Moment have-a-go hero shopkeeper traps machete-wielding robbers inside shop

Police are hunting two men, after a have-a-go hero shop worker foiled machete wielding robbers by trapping them in his store.
#Birmingham #Machete #UK
The shocking incident took place in the Smethwick area of Birmingham earlier this month, when a gang entered a convenience store and threatened staff with a large knife.
Dramatic CCTV footage of the attempted robbery showed one of the masked men demanding money from the till while threatening to stab the shopkeeper.
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[@Heilviceivar]

Update: Police are on their way....

[@gelbsucht947]

Three days later.

[@TMGold60]

too busy protecting pro-hamas supporters because they pay them!

[@aedt3]

@@gelbsucht947Three Weeks later

[@stephgabb7107]

Police still on their way.............

[@MultiBikerboy1]

@@TikeAlpha’what 3 words’???

[@frankwood11]

i suppose the cops were busy looking for online hate crimes

[@JOG-ON-M8]

My thoughts exactly 💯

[@3cosmo]

Hate speech from the "far left" is more important for the police

[@meandmine8685]

Totally 💯

[@FUToob]

Pronoun investigations.

[@where_is_my_slippers]

Perhaps they were busy babysitting the pro hamas rallies 🤷‍♂️

[@andrewh2u]

A community support officer will be visiting tomorrow to check if any hate language was used by the shopkeeper.

[@Kr-kd4bn]

Lmaooo

[@SC-mt9ph]

Lol

[@nurlagrande]

AH! Anarchy, hilarious ☺️

[@gymbeats6050]

😂

[@ryan-de5wl]

Your a loser

[@-Kailinn-]

No praise for the guy who came and helped the shopkeeper get the door shut? That guy might have saved his life.

[@GeorgKeferboeck]

There was also a dog barking and no mention of that heroic effort either …

[@WoockerSocket2]

That machete could have been killed

[@nanunanu8745]

Police too busy bashing St George's day revellers

[@johneaton25]

@nanunanu You’d not be too far from the truth there 🤔

[@beegchunguz7425]

and monitoring mean tweeters

[@hopsta5628]

St.George, that's the bloke most Brits deny is a saint from Palestine, isn't it?

[@PaulShutts.]

@@hopsta5628 He was a Cappadocian Greek Christian, If most Brits deny he was from Palestine, It's probably because he wasn't.🙄

[@alexmousley7213]

@@hopsta5628 Yep, funny how quite a few xenophobes like to cover themselves in Saint George cross without realising that he was a foreigner!

[@charmander777]

They needed money to fund their oxford law degee

[@sandramarshall518]

I doubt they are studying law, wielding a machete the way he was I think he is studying to be a doctor.

[@stevesinclair4159]

And to feed their families in Gaza {sarcasm alert}

[@johnshepard8556]

How can they study law with no brain cells

[@sandramarshall518]

@@stevesinclair4159 It's more likely that it's to feed Hamas. Allah will be pleased with them, theirs is a religion of peace. It's what hsppens when the rif-raf are allowed into this country

[@ned_1963]

Get it right, he's at Cambridge innit! 😂😂

[@AnyoneCanSee]

The police were busy dealing with someone who posted an upsetting meme.

[@ForzaMilan-di2zd]

police went after Joey Barton

[@jeanlavoie5598]

The criminals want to express their thanks to the police for their quick response.

[@user-mv1rj7vq1r]

maybe if the tories didnt cut the police budget there would be more police available?

[@mike8055]

In this situation, it's impossible to have the police arrive in an instant. There's going to be a short delay no matter what.

[@Anime-Face.]

Well done, Mr. Shopkeeper, for demonstrating such remarkable bravery.

[@chanjackie2299]

He is called brave, but he is actually the sacrifice of your liberal system not punishing criminals enough. This is why all the shops will close in big cities.

[@boobopish]

@@chanjackie2299The reason shops will close down in cities is because of Amazon. This behaviour is disgusting.

[@jemlesvideo]

@boobopish People buy their convenience grocery on the fly at Amazon ?

