Comment on Reckless Ben and the Blatant Corruption - Protest the courts. The Police. The Corporate HQ
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
Let’s not spread this any more
Public pressure is the only thing that has helped move this case forward to where it is today.
If you hope to see any repercussions for the police officers who blatantly took sides and broke the law then public pressure is the only way. Explain yourself, because right now with this comment in isolation you sound like a boot licker…
I don’t think there is enough evidence here to actually make a judgment here. Posting this online leads to the people involved getting potentially harassed by fans thinking they are helping. I’m also not terribly sympathetic to anyone who hords Lego as it is clear that the family involved is not exactly poor or without status.
With that being said, I can understand how heartbreaking it must be having your lifelong Lego collection stolen by a large company. The problem is that there are a ton of people online who are drawing opinions about this without actually having all the facts. For instance, is there an actual signed contract? I haven’t actually seen it if there is one. However, I also think this is a private manner that people on the outside should not be involved in. There are a lot of red flags here including the fact that they couldn’t find an attorney willing to take the case and that there gofundme page got taken down.
In short, I’m a bit skeptical about the whole thing
You’re making a lot of false analogies here, but I wish people would respond instead of just downvote you. First of all, afaik there is a signed contract - if that makes a difference. Secondly, I don’t think a Lego collector can be called a hoarder, that’s… Yeah no. Third, the owner is sick and was trying to sell his collection to pay for the medical expenses, they’re not as well off as you assume. But even if they are, what difference does it make? It’s still not legal to steal from them. And finally, the whole issue here is that a big company is bullying the little guy, with the help of the establishment in the form of the police. This is now more about how the police broke the law and acted like a mafia organization and less about the theft from the company.
It honestly feels like they’re a corporate plant with how they’re in a bunch of these comments.
If there was a valid contract, where are the records? Surely there are records of exactly what is owned by the family. It sounds like due to a lack of records BAM doesn’t know exactly what the family is owed (if anything) Representives from the family have visited the store multiple times but yet they can’t seem to provide clear proof of ownership. Bricks and minifigs has been reasonably cooperative as they let the family inspect the store inventory and records. However, I have yet to have seen a full list of what is owned by the family. Knowing how small companies tend to operate it is possible there was only a verbal agreement.
Assuming the family is telling the truth, it is possible that the inventory was sold without the money making it back to the family. We do know that the original store owner was in financial hot water so it is possible the money from the sales went to paying bills. It is also possible that somewhere in the chaos of it all sets were stolen. This whole thing smells of bad record keeping which unfortunately means that the family might honestly be screwed. While I do feel for the family, I don’t believe it to be the fault of BAM. From my understanding they were willing to return the sets as long as there was clear proof of ownership.
For what possible reason? The only reason any modicum of justice may be served is because of public pressure.
Ammon McNeff is that you?
The people involved are doing a awful lot of of attention grabbing.
It is completely inappropriate to harass people. If they have a issue it needs to be settled in court.
You’re a petty, sad individual my friend. And you do not meet this current moment.
Ammon is that you?
Undvik@fedia.io 3 days ago
Fuck that. Name and shame. They can't get away with this