Life in Prison For a Glitter Bomb?! (ft. Mark Rober)

[@LegalEagle]

👮‍♂ How would you Mark Rober your way out of jail? 🚀 LIMITED: Get CuriosityStream AND Nebula for 26% OFF! legaleagle.link/curiositystream

[@Illiteratechimp]

Sneak a tub of glitter into jail hidden in a hacksaw during a conjugal visit

[@chestersnap]

I'd use my engineering salary to hire a good lawyer

[@johnnyphoenix5334]

You can't stop (or jail) Mark Rober silly! He's INVINCIBLE! All hail the annual glitter bomb! Those porch pirates deserve quadruple fart spray! Won't anyone think of the children!

[@CAPSLOCKPUNDIT]

Whatever it turned out to be wouldn't exactly be rocket science. Could I Wile E Coyote my way out instead?

[@pancernywiatrak6368]

Why would I Mark Rober? I'd call a lawyer!

[@bsl275]

I'd argue that nobody's sued Mark Rober because "I was stealing packages when it exploded glitter all over me" isn't a great way to start a suit

[@derpking3970]

I mean… I would say working with the FBI itself would also do it too lol

[@posham219]

you underestimate people's stupidity. look no further than the deaf person who tried robbing a bank. He couldn't hear the alarm going off and when he was arrested, he sued the bank for exploiting his disability.

[@howareyoumoreofaclownthanme]

Just watch literally any Judge Judy episode and you're likely to see how stupid people can be.

[@lockjawjak]

you underestimate AMERICA!

[@JacksonCantSing]

😂

[@captianmorgan7627]

My girlfriend wore a glitter covered dress to prom. 4 years and several cleanings later, including a professional detailing, there is still glitter in the car.

[@mafty_x]

Was it worth it

[@glenngriffon8032]

Glitter is the herpes of craft supplies.

[@ruthiecole8634]

Glitter=Grossness

[@TheSkullptingChin]

30 years from now, if that car is still intact, there will still be glitter.

[@herethere2091]

You may be entitled to damages!

[@Xershade]

The main thing that stuck out for me with those two women, they actively chased down the person to continue assaulting him. That's clear cut proof it wasn't "just a prank", they had malicious intent when they pursued someone who was fleeing.

[@coryclark5442]

This s**t is stupid and i hope they learn a lesson.

[@justme-qd6qb]

Im super confused though why they were going into a situation that they probably assumed would escalate into a fight, and brought glitter with them?? Why glitter? It feels so dumb for a serious altercation

[@Whaddif_]

@@justme-qd6qb pocket sand !

[@wfbgenius]

He did something - they targeted him, because he definitely deserved it.

[@GlorifiedGremlin]

Not to mention "it's just a prank bro" isn't a legal defense

[@TheCatIsAMonster]

It’d be pretty awkward for someone to go up to police/court and say “ So after I stole the box and got back home I opened it and it sprayed glitter everywhere.”

[@derrekvanee4567]

Eerything changes in the final version yesterday and the drones kill his dog greasykids that said isa this stolen awesome the baby mama and the theifs knowsing about the cars and him. Now its real lawsuit

[@nolast2585]

@@derrekvanee4567 i did not understand a single word of that

[@MarshiiRose]

@@derrekvanee4567 did you write the entire reply with an auto type thing

[@april_]

@@MarshiiRose I think he did a really nice presentation and he said that you should get the money for it because I don’t know what you need but he did say that you need to pay for your car so I can get the money to you for the car so I don’t know if I can do it or what I just did but he was very happy with it

[@arandom7595]

@@derrekvanee4567 do you mind repeating that in an actual language

[@Taneth]

I mean, it's fairly obvious, Mark is placing the glitter bombs outside his own house (or the houses of willing participants) in packages addressed to the occupants of said house. Nobody is being forced to trespass on those properties and steal the mail, so if they were to attempt to sue, they must first confess to mail fraud.

[@virtual_GaRy]

Its not respassing unless they were told to stay off the property

[@thedrunkenrebel]

@@virtual_GaRy what's that? Like, you just go up to people's front doors for fun on your daily commute? Do you just enter people's yards like that? It's not your yard, you don't belong there and you're trespassing. There's no need for signs because if so, they'd be everywhere

[@JT-xu1qd]

​@@thedrunkenrebel I don't know where you live, but over here you couldn't be further from the truth. So where you live, can the mailman be charged with trespassing when he delivers a package on your door mat? Can a kid be charged with trespassing when he rings your bell and dashes? I guess that could be the case where you live, but until you tell me where that is I'll have to assume you're full of it... Over here: If you don't want an area to be accessible by the public you should, well, make it not accessible to the public. Like fence and locked(!) gate. It is possible to use signs, but they need more details than just "no trespassers", like, who would actually be considered a trespasser and contact info in case someone does need access (like emergency services for example). It should also be EXTREMELY clear what area the signs pertain too, which is hard to do in a way that would be "bulletproof" without using a fence or similair. It should of course also be impossible to walk into the area without passing a sign, so if you want to be sure, you are pretty much making a fence with signs. That's why I don't see signs where I live. The only way to forbid people from walking onto your property without any of the above is exactly like forza says, explicitly revoke their permission(by default given by the law) before they actually enter. You can revoke the permission when they are already there, but it doesn't become trespassing until they refuse to leave. Again, that's how things work where I live. I understand it might be different in your country/state. Please let me know which country/state it is, because if true, I'm genuinely curious and interested in learning about your trespassing laws. It seems absolutely ridiculous to me that people are considered to be trespassing just by walking through your yard to your front door and ringing the bell.

[@beepbop6542]

@@JT-xu1qd It is true that it is perfectly legal to be on someone's property as long as there is no "no trespassing" or "no solicitation" signs, however, that only applies if you have a relevant reason. It is illegal to be on someone's property for no reason, that is trespassing, or at the very least loitering. Furthermore, you are nitpicking small parts of OP's overall comment, which is very rude. OP's overall point that they were not forced to enter the property and were at no point forced or enticed to open the packages still stands.

[@JT-xu1qd]

​@@beepbop6542 ​ Please note that I very clearly stated that that is how it is in MY country, and that I understand it might be different in his (or yours). I don't live in the U.S. which is why I explicitly stated that. I wasn't being sarcastic there. What I said is definitely correct for my country though. It's probably like that over here because these laws don't only apply to obvious front yards, but potentially also a part of a forest someone bought and didn't mark. It isn't always clear when private property is private property and (at least to me) it seems fair that it is on the owner to make that clear. I can definitely see why that would seem strange in the context of a front yard, but I guess the law is a little ambiguous so it covers more scenario's. Regardless, the why doesn't really matter, it is what it is. Your statement definitely clears up the ridiculousness I perceived and satisfies my curiosity, thank you. I do want to point out that I was not nitpicking OP's comment; That was Forza Gary. I was responding to TheDrunkenRebel, as the tag shows. I wasn't giving attention to an unimportant detail in the OP, I was giving attention to TheDrunkenRebel's full post. At least, from my perspective. I didn't at all care about the detail in the OP. I guess you could argue I was still talking about that detail, but it wasn't in the context of the OP. You could say Forza was being pedantic, whereas I was genuinely curious about how things work where rebel (and you?) live.

[@AbroLinx]

For those wondering, Rober's use of glitter is probably similar to anti-climb paint due to the fact that anti-climb paint becomes tacky, but never dries so that when one tries to climb it, not only will they not be able to gain a handhold or foothold, but they'll also end up covered in the paint and it will probably ruin the clothes they're wearing. If you painted a random person on the street, it would be battery, but if you are defending your property from invasion via climbing, it is justified force.

[@t-bonestickyfingers1336]

Ok but you can't put a claymore or punji pit behind your front door...

[@mechatengu7368]

@@t-bonestickyfingers1336 but no law says you cant mount a claymore on a roomba lmao

[@bigmookie27]

@@mechatengu7368 Stabby's crazy uncle.

[@williameldridge9382]

@@mechatengu7368 except you can't legally own a claymore, anywhere in the country, with any licensure or waiver.

[@jakekellar6922]

@@williameldridge9382 key word "legally".

[@FFKonoko]

Honestly, the moment it is rephrased as "throwing jars", rather than the contents of the jar, the potential charges become pretty clear. Like, they were not opening the jar and sprinkling glitter upwards at him on the balcony, they were hurling the entire things at him. The breaking and entering and damage and such just increase it.

[@jeremywhittington7605]

Rober didn’t instigate contact with anyone… he placed a box on HIS porch, and a thief stole it!

