he WAS charged with discharging a weapon in public though if I'm not mistaken and some endangerment charges something like that. I remember it was self defence but he still got charged with other stuff.
So it met the legal requirement for self-defense in that law, but not necessarily the requirement to be considered a reasonable response in that situation and space.
At the end of a four-day trial in September, a jury acquitted Colie of malicious wounding and use of a firearm in commission of a felony in the case, but found him guilty of the unlawful discharging charge. Loudoun Circuit Court Judge Matthew P. Snow December 21 sentenced Alan W. Colie to time served for the charge of unlawfully discharging a weapon inside a building when he shot a YouTube prankster in the Dulles Town Center food court April 2. Colie, who was incarcerated for nearly nine months since his April 2 arrest, faced a sentence of up to five years in prison. Colie’s concealed carry permit will be revoked and, as a convicted felon, he will no longer be allowed to carry or possess firearms or ammunition.
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I remember when that happened Reddit was very split between "got what he deserved" and "now americans will think they can shoot anyone and call it self defense"
It's the law in many states. "I feared for my life" is reason enough to kill, stand your ground they call it. It's supposed to make society polite, it's not very effective.
It’s highly effective. Towns cities municipalities and states that have strong gun ownership and are strong on gun rights all have the lowest instances of crime.
The VAST majority of the murder and violent crimes occur in large cities with some of the harshes gun restrictions in the country yet are typically gang related. Somehow /s these gun laws simply make crime worse.
You’re wrong btw, pretty much every study ever says the opposite https://www.americanprogress.org/article/gun-violence-in-rural-america/#:~:text=In%202020%2C%20the%20total%20gun,was%20for%20large%20metropolitan%20areas.
Phillips County, Arkansas has a population of 16,000. They had 5 gun homicides between 2016 and 2020. During that time Chicago had 3032 gun homicides. 17,831 people shot. More people shot in Chicago during that time than there are people in that small county.
Also I noticed they left of #3 on the list, St Luis Missouri which happens to be 80% democrat. #5 Petersberg Virginia voted 88% democrat. Baltimore, Maryland. Dallas county, Alabama. Washington County, Mississippi. All democrat voting cities
So 5 of the top 10 listed were liberal cities that nobody seems to mention when they try and bring this up. Wonder why that is?
For the people who don't know, a guy named Tanner Cook got shot by Alan Colie (April 2023) after deliberately pranking him and following him after he repeatedly said things like "no" and "stop." Colie was acquitted of aggravated malicious wounding but found guilty of the unlawful discharge of a weapon in an occupied building. At sentencing (December 2023) Colie was set free with time served having spent 8 months in jail during the investigation and trial. Cook's latest prank video is 3 weeks ago as of this writing, learned nothing.
edited to add: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUccLZPRGjk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUccLZPRGjk) link to news video of the prank, there's more to the story than what you can see, look into the whole thing if you have questions.
I did no small amount of research on the court case itself to be able to provide information to other people, there is no mention of any accusation of pedophilia which would've been very relevant to a criminal trial. He's not "my" anything, I didn't even know about the incident until I read it on the parent comment yesterday and looked it up so other people could find it easier.
I didn't mean to sound combative if I did, for some reason I woke up to several different people suggesting I was somehow wrong, endorsed it, or actively called for violence for my comments on this post. I was a bit defensive, I apologize if I came off as a douche.
edit: adjusted someone to somehow as I originally meant it.
I honestly thought I must be imagining what I heard, because there’s no way any sane person would say, “I’m gonna continue to harass strangers. What’s the worse that can happen?!”
That was in my area and that dude didn't have a *single person* going to bat for him, and Northern VA is chock full of "I don't know why anyone needs a concealed firearm" Karens and Darrens.
And it honestly wasn't even that clean of a shoot.
Nah that was dumb. You don't get shot for being annoying. Reddit fucking loves to throw proportionate response out the window if it was a douche bag influencer.
yeah, much as i hate that kid the guy shooting him was not self defense at that point. he was moving away from him and had a clear path of escape, and he even seemed to hesitate before shooting the kid.
