r/cringereels • u/kendavis135 • 16h ago

TikTok prankster tried to trick someone

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u/Thin_Bother8217 16h ago

He was charged with both. Acquitted on the shooting, convicted for discharging. Judge sentenced him to time served (about 8 months) and he got out same say as sentence:

https://www.fox5dc.com/news/delivery-driver-sentenced-to-time-served-in-shooting-of-youtube-prankster-at-dulles-town-center

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u/Timely-Way-1769 16h ago

Cooks father is a piece of shit for defending his son. He was harassing that guy and trying to get a reaction to post and make money from.
So sick of these rage baiting losers making money off innocent people.

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u/AydonusG 13h ago

I said it on the fucking McDonalds "prankster" video, I'll say it again- If you do pranks that involve illegal activity like assault (even phony ones like this) or trespassing, your punishment should be a complete shutdown of online activity, with prison sentences for those who break the conviction agreement. It's not hard to track the breach of conviction there.

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u/FUCKTHISWEBSITEBANME 8h ago

I'm not sure how the US works, but in canada this is assault. If he had actually hit the guy it would've been battery.

Edit: I've actually got it mixed up, in the US this is assault too, but it's the US that has a seperate battery charge. This would also be assault in Canada.

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u/AydonusG 8h ago

Yeah it should be that as well, but all these pranksters deserve a probation of posting issue

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u/FUCKTHISWEBSITEBANME 8h ago

There really needs to be restrictions on filming in public. It's not 1996 anymore where maybe someone occasionally has a camcorder, everyone has a video recording device in their pocket, and it's having negative societal effects.

Also, the mass surveillance network's gotta go too. Widespread camera systems with license plate readers, facial recognition, gait detection, and cellphone tracking hardware? Fuck all that.

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u/No-No-Aniyo 2h ago

Saw that last sentence and your name and got a little giggle lol