[@GrinReaper804]

and the guy that set the shotgun up???? same ideology doesn't work

[@Helfirehydratrans]

We are growing into a world where criminals have more rights than someone who is not a law bracker if you. Break the law whatever happens to you is your own fault that’s like saying if someone breaks into your house you’re not allowed to defend yourself because you might hurt them and get more jail them then them because that happens in Canada when people defend themselves they end up going to jail longer than the burglar we live in a world that gives more rights to criminals and people who are just trying to get by and not have a record

[@jeremywhittington7605]

@@Helfirehydratrans chances are, if their breaking into your house… no one else but you know their there(see where I’m going with this)lol!

[@nicewhenearnedrudemostlyel489]

Yeah... exactly. Lol. Not a single bit was entertainment oriented story telling. It was all 100% people that were actual thieves before they met.

[@pandabugdiaries2384]

@@Helfirehydratrans here in california there is a lot of breaking into cars but barely anyone calls the police over this even though the damage caused costs hundreds of dollars to fix because the perpetrator is almost definitely gonna get away scott free even if they've been apprehended, it makes u wonder if these rights that r put into place with the idea that the law breaker has circumstances justifying their actions do nothing but enable more theft and harm done to the community than any actual good in improving people's livelihood

[@fugyfruit]

I feel like throwing a glass jar at someone's head is a crime no matter what's in it

[@TheMixCurator]

Worth a potential life sentence though? Was there grievous bodily harm caused? GBH in the UK is deemed based on injury caused. You'll rarely get prison time for breaking a person's nose. More like 180 hours of community service. The US is weird with its harsh laws.

[@ravenwing199]

@@TheMixCurator A glass container thrown into the head could shatter and disfigure or kill through blunt force trauma.

[@josephmagana6235]

@@TheMixCurator I don't know about a life sentence, but do you really think it's justice that someone can break into your house and attack you, break your nose, and not get any kind of jail time?

[@snqoqo]

@@TheMixCurator if you can kill someone easily by shattering a glass bottle on their head, then a jar should be able to do the same,im glad this man's even alive!

[@TheMixCurator]

@@ravenwing199 My Aunt would be my Uncle is she had testicles. Was there harm caused? Was there injury? "Might" isn't a word used in law. It's definitive by nature.

[@spyroledragon]

The story of the shotgun trap reminded me of a story that happened in Belgium where an old guy named Louis Dethy had set 20 deadly traps in his house to kill his family once they inherited the house. But the guy while working on a water tank in the house caught a wire of one of the trap, that shot him in the neck and killed him. It took a month to the bomb squad forces to disarm the entire house...

[@Kiki-wm5or]

There’s like 15 versions of this story and all of them are fake

[@markgearing]

@@Kiki-wm5or - You’d think so but no, this one is a true story

[@PaulMansfield]

Did the rest of the family accidentally go away at Christmas and leave him behind? :-)

[@AshDub86]

@@PaulMansfield "KEVIN!" LMFAO 😂

[@spyroledragon]

@@PaulMansfield Yep and then some bad guys called the wet bandits came and tried to rob his house and... no wait, that's another story...

[@RedDragon91]

I was hospitalized one time as a teenager for a suicide attempt. the nurse I had was a horrid. I truly don't know what her problem was but I just wanted to call my grandma. (my grandma was my legal guardian) and the nurse didn't want me to and while I reached for the phone, she tried to pull it away and in the process, water on the side table spilled on her. She left very angrily and next thing I knew the police and security were in my room arresting me for battery. I spent the night in juvenile detention because she got water on her. it wasn't even like I threw it at her. the charges were dismissed and nothing came of it. the Dr was asked why I was being kept from calling my grandma and he said no one said I couldn't so for some reason that nurse just didn't want me too.

[@DerAykac]

Reading this and your name gives me some serious villain-origin vibes. Hope you´re alright though.

[@wildwyatxbox]

I agree with the person above me. Is Red Dragon your villain name? What kinda crimes you do?

[@RedDragon91]

@@DerAykac lol 😂 it was my gaming name and I'm really unoriginal and unimaginative so when I was making my KZbin user name, I just keep the same name I use in games. I made it as a kid because I thought it was "cool". I know I know I was a bad ass bahahahah

[@collinregner5247]

That’s awful I’m so sorry :(. I hope you’re doing better

[@Kat-Kobold]

This is more common that you would expect. A lot of school bullies end up becoming nurses.

[@thedarksage328]

The Lockpicking Lawyer reviewed a U Lock called the "Skunk" lock, that would release a noxious gas (like pepper spray I think) if a thief attempted to cut it. The lockpicking lawyer liked the concept, but (paraphrase) said that the "lawyer in me couldn't recommend it because it might be considered a booby trap."

[@dangeary2134]

There have been safe companies that had a tear gas cartridge mounted inside of them in case a safecracker decided to break into it.

[@AceTheBirb]

Booby traps are only legally liable if it causes physical harm. Least that is what I remember when talking about booby traps

[@TamWam_]

@@AceTheBirbwell pepper spray does hellish damage to your eyes

[@veramae4098]

Years ago while a school librarian, on Fridays I would sprinkle the kids with a tiny pinch of glitter (magic reading powder) when they checked out a book. The principal loved the idea so much he wanted to help with a class. Only he threw palmfuls of glitter. We had a few calls from parents.

[@calvinmcmillen2729]

That. Is. GENIUS

[@PrivateMcPrivate]

You monster. THE KGB WANTS TO KNOW YOUR LOCATION.

[@oreonighthawk]

This has some real Abbott Elementary meets The Office vibes and now I can only picture an enthusiastic and clueless Michael Scott throwing handfuls of glitter in 3rd graders faces 😂 probably while wearing his magicians top hat.

[@consumerofbepsi5254]

I can just imagine the principal full on dunking glitter on elementary schoolers 💀

[@jakehero95]

Lol I'm imagining a full grown man giddily running down the halls throwing hand fulls of glitter on ppl and boy does that make me laugh 😂

[@The_Moderates_Apprentice]

A few years ago, a coworker of mine was having trouble with porch pirates. They decided to gather dog shit from all the neighborhood pets, and put it in a box on the porch. It was gone in mere hours. Its been 3 years, and a package hasn't been taken to this day. They got the message. Reasonable, non-lethal, hilarious, and most of all, effective!

[@darylingoteborg3178]

I’m misread porch pirates as pooch pirates. Bad dog! No plundering in the house!

[@PerfectlyUselessComment]

Must have probably just been 1 repeat offender. They got the message lol

[@filanfyretracker]

makes me think of those Colaguard ads, And I am just imagining some pirate grabbing an outbound box with a nice fresh deuce in it.

[@islandsedition]

I would have thought that could be considered a hazardous substance given the potential for disease leading to blindness etc. Whilst it looks like it worked, they're probably lucky it didn't backfire.

[@dracopalidine]

I dunno, that might be construed as a chemical weapon 😂

[@rosesmith6925]

Let's be honest, throwing glitter and farts at a criminal is way different than breaking into someone's apartment throwing glitter and destroying his property (the broken windows).

[@notchs0son]

Well yea and none of the glitter is Thrown in containers at people which is assault and battery, What he’s doing is just causing a mess or nuisance if it wasn’t someone committing a crime it is possible to be punished for intentionally making problems and messes of someone else’s property.

[@Actias1974]

Clearly.

[@arkadye]

0:50 - "How do we stop Mark Rober?!" He's been outsmarted two years in a row by squirrels, Devin. I'm sure you can figure something out.

[@wilFluffball]

Use squirrels to steal the package.....

[@Banter07]

The real question is, why is there a picture of the Unabomber right next to him

[@GadgetAddict]

I feel like it's a stretch to say the crux of the argument is that they went to someone's apartment and threw glitter on them. They broke into the apartment and the complaint was about the containers or jars that hit the person, not the glitter, right? And then they broke stuff on the way out, like the window. But I do like the fun crossover that came from this.

[@ChristopherWanha]

Yeah but then he can't use Mark Rober to boost his views.

[@wmdkitty]

@Steven Victor Neiman The glitter is just insult to injury.

[@alexandercane7332]

Someone with sense finally

[@zilesis1]

i think the glitter might be important if the guy files a civil suit for property damages following the criminal suit. since glitter is virtually impossible to clean up and his house was basically covred in it, the women will probably be liable for more damages than if they had just thrown empty jars at him

[@JG_Wentworth]

@Steven Victor Neiman Hell, even if they just grabbed a handful of glitter and chucked it at the dude, likely still could be the exact same sentence

[@erictaylor5462]

I once had a package thieves steal part that I desperately needed for my prosthetic leg. The parts were expensive, but worthless to anyone wanting to sell them on the black market. I doubt anyone who didn't have a fake leg would even know what they were. It was most annoying because I had to go without my leg for several days longer.