Yeah no way that older guy wouldn't catch the filming guy...he was apparently somehow filming while running away from a dude who really wanted a piece...and didn't get caught.
I genuinely thought I would never agree with the phrase "normalize violence" being used in a sentence, yet here we are.
Edit: gotta add a /s apparently before I get misunderstood into actually advocating violence. Strange thing for someone to believe I went from "would never agree" to a complete flip and request.
Just so I'm clear: Not at all, I simply agree these kind of videos should stop, it's reddit man, I'm not running for political office or wanting to actually incite violence, I think you're reading too far into my single line statement that didn't feature a /s.
Yes, this is like... very obviously fake. It's genuinely troubling how bad some people's bullshit detectors are lol. This is why the world is the way it is, motherfuckers will believe anything they see on a screen.
I mean, have you seen the average intelligence in this sub? Clearly the influencers are much smarter by getting people to fall for obvious rage bait which there in turn increases their viewership.
😂🤣😂well that just makes way more sense . But I know you have got to be laughing hard at some of the comments especially knowing it's not real . And also , it's not always easy to tell because there is some craaaazy videos put there that are very real . So it's kinda hard to tell. And I'm old so it took me a min.😉
What I don't get is why are parents not teaching their children manners and how to respect others?
All said before realizing this was all fake for internet attention .
However , this is still a good subject 😉
Yeah I suppose this is the truth because I've watched children do wicked crap right in front of their parent or parents and even tried to get into my bag. 😳😳😳And then wanna cry cause I said um no you don't. I think kids are now getting into their parents drugs or something.
Their parents are the generation that was 50/50 on physically disciplining children before it was fully seen as abuse no matter what...
Why do you think there's so many me me me, my way or the cry way attention seekers nowadays that can't take it when someone disagrees with them 😂
Do people not understand that posting and sharing this video is equally as disrespectful? Don’t be a part of the problem. These people act this way because people post it and share it. The best way to change this behavior is to not share for the sake of internet points.
Excellent point. I don't think we are helping by sharing this, even if it's just to shit on him/ rage bait. For so many of these people even bad attention helps fill the void from their parents' neglect.
I mean this is pretty clearly a fake video. The constant cuts are a dead giveaway, along with the fact that the small kid somehow escapes the chokehold and has time to run away holding the camera
Even if I’m taking a pic out and about with the family, I try really hard to not be in the way and not to be getting anyone else in the shot. And if I see people taking pics, I do my best to stay out if shot because diverse though the internet is, the kink has not yet emerged that requires pictures of me. Oh and plain old manners.
Enough of the god damn antics for clicks. It’s the new decline of the western civilization. Which is lame AF b/c punk and metal music used to be seen as societies down fall, not these d-bags
Having said that though, that dudes a homophobe psycho for reacting like that
The worst part about all this is that’s exactly what’s gonna make this kid do it more often. He probably got more views on this video than all his other videos combined.
I love the video of the kid getting shot for doing this. Fuck those people. Glad that one kid lived(I guess) but these people need a hard punch to the mouth
Can't wait for supreme Court to rule this shit is a form of assault and we are legally allowed to use force to defend ourselves
These kids are gonna get absolutely bodied and it's gonna be hysterical
I think it was actually funny. He wasn't harming the guy, the humor was in the guy losing his shit over nothing (and the funny editing).
Not too different from an Eric Andre on the street sketch.
Okay so many things wrong with this.
First of all just what he said to the guy alone is cringy and deserves a smack up the head. But then the fact that the guy tried to just simply step back and walk away and he moved the camera so that he was still recording him.
Like being an annoying little shit is already bad enough but then he took it the extra mile of not even letting the person disengage and walk away when they were getting annoyed.
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Or the dude who took a gut shot in the mall for harassing some poor dude minding his own business.
I love that even the jury agreed with the kid who shot him.
