WELL beyond the topic that the Youtuber in question was still alive, yet TC purposely lead with misinformation (Youtuber shot dead.) They knew what they were doing.

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Zero_Destroyer
09/30/23 9:57:45 PM
#34:


I think the guy was a bit quick to the trigger and doing it in a public place seems like a huge risk, but he has visual perspective we don't have in this situation (the area he aimed at may have have nobody else nearby) and all the same, it's weird and creepy to walk up on someone like that. It's just dumb to persist after being told to stop. Additionally, he didn't open an entire clip on the guy, it was one shot and he calmly backed away.

He was found not guilty on the assault charge but might be guilty for firing a weapon recklessly in an open area (was found guilty by a jury, but the judge might vacate that since it isn't consistent with the other ruling.)

There's a lot of details that I assume aren't public but

A: I think the guy who fired was a bit quick to do so, but this is an unusual circumstance

B: The prankster should be punished for inciting

There's precedence in US law to prevent people from accessing the internet with social media accounts who've used them to commit crimes so I feel like this should apply to "real" prankster channels that volley into this. It isn't free speech and shouldn't be protected.

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LordFarquad1312
09/30/23 9:58:25 PM
#35:


The whole platform?

Damn.

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StealThisSheen
09/30/23 10:00:01 PM
#36:


It's pretty telling that the Youtuber in question, despite this, has not only said that he will continue to "prank" people, but that he'll do it even more, now.

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Zero_Destroyer
09/30/23 10:01:24 PM
#37:


StealThisSheen posted...
It's pretty telling that the Youtuber in question, despite this, has not only said that he will continue to "prank" people, but that he'll do it even more, now.

99% of the time these channels are fake so my read is that he's either pivoting to fake content (or) he's genuinely stupid. If it's the latter he will almost certainly get himself killed sooner than later

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008Zulu
09/30/23 10:01:45 PM
#38:


Parents, please hug your children lest they start getting themselves shot to boost their engagement numbers.

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StealThisSheen
09/30/23 10:05:16 PM
#39:


Zero_Destroyer posted...
99% of the time these channels are fake

Well, in this case, it clearly wasn't fake, since he got shot. He fucked around, but unfortunately he apparently didn't find out enough, since he announced his intentions to keep fucking around.

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NoxObscuras
09/30/23 10:07:46 PM
#40:


StealThisSheen posted...
On purpose. Their post history shows they're a right wing troll.

EDIT: Even if you give them the benefit of the doubt, and say the verdict was reached the day of the topic, it was known WELL beyond the topic that the Youtuber in question was still alive, yet TC purposely lead with misinformation (Youtuber shot dead.) They knew what they were doing.
Yeah, I probably give people the benefit of the doubt too often.

Zero_Destroyer posted...
I think the guy was a bit quick to the trigger and doing it in a public place seems like a huge risk, but he has visual perspective we don't have in this situation (the area he aimed at may have have nobody else nearby) and all the same, it's weird and creepy to walk up on someone like that. It's just dumb to persist after being told to stop. Additionally, he didn't open an entire clip on the guy, it was one shot and he calmly backed away.

He was found not guilty on the assault charge but might be guilty for firing a weapon recklessly in an open area (was found guilty by a jury, but the judge might vacate that since it isn't consistent with the other ruling.)

There's a lot of details that I assume aren't public but

A: I think the guy who fired was a bit quick to do so, but this is an unusual circumstance

B: The prankster should be punished for inciting

There's precedence in US law to prevent people from accessing the internet with social media accounts who've used them to commit crimes so I feel like this should apply to "real" prankster channels that volley into this. It isn't free speech and shouldn't be protected.
He shouldn't have shot the prankster at all. But people being trigger happy is unfortunately where we're at in the US. Which is why I think it's dumb that the prankster didn't learn from this. You never know if someone might shoot you over something dumb.

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WingsOfGood
09/30/23 10:09:36 PM
#41:


StealThisSheen posted...
Looking into their posting history, TC is a prior Trumper, so no wonder they approached this topic like they did.

so would tc defend a cop doing this?
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StealThisSheen
09/30/23 10:10:02 PM
#42:


For the record, here is the "prankster"s reaction:

https://youtu.be/WpBqKTLZN3E?t=92

As you can tell, they've learned literally nothing.

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Tsukasa1891
09/30/23 10:12:19 PM
#43:


StealThisSheen posted...
I wonder why the TC still hasn't corrected their topic, or even posted since, despite getting numerous facts wrong...
There's a limit on how long you have to edit a post and I don't think you can edit a topic title. See post #5, there's no need to respond to everyone after that.

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StealThisSheen
09/30/23 10:14:49 PM
#44:


Tsukasa1891 posted...
There's a limit on how long you have to edit a post and I don't think you can edit a topic title. See post #5, there's no need to respond to everyone after that.

Multiple facts have come out since then, yet TC has disappeared. And this isn't the first time they've done something like this. I'm not keen to give them the benefit of the doubt, given their post history.

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megamanfreakXD
09/30/23 10:15:28 PM
#45:


Stupid games stupid prizes etc.

Only if they put this much energy in getting a job. Nowadays in America getting subs is more important than getting an education/career.

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ZEROWOLF
09/30/23 10:20:22 PM
#46:


I thought force had to be proportional in order to be self defense? Like if someone hits you and you pull out a gun it is not self defense because the other person didn't have a gun. But I guess laws vary from state to state.

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StealThisSheen
09/30/23 10:22:32 PM
#47:


ZEROWOLF posted...
I thought force had to be proportional in order to be self defense? Like if someone hits you and you pull out a gun it is not self defense because the other person didn't have a gun. But I guess laws vary from state to state.

I think the main issue in this case was that guy guy said "Stop" numerous times and tried to walk away, and the Youtuber, who was a good bit larger than him, kept following him and getting in his face. That's what tipped it, the fact that the guy tried to leave and the Youtuber wouldn't let him. In most states, it becomes self defense if you try to exit the situation but somebody won't let you.

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TomClark
10/01/23 8:00:35 AM
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thronedfire2 posted...
RIP Youtube

2005-2023


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Fenriswolf
10/01/23 8:21:03 AM
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StealThisSheen posted...
For the record, here is the "prankster"s reaction:

https://youtu.be/WpBqKTLZN3E?t=92

As you can tell, they've learned literally nothing.

From the looks of his, both his parents spoiled him rotten.

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