[@lukathefae3904]

I’m so sorry that happened to you I hope that you still can use your leg

[@erictaylor5462]

@Jeremy Cate I w3as. Literally LOL.

[@radityapoerwanto7018]

​@@erictaylor5462on the bright side, you have more incentives to practice your walking handstand that I know you are capable of.

[@orngjce223]

Yeah, I once had porch pirates take a partial denture. Like, a custom made partial denture is 100% useless to anyone else! There's nowhere you could possibly sell it!

[@erictaylor5462]

@@orngjce223 I bet one person would pay for it. I'm assuming you already did though.

[@rolfs2165]

Not sure if anyone has mentioned it yet, but I wouldn't call glitter entirely harmless. A user on Imgur has chronicled the loss of her eye over multiple posts (and months) due to _a single speck_ of glitter. She got it into her eye, it scratched the eyeball, dug its way in, and the wound infected.

[@shambolrick634]

But you could say this about just about anything. The user was just hugely unlucky. It happens, but ill bet 99.99% of people they have contact with glitter have no bad effect other than a cleaning bill.

[@rolfs2165]

@@shambolrick634 Sure, but glitter bombs have a much higher chance of causing this than just some glitter glued to a card.

[@joelgray4403]

I'm pretty sure he's using a different kind of glitter than what got in her eye

[@kristinazubic9669]

@@joelgray4403 he’s been using biodegradable glitter the past couple years.

[@liliana.6053]

Might as well throw people in jail for for throwing snowballs at people, it could have sand in it which could cause the same

[@RevinSOR13]

This isn't the crossover we expected but, it's the crossover we needed.

[@FoxMacLeod2501]

You don't always get the crossover you want, but, if you try sometimes...

[@Josev-TV]

100%

[@georgekuhn228]

It was the Colin reference at the end that really took it to the next level for me

[@eponymousmann5088]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@undeterred]

It's the crossover we deserve

[@asterisque9252]

The difference? Mark couldn't be held responsible, the people were technically stealing it. Those ladies went to someone's house with intention to harm

[@parxjohnson2483]

Well in the video he mentions the shotgun trap case which clearly means just the fact that they were stealing it wasn’t the whole difference

[@jazzfeline5970]

@@TK-7193 Please seek psychiatric help.

[@TK-7193]

@@jazzfeline5970 nah

[@xaviormchorney6959]

@@TK-7193 here you dropped this 👑

[@TK-7193]

@@xaviormchorney6959 thanks

[@medea27]

As anyone who's done _anything_ involving glitter knows, those women might as well have left signed affidavits at that guy's house saying they did it... no detective work or forensic examinations required to follow the glitter trail back to their car, house & anything they touched in the intervening days! ✨

[@Tiredofthecensorship189]

but if they live near a strip club that trail will be going everywhere and impossible to follow

[@thecrowcook]

Two years ago I made a flag with the ghost band logo on it for my niece, and ghost being who they are I decided to use glitter……I’m still finding glitter

[@LamisonJamison]

@@Tiredofthecensorship189 depends on the strip club, due to the naturally messy nature of glitter many strippers swap out for sequins

[@soundautomatic1]

@@LamisonJamison You've never met Destiny

[@LamisonJamison]

@@soundautomatic1 I said depends.

[@pavelthefabulous5675]

So this reminds me of one of my favorite military training tales: We were practicing MOUT (urban fighting). We were allowed to make fake "IEDs" to lay as traps. Most of them were just pieces of pipe with a guy in a nearby room who yelled "kaboom!" when someone got too close to it. One of such IEDs was a fully working glitter bomb using compressed air. The bomb was too powerful. As one unfortunate combatant triggered the IED, it exploded glitter straight down his windpipe, for his mouth was open at the time of the blast. He survived, but he bled from the lungs and had to go to the hospital for a little bit. I don't know what else happened, other than that we could no longer make "functional" IEDs anymore.

[@ArDeeMee]

Oh no! People tend to forget that glitter consists almost entirely of sharp edges. 🫣

[@Psilomuscimol]

69th like

[@The_Mighty_1ne]

that story is screaming Marine Corps

[@mcinteer19]

VA says, “Your chronic lung issues are not service connected.”

[@mcinteer19]

@@The_Mighty_1nemarines scream marine corps.

[@kaptnkarl01]

Nobody will ever be sentenced to "Life in Prison" for a glitter bomb. They will just have to go to jail until all of the glitter is cleaned up, and that's the same thing.

[@HeartlandHunny]

This is an underrated comment. This deserved 10x the likes it has.

[@Jr0890]

Ahhh glitter…the herpes of the art world….

[@gem9535]

😂 The accuracy

[@giovanacarla7818]

@@Jr0890 this 😂😂😂

[@GippyHappy]

“Is a misdemeanor unless committed against a public servant” What he meant: it’s a felony What I heard: it’s okay to assault public servants

[@VelkanAngels]

Same, lmao. Took me a few seconds.

[@danielsmokesmids]

me: starts packing a brick into my bag

[@rogerroger9952]

The only time I've had a package stolen from me, it was a Yeti plush I got for my boyfriend for Christmas. Honestly, it was so much more upsetting to have that stolen than something expensive, I guess because you don't really expect people to steal plushes and toys like that. I hope the person that stole it thinks they stole a child's Christmas present, the jerk.

[@akulkis]

All theft is ex post facto slavery. Tje fruits of your labor were taken from you without your consent.

[@rogerroger9952]

@@akulkis I wouldn't call someone stealing from my porch slavery, but I agree with the sentiment, comrade.

[@itsdalion6612]

Damn. Now I want a yeti plushie

[@SherrifOfNottingham]

@@akulkis the theft of the plush isn't a good equivalent to slavery my dude. The gig economy is more equivalent to slavery then that.

[@inspector5122]

@@akulkis cringe

[@floridanews8786]

I was completely innocent and made to serve a year before the court agreed I was innocent. It really screwed a lot of things up for me, I wish I could sue the hell out of someone for that bull.

[@leland818]

What kind of charge?

[@highlewelt9471]

"You're wrongfully imprisoned for life. You are a completely innocent man but you have no hope of parole." I know its in a lighthearted context that he is describing this scenario, but thinking about all the actual people who are currently suffering this unthinkably cruel fate sends shivers down my spine.

[@bowxfire5275]

There's probably a thousand people in this situation. 😞

[@vidblogger12]

I recommend the book “The Sun Does Shine” by Anthony Ray Hinton. It’s the memoirs of a man who spent 30 years on death row for a crime he didn’t commit before being exonerated and released in 2015. It’s a good read, and it’s as chilling as you think.

[@AYVYN]

Laws are open ended precisely so more decisions can be based on bias. Most judges are good people but they’re still people.

[@curlybrace4984]

The US has the highest incarceration rate of any country on the whole planet; yes, even higher than china’s. Over 2 million people are sitting in jail or prison, a good chunk of that is likely complete innocence, and an absolutely massive chunk of that, and the reason the incarceration rate is so high in the first place, is victimless crimes, I.e. possession of drugs.

[@SioxerNikita]

​@@AYVYN Or... because it is intended to be used for individual situations... Murder has a max and minimum time, because there can be based on the law, mitigating factors like murdering someone who killed their kid. Emotional Distress, being mentally ill, etc. It's not just for "bias", but to be able to tailor the punishment, crime, etc. to the specific situation. Also, there is the problem of if a law is too strictly a specific situation, it leads to loopholes... Which is not good for anyone involved, which is obvious to see in many cases with tax laws.

[@KyleCorbeau]

3:18 No...no. The story is they went to someone's apartment to argue, left, broke in, assaulted him, and then damaged several pieces of his property. Glitter is the zest, but assault, B&E, and mischief are the meat and potatoes.

[@cnukem]

💯

[@taliesine.8343]

Still wild that you could possibly get a sentence that lasts a lifetime. Obviously they won't. But the terms are still ridiculous. In Austria, the longest sentence that is given out is usually under 20 years. Yes, also for murderers.

[@thetechnovoid]

@@taliesine.8343 a life time sentence isnt for the rest of your life

[@Tulin730]

@@taliesine.8343 It's my understanding that a life sentence means 15 years without parole. Though honestly I've try to look this up everything I hear somebody gets a punishment of three consecutive life sentences or something like that and I can't quite nail it down

[@MarsJenkar]

@@Tulin730 I always thought a "life" sentence was 30 years. Maybe it varies by jurisdiction?