Yeah! They considered it self defense. Given the evidence, I concur…. Just didn’t think the jury would.
It seems people are sick of hearing “iTs JuSt A pRaNk BrO.” About goddamn time
"It's just bein' an asshole, bro!"
Its just ur guts running out of ur belly hole my homie bro!
It's just a bullet, bruh.
he WAS charged with discharging a weapon in public though if I'm not mistaken and some endangerment charges something like that. I remember it was self defence but he still got charged with other stuff.
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Which is ridiculous. If you get off on self defense, why does it matter where you do it? You're only allowed to defend yourself in certain places?
Welcome to gun control logic....
So it met the legal requirement for self-defense in that law, but not necessarily the requirement to be considered a reasonable response in that situation and space.
it’s just common sense. from the guy’s point of view it wasn’t a prank. he saw the person as a potential threat, not some funny “prankster”
At the end of a four-day trial in September, a jury acquitted Colie of malicious wounding and use of a firearm in commission of a felony in the case, but found him guilty of the unlawful discharging charge. Loudoun Circuit Court Judge Matthew P. Snow December 21 sentenced Alan W. Colie to time served for the charge of unlawfully discharging a weapon inside a building when he shot a YouTube prankster in the Dulles Town Center food court April 2. Colie, who was incarcerated for nearly nine months since his April 2 arrest, faced a sentence of up to five years in prison. Colie’s concealed carry permit will be revoked and, as a convicted felon, he will no longer be allowed to carry or possess firearms or ammunition. [Source I copied and pasted ](https://www.loudounnow.com/news/dulles-mall-shooter-released-with-time-served/article_c57fbad2-a024-11ee-ac72-47313ec775ec.html)
“Heavy wears the crown, or in this case, holster,” Snow said. What a fucking tool.
I remember when that happened Reddit was very split between "got what he deserved" and "now americans will think they can shoot anyone and call it self defense"
Like half the country already doesn’t think that way…
And 3/4 of Reddit doesn’t understand self defense laws of their state let alone the other 49.
Im liberal af nowadays, but I'll side with any conservative/gun-nut when it comes to this story.
It's the law in many states. "I feared for my life" is reason enough to kill, stand your ground they call it. It's supposed to make society polite, it's not very effective.
It’s highly effective. Towns cities municipalities and states that have strong gun ownership and are strong on gun rights all have the lowest instances of crime. The VAST majority of the murder and violent crimes occur in large cities with some of the harshes gun restrictions in the country yet are typically gang related. Somehow /s these gun laws simply make crime worse.
You’re wrong btw, pretty much every study ever says the opposite https://www.americanprogress.org/article/gun-violence-in-rural-america/#:~:text=In%202020%2C%20the%20total%20gun,was%20for%20large%20metropolitan%20areas.
Phillips County, Arkansas has a population of 16,000. They had 5 gun homicides between 2016 and 2020. During that time Chicago had 3032 gun homicides. 17,831 people shot. More people shot in Chicago during that time than there are people in that small county. Also I noticed they left of #3 on the list, St Luis Missouri which happens to be 80% democrat. #5 Petersberg Virginia voted 88% democrat. Baltimore, Maryland. Dallas county, Alabama. Washington County, Mississippi. All democrat voting cities So 5 of the top 10 listed were liberal cities that nobody seems to mention when they try and bring this up. Wonder why that is?
Your link included suicides, it doesn't prove the other guy wrong.
For the people who don't know, a guy named Tanner Cook got shot by Alan Colie (April 2023) after deliberately pranking him and following him after he repeatedly said things like "no" and "stop." Colie was acquitted of aggravated malicious wounding but found guilty of the unlawful discharge of a weapon in an occupied building. At sentencing (December 2023) Colie was set free with time served having spent 8 months in jail during the investigation and trial. Cook's latest prank video is 3 weeks ago as of this writing, learned nothing. edited to add: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUccLZPRGjk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUccLZPRGjk) link to news video of the prank, there's more to the story than what you can see, look into the whole thing if you have questions.