[@lemdixon01]

That was his dad 😅

[@al-aminhussain8052]

💯💯

[@bannedagain.8334]

They just happen to be wearing the same colour and brand of clothing... attempted robbery with violence..using a lethal weapon...ten years .

[@Danko31]

​@MrMiller-vc5rvbut it says this happened in Birmingham

[@DavidBrown-sr8di]

Deport immediately

[@John451vfr]

Too bad the Police were busy. Apparently they were attending to a report of serious misgendering...

[@eddyvideostar]

@@DavidBrown-sr8di Back to Harlem!

[@steve.k4735]

@@DavidBrown-sr8di Considering the suspect appears to have a Brummy accent, one would suggest deportation to Birmingham would have little efficacy.

[@kuratr]

The shopkeer should have posted a mean tweet. The police would be there in half a second.

[@EveB-6B6]

Cowards. Big clue when searching for suspects, cannot speak without interjecting “bro” every other word.

[@JonDoee2343]

And the cops never showed up. But, they would have arrested the shopkeeper for wrongful imprisonment.

[@DexterHaven]

Zing!!! That should be pinned.

[@OmikronClient]

fr

[@midnitebeach]

wutb his indian

[@betsyj59]

Cops in the UK and in the US are conforming to the same agenda, of course.

[@ForzaMilan-di2zd]

spot on

[@imrandma]

The interesting thing is that both are of South Asian heritage, and Muslim. Welcome to diversity striken Britain 2024.

[@JosephB-tv7gf]

Dey woz gangstas, bro! Proper, innit?

[@imstupid880]

Please sar i am just a customar sar

[@-Scotty]

Cmon Bro, Lemme Go Just wanted an Allah Snackbar But didn't have the Dough.

[@JosephB-tv7gf]

@@-Scotty At Ali's snack bar Mo don't need no dough He's good to go.

[@abdulzahidkhan2153]

The thieves are Indians, the brave shop owner is a Muslim

[@itsmyview9471]

God bless the man who came to help the door locked.

[@curtiswood110]

Police are attending to reports of someone walking around the city with a Union Jack flag.

[@facts.explained.]

St George was a Palestinian Canaanite Arab. He wasn't English mate. Racism and hate is a disease that need mental health services.

[@te22a]

Police must have been too busy policing social media that day.

[@andyward8430]

They were taking care of important stuff, somebody called somebody a mean name so they sent in the hate crime swat division.

[@CharlesJones-wi7tz]

Yep, waiting for someone to insult islam.

[@tombrady2023]

@@andyward8430 Hillary had called and said she was getting mean tweets. So nobody was available.

[@andyward8430]

@@tombrady2023 she was probably just chilling, sharing the hot sauce in her purse with her posse.

[@juliajesson1068]

If they’d been waving the England flag at that shopkeeper, there would have been 15 coppers surrounding the shop within minutes.

[@garyb3689]

hahah TRUE

[@andrewallen9993]

Or if they were being blatantly Jewish and wanting to cross the street.

[@DrTiwade]

Exactly

[@alexmousley7213]

They are the type to join the EDL!

[@sajryder2541]

😂😂😂

[@thewhopper411]

I've seen videos of the UK in the 1960s...it looked amazing! 60 years later, it's become a warzone. So sad.

[@jaffa3717]

I wonder what went wrong...

[@v-town1980]

Libs.

[@rodrigosilvamartins4983]

They used to say it was The Beatles' fault back then

[@kelechi_77]

“Looked” anazing, yeah they aren’t gonna film or the ghettos and people living in abject squalor back then, even in the 70s things looked worse than they do now

[@elainekerslake6865]

Can't get police there for another 2 hours. They got to 2 old grannies with English flags giving them trouble down at Sainsbury's.😊😊😊😊

[@macb.43]

Where are the slow useless cops? Oh never mind!!!

[@adenwellsmith6908]

Working on their TikTok dance routine.

[@johngahan3530]

if they did turn up they would be let go without a warning. but white English your nicked 10 years behind bars.

