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Paris thieves steal city bikes. Unbeknownst to them a witness recorded it.

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Caught 3 guys on video stealing 3 city bicycles in Paris on August 23, 2015. While visiting at a friend's place I heard a strange noise outside and peaked out to see what was going on and discovered these thieves pilfering bicycles. I asked a friend to call the police while I recorded what they were doing. Though I could not be 100% certain, judging by their accent and look the criminals appeared to be of North African/Maghreb heritage/origin and in the city center from one of Paris' suburbs. I've seen people stealing these bicycles before elsewhere in the city but this is the first time I've caught it on video. What is captured is the technique they used to commit their crime. Though the city of Paris generally tends to be quite safe for citizens and tourists alike, unfortunately petty crime is not too uncommon here.

"Vélib'" municipal "bike-share" bicycles in Paris are akin to "Boris Bikes / Santander Cycles" in London or "Citi Bikes" in New York city.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vélib%27
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vélib%27#Theft_and_vandalism

I apologize for the "potato" quality of the nighttime portion of this video but I had to quickly use my cheapo mobile phone to have just enough time to record this criminal act.

J'ai enregistrer 3 voleurs entrain de voler 3 velos "Vélib'" à Paris.

Il faut voler le Vélib' avant de pouvoir , "Sort Le Vélib' Volé".

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