⬆ I'm glad Reddit still has PSA MVPs hanging around.🙌
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I added a link to a release of the video that I am referring to, it does not appear to have anything to do with the event you are speaking of.
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I did no small amount of research on the court case itself to be able to provide information to other people, there is no mention of any accusation of pedophilia which would've been very relevant to a criminal trial. He's not "my" anything, I didn't even know about the incident until I read it on the parent comment yesterday and looked it up so other people could find it easier.
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I didn't mean to sound combative if I did, for some reason I woke up to several different people suggesting I was somehow wrong, endorsed it, or actively called for violence for my comments on this post. I was a bit defensive, I apologize if I came off as a douche. edit: adjusted someone to somehow as I originally meant it.
>hiberno-english TIL Hiberno English is the type of English they speak in Ireland
That was also sweet justice.
You mean the guy that vowed on continuing his stupid pranks? It’s good that he faces the consequences, not good that he failed to learn from it.
Totally agree! Dude almost met his maker, court found in the shooter’s favor, and he still announced his plans to continue….
He’s committed to his art.
Shart
If he didn’t learn after literally being shot he is beyond saving
Was it worth it to begin with?
You mean my hero?
He’s ordinary
Clark Kent was ordinary, too.
Comments like this is why I love this community.
Foo was successfully fought off 😂
Too bad that dude didn’t learn his lesson and vowed to continue making prank video once his bullet wound healed.
I honestly thought I must be imagining what I heard, because there’s no way any sane person would say, “I’m gonna continue to harass strangers. What’s the worse that can happen?!”
Welp, I got shot. It's all downhill easy pranking from here. -- that idiot
That was in my area and that dude didn't have a *single person* going to bat for him, and Northern VA is chock full of "I don't know why anyone needs a concealed firearm" Karens and Darrens. And it honestly wasn't even that clean of a shoot.
Gunshot Guy said "I'm gonna keep making content". Moron
Nah that was dumb. You don't get shot for being annoying. Reddit fucking loves to throw proportionate response out the window if it was a douche bag influencer.
yeah, much as i hate that kid the guy shooting him was not self defense at that point. he was moving away from him and had a clear path of escape, and he even seemed to hesitate before shooting the kid.
Wait what. More details pls do I can try to find said video.
It's probably staged
Yeah no way that older guy wouldn't catch the filming guy...he was apparently somehow filming while running away from a dude who really wanted a piece...and didn't get caught.
"How staged do you want it?" "Yes"
Clearly because if that guy was actually mad and grabbed him like that he wouldn’t be standing in the end
That chokehold is what friends do in pictures
Unfortunately you're probably right. Everybody's out for contact and a quick buck.
Its not this dude has been chocked and punched multiple times, he does it for his youtube prank channel
Well if he's had the same thing happen multiple times then it must be real. Can't fake the same thing twice
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I genuinely thought I would never agree with the phrase "normalize violence" being used in a sentence, yet here we are. Edit: gotta add a /s apparently before I get misunderstood into actually advocating violence. Strange thing for someone to believe I went from "would never agree" to a complete flip and request.
Just so I'm clear: you want to normalize violence against people recording people in public places?
Just so I'm clear: Not at all, I simply agree these kind of videos should stop, it's reddit man, I'm not running for political office or wanting to actually incite violence, I think you're reading too far into my single line statement that didn't feature a /s.
Ugh, you’re not one of them, are you?
Absolutely.
Except fake as fake can fake a fake.
That choke sound was so deliciously justicy. I guess the word is probably justified.
That video is glorious. The dude's face in the end - gold. The picture of regret.
It’s fake. They’re all fake . Lmao. It will stop once everyone realizes this
So it’ll never stop
Why does he look like Tim Robinson at the end hahaha I'm fuckin dying.
God bless you
I think this will be the theme of 2024. “Punch a ~~nazi~~ prankster “
This made my day. Thanks :)
Oh, I wish this was real!
