Crazy Tesco Car Park Incident

Craig1981 · 25 Dec 2018 at 12:13

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...shop-thieves-SMASHING-way-Tesco-car-park.html

I saw this this morning on Twitter. The link didn't give any context, so it was actually kind of horrifying to watch this mad crowd attacking a couple in the blue car. Apparently they were trying to steal booze, but even so I don't get why a car park full of bystanders decided to go full on vigilante.

EDIT: Read into it a bit more, the car hit two people when the driver was attempting to flee the store. That's when the crowd tried to stop them. Still kinda scary to watch, though at least it makes a bit more sense now.

paradigm · 25 Dec 2018 at 12:19

Craig1981 said:
they were trying to still booze

I know most home made booze is terrible, but going full on boxing stance against the practice is a bit uncallled for!

Craig1981 · 25 Dec 2018 at 12:21

paradigm said:
I know most home made booze is terrible, but going full on boxing stance against the practice is a bit uncallled for!

Hades · 25 Dec 2018 at 12:26

I can't help but think that the people intervening made matters worse.

ozaudio · 25 Dec 2018 at 12:36

Hades said:
I can't help but think that the people intervening made matters worse.

had they of not attacked them then I don't think the person(s) injured from them flying of the car park would have happened, so even tho they are seen as doing good , they did contribute towards it happening. same goes for all the damage to all the other cars

Hades · 25 Dec 2018 at 12:38

ozaudio said:
had they of not attacked them then I don't think the person(s) injured from them flying of the car park would have happened, so even tho they are seen as doing good , they did contribute towards it happening. same goes for all the damage to all the other cars

Yes. Plus all the other cars damaged as they tried to escape. I know they meant well and I can see why they intervened. But when it started going south they should have backed off and gathered as much evidence as possible for the police.

Scam · 25 Dec 2018 at 12:42

Mob mentality is getting worse and worse every day. I don't see it being long before someone's accused of something and strung up by a braying crowd.

Craig1981 · 25 Dec 2018 at 12:45

Its the woman in the passenger seat I feel really bad for. You can see she's absolutely terrified through the whole thing.

Diddums · 25 Dec 2018 at 12:53

Never knew I'd see the day a Citroen excelled at something.

ahar · 25 Dec 2018 at 12:56

We were there for the end of the incident . The driver deliberately ran someone over - he would ( quite rightly) have got a proper doing over if they had got him.

The Running Man · 25 Dec 2018 at 12:56

Craig1981 said:
Its the woman in the passenger seat I feel really bad for. You can see she's absolutely terrified through the whole thing.

She shouldn't be riding with a thief then should she?

jsmoke · 25 Dec 2018 at 12:57

Surely they will all be arrested, driver and mob?

Diddums · 25 Dec 2018 at 13:00

The Running Man said:
She shouldn't be riding with a thief then should she?

I was going to make this exact comment but then I realised that life isn't always that simple, so instead I'll hope she gets away from that cretin instead

Efour · 25 Dec 2018 at 13:04

Ok if I had attempted to shop lift, got caught, told off, whatever. If then an angry armed mob was trying to rip me from my car...... No **** would I defencivley drive like a devil.

What on earth is going through all their minds?
Interesting read when everyone is arrested aand testified.

robfosters · 25 Dec 2018 at 13:04

Tbh, food shopping at Christmas is enough to send many people over the edge!

Scooby_WR1 · 25 Dec 2018 at 13:06

Just looks like a typical Citroen driver who is trying to navigate through a carpark.

Hades · 25 Dec 2018 at 13:06

Craig1981 said:
Its the woman in the passenger seat I feel really bad for. You can see she's absolutely terrified through the whole thing.

Would your opinion be the same if it were two guys in the car instead of a man and a woman?

Hades · 25 Dec 2018 at 13:09

ahar said:
We were there for the end of the incident . The driver deliberately ran someone over - he would ( quite rightly) have got a proper doing over if they had got him.

Was that before the mob tried to stop them or at the end? If it was at then end then I can actually understand it a little bit; if a mob wee smashing my car up and trying to drag me out then I'd probably drive through them too. He may be able to argue that he was genuinely scared for his life and it was a justifiable action. I don't necessarily agree that his life was in danger but I can see that his legal defense may use that.

Dis86 · 25 Dec 2018 at 13:11

Scam said:
Mob mentality is getting worse and worse every day. I don't see it being long before someone's accused of something and strung up by a braying crowd.

It is but that's simply a side effect of poor police and more importantly court performance.

Craig1981 · 25 Dec 2018 at 13:12

Hades said:
Would your opinion be the same if it were two guys in the car instead of a man and a woman?

Honestly? Probably not. If it was a male passenger and he looked that freaked out, I would still feel bad for him, but probably not as much.