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submitted 4 weeks ago by Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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[–] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 52 points 4 weeks ago (5 children)

This can't be real. Unless he took it from a wallet he found on the ground, there is no crime. This feels like ragebait. Does anyone have a credible link?

[–] anonymouse2@sh.itjust.works 60 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

https://www.actionnews5.com/2026/08/25/police-dept-gets-backlash-post-about-man-allegedly-pocketing-30-he-found-walmart/

It was real. The cops got shit for it, but they claim the guy saw a lady drop it. In the end, he gave the money back.

[–] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 48 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (2 children)

Albany authorities said the man saw the woman drop the money at the store and could have faced charges in the case. However, because he returned the $30, charges would not be filed.

Said. Huh. They have him on video picking up the money, but not him seeing it...
With the trustworthiness of GA PDs, not sure I'd trust them "saying" anything.

Thanks for the link!

[–] Fredselfish@sh.itjust.works 22 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

And I am sure they track the woman down and gave her back the 30? How much money did it cost tax payers for all this policing?

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 4 points 4 weeks ago

It doesn't sound like there was any actual policing involved. They got a webcam still and posted it to social media.

[–] BigDiction@lemmy.world 14 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Happened inside a Walmart in Georgia. No idea what legal difference that would make.

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

It means the $30 should belong to Walmart

[–] Patrikvo@lemmy.zip 4 points 4 weeks ago

Remember not to fall in a Walmart...

[–] jonline@feddit.online 10 points 4 weeks ago

There was "operation lucky bag" where the NYPD would purposefully leave a backpack, and arrest people who picked it up

https://www.nydailynews.com/2019/02/03/nypds-operation-lucky-bag-resurfaces-in-manhattan-blasted-by-judge-and-public-defenders-for-entrapping-innocents-into-an-arrest/

There's other coverage out there too.

The police are not a force for good.

[–] Radical_Socialist_t00t@lemmy.ca 9 points 4 weeks ago

"This can't be real" is what other countries say whenever they see trump saying/doing anything so its really doesn't have the weight it used to.

[–] Zarxrax@lemmy.world 8 points 4 weeks ago

I don't have a link, but I do remember reading the article about this about a week ago. I think it happened in a Walmart, and the article didn't really go into details about what the actual crime was.