Meet Eliana Guerrero, Barcelona's Pickpocket Watchdog

YouTube:- "Police estimate about 150 pickpockets roam Barcelona' s subways on any given day. Armed with a whistle and pepper spray, Eliana Guerrero, an unemployed Colombian immigrant, prowls Barcelona's underground for pickpockets and warns tourists about the dangers"
ChaosEnginesays...

I found this kinda weird. I get that she's performing a public service, but she's been doing this for four years with no job? What is she living on? If it's welfare, wouldn't she be required to be actively looking for a job?

Yogisays...

Isn't Spain in seriously hard economic straits right now? I haven't read too much about it but I found it interesting that Real Madrid and Barcelona are getting away with buying Neymar and Gareth Bale for a ridiculous amount of money. I mean Barcelona actually committed Tax fraud to acquire Neymar, and Gareth Bale is the most expensive footballer ever. How is it that the public hasn't risen up and destroyed these two clubs?

Engelssaid:

Sad thing is that Barna didn't use to be this way. This has taken off in the last 10 years. Source: born and raised there.

Engelssays...

The answer is perilously simple: Soccer. Look at oh, I dunno, Greenbay, and the money that goes into football there. Greenbay isn't exactly a thriving metropolis, but the pride the get from having a good team outweighs the income inequality between the football haves and the spectator have nots. And if you think Americans are nuts about football, it pales in comparison to what Europeans feel about their soccer team.

But you do bring up a very valid point; crime always will flourish in harder economic times.

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