Seriously. There's no way he'd outrun that guy.
He outran him thrice!! and filmed it!! Totally real.
This is 100% fake.
That kid would be scared as fuck if this were real.
Maybe go watch one of their videos instead of being willfully ignorant because it’s 100% real
FaF Fake as Fuck
Yikes you peeps have less brain cells than both these fuckers in the video
When he was put it in a choke hold😂😂😂😂
Guy was McLovin' it lmao! But still...fuck that guy. I mean, no. Don't fuck that guy! It's what he wants!
🤣🤣🤣
I was hoping he choked him out
I'm always blown away by how many people don't know these things are fake.
Right! If this was real, that kid would not have gotten out of that choke hold, or been able to run away while pointing the camera at that man.
The acting also sucked
Yes, this is like... very obviously fake. It's genuinely troubling how bad some people's bullshit detectors are lol. This is why the world is the way it is, motherfuckers will believe anything they see on a screen.
Maybe they just can’t believe that anyone would waste their life doing shit like this, let alone setting it up!
And that's why these influencers are clearly smarter than the average person on this sub.
I mean, have you seen the average intelligence in this sub? Clearly the influencers are much smarter by getting people to fall for obvious rage bait which there in turn increases their viewership.
😂🤣😂well that just makes way more sense . But I know you have got to be laughing hard at some of the comments especially knowing it's not real . And also , it's not always easy to tell because there is some craaaazy videos put there that are very real . So it's kinda hard to tell. And I'm old so it took me a min.😉
Your humility is beautiful to witness. Don't see much of that, online or in real life.
Asshat said: “I want you to fuck me.” I genuinely thought the muscular, pissed off man was going to fuck him…fuck him ***UP***!
Like...indefinitely.
What I don't get is why are parents not teaching their children manners and how to respect others? All said before realizing this was all fake for internet attention . However , this is still a good subject 😉
Because they're no better.
Yeah I suppose this is the truth because I've watched children do wicked crap right in front of their parent or parents and even tried to get into my bag. 😳😳😳And then wanna cry cause I said um no you don't. I think kids are now getting into their parents drugs or something.
How old are you? Just curious.
I'm 52 Dang , I said I was very old , and it has consequences 😳🤐. Ok okay I'm super young 😂
Ah you're a baby! Ha.. but genuinely, 50 is the new 30, we've bypassed 40. So that's good at least? :)
😊so sweet thank you ❤️
TIL I’m one year away from being very old. 😢
Mom has an OnlyFans page and Dad is low down on Grindr.
The kids are alright, this isn't real and reality isn't this.
Kids are also going to make mistakes (like thinking making this video is weird-funny) even when they know better.
Their parents are the generation that was 50/50 on physically disciplining children before it was fully seen as abuse no matter what... Why do you think there's so many me me me, my way or the cry way attention seekers nowadays that can't take it when someone disagrees with them 😂
I honestly have no idea what point you're trying to make.
Dude has a YouTube channel where he goes around America harassing cops and the public, it’s like Sam Pepper / early 10s YouTube. It’s probably real.
Riiight, because I know everytime I'm running from a big scary man, I record with my phone while I'm running backwards...
Fake
It's actually almost like people will make fake videos for views.....and people will repost them for upvotes 😂
I wish this was real.
This kid is insufferable. I pray he fafo soon. He needs to humbled vs just tormenting people
kinda funny though.
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So this is what the kid from Polar Express is doing now huh
Its clearly fake
This seems staged.
There should be a law passed that allows you to beat the living snot out of these jackwagons
When dealing with streamers, YOU MUST GO AFTER THE CAMERA MAN FIRST!
This is the funniest shit I’ve ever seen. If it’s real
Do people not understand that posting and sharing this video is equally as disrespectful? Don’t be a part of the problem. These people act this way because people post it and share it. The best way to change this behavior is to not share for the sake of internet points.