[@debayeuxchats5607]

For the shotgun trap versus a glitterbomb, the way I always think of it is "would this hurt an EMT crew who thought they needed to break in." If an innocent EMT crew got a call that they needed to help someone in an apartment, but the apartment owner had rigged a pile of newspapers to fall on anyone who opens the door, this is wrong. If the apartment owner rigged a speaker to start playing a nightcore version of "Call Me Maybe", it'd be annoying but the crew could enter without, well, at least without physical harm. If the speaker was playing loud enough to damage hearing, it's back to wrong.

[@azraelvov7226]

oddly specific song..

[@Michelle_B.]

It sounds like your speaking from personal experience

[@elenasullivan4522]

I feel like newspaper isn’t a very harmful example. It’s paper and while a bit could get heavy it really would just be a brief annoyance. I actually think the paper would be less annoying than the song lol.

[@Outwardpd]

@@elenasullivan4522 When they are saying newspaper I assume they aren't talking about loose leaf papers falling slowly. Obviously.

[@elenasullivan4522]

@@Outwardpd Neither was I. I have held many newspapers. I know how heavy they are. Not very heavy. Sure the weight adds up but unless you’ve got a ridiculously high ceiling it can’t do much damage. Realistically it will all fall in different detections after hitting the persons head. and then it wouldn’t have that many feet from above the door to fall meaning very little energy build up. I still argue that listening to Call Me Maybe would be worse.

[@nathanmitchell2827]

What’s sad is that terrible people doing terrible things win lawsuits all the time for injuries incurred whilst doing their terrible things

[@sierralovat5498]

Its stupid

[@namos3369]

Yeah exactly, in some countries if a robber breaks into your house and cuts his hand from glass of your window whilst breaking in, you could be mostly held liable like wtf

[@spideylover4105]

@@namos3369 I'm not sure that's correct

[@gregoryboatswain1605]

@@spideylover4105 That specific example isn't correct because the thief broke the glass themselves. However, if something that has already been left in an unsafe state in the house causes injury then technically I think they can sue. So for example if they shock themselves on a dangerous loose wire or something.

[@skovol007]

There was a case in my area a few years ago where someone broke into a home through a skylight. They fell, got hurt, sued the homeowner for damages....and won.

[@GhostySweep]

there's a difference between trolling someone that steals shit from you and literally harassing someone

[@Redmanticore]

he propably didnt pay the prostitutes. $72,000 bond for tossing glitter, $10,000 bond for tossing a newborn into a dumpster.

[@TheIndispensableOpposition]

this guy gets it

[@roguespartan2854]

Faxx

[@brandon10301991]

There's a huge difference between maliciously assaulting someone and setting a trapped package with your name on it on your porch. The thief knew that they were breaking the law and had no business opening your mail.

[@tabby7189]

The problem is, the ruling class cannot be trusted to exhibit common sense.

[@BlueGangsta1958]

True, but by that logic, the couple who boobytrapped their house with a shotgun would be innocent as well. Theres always a million qualifiers in law

[@BlueGangsta1958]

Lol, the minute after I posted this, he brings the case up

[@CarlosAM1]

​@@BlueGangsta1958one thing is getting blasted by a shotgun, another is having glitter fly everywhere

[@pisscow6395]

@@BlueGangsta1958Well I mean if someone tries to sneak in its on them... If someone's invited in that should be a murder

[@tnerbtnerb5136]

This isn't about glitter. Two women assaulted a man and broke into his place of residence to continue said assault. The fact that glitter is involved is largely irrelevant versus the actions and intents on display, at least IMO.

[@Powl_J]

But you get more clicks when you make the headline sound silly, which is apparently more important than journalistic integrity

[@LikaLaruku]

I heard about a woman who went completely blind in one eye after getting her eye cut by a single piece of glitter from one of her craft projects.

[@beepbop6542]

For real. he says in the video that the crux of the argument is that they were prosecuted for throwing glitter at someone, which is clearly wrong.

[@farrex0]

@@beepbop6542 News and youtube titles: Did you know that someone went to jail for making weird faces? Me: Wait really? why? News and youtubers: Yeah, this person robbed a bank while making weird faces. Then in court, he said he had a bomb and was going to kill everyone if he was found guilty, all while making weird faces. Then when he went to prison he murdered his cell mate while doing weird faces. So while the story is definetely more than making weird faces, the crux of the argument here is that he made weird faces and got arrested.

[@muuuune]

@@Powl_J the question mark did it's job.

[@praevasc4299]

Those on twitter who claim that those two girls should not be charged with anything, think they argue "no one should be sent to prison just for throwing glitter at someone", but in reality, unknowingly, are on the side of something like "if you break into someone's apartment, beat him up, hit him in the head, and smash this windows, then if you also used glitter at some point, then it should absolve you of all crimes".

[@Palmtop_User]

Cmon man, the glitter is a get out of jail free card. Everyone knows that

[@isapheonix]

Here's the problem. Everyone who discusses this story just has the headline or the tag line "they threw glitter at him" I stead of the full story " they broke into his apartment, threw glass at him, broke his property, and incident tally also threw glitter". If they just showed up and pelted him with glitter then I'd be like ok thats annoying but not jail worthy.

[@johnr797]

Just like all those gofundmes for criminals after the blm riots lol people are stupid

[@johnladuke6475]

Honestly, lots of people have it completely backwards. Causing a person and their home to be exposed to glitter is such a heinous crime that even ordinary capital punishment, with its merciful ritual, is far too lenient. We need some barbaric medieval punishment. They should be drawn and quartered, or burned at the stake. They're not witches but that thing where we put them in a cage and drown them in an icy river might be good.

[@igustibagusananda7706]

Your mistake are thinking twitter dweller's opinion mattered

[@sailorbrite]

I heard about a woman who got a single piece of glitter in her eye (during crafting or makeup use, I can’t remember which) and got a terrible infection and lost the eye. I wonder what a court would decide if the woman had been glitter bombed.

[@spamcan9208]

The intent of the device isn't to cause bodily harm, it's not using or doing anything inherently dangerous, and that is such a freak occurrence I don't think he'd be liable for it.

[@JDRChief420]

In this case it would be the women's fault still, considering the fact that She still stole the package, also the device was not made to cause bodily harm as its ment to just be a deterrence to theft by causing discomfort, if anything I'd applaud the fact that in this scenario someone had the audacity to come forward and say they got "hurt" by something they stole. So in this case I'd presume that the court would lie in favor of the package owner as they no longer had control of said package and glitter as soon as it was Stolen.

[@JDRChief420]

@@THEYuYama i know but I was answering OP's question from which they asked and I qoute "I wonder what a court would decide if the women had been glitter bombed." So I answered with what the most likely case would be, I assume you did not realize the context behind my statement and simply decided that I was wrong without further evidence.

[@JDRChief420]

@@THEYuYama I also clearly stated that this was a scenario where a women had suffered the same injury but from a mark roper glitter bomb, and was only providing my assumption to what would take place if this women had sued mark because they got hurt by his glitter, again I was aware from the beginning that the Real women was not hurt by a glitter bomb, I was simply answering a "what if" question

[@gotafarmyet4691]

@@JDRChief420 Would depend on the state laws it happens in. He lives in TX so he is covered, in CA it could be a different issue.

[@vlogily8043]

Criminal Mischief sounds like a catch-all for stuff that a mom would like to be considered a crime but isn’t the usual obvious crimes like leaving your clothes on the floor lol

[@rgs8970]

like aggravated horsing around when you're supposed to be washing up for supper

[@BeeHatGuy]

Sorta like how High Crimes & Misdemeanors are for politicians

[@AGoodBrentDogs]

I’ve heard it’s just a newer name for “Vandalism”.

[@yoboy6319]

@@BeeHatGuy using your power to profit is much different than a kid throwing glitter at someone.

[@Steelmage99]

Slouching with intent ("The intent to cause pique, vexation or exasperation - especially in church or other public setting - by not sitting up straight when told to by a parent or legal guardian.")

[@ddg79]

If you were to send Mark Rober to jail first you would need a jail that could contain him.

[@SulfuricDonut]

The squirrels will break him out.

[@shayk4791]

@@SulfuricDonut 😆🤣

[@CAPSLOCKPUNDIT]

@@SulfuricDonut Still not sure that all is forgiven with "Phat" Gus.

[@jimmyzhao2673]

@@SulfuricDonut Brilliant !

[@HariSeldon913]

I think he should have said, "nothing personal, but I'd hire the LockPickingLawyer".