[@stevesinclair4159]

They were at a month long seminar on diversity and get in touch with your feminine side training

[@anneking2631]

Assisting the protesters of love and harmony, who just happen to be doctors, engineers or scientists

[@neilfoster814]

Too busy trawling facebook for hurty comments!

[@stoicsceptic8420]

Police were all occupied on stakeout at the Bullring after reports that a man was considering unfurling a St George flag.

[@facts.explained.]

St George was a Palestinian Canaanite Arab. He wasn't English mate. Racism and hate is a disease that need mental health services.

[@davidlin7496]

Police making sure it's safe before getting involved.

[@shazbo]

Best comment so far 😂 because its true!

[@bedstag]

I moved to Birmingham in 2017... The biggest mistake of my life!!!

[@palmtreewhisperer]

It's still this bad ? 😳

[@pauld6400]

Middles east city now

[@ArazQizilbash]

​@@pauld6400It would be more accurate to call it the Middle East dump because Middle Eastern cities are safer than anywhere in the United Kingdom.

[@v-town1980]

​@@ArazQizilbashThen why don't they stay in the middle east?!

[@ArazQizilbash]

@@v-town1980 Corrupt governments in the Middle East and states whose extremist policies are used as a cover for their own theft make the Middle East uninhabitable for honorable and enlightened people. On the other hand, human rights and proportionate punishment system in the West make the West attractive for criminals. If Europe and the United Kingdom give residence to 10 people, 8 of them are unqualified and criminal individuals. As a Middle Easterner, I live far away from the uneducated and criminal immigrants in Europe and have zero relationships.

[@freelancebush]

When seconds matter, the police are only hours away.

[@zeaferjones1404]

That is a joke about American cops. With these British cops they are days away if they feel like getting around to it.

[@bossman4401]

Should the police stand outside every shop ? Smh

[@ABCis123]

@@bossman4401 No, but they should at least show up

[@keithhowson7836]

Shopkeeper is still waiting for police to arrive. Next time when he calls them, just say there's someone calling a trans woman a man, they will be there in no time.

[@sarabanda7480]

😂😂,😂😂

[@joe-cy4ol]

Up date: Police have charged the shop keeper for inciting this attempted robbery by putting in an honest days work.

[@jeffy3964]

Turn a corner without using your indicator and they will swoop

[@ScottH22175]

Only thing "disturbing" about this video is that the shop keeper's only defence is the hope the attacker doesn't really want to use his machete....

[@milkiesLoverboi69]

The extra disturbing part comes at the end with the “police are looking after the 2 suspects”. How inepts lol

[@moneymanifestation9505]

What other defense would there be?

[@stub6378]

@@moneymanifestation9505he’s one of them blokes that thinks more guns is better.

[@FungusMossGnosis]

@@stub6378 One of those blokes who thinks rationally.

[@yan.and.ying.]

@@FungusMossGnosis yes lets be like america so that instead of knives badmen use guns too. use ur brain g

[@richard21995]

The damage and violence is terrible. He should be in prison.

[@redhound4889]

Hospital.

[@localreviewking134]

@@redhound4889 Mental ward.

[@eddyvideostar]

@@localreviewking134 ...Or a shrink's couch potato. Some of society blames crime on mental health situations. If so, then, there would be no more criminals.

[@sam.p12345]

Or Rwanda.

[@terfin8400]

They

[@KeyaanAli]

If the shopkeeper called my granny she would’ve been there before the police

[@mummykinsify]

Shop keeper arrested for false imprisonment without evidence of a burglary!!!

[@amichaels1871]

So the guy with his HOOD UP & FACE COVERED & dressed EXACTLY like the suspect was just an INNOCENT CUSTOMER? CRIMINALS ARE SO DUMB.. 🤦‍♀️🤡👿💔

[@harmonizedigital.]

And he was stealing 😂

[@inconvenientexistenlism]

And criminals love them saggin pants.

