I thought the last of the pickpockets starved to death decades ago. What did she get, pocket lint? No cash, no cards even, it's all on your phone. Useless without biometrics and or password.

Dismembering pickpockets in the public square would be a first good start.

See? Who needs the National Guard or the military on our streets?

This woman is awesome!...This is what needed to happen to these little thieves!... I have friends who were pickpocketed in Venice with passports, credit cards and cash stolen!

I once physically ran away from some teenagers trying to mug me. I was actually much bigger than them, so it was kind of baffling. They probably weren’t expecting a nerdy-looking guy to put up so much resistance. They also called me “old man”. I was 30.

A guy tried dancing with me in Paris. I knew what he was up to - acting happy and drunk. I knocked him out. Those fuckers are expert pickpockets

Some very American exceptionalism in the comments. Europeans are too busy chasing pickpockets down to post videos of it on TikTok.

One caveat: Don't chase a tiny person in a red, hooded raincoat in Venice.

Doesn't this go against some liberal code where it's her culture and she deserves to rob Americans or something?

Many of these scammers are Eastern European. You can spot em a mile away.

Oh? Please tell me how you can recognize an Eastern European by sight alone.

You can't? Sorry, I can't help you, komrade

Russians? Fetal alcohol syndrome.

Or the flat occipital where they were left for weeks as infants unattended

Russian physiology.

Giddy up!

Good for her, but walking around in a foreign country with your valuables and passport in a backpack? Not the best practice.

Where would you like them? Those pickpockets are very adept at taking them from anywhere you put them.

I always carried money and passport in a zippered front pants pocket.

Under your arm, rucksack to the front, where your eyes are. Behind you is plain silly. I wonder who these kids were working for. Surely not individual entrepreneurs.

A good money belt tucked in your pants does the trick.

Money belt for passport, credit cash, most of your cash, etc. There are also travel backpack that have a “hidden” pocket that is on the part against your back. I put my wallet there since I would totally feel if someone opened that. Feel secure while traveling through even the most touristy places

According to the story, they had just landed and were on their way to their Airbnb. So….

Shut up Henry.

Let that be a lesson to other countries. Americans are so fucking entitled that you can be SURE that they'll expect YOUR police to protect THEM. 🙄

Good for her

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You do understand that’s fucked up right ? Police should arrest both of them.

Time to stop visiting these countries until they finally clean up the pickpockets and thieves in their cities.

Don't grow your hair long, that's pickpocketing/shoplifting 101

Or wear a wig.

And a fake moustache/beard

And be two children in a trench coat pretending to be a tall man.

Being tall is not an advantage when pickpocketing though, children are the best are it 😉

first rule for pickpockets, go bald/hairless.

If the way American athletes treated pickpockets during the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris taught me anything, it is that you are required to be an Olympic sprinter in order to successfully pickpocket Americans. 🏃💨

My only worry is it's Italy... sometimes, they're not exactly big fans of American women defending themselves from Italian criminals...

More like not exactly big fans of Americans in general

We don't deal with pickpockets in America because our crime is so damn violent that it makes pickpocketing look cute.

Should have reclaimed the stolen stuff and broke her face. That lesson will last way longer than the slap on the wrist in court. #fafo

F yes.

I hope Los Angeles is ready for the 2028 Olympics🌿 I recall pickpockets in Hollywood

Gotta watch out for thieves, keep your passports, wallets/purses and other items on your person, never in a bag on your back...

Usual reminder though: Don't keep all ya valuables in your backpack! And at very least leave your passport and some money in the hotel safe.

Some countries require you to carry your actual passport on you. I usually just carry a copy if it’s allowed but in some you have to have it with you.

Mother of eight? Not to be trifled with.

That happened to me! 30+ years ago. Grrl unbuttoned my jacket pocket where my passport was while fluttering a newspaper in my face. I set up and gave her a modified taekwondo roundhouse. She went flying sideways and landed on her butt in the street. I'm used to large farm animals.

Hahahahaha 🐎🫏🐄🐏🐖🦬🐃💪

you're used to roundhousing farm animals?

I use whatever limb I have handy.

I'm a retired dog groomer. Some breeds like Newfies, Black Russian Terriers and Bouvier des Flandres are big, solid dogs. If they get it in their heads they're not moving, they take *force* to move. We never hit them, but pushing, pulling and shoving make all your movements forceful eventually.