[@georga2020]

Congrats to the editor! The cut to where rober introduces his charging doormats and on the screen it says "Battery: 100%" when discussing if Glitter Bombs count as "Battery". Great work 👌

[@Melvin_Master_of_Rainbows]

Hearing about the shotgun booby trap instantly makes me remember a Reddit story where someone put bear traps in their cabin (because of repeated break-ins) before leaving for a few months (I think they set it to have a way to release yourself from the trap and wanted to just scare the burglar away) and when they returned months later there was a dead burglar who had his head in a trap.

[@TheMustardMan8]

@@SvaroAsano Given there were bear traps in several places (if I’m reading this right), they could have tripped and fallen into it. Then, if bear traps below a certain strength and with an easy release trigger doesn’t cross the excessive force threshold for defending one’s property, it would perhaps be a case of consequences that the defendant could not have reasonably predicted, if this went to trial; in other words, he would be merely guilty of involuntary manslaughter in a criminal trial, and not liable in a civil one.

[@justaperson8385]

0:04 i love that you colabbed just for this. I love Marc Rober

[@justaperson8385]

Sorry not sure how to spell the last name

[@masongeorge2670]

It's in the title

[@mistciara]

the cross over i never knew i needed. whatever the outcome of this situation is, poarch pirating is a real thing and needs to be stopped. I STAND WITH ROBER

[@Kihidokid]

Porch pirate. Poarch pirates are something else

[@garettjohnson6978]

AS DO I!

[@mirvha714]

Draw thine swords! We charge these porch pirates at dawn with pouches full of glitter and hearts full of justice!

[@garettjohnson6978]

@@mirvha714 Ready the cannons! Prepare thy selves for battle!!!

[@ErikDayne]

Porch pirates make me question evolution. Like we’ve had millions of years of evolution and this is what we end up with? Pathetic.

[@Knight-PaladinEleanor]

Well, if law enforcement would actually do something about porch pirates we wouldn’t need mark’s glitterbombs.

[@secretlythreeducksinamansu3546]

Therein lies the real crux of the entire matter. The legal system only works if it's supported and enforced, the authorities want to complain about someone resisting attacks on themselves and their property? They elected them as through inaction.

[@SuperSuperSpork]

Do cops ever actually fo anything about anything?

[@digitalunity]

@@SuperSuperSpork they do plenty. The police catch the actual bad guys all the time, they caught the glitter bombers/burglars in this video, and any time there's a disturbance of the peace they show up and settle down your noisy neighbors who scream and shout obscenities at 3 in the morning. The unfortunate thing is that media outlets focus more on the criminals than the police who stop them these days. A headline reading "Man shoots 10 people" gets more than "Police stop dangerous gunman," especially since the general view of the police has trended negative for the last several years. They do their jobs, but only if you call them... Nobody calls them anymore

[@SuperSuperSpork]

@@digitalunity on average they sit around on their ass doing nothing Most break-ins they shrug their shoulders and no jack shit They don't do anything important, until it's gotten so out of hand that they have no choice Lazy do nothings

[@gamerslatestnews819]

Back the blue

[@HaxAras]

"I am not your lawyer and I'm not cumming to court to bail you out again." That hurts. I thought we had a connection on those first 3 trials.

[@Bluebird_Bum]

You gotta figure out whats wrong with how you spelled "cumming"

[@IA_777]

coming*

[@purpleourple]

🤨

[@Junimeek]

...cumming to court?

[@SophTumbleweed]

ayo

[@gazzmania150]

It's insane how they broke in to the house, harassed the guy, opened the door to let someone else in and smashed windows... And the articles are like "Life in prison for an innocent glitter bombing in apartment complex", "the glitter may be paltry, but the charges are not" Most people wouldn't look for the full story and believe the title without even looking at the article.

[@johnladuke6475]

Who writes these headlines? There's nothing innocent about knowingly exposing another human to glitter.

[@ZantariEXE]

The issue is it’s two women attacked a guy and thus the news will down play it. If a man did this to a woman the headline would be “Sexual predator assaults woman with deadly weapon and causes thousands in property damage”

[@gazzmania150]

@@johnladuke6475 I wouldn't go that far, but the clear omission of the real reasons, and downplay of the crime is the issue.

[@gaussianvector2093]

Yeah, who's fault is that. They're writing what sells, society is stupid. But it's a very arguable that the penalty is too extreme. Breaking in and assault gets life on the table! What do pedo's get? (Often

[@flynnlivescmd]

@@gaussianvector2093 Your first 3 sentences. NAILED it.

[@runikvarze6191]

I love how the precedent of intent applies in terms of Mark's glitter bombs. While the intent is to glitter bomb someone, technically the person who he sends it to is his friend. The intent beyond that is for their friend to leave the item on their porch. In a perfect world, that would all be fine and good. Nothing illegal about that. It's just a decorative box that happens to contain a glitter bomb. It only becomes a trap when it's stolen by someone who doesn't know what it contains. Therefore, there is no liability on the part of the intended recipient when a thief gets covered in glitter. After all, there's no way they can feasibly premeditate attacking someone in this manner. They don't know that it will be stolen definitively. One could even argue that they're hoping it WON'T be stolen, if it weren't for the cameras installed within. Those establish an intent to capture footage. But either way, this could not be classed as a targeted attack, and landing a battery charge under the circumstances would be extremely difficult.

[@akulkis]

No, the cameras can be argued as being used for documenting WHO steals the package, or at least receives it, AND determining the location of where it was taken to by using the phone's GPS system and setting the phone to share it's location.

[@Outwardpd]

You also don't know that your house is going to be broken into definitively, the intent is obvious though if you setup a literal booby trap. Don't think you'll get away with it from that shaky idea of 'intent' judges aren't complete morons.

[@Squifum]

There’s really no doubt that the packages were meant to be stolen. Even in his videos Mark says that they intend for the packages to be stolen off of people’s porches. There’s really no question of intent

[@vsync]

um look up attractive nuisance before u talk getting expensive things sent to u in public and lording it over ur neighbors u deserve what u get like the truck of sneakers cops knew they were asking them to be stolen and deserved it so entrapment for sure

[@runikvarze6191]

@@vsync but entrapment only applies to law enforcement. A citizen is allowed to put whatever they want on their porch. Besides, nobody was bragging about the boxes. It was just a box sitting on the porch. Hardly comparable to what you're describing. Is it illegal to park a porsche in your driveway, because it might be considered entrapment? Your point doesn't hold water.

[@dusty_telescope]

As a pyrotechnician, while I don’t work much with glitter I will be forever haunted by confetti for the rest of my life

[@debshaw680]

Know the feeling. My daughter makes props and costumes. 2 months ago a theatre ordered flower crowns with glittery leaves for a play with fairies. I find at least one bit of glitter every day. Every room has glitter in it. I swear it breeds. You think you finally got it all then find some in the middle of the floor you just swept and mopped.

[@medea27]

@@debshaw680 I found it easier to embrace the fact that you'll never get rid of it completely. I drove friends to many parties in my last car where we'd worn outfits with glitter or used glitter for makeup... and despite thoroughly vacuuming & cleaning it countless times over many years, the back seat _still_ lit up like a Christmas tree whenever I'd shine a torch over it! Interestingly, the colours that seemed to have the most frustrating staying power were red & blue... and we'd never used those colours in the volume that I found them in my car... 🤔

[@johnladuke6475]

@@debshaw680 See, you understand. Life in prison is too good for people who use glitter as a weapon. Medieval punishment, draw and quarter them.

[@PrograError]

i hope you don't do baby reveal parties...

[@joeshmoe6930]

"... glitter is annoying but probably not dangerous." Get some in your eyes and get back to me on that.

[@pinoyprince26]

Like tiny razor blades!!!

[@flavorwise]

Or lungs.

[@joeshmoe6930]

@@flavorwise Yep didn't even think about that one.

[@joeshmoe6930]

@@pinoyprince26 Yeah. Can't imagine how much that would suck.

[@r.j.bedore9884]

Depending on the circumstances, throwing glitter on someone could be considered assault and battery, as glitter is not entirely harmless. If it gets in your eyes it can be extremely hard to get out and can scratch your cornea and cause ulcers in your eye. If you breathe in glitter, you can end up with a cancer like disease called "glitter lung" that is similar to what coal miners get from breathing coal dust. In fact, glitter lung was so prevalent among workers in the factories where it is produced that they unionized and demanded safer working conditions. Traditional glitter is also made from aluminum and other metals, and is considered an environmental hazard and can cause heavy metal toxicity if ingested. In short, glitter is actually not all that harmless, and in my opinion should be illegal except for the nontoxic edible kind that is used on cakes and such.