[@markkenowski1779]

And holding the door

[@bettycastro835]

😂😂😂

[@jonbutcher9805]

Got a feeling that Bro-mance is over. Throwing his buddy under the Bus. " Tut Tut." " What happened to the Bro code."

[@labouraredangerous]

Usual suspects. The government should be held accountable for what they have done to this country.

[@kathleenlynch5763]

Yes the government should be held accountable for letting so many people into our Country.but there not accountable for the thieving scumbags who think it's okay to pick up a knife and take stuff that does not belong to them. Go to work and earn your own money.

[@labouraredangerous]

@@kathleenlynch5763 they're responsible for letting them in

[@AbdeNNour_Niko]

​@@labouraredangerousit's too late just surrender to reality.

[@labouraredangerous]

@@AbdeNNour_Niko hahahah keep dreaming, Abdul..

[@loveandabcs]

Who are they? What accent?

[@DaveTan65]

I cannot stress the importance of having a donut shop on every street corner.

[@rustydante31]

Ah england what a peaceful country 👏

[@labouraredangerous]

Thanks to immigration

[@eddyvideostar]

Dear RustyDante31, UK to US ex-pat here. Even the Verizon Brooklyn, NY, CWA 1109 union is not safe or secure. At least, in England, one's accent wouldn't be snickered, scoffed at -- or stymied by the grass-roots urban *American street system's *psychological tsunami.*

[@abusinessman989]

@@labouraredangerous he has a brum accent

[@Censor-Target]

It's enriched. Remember, diversity is a strength.

[@labouraredangerous]

@@abusinessman989 🤣🤣🤣 no he doesn't.. he is obviously an Asian.

[@renniepaxton4416]

Non Brits. Shhh.don't tell the BBC.

[@rcmysm9123]

They sounded pretty British

[@savannahglebe5165]

@@rcmysm9123They don’t sound British at all.

[@rcmysm9123]

@@savannahglebe5165 100% British!

[@stevo091]

Definitely not British. Accent sounds like 🧔‍♂️🧔‍♂️

[@razaplaza3538]

White guts attacked Asian shop.

[@thenoface2771]

The fruits of living in a diverse and vibrant community

[@imperatorcaesardivifiliusa3805]

The British government viewing this will determine the big knife is the one at fault. And if that particular big knife is outlawed , crime will just go away.

[@malcolmmitchell6529]

ZOMBIE!!!!!!!!!

[@greatscott369]

😂 👍

[@johnlesoudeur3653]

Khan will recruit the knife wielder for his Londonistan gang.

[@maxidaho]

The alleged perpetrators have been detained and are receiving counseling for any trauma they may have experienced during their unlawful detention by shopkeeper.

[@pallascat1743]

They escaped.

[@countryside_guy]

​@@pallascat1743The joke whooshed right over your head didn't it.

[@pallascat1743]

​​@countryside_guy It was a crap joke hence my reply.

[@peterbalac1915]

​@@countryside_guysomeone has had a sense of humour bypass 🙄😂

[@stephenhowe568]

They are suing the shop keeper for unlawful imprisonment

[@subaruthug]

Wouldn't be surprised if the shopkeeper is being held by police on charges of false imprisonment........

[@user-qw6lh8uw1v]

Police probably arrested the shopkeeper for intimidating behaviour.

[@amoreamorovic4626]

Day 3 : Shopkeeper is still waiting for the police to arrive !

[@stepheng1138]

police: oppps we got the wrong address, we need to go back across town to over there

[@johnallen7807]

More "diversity" at work, I'm sure it will be the top story on the BBC and Channel 4 (NOT!)

[@tomatomi8041]

Don't forget The Guardian

[@johnallen7807]

@@tomatomi8041 I bet they'll run a full feature on it, all about two poor lads just trying to fund their medical studies!

[@Don_Gorgan]

That is white diversity , they look white to me

[@helendancelot]

They look white...

[@johnallen7807]

@@helendancelot They certainly don't sound it!

[@flailmail7069]

The fact these idiots couldnt get out of a room with glass windows (and probably a back door) is amazing.

