5d ago

Almost got arrested today for stomping on an Alligator Alcatraz Hat

Was wondering through a shop today and found Gulf of America hats...whatever, queue eye roll. Then I saw an Alligator Alcatraz hat, proceeded to knock it off the rack and stomp on it a bunch. Then knocked half the Gulf of America hats off the rack now that I realize this shop owner is a piece of shit. (Im in a vacationy souvenir shop)

I think nothing of it, figures the employees will pick up the hats and put them back on the rack..

About an hour later a police officer walks up to me in a nearby restaurant and says he needs to speak to me. Turns out the guy was went back and watched the security footage to ID me...the cop says the guy wants to prosecute me if I dont pay for the hat.

I get down to the shop (its a 14 dollar hat btws) and the guy acts like it was a Gulf of America hat I damaged (obviously trying to misrepresent the situation).

Im now not allowed in that shop for a year, as if I'd ever go shopping back there.

I explained to a friend what happened a while after it happened, after having a not great conversation about it with my inlaws who think "the guy is allowed to sell whatever he wants"

After I tell my friend what happened, he says its the coolest thing I've ever done. I really needed to hear that after having a shitty conversation with my in-laws about how they think what I did was stupid.

Anyway, made me feel much better because the shop owner is a piece of crap, and is trying to profit off other people's misery, and I will never support that.

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Holy hell you guys.
Do Not Split.
We fight fascism. We can't quibble against who is or isn't being destructive enough against fascism.
If you think it's too soon, fine. But don't turn on people who are there.
You know the people in other countries asking why we aren't in the streets and actually fighting to save our country? The answer is that we can't agree if destroying fascist hat is too far, amongst our own allies.
If all you can do today with your life and risk tolerance is do some property damage against a fascist hat then fucking THANK YOU for doing something more than most.
It's a hat.
Do Not Split.
- This is correct.
  Thank you for reminding us.
Just another lesson that doing literally anything will get you targeted, so we might as well be doing big things that cause a great impact.
You achieved nothing except paying the shop owner 14 bucks for something you don't even want and is damaged. I'd say you played yourself.
Hmm, you gave me an idea to stick chewing gum inside hats like that if I ever see them. Chances are low that the sabotage would be noticed until someone tries it on, and I won't lose sleep over anyone who wears it and gets gum in their hair.
Dude, you ended up supporting the very thing that made you upset. You are kind of an idiot greenly
Oh screw that, I would've called his bluff. The lawyer fees to prosecute a 14$ loss would put him hundreds of dollars in the hole.
- Nah, I was with my in-laws in a restaurant. I didnt feel like getting arrested for something dumb.
  
  That makes sense; gotta do what you gotta do.
- Yeah, but he can drop the case at anytime and the guy would still get booked for a misdemeanor. The US is a shithole country ruled by a dictator.
Name and shame the shop.
- I can't because I barely knew the shops name when I went in. Was just doing touristy stuff. And now I'll get arrested for coming within like 50 feet of the shop. Might be in my Google maps history somewhere, but its not worth looking for. I just want to enjoy the rest of my vacation before I go back to my regular life where I doom scroll all day waiting for the trump admin to do some other stupid and/or evil shit to further push pur country toward a full fascist state.
  
  Wow you people literally wait for Trump to something ? Your life and all the other Libs life are that boring ? LMFAO!!! PATHETIC!!!
I mean you can't walk into peoples' houses and break things. This isn't a surprise.
The shop owner is a piece of shit. You fucked up by buying merchandise from a piece of shit. Own your mistakes and do better next time. The correct move is to simply leave the store as soon as you see that shit. The store owner is a piece of shit and doesn't care what you think. He has plenty more hats to sell to plenty more pieces of shit.
- I bought a pair of shorts the day before after driving 5 and a half hours. The hats were hidden in the very back of the store. Excuse me for not scouring the store to make sure it was okay to buy from first.
  
  No, I'm saying you bought it when you damaged it in a childish tantrum.
My general advice would be don't fuel these people's persecution complexes for petty shit.
Go big or join a militia. Vandalism just gets you on a list.
The irony is that if you’d just stolen the hat and stomped it outside, they probably wouldn’t have noticed.
So you damaged property that didn't belong to you and you're mad that you almost got in trouble?
Just to be clear if you ran a peace and love shop would you be fine with someone pulling some rainbow flag merch off the shelves to stomp on it before leaving without paying?
If you only have an issue with it in my example situation then I fear you might just be a hypocrite.
- If your grandchildren see this comment when they're older they'll think you're a piece of shit
  
  Hopefully my grand children have a better understanding of the English language that you do. You people use "nazi" to describe anyone that doesn't think exactly like you. 99.96% of the time I see people calling someone a nazi these days it's literally just someone that has different beliefs. Yall have used the word so incorrectly for so long that it has lost all of its original meaning to most people.
  Did none of you read "boy who cried wolf" growing up? Come on now.
- They don't seem mad about almost getting in trouble, only about in-laws disagreeing with them, and of course the shop owner selling those hats.
  
  What this person did was childish and immature. The in-laws were absolutely correct. OP is lucky they allowed them to pay for the damaged goods. Sounds like it was a small town situation. I've seen people arrested and given a record for the same behavior.
- Just to be clear if you ran a peace and love shop would you be fine with someone pulling some rainbow flag merch off the shelves to stomp on it before leaving without paying?
  Nazi stuff is in no way comparable to rainbow flags. We all have a moral duty to fight Nazis and their collaborators.
  
  I wasnt comparing rainbow stuff to nazi stuff. I was using a vaguely "opposite" thing to make my point about hypocrisy. Come on now.
I can only hope this is a troll and you didn't actually go full Karen.
- This is a space to vent, so let's remain civil and avoid namecalling.
- Maybe you're cool with people profiting off others misery, but im not. Selling alligator Alcatraz hats is about the most vile thing you can do right now that isnt actually participating in that shit. Go fuck yourself, juat in case my view wasn't clear on the matter.
  
  I mean... You quite literally paid for an Alligator Alcatraz hat. This means you provided profit to the shopkeeper for selling an Alligator Alcatraz hat. If you had impulse control, and just left, you wouldn't have financially supported the shopkeeper.
Best $14 spent this year.
- Right!? The police honestly looked like theyd rather be anywhere else and they were annoyed this dipshit shop owner was even contacting them. The hat wasn't even ruined.

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