[@comradegarrett1202]

Not only does it contain metal, it also usually contains plastic (they use the plastic to make the colors). As you mentioned, this makes glitter a terrible environmental hazard because it is a microplastic.

[@Kenkasan]

Thank you.

[@AWindy94]

Unless you get the biodegrade kind.

[@breathmints7146]

I've never even thought about that, which I probably should have considering I live on a farm and occasionally need to go into one of the corners of a barn to clean out old straw or hay. If something sits in an environment where air moves quite slowly and could potentially cause damp conditions, various types of fungi and bacteria gather there. I ended up getting quite sick from a condition called Farmer's Lung, the gist of which is that having any type of particulate matter isn't good at all. It also makes your body more sensitive to subsequent exposures of similar, extremely fine particulate matter, which can result in more severe and dangerous allergic reactions. As an example, I ended up with moderately severe bronchitis that lasted for several months and turned into a lung infection when I was 21 or 22 - that was my first exposure to anything even close to that.

[@bjb7587]

Picky picky. Next you'll claim that cigarette smoke causes lung cancer.

[@brimeetsbooks]

I'm not a prank video person, but I do like watching the Rober videos. So much work goes into creating those, it's amazing.

[@blondbraid7986]

Indeed, I remember someone saying that smashing a bottle on someone's head like in a movie bar fight is more likely to crack their skull than the bottle, actors have to use special brittle props when filming for that reason.

[@danamoore1788]

I tend to agree. My reasoning is 'pranks' seem to be yanked a ladder out from under a friend or similar mischief and may cause harm for the sake of being 'funny'. The glitter bombs I consider poetic justice. You don't get hit with the glitter unless you steal the package and open it. So you have to do something wrong to get hit with these.

[@RotGodKing]

To be fair, I wouldn't really call it a prank. Its more revenge or punishment for theft

[@becauseimafan]

@@danamoore1788 Yes to all of this!! This is exactly how I feel about pranks, and why I love Rober's glitter bomb porch pirate videos!

[@capness1228]

They aren't really prank videos, he isn't doing anything to anyone, they are doing it to themselves.

[@SHARKAST1C]

I got a ticket for throwing a missile when I was 16. The missile was a water balloon, and I hit the ground, not a person. I forgot about it because nothing really happened as a result until I had to do an interview for a security clearance... long story short they thought I was lying about forgetting and you could hear her yelling from down the hallway. Anyway "the water balloon bandit" nickname followed me around for most of my career.

[@Vinemaple]

I'm glad it didn't lose you your job! The kind of things prosecutors do to pad their cases... have you ever heard of anyone being arrested for tailgating? I have. They were riding a bicycle when they were arrested.

[@elsonlam]

In the summer of 2006, a woman by the name of Jessica Hall, was driving in Virginia when a car changed lanes in and out in front of her. She threw a McDonald's cup at the car. It went into the window and hit both the driver and passenger. By legal definition, that counted as a missile. The jury found her guilty and sentenced her to 2 years in prison (which was the minimum for the missile). The judge took pity and reduced her prison sentence to 5 years probation

[@SHARKAST1C]

@@elsonlam sad and interesting, but in no way similar to my story

[@SHARKAST1C]

@Vinemaple do you mean like how people on bikes ride super close to cars because they're using the air coming off your vehicle to pull them? Or like, the guy was angry and being a jerk?

[@elsonlam]

@@SHARKAST1C I was pointing out that the legal definition of a "missile" is different than what most people think. Yours was a water balloon. The lady's was a McDonald cup.

[@DoctorTex]

All the lawyer would need to ask is "May I see the package?" And that'd be it, because the package has contact info for Mark and he could explain the whole thing easily.

[@manualdidact]

Regarding the lower "theft" rate and increased recognition of the glitter bomb packages -- I really think Rober needs to start changing up the form factor in each future design. Different sizes and aspect ratios, maybe something broad and flat, etc.

[@KMCA779]

I expect it to be different this christmas since he's working with law enforcement this year.

[@PrograError]

hmm... iMac sized spinner... seems legit... I bet an idiot will still bloody steal that shit...

[@RelentlessOhiox]

Nah he can do this every Christmas until he dies. There will never be a shortage of thieves, let alone idiot thieves.

[@Dycell]

A fridge sized glitter bomb would be awesome. Might raise some eyebrows with law enforcements, though.

[@hyu8826]

Cops could do a better job with air tags

[@MMM6k]

I’d argue while it appears it was Rober’s intent to glitter bomb these, it was really his intent to discourage package thieves. I feel like the real goal was to be able to leave a package outside for extended periods of time without it being stolen. If it so happened to get stolen, then it was great content.

[@ener.g]

Upon hearing the title, I thought oh no, dont ban glitter bombs, upon hearing they litterally chucked it at the guy and also smashed a window, ...yeah the glitter bomb isnt the issue.

[@genericamerican7574]

Glitter can cause eye injuries.

[@johnladuke6475]

The glitter is worse than everything else. They're still covered in glitter, so is the victim. So are the cops. So is the apartment, and it will be even after two renovations. The holding cell is covered in glitter. The courtroom and lawyers glitter. The judge is finding glitter somehow in the deepest folds of the robe. Glitter is the worst.

[@SpiiiiiceeMAN]

imagine getting arrested for exposing thieves, what a perfect justice system.

[@MostlyPennyCat]

Yeah, glitter had nothing to do with this. They broke into his house and threw stuff at him then broker his window.

[@MostlyPennyCat]

Guess they're lucky they're white

[@anonymo_use5918]

@@MostlyPennyCat u-u

[@dmcgee3]

Some years back, a woman over on Imgur documented her loss of a eye by a errant speck of glitter. Wasn’t a glitter bomb, just a accident. I’d absolutely say that glitter can cause harm.

[@jessicataylor7174]

This also might sound dramatic, but having people break into your home, terrify you and assault you, by them also leaving glitter everywhere it could make every time you see the pieces of glitter a traumatic reminder. Whenever someone is attacked in their own home they have to 'reclaim' the safety of that space. Glitter everywhere as constant or unexpected reminders could greatly inhibit this process.

[@orionar2461]

@@jessicataylor7174 that is so incredibly niche I dont know where to begin

[@jessicataylor7174]

@@orionar2461 It's literally what they did + basic trauma psychology. Even a break in or burglary when you were not in the house at the time can cause trauma and require reclaiming of your space and learning to feel safe again. A huge part of it is not knowing what will happen next time or when it might happen. People have moved house over this, without even having been there at the time of the break in. This was a planned attack by multiple people invading what is supposed to be your safest place on earth. The very first step is cleaning up the mess they made when they were in your home...glitter screws that up right away.

[@PaulMansfield]

@@jessicataylor7174 I agree. we were burgled once, targeted, they knew when my wife would leave for school, and took every, but only, electronic device in the house. It was years before I didn't get anxiety even just going away for a night. We'd had networked CCTV installed, and I would connect remotely and check it, so I couldn't even get away from it for a day.

[@jessicataylor7174]

@@PaulMansfield I'm so sorry you and your wife went through that. People often over-simplify the impact of burglary, it's not just about things or mess, the biggest loss is often the sense of safety. I hope you're both doing much better now and have successfully reclaimed your space, and feel secure and relaxed in your home again.

[@markzeddo6033]

So now I need to know: can Mark Rober now call you if someone tries to sue him, and can he consider anything you told him to be legal advice?

[@varmituofm]

The general rule for talking to lawyers is it isn't legal advice unless you've hired them to give legal advice.

[@williameldridge9382]

They can tell you the law, freely. This provides them zero legal obligations to anything. Telling you what you should DO? Then there's legal liability.

[@LabGecko]

Not to mention the numerous disclaimers made before and after Mark Rober's comment

[@stevenpike7857]

I remember reading an article where they said the Iowa Supreme court was more worried about a public servant, like a fire fighter, or a police officer getting shot by such a booby trap if they were responding to a fire or criminal activity. For example, he set up the booby trap, and then, when an officer was chasing a crimnal, the criminal runs into the house to hide, and the police officer follows, and while checking the rooms gets shot. This opnion was partially based on the fact that such a low amount was granted.

[@ispirovjr]

Unless he used some other power source, I can guarantee Mark's bomb was charged with (a) battery.

[@J.R8765]

Very clever

[@ihavenoname1136]

unless the glitter was radioactive, it was not radioactive

[@Lantalia]

FYI, some glitter is in fact VERY dangerous and can cause blindness and other medical issues, even without hitting people with containers

[@danielvest9602]

Objection, isn't the glitter bomb close to the same thing as dye packs that banks use as a way to mark the criminal and stolen property?