[@ZarkowsWorld]

Imagine if a shopkeeper was allowed to be armed to defend themselves from robbers and crazy people.

[@ursaeberhard3535]

The police: By appointment only.

[@allancale9441]

More of our visiting friends from overseas !

[@22wabbit]

They're not visiting, they're staying in the land of benefits.

[@helendancelot]

Look white to me

[@abstractheory1]

@helendancelot - wokiees need glasses? No wonder your views are so muddied

[@lemdixon01]

​@@helendancelotdon't be daft. Yeah it's Ali G from Stains massiv visiting Birminhamistan ''is it cos I is black''

[@canadianmaplefan8079]

Just like All the countries plundered and ransacked by the English for 500 years

[@jborn730]

Super brave & strong. That glass was 50% shattered at the end.

[@pinball8701]

Taking a brief elective from their surgical training, no doubt.

[@mzimm460]

Diversity in action! lovely

[@razaplaza3538]

They were white attacking Asian shop?

[@ramadamming8498]

Of course WHITE people are never in gangs and violent are they????

[@oneshothunter9877]

Brits in action.

[@helendancelot]

They look white

[@CharlesJones-wi7tz]

No, they look like mooslums.

[@SuperJralph]

No shopkeepers Robbed in UAE, there again it's very hard to wield a Machete with no hands. Just sayin

[@deceptiveanswer]

We are more civilised here in the UK.

[@sidhu704]

@@deceptiveanswer😂 good one

[@ranjitthaker9104]

@@deceptiveanswer and where does get us in this country? nowhere. too open for the world to come here and ruin it

[@mwavey1613]

@@deceptiveanswer🤣🤣🤣🤣 that’s why u got rapists pedophiles and murderers on the streets way more civilised aren’t ya

[@v-town1980]

​@@sidhu704Joke? Yeah, that explains why the UK is worse with the "religion of peace" arriving😂😂

[@cassie4994]

"Im a customer, I'm not with him bro" 😂😂😂😂😂

[@SNUSNU-lz7dh]

We need the money to further our Drill rap careers innit

[@TheOrphicLyre]

This is like a comedy sketch

[@jacquelineaslan8403]

Benny Hill without the theme song…😀

[@VAPIDISM]

Yea, from Four Lions “Rubber dinghy rapids bro”

[@mattski1979]

I'm not with him. I'm a customer bro. That's funny as hell.

[@jgvjgvjyjgvjvjyvi5619]

why? his phone got robbed b4 they even robbed the shopkeeper. youve never seen a young guy wear a tracksuit?

[@darioxbrow9223]

​@@jgvjgvjyjgvjvjyvi5619lmao people believe everything these days.

[@michaelt9511]

He actually wasn't with him. He was already in the shop when the two actual criminals entered

[@locohuss8025]

He was actually with them. Listen how he talks to the armed guy telling him to pretend his on to him, and step back and run out the back.

[@MrBozgorailu]

​@@michaelt9511He was with them.

[@tylerarnold943]

Where is this

[@brisvegas859]

All that damage $$$ for nothing....they got away.....what a nightmare.

[@chathamdogend4461]

Diversity at its finest, more cultural enrichment, we are truly blessed.

[@helendancelot]

Aren't they white?

[@AzuraTM]

@@helendancelot no

[@lemdixon01]

​@@helendancelotis it cos I is black. Yeah and Ali G is black.

[@Tenebris8444]

They are u retard​@@AzuraTM

[@zeth8776]

@@helendancelot nah just light skinned

[@democracyoverdictatorship7483]

From the peace brigade spreading their love in London and Birmingham. What a gift to this country…

[@piqueny8872]

Shocked they ain’t steal the alcoholic instead demanded money

[@junedahmed4622]

The grey one in track Suit was actually not involved

[@linisnardnahc]

1:14 is he saying “I need to go home “ 😂😂😂😂 😂😂😂

[@raynorris3079]

Usual Suspects

[@spudspuddy]

Eastern Europeans, not Brits

[@Baratheon.]

