"I'd never leave my home windows unlocked, so that wouldn't happen to me" "I wouldn't park in a bad part of town so that won't happen to me" "I wouldn't wear that outfit so that wouldn't happen to me" It's a subconcious soothing mechanism for their own anxiety. When a victim tells others about the crime, the first question is often "what were you wearing?" "Your home was broken into? were your windows locked?" "Your car was stolen? Where were you parked?"
I also see where you're coming from too (I think) Never anything in it, not even pebbles from boots or leaves from the sidewalk. Fuck the entrapment argument- if you can be tempted into burglary by a fucking backpack you should see the inside of a cell.ĮDIT: thanks for the kind words, and for the record, my car is absolutely spotless. I was born and raised in this city and if there are concerted trap car efforts to crack down on this I’m just about done. Right in front of my bedroom windows while we were asleep. No consequences, no theft, just another fucking calculated risk by someone looking to make a quick buck because there’s not a damn thing anyone’s gonna do about it. They didn’t even take anything! Just two dents where the tool smashed the surface of the window, and the tint holding it in place. No help, no relief, no one to call for backup, just a huge bill that I have to swallow before Christmas. And what are my options, other than fix it? Nothing. Please read the subreddit rules, which include but are not limited to: What are you favorite restaurants in the Castro?.