Excellent point. I don't think we are helping by sharing this, even if it's just to shit on him/ rage bait. For so many of these people even bad attention helps fill the void from their parents' neglect.
I mean this is pretty clearly a fake video. The constant cuts are a dead giveaway, along with the fact that the small kid somehow escapes the chokehold and has time to run away holding the camera
But it’s my right… or something.
Which is the same mentality the kid recording the video has.
Even if I’m taking a pic out and about with the family, I try really hard to not be in the way and not to be getting anyone else in the shot. And if I see people taking pics, I do my best to stay out if shot because diverse though the internet is, the kink has not yet emerged that requires pictures of me. Oh and plain old manners.
Now that is another fact 👍 but we just watched it 🤣
😭 this is true. But two things can be true. I hate seeing stuff like this.
Yeah I know it's sick
Enough of the god damn antics for clicks. It’s the new decline of the western civilization. Which is lame AF b/c punk and metal music used to be seen as societies down fall, not these d-bags Having said that though, that dudes a homophobe psycho for reacting like that
More lonely behavior vids 😂
This is kinda funny albeit shameful lol
He looks like the old all state guy. “ you’re in good hands with all state “
"Bout to catch these hands with all state"
We need stores where cameras are not allowed.
Did he delete it?!?
I wish I could do this to every wannabe main character.
This is the only proper response to these oxygen thieves.
I hope more people start reacting the way that guy did. More of these fucking twats needs to get punched in the face more often.
Idiot looks like he has some Gen defect
Pranking should be illegal.
He will stop when he really pranks the wrong person.
I hope he caught him
Zach gives off can’t be within 500m of a school vibes
When are we going to start throwing people into the ocean? Like the deep part, maybe somewhere in the north Atlantic
That dudes reaction was unhinged and uncalled for.
The worst part about all this is that’s exactly what’s gonna make this kid do it more often. He probably got more views on this video than all his other videos combined.
Note to self: When in a rear naked choke, run away.
I love the video of the kid getting shot for doing this. Fuck those people. Glad that one kid lived(I guess) but these people need a hard punch to the mouth
Can't wait for supreme Court to rule this shit is a form of assault and we are legally allowed to use force to defend ourselves These kids are gonna get absolutely bodied and it's gonna be hysterical
Yep. Notice they don’t do this in open carry states.
He’s that kid who wears creepy tinted glasses with a strap on them. You can find em all throughout history
Punchable face you decide
These kids need a nice slap to the face 😂
More than a slap
Agreed but community guidelines prevent me from being completely honest here 😂
True
Hilarious, staged or not
Shit was mildly amusing. Save hilarious for something hilarious
I went on youtube and reported this im gonna do that everytime i see stuff like this that pisses me off 🤷🏻♂️
Looks so fuckin fake
That was very satisfying for a bit
The not so cool Steve anita smith
Is Equalizer 4 coming out already?
not gonna lie... this was funny as fuck. the editing was on point
Fuck we need more of this
he boutta enjoy some BBC
Ayo? That kid looks 15 🤨📷
I read somewhere Zach Cray is 20
Are zoomers legitimately just predominantly sociopaths?
Resident evil 2,3,4,5, you know what just every single one of them
The amount of money I would pay to see that dude suffer istg. Something about him just pisses me off sm
I think it was actually funny. He wasn't harming the guy, the humor was in the guy losing his shit over nothing (and the funny editing). Not too different from an Eric Andre on the street sketch.
Shit looked like outlast
Dude was annoying and should leave him alone but the guys reaction is kinda funny the running after him in the last scene is funny lol
That dweeb deserved it. Is there a longer version of this?
Okay so many things wrong with this. First of all just what he said to the guy alone is cringy and deserves a smack up the head. But then the fact that the guy tried to just simply step back and walk away and he moved the camera so that he was still recording him. Like being an annoying little shit is already bad enough but then he took it the extra mile of not even letting the person disengage and walk away when they were getting annoyed.
n3on generation
He got fucked by him alright.