[@jameson1239]

That’s a pretty good point

[@amiiiu]

@@jameson1239 *paint 😏

[@memebo1922]

Indelible ink can permanently stain your skin, glitter does not it’s just really annoying

[@DarkLord111111111111]

@@memebo1922 It can get in your eyes I guess

[@memebo1922]

@@DarkLord111111111111 anything can get in your eyes though, but glitter would SUUUUUCK

[@thecasualfly]

Imagine stealing a package, then signing a release so they don't blur your face.. wtf

[@JD021]

One of my school teachers told a story about a guy breaking into his apartment window. When he heard the noise and saw the guy he grabbed a pot of boiling water that was on the stove and threw it on him. The guy later sued and won, now I know why...

[@alyssahamlett]

You can Sue for anything where you injure somebody even if it's not a serious injury they can sue you for the medical bills.. However you would not be arrested for protecting yourself

[@vipse6586]

@@carpetbeetle8349 are you saying a knife is less damaging than a pot of boiling water

[@eagillum]

What? That's not fair.

[@MagicToadSlime]

@@vipse6586 It's a bit backwards, when people are allowed to literally murder home invaders in self defense. The real Pro-Tip is to make sure they don't survive to say anything against you 🙏🙏🙏 American Justice™

[@ALWhite-ub1ye]

@@aeonreign6456 from what I've heard, that happens in China these days.

[@Richard_Productions]

I love Mark Rober's glitter bomb videos.. they feel like a part of Christmas, a holiday KZbin tradition.

[@TheRealScooterGuy]

Someone needs to make a Hallmark Christmas video featuring these.

[@princ3rom3drumm3r07]

especially if macullay mckulkin is in the video 😅

[@melissaroszkowski8911]

In my hack opinion, I feel the glitter bombs on porch thieves doesn't involve intent to cause bodily harn. Tossing jars of glitter directly at a person is more dangerous. Those pieces can get lodged in the eyes and even be inhaled into the lungs. How Rober constructs his traps seems to try and avoid that. Again, this is just my silly theory.

[@heartofthewild680]

Also the fact that the jars themselves can cause injury if they hit you, just like any other hard object. Meanwhile, in Mark Rober’s version, the “jar” never leaves its housing.

[@Shepard_AU]

And you could almost say that the trap was for yourself, since it was ''delivered'' to your front door before it was stolen.

[@SuzakuX]

@@Shepard_AU Well, I don't think that holds up since he has videos showing it's intended to be a baited booby trap.

[@DrinkyMcBeer]

@@SuzakuX the thing in Mark's favor is that the victim would have to admit to committing a crime in order to press any charges against him. Most people aren't going to shoot themselves in the foot on the hope that the bullet passes through and hits the person they really want to hurt.

[@thefabulouskitten7204]

Well also Mark's "glitter bomb" is more of a glitter thrower

[@chiepah2]

I would say that anyone stealing a package off my porch has opted-in to receiving anything that could legally be shipped in the united states. A grenade would not qualify, but glitter and fart spray would definitely qualify.

[@stellaluna6421]

Talking about attacking someone with glitter (as opposed to booby-trapping your own mail) as a 'haha lol' kind of joke suggests that a lot of people are not familiar with acid attacks. Having any unknown substance thrown at your face can be a terrifying experience, because even if it turns out to be an intense permanent dye, glitter, or water instead of more deadly or caustic substances, in the moment the target has no way of knowing what's coming at their eyes.

[@ouch1011]

Then don’t steal the package. There is a huge difference between pouring acid on an innocent person and sprinkling some glitter on a package thief. It’s roughly the same as spraying water from a garden hose on someone who is trying to steal your car.

[@stellaluna6421]

@@ouch1011 I was referring to the act of breaking and entering and then throwing glitter in someone's face, not a booby-trapped package.

[@ionia2376]

No we're familiar, we just don't see a brief moment of fear as an unreasonable consequence for theft

[@nicolepadilla866]

Under that logic, jump scares, should be considered, as fault, because men have totally jumped out and grabbed women to rape them. So why is glitter related to acid but jump scares, are not related to assault? That’s just not the same thing, and there isn’t very many parallels to make them the same thing. People also throw water in each other’s faces quite often.

[@Alcadeias01]

9:56 LegalEagle: Out of curiosity, at this point, how much glitter and fart spray do you think you've gone through? Mark Rober: Im sorry, that is classified information.

[@wildflower1397]

Mark Rober: Not nearly as much as I intend to.

[@kindoflame]

If I were sentenced to life in prison for a crime I didn't commit, my escape plan would be to just call Legal Eagle.

[@Edward256]

"This kinda reminds me of when I came home from school and there was some dead guy stuck in the smashed window of my apartment. He had been trying to break into the place, but instead gutted himself on the insulated glass. That was not fun trying to explain that to the police." Freeman's Mind Episode 8

[@OOZ662]

"It's like the classic debate of why measuring the position of an electron changes its momentum and vice versa. The only correct answer is to get drunk and set fire to things."

[@TheBlueArmageddon]

1:12 "glitter bombing" The student barely throws a handful at him lol.

[@jeffreytsao5710]

love Mark Rober. This is a great collaboration. Any objections are overruled.

[@russellmoore8187]

Having other people on screen really shows off how utterly well-polished DJ's whole look is

[@ricktaylor14001]

Mark Rober is the best! Seriously, the way he puts things together, over-engineers the hell out of something and then packages it up in super educational and entertaining ways…. he makes great videos!! If you have never seen him, you owe it to yourself to see some of his stuff!! 👍☮️

[@Mikeofthenorth1892]

Hmmm. I'm glad I had someone explain to me that throwing glitter via a glitter bomb to a porch pirate is not the same as breaking into someone's home ,assaulting them ,breaking a window and then leaving... I thought they were identical before.. 🙃🙃🙃

[@beepbop6542]

I am very satisfied with this legal eagle video. (I guess I shouldn't be surprised, they warned me about lawyers...)

[@Rikard_Nilsson]

9:09 objection, it would be a lot funnier to watch a bunch of package thieves open a box full of pissed off snakes, but it would probably constitute animal abuse. Also wouldn't Mark Rober be tried in federal court since his glitter bombs are placed on porches in several different states?

[@Colopty]

Yeah it would be excellent entertainment quality to see a carefully engineered trap which releases a pit of vipers. Completely unreasonable level of force and probably breaking a dozen other laws? Yes. High quality content? Also yes.

[@kastric6000]

Actually reptiles are routinely shipped (usually overnight air). It is completely reasonable that many snakes would be in a box. I have gotten snakes through FedEx before. They do have be to be secured though. They are usually placed in tied cloth bags, like pillowcases, or put into plastic deli cups with air holes. Reptiles have a lower oxygen requirement because of the way their metabolism works than mamals do. They do usually package them with either heat packs or cold packs depending on the weather, because reptiles are for the most part "cold blooded". Boxes also are usually lined with styrofoam or other insulative material. Shipping snakes and other reptiles is a very commonplace occurrence. I've never dealt with venomous animals, so someone else would have to comment if that is possible/legal, but I imagine if they were secure and accurately labeled it would be fine.

[@tiagodagostini]

Well FAKE super realistic snakes would probably be nto illegal at all and would still be funny to see.

[@AviatorFox]

I thought you clickbaited me for a second then I realized this was a crossover that I'm super excited about! You play with my heart!

[@Century_Chandra]

0:58 this sentence made my day

[@SketchyJohnny]

I think it is moral lunacy that anyone could be held liable for what happens to their stolen property.

[@EverythingLvl]

The law is there to protect thieves, aka lawmakers 😅

[@mikotomisaka8714]

I had a recurring package thief once. The final straw was when they stole my copy of Horizon Zero Dawn. So I rigged a fake package to play the entire "Never gonna give you up" song and show "You are Going to Jail in bright flashing lights as I filmed them remotely." They ended up going to Jail actually after more witnesses came forward and I turned in the tape. Glad to know I wasn't doing anything illegal XD.. I may or may not have been inspired by Mark Rober

[@zucc4764]

Pleeeeease post it online

[@tombsofak]

As a big fan of Horizon Zero Dawn, this was completely justified.

[@HellecticMojo]

"I demand justice, I demand my robo-T-rex hunt"

[@kylelantan9220]

I mean I would think that anyone that sued Rober would have to admit to theft to prove the assault or battery charge. I don't think mutual destruction is worth it for the thieves.

[@calebr9736]

It doesn't matter no one sues him because they legit stole shit, your honor, I stole a package that was a glitter bomb!!!