@@spudspuddy Chavs. Usual British Suspects.

[@v-town1980]

​@@spudspuddymore like middle eastern.

[@DemiLot]

@spudspuddy The suspect was of middle eastern descent, arap, brown skin and hairy. In turkey we have a lot of them

[@bobqogg]

turkish immigrants

[@EasilyCringed]

As an American, seeing a bunch of masked up hooligans demand money from your register with a machete is laughable to me 😅. Those clowns are lucky they are in the UK and not Texas. Great job to the shop keeper!

[@RenoLaringo]

Yeah right, how many times did the world see those same thugs enter your supermarkets unarmed and leaving with full caddies without anyone reacting... Give us a break with so-called american bravery.

[@Baratheon.]

as an American, but California & NYC exist.

[@EasilyCringed]

@@RenoLaringo Those rampant thefts are in cities predominately in California and New York. Americans do not recognize those states as part of the U.S. 😂😂

[@rickyp1482]

​@@RenoLaringo not in Texas 🤠

[@ShanghaiRooster]

In Texas the hooligans would have swapped their machete for a pistol, don'cha reckon?

[@Edargg]

my man went straight for the chewing gum, like wtaf haha. Bad breath or whaaaaaaaat

[@jariz26]

Even the thief was waiting for cops. He didn't want to stay there for longer than needed

[@AlanRoberts-xy4wu]

Police; We cant answer the phone right now somebody has been seen waving an England Flag 😔😃

[@adkest9914]

How much time need the police? One hour?

[@superloopy24v]

One hour more than the time to escape more like.

[@NemesisIncognito]

Took them 12hrs to show up after I called 999 when someone was trying to get into my flat...total BS

[@ClintTorres607]

Police probably arrested the shop owner for kidnapping those 2 poor victims.

[@thanasis_k]

shopkeeper showed such hateful behavior.. cops must arrest him...

[@utubewillyman]

"Two men from this incident are being sought by West Midlands Police..." ...so that an apology can be properly offered.

[@user-lt5zf4xh7d]

Diversity is strength, weakness is strength, freedom is slavery, etc etc

[@Dark_Bandon]

Yeah. It is because they were 3 white guys and all native British.😂😂😂

[@SunRaIV]

@@Dark_Bandon ait they muslim immigrants ?

[@chaosXP3RT]

How well is North Korea, South Korea, Russia, China and Japan doing right now? Homogeneous societies are literally dying bruh

[@Mrpotato-gs2ur]

Brirth rates is very low on every country in this mordern days bro.Not only this three countries.​@@chaosXP3RT

[@razaplaza3538]

Dudes were white attacking Asian shop.

[@dazzaMusic]

His pal just threw him under bus saying I’m not with him 😂

[@synappticuser7296]

Fast thinking shop keeper! And those helping him outside the shop, that's exactly what we need when we are in trouble, the help and support of others. 👏😊

[@jimbuh]

The shop keeper isn’t welcome here either. Go back to the desert. 🙄

[@aweatherington1]

"I'm not with him ...I'm a customer" 🤣🤣🤣🤣Thas my favorite part

[@Ru556]

10 years hard labour. No work, no food. Only yesterday I saw a clip of 'diverse' shoplifters sweeping handfuls of goods into a sports bag while female assistants stood back, helpless. I remember boys in school being sent to approved school for stealing a jar of sweets!!!

[@v-town1980]

The workers are told not to intervene. Besides, with lib laws, the victims are guilty if they try to stop thieves.

[@jjphank]

How stupid the cops couldn’t show up fast enough to get those guys??

