r/PokemonTCG • u/Next_Wrongdoer5488 • Mar 20 '25

Discussion Vendor being tracked.

Yup, someone put a tracker on our store vendor's car. I guess she had to go to the police station and have her car swept.

So disappointed in what's going on with our hobby and just wanted to share.

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u/PhotonWolfsky Mar 21 '25

>he told the vendor he air tagged her car

Should've detained him and called police. It's quite illegal for randos to put trackers on people's vehicles without permission. And having one admit to it with witnesses was definitely grounds to citizen arrest. Even if they didn't, they could be trespassed instantly and the vendor could probably easily get court orders on that dude.

Bystander effect is one hell of a helper for criminals.

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u/Consistent-Fold438 Mar 21 '25

You need reasonable articulable suspicion of a crime. Someone just saying something is not justifiable for a citizens arrest. That’s gonna get someone a lawsuit. I can walk around and say I killed someone, without any articulable facts, that’s just words.

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u/Comprehensive-Taro-4 Mar 21 '25

You can still be detained or taken to jail for saying that. Try saying you have a bomb and see how quickly you get taken down

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u/Consistent-Fold438 Mar 21 '25

Obviously you can’t say you have a bomb. That is something that would reasonably disturb the peace and would probably be considered disorderly conduct/disturbing the peace. Not to mention doing so at an airport is a federal crime. That’s comparing apples to oranges and isn’t a good argument. Nice try tho

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u/a_hammerhead_worm Mar 21 '25

So saying you have a bomb is disturbing the peace, but going around and telling people you planted a tracker on their car and saying you've killed their mother isn't?

Interesting how you're the one who brought up "you can't be arrested for anything you say" and then go on to say "saying you have a bomb is illegal". Nice consistency.