[@agakor]

In my country, when a politician isn't behaving like the public wants him to, we throw yogurts at them, and there's no major consequence.

[@DarkSyster]

Here it's cream pies, but 0ne can be arrested for battery if it's thrown.

[@RAkers-tu1ey]

" these fake packages are works of cleaver engineering..." Not to mention, they are worth more in components than most of the original contents of the boxes he uses as bait! I wonder what the e-bay value of a genuine Mark Roper glitter bomb is?

[@becauseimafan]

😂😂 Brilliant, I hadn't considered that!

[@kylaevelyn1800]

You'd have to know how to disable the gps tracker though lol. That's how they can attempt to retrieve the package. Unless you were able to sell it off and ship it immediately, they could just report it as stolen property and the GPS would lead the police directly to the location

[@nelsonbrum8496]

*Rober

[@merlinious01]

@@kylaevelyn1800 Put it in a faraday cage, take to a location with a workshop enclosed in a faraday cage, preferably underground. Remove the sim card from the gps tracker, or just the whole gps. Bam, heist successful.

[@RAkers-tu1ey]

@@nelsonbrum8496 thanks, I'll have to watch my spell check.

[@SMOBY44]

I know a guy, he had a problem with the same person stealing his packages. After 3 times recording said thief, he left a package with several kilos of dog shit and a sizeable (but not lethal) explosive bursting charge activated when the package was picked up. He showed me the video of the thief getting into their car at the moment it went off, dog shit everywhere! Package thefts stopped in the neighborhood. I love it. I hate thieves. Lowest form of life.

[@TheRealScooterGuy]

Sadly, such actions could get the person who leaves them in legal trouble. The ATF is particularly interested in explosives. That's why Mark Rober's "glitter bombs" have no explosives, but instead rely on a spinning mechanism to disperse the glitter.

[@SMOBY44]

@@TheRealScooterGuy Plausible denial. I know nothing.

[@TheSimmr001]

@@SMOBY44 also guy was lucky it was the package thief. Emt gets the wrong number, moves package for the guerney, he wouldn't deserve that

[@freshoutofcrabs]

Look, I'm not saying that theft is a good thing - it's obviously not. But thieves are far from the lowest form of life. Even if we ignore the people who do far worse crimes, there are reasons someone might need to steal (for instance, to survive).

[@SMOBY44]

@@freshoutofcrabs Or they just want to take the easy route and not put forth effort to make an honest living. That and feeding drug habits. There are a lot of programs and help available for those who truly want to better themselves. I have no use for thieves.

[@rowynnecrowley1689]

Yeah, there's a difference between booby trapping a package to catch a thief, and physically throwing something at someone. At that point, it becomes assault. Same if it was a pie. You can't throw things at people.

[@davidsandrock7826]

Throwing a pie pan filled with whipped cream in someone’s face is a classic prank, though.

[@DSKesq]

It's such a pleasant surprise when you find out two of your favorite content creators collaborated and produced something together.

[@Avresem]

It's kinda open and shut now, but I'd love to get the Legal Eagle take on the ThedaCare lawsuit to prevent its employees from getting a better job.

[@theldraspneumonoultramicro405]

how that crap ThedaCare is doing is even remotely possible is absolutely disgusting, they should be sent to jail and forced to pay their victims for the troubles they have caused.

[@moremiaj4786]

My boss just fired a lady for job searching. The lady gave my boss's name as a reference.

[@chezmoi42]

@@theldraspneumonoultramicro405 Uh, I mean Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicoglitteroconiosis...

[@bonniea8189]

Yes, this ^^

[@fisharepeopletoo9653]

@@moremiaj4786 That's great, now she can collect unemployment and has more time to job hunt. Smart lady

[@wickedninja123]

I love when two of my favorite content makers collaborate!

[@Neefew]

6:39 I appreciate the use of a Mark Rober clip with the words "battery 100%" on screen while talking about battery

[@GirlWhoCriedAardvark]

The big question is: If "glitter is the herpes of the craft world", are bio-weapons charges also pending?!

[@Richard-ug4el]

How could you possibly be found a "criminal" for building a glitter bomb, and placing it on your own porch?

[@Maladjester]

It's America. People can bring suit for literally anything and the chance of winning is never zero.

[@kaitlynbush]

Say the glitter gets in the person's eye and they're eyesight gets permanently damaged. Or they end up inhaling the glitter and it damages their lungs. Then it would fall under the whole shotgun trap situation

[@Jack-uu6bf]

I mean, anything could be illegal

[@mvansumeren4313]

The same way people can be prosecuted for adding laxatives or concentrated capsaicin to their food if they know someone is stealing it.

[@CloudSociety420]

Just a way to grab attention using a well known KZbinr who also uses glitter bombs :) connects the stories together and caught your attention

[@yensid4294]

Don"t the banks use those explosive blue dye packs? I thought there was someone on YT who did similar with a decoy box to discourage thieves during the holidays. Even had hidden camera footage of the thief getting blasted with the paint. It was very satisfying to watch. But yeah, you can't set up any deadly booby-traps on your property to deter trespassing or you can be held responsible & charged with assault or murder.

[@tamhuy10]

rober

[@Natsteph]

There goes the plot of home alone

[@danierinash7952]

I really want to see a collaboration between you and Caitlin Doughty (Ask a Mortician). There must be some interesting Legal/Death topics you two could chew the fat over. Make it so!

[@azuradawn5683]

YESSSSS!!!

[@andrealongbottom3869]

Yes I love her!!!

[@Mirin_the_Witch]

That sounds awesome, honestly.

[@lopezcarmencecilia]

I remember she wants all states to allow legally some different types of managing of the dead (acuacremation; composting; ect), so that would be cool.

[@jensue3034]

Yes

[@julienduris8326]

You're the glitter bomb with that vest @LegalEagle, omg absolutely dashing

[@reddragonstudios1]

"Throwing" a Glitter Bomb and Setting up a "Glitter Bomb" such as in Mark Rober's videos are 2 different things, Mark sets a trap up to catch thieves, versus these 2 women who were charged for throwing them at someone, throwing anything, at anybody or anything property, is considered a missile and thats a felony. In Mark's case, he's simply trapping porch pirates. If they pick up the Glitter Bomb, and open it, and it goes off, he is not at fault, it instead falls on the porch pirate because they are the ones who in the end set the bomb off

[@hr329085]

He would be at fault if it caused them injury. Like getting into their eyes or throat. Otherwise the shotgun booby trap never would have been found illegal.

[@rougnashi]

Now, I'm very curious how this applies to glitter bombing by sexual assault victims. I know for a while at least it was popular for women especially in Central/South America to carry around an extra fine grade fluorescent glitter to throw on their attackers so they could be tracked down by the police. Hypothetically would this be legal in the USA? Are there states it almost certainly or definitely wouldn't be?

[@damienblackburn5459]

It depends. Every state is different. Throwing glitter at someone would almost always be considered aggravated assault (depending upon jurisdiction, of course) I'd wager, and could be considered lethal force. In many states, lethal force is authorized to stop a violent felony in progress, particularly one directed at you. There may be steps you have to take such as following a duty to retreat or similar statutes, but the answer is really "it depends" with the key component being where you're located.

[@vaiapatta8313]

@@damienblackburn5459 "lethal force"??? How on Earth do you kill someone with glitter?

[@qwart22]

@@vaiapatta8313 well if you have enough you could fill their lungs….

[@e_k1mz]

@@qwart22 and if you aimed correctly...

[@terrygoyan]

@@damienblackburn5459 It seems to me that supposed "non-lethal" weapons used by the police, such as rubber bullets and stun guns, run a far, far higher chance of proving lethal than glitter. Ridiculous that glitter could be considered lethal unless say poured down someone throat!

[@paulberry2884]

I was attacked by rice and confetti once. What made it worse was I was leaving a church on my wedding day. People have no respect!

[@wildflower1397]

FYI, you should never throw rice at a weding. The woman who founded the girl scouts actually went deaf from rice getting lodged in her ear on her wedding day. That isn't likely to happen today, but what happens instead is worse. Birds and other creatures eat the uncooked rice thinking it is seed, then die from it. Blowing bubbles is a much better plan. :)

[@nostoneunturned7641]

​@@wildflower1397Shut up woman. Everyone knows about the birds. He was making a joke

[@wildflower1397]

@@nostoneunturned7641 You a little stressed about a comment from almost a year ago? 😂

[@anaceweirdo1579]

A dumb comment yeah, throwing rice is tradition in many cultures, including mine (mexican) it's a symbol of celebration, what we can't celebrate anymore? Also rice doesn't really affect the birds, bread does. ​@@wildflower1397