That's why I only keep used tissues in my pockets. Enjoy the COVID thief. 😈

Visiting Barcelona (lovely city) I had to tell a would-be pickpocket “lll break your arm if you touch me again” . It worked. She suddenly understood English.

As long as she's got the right person, I'm 100% on board. Didn't hurt her. Didn't attack. Just made sure the kid faced accountability for what she'd done.

well said👍

Too bad she missed the other one by a hair.

they tracked them with her ipods. one of them got away and took the purse back to the airport sans $200 and the ipods

*Airpods

Thank you. Yeah I knew it was wrong but my brain couldn’t figure out what was wrong.

Resist resist resist

Backpack unzipped!

In the South, that’s referred to as “jerking a knot into you”

Good on her! But as a frequent traveller, backpack goes on the front, babe. Looks silly, but keeps all your possessions intact.

I love her style. “I’ve got 8 kids …..

Look at that GRIP. That girl is going NOWHERE.

Gipsies.

*Gypsies. If you're going to use the derogatory term, at least spell it right. Technically they are the Roma, or the Romani. They originated in northern India and migrated to Europe around the 11th century. People have been treating them like dirt ever since, forcing them to live on the fringes.

I'm sorry, I should have commented "romanit or mustalaiset (not good)" because of my own language. Or maybe as the Italians say: Zingari. Romanian thiefs and beggars in Europe, using children to steal and / or to get money by begging. Usually wealthy people with no will to actually WORK.

There's a lot of lousy people, but those people are everywhere and don't belong to just one group. I got lost walking around Ireland once when I was about 15, got taken in by a caravan of them. They were very nice, gave me tea, a snack, even walked me to my hotel, asked for nothing, stole nothing.

Good people exist everywhere too. They were probably running scams or something but they were very good to me. I used to get hopelessly lost all the time, and I would find it to be very upsetting. I must have looked upset, because one of the women saw me and came over and asked me what was wrong.

There’s a lot of wisdom concentrated in these two posts

Oh, but the "travellers" are different. There is a huge difference between those bona fide folks and the Romanian thieves / beggars. There is a difference. 🙄

That was sort of my point though, not everybody in any group of people are all the same. Some are good, some are bad. You could say that about anyone from any background.

Good for her!!!

This is the pickpocket girls' new favorite song:

@georgetakei.bsky.social please stop using comicsands. It sucks.

I do believe at one point during the Olympics French authorities had to put up a sign asking Americans to go easy on the pickpocketers lol

Why? Why don't the Europeans go harder on them and stop the problem?

"The Europeans"?

How to write like an American. Just because a country is in Europe doesn't mean every country is the same.

The original article was about Venice and the comment was about France. Is there another way you would like me to refer to people from multiple countries in Europe?

Good for her, people are tired of being taken advantage of ✌🏾

YESSSS!!

Somebody blocked Twitter. Oh wait, it's me. Because that's what I do with fascistoid sites.

I bet consulate services for lost passports are a pain in the ass now more than ever. No notes.

Plus she was going on a cruise, so she would have missed her whole planned vacation.

Because this kind of thing caused all the chaos

Good for her! The pickpocket are out of hand and the courts are so burdened they just release them back to the streets. Several citizens are using social media to record and yell out when they see a pickpocket. They often work in 2-3 people, like couples. Use locks on your bags.

Italians will warn you about pickpockets around you.

It’s George Takei highlighting a moment where a woman, likely in a video or story, strongly refused to put up with something, showing fierce determination or defiance. The fire emoji emphasizes her intense, no-nonsense attitude.

AI-generated post. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

FAFO

OH GOD AN AMERICAN MAKING HEADLINES OVERSEAS WHAT SORT OF HORRIFIC THING DID THEY DO OH THEY ACTUALLY DID SOMETHING NOT HORRIFIC

Where are that girl’s parents? Why aren’t the police cracking down on these well known pests in Rome and other cities? I recall Rick Steves making note of these little thieves in the 1990s. Either the Romans don’t care or their is some sort of kickback happening

Seriously don’t mess with Americans.

Kudos to that mom.

So that's why he's bald.

Does anyone care about this story? It isn't relevant, funny or ....well, anything.