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DHS Agents Arrest Man by Pretending to Be Stranded Motorists… A Ploy to Get The “Worst of the Worst” Who are Midwest Nice (fuelarc.com)
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Honestly, I would fall into this trap. The federal agent genuinely sounds like she is a person having car trouble, this trap would work on me because I guess I too am a fundamentally decent person.

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[–] 74 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (8 children)

So here's the new way to help stranded motorists in the US: hold them at gun point, handcuff them to a tree, then fix their car.

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  • [–] 18 points 8 months ago (7 children)

    Don't even need handcuffs, just need a thin tree or a pole.

    Have them wrap one leg around the tree/pole and sit down on it, I remember reading that it would be nigh impossible for them to get up from that position without help

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  • [–] 9 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    I mean… you could pull yourself up with upper body strength surely

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  • [–] 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

    I don't understand how this works. Like crosslegged and the tree is only between one of your legs, not the other? Like behind the knee?

    Edit: I've looked this up and found this weird video showing it

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=c95iKhNmeSY

    I'm guessing you can just lift yourself if you have the upper body strength, but it's interesting and a bit counterintuitive

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