[@ninnnv]

the cops are more interested in hurty words these days

[@emmastyles6936]

Yep, total shame the police have to use cars which take time and not transporters

[@TC8787-yq7og]

Yeah maybe they leant their teleportation device to another police force

[@user-qg8bm6yu3w]

They're cowards anyway. They only show up to arrest people praying or peacefully waving their little union jacks

[@branmichaluk445]

Defund the police. 😢😂

What’s unbelievable is that the police did not get there in time. Truly. Also, any grown man calling anybody else “Bro” should be sent to prison anyway 😂

[@drumpfisidiot5021]

They were caught like 5 minutes after this....the guy without the machete spilled everything 😂

[@mohitmorris]

I'm just.a customer who happens to be clothes-matching with the robber! 😉

[@ceedaddy]

Not a cop with a gun in sight...!!!! What a joke the Justice System is !!!!

[@branmichaluk445]

Defund the police. 😭🤣

[@astra-rb6sz]

Pathetic isn’t it

[@happytimes6113]

The police had plenty of time to get there and arrest them… but of course they didn’t bother!

[@rleriche5044]

It's a 2 min vid

[@Abram_Israel_4235]

They are eating donuts with coffee.

[@eastwood978]

A boy, aged 17, was arrested on suspicion of robbery a short time later.

[@Countdownlouisville]

Is police response time 2 hours in the UK?

[@ProHyperXD_Main]

Poor shopkeeper got his hand slashed 1:01

[@liveitlarge68]

Open door immigration!

[@liftfan2]

Still wearing their lifejackets.

[@jimbuh]

Yeah so’s the shop keeper. 🙄

[@craighughes3495]

“I’m a customer, bro” 😂😂😂😂😂

[@ECSKarai]

Bro was on the phone when walking in they can track that so easy 😂

[@Helo735]

Knowing England, the shopkeeper is liable to be charged for unlawful detainment.

[@thebuldogproject7618]

That's incredibly pathetic if it's true😂

[@uncontrollable343]

What a ridiculous comment

[@Helo735]

​@@uncontrollable343Is it, though?

[@uncontrollable343]

@@Helo735 on what planet does this constitute the shopkeeper acting criminally? Please humour me.

[@Helo735]

@@uncontrollable343 England: Where the victims have less rights than the criminals.

[@tomeggleston367]

Why cover his face when they are clearly colluding to pretend to be a hostage?! 😂

[@alphadiallo1655]

"Im not with him im just a customer" loll

[@TrevorWheeler-jn9kb]

bet the police turned up the next day

[@nonecomformistme932]

Notice the acabs only around and turn up when they can collect revenue policing only for financial gain lock up the food in shops and let the thieves go free​@robbatr7131

[@jdb47games]

Very unlikely they would be that quick.

[@brianeaton3734]

And that’s why there is a second amendment in the US.

[@TheOrphicLyre]

A second amendment to the US constitution

[@TheFandangio]

Yeah a second amendment, is why robbery turn up armed. And holding a door shut can thwart a crime obviously!!!

[@AliceBowie]

​@MrMiller-vc5rvthe amendments list all the rights the govt can't take away from citizens, aka "the bill of rights", like free speech, right to firearms, protection from unreasonable search and seizure, right to jury trial, protection from cruel and unusual punishment... They've basically been trying and succeeding in eroding them all. It says the govt doesn't grant these rights, they're given to us by God and the govt can't pass any law, but they violate them anyway.

[@SpecBASStuff]

And that's why in the UK - desperate acts like this don't end up with shots fired in all directions, lethal wounds, and people facing the prospect of becoming murderers just to defend property. Had the robbers and the shopkeeper all had firearms - this could have been a lot worse for all involved.

[@Sarcasmarkus]

​@@SpecBASStuff🙄

[@kennethalbert4653]

When seconds count, police are minutes away. Defend yourself ! 2A !!

[@ijustwannaleaveacommentony6511]

that door glass is tough as

[@Mark-wx1ho]

Call someone a hurty name as the police are there in seconds.

[@rjuttemeijer]

Birminghamistan……..

[@user-mi4wd8rg9t]

What ever happened to “only convicts and fugitives go unarmed “

[@FlyWithMe_666]

Locking the door just because someone wields a machete is so out of proportion!

[@stanford-nf4jk]

Legend says the police still haven’t arrived.

[@bobsyeruncle5557]

Sadly, it’s not a legend