Mark Rober has had a curious stint in this kind of misled vigilantism. The premise is simple: Rober leaves a conspicuous package in the backseat of a car and lets his hidden cameras capture a would-be thief’s reaction to being caught. The Rober video comes only two weeks after Andrew Callaghan’s Channel 5 released its own perspective on the proliferation of crime in San Francisco. It is at once difficult to stomach the unserious, callous attitudes of the featured perpetrators and the condescending tone with which the Rober video treats the same people. We are quick to root for Batman against the Joker and Riddler when these schizophrenic outcasts are so blatantly villainous.

Source: Daily Sun February 03, 2024 01:01 UTC