Yeah but they're apparently doing around 3 a day ... I'm not saying they're breaking banks, but considering their age ... Anyway, it's ultimately sad that so many young and potentially talented people end up doing such dumb fuckery for basically clout and a few hundreds a month per hear
They'd make much more money at McDonald's than renting out a kia once a week for $100. Not to mention raises and Management opportunities. And having your family proud of you..
@@Matt-yj1lz I grew up in a community like this. Their family would roast and bully them relentlessly, brutally for working at a McDonalds. The emotional damage is what keeps people in these situations.
@@michaelreynolds7469 they. are. children. that's not to say they shouldn't see consequences, but don't try to subtract the fact that they are children from the equation to make yourself feel better about labeling them as thugs. they learned this behavior from poor older role models.
@@thanosianthemadtitanic well they do actually. There’s a reason it’s only kias that really have this problem. Every other car manufacturer had it figured out. Did you even think about it for a second? Lmao
they're clearly not actually doing it for the money they're just kids breaking laws because they don't have any direction or guidance and it's cathartic for them
What's funny is that I looked on OfferUp for the Hangover trilogy DVD set, and one of the listings goes for $0 and you only pay $3.49 for the shipping.
It’s so sad… the fact that these kids are “doing it for the money” having nothing to show for it but shoes and clothes shows how little they understand the world. I’m glad Andrew actually pressed them on role models, people in their lives, etc… man this is heart breaking.
This is what happens when all the corporations take jobs overseas, working class parents can't afford to move to where there are jobs but the suburbanites can so the tax base falls through the floor, the schools get gutted, and everyone below a certain income level get left behind and it all turns to shit. Unchecked capitalism has been doing this to communities across the planet since the industrial revolution. Probably before then too honestly
@patw9175 too bad I respect the people actually working to get somewhere, if you think somethings fucked up and you go ahead and steal you deserve to be thrown in jail and stay because you won't mature
@moosesues8887 yea but at least they really put in the effort to do the right thing, not because of the system but because normally doing the wrong thing puts other people into bad spots too and that's fucked up because they're probably in a similar situation to you, so them getting luck is like something everyone's happy about
@@patw9175 yea word the worst part is imperialism has done this to every single third world country stealing any resources and people that would make the country profitable leaving almost the entire world in the dirt. This although sad is nothing compared to what goes on in other countries.
@@chlosworld644 To be fair if my kid stole a Kia and bragged about it I wouldn't want to be in his life either. Nobody can learn to be that lame, You can only be born with it.
But if you get enough likes through social media and respect, it is all worth it right? while putting people in danger on the streets, driving like there is no future for them... oh wait.
Animals aren't your tools. They used animals out of a lack of technology back in the day. We don't have that problem. If our corrupt ass politicians would stop importing cars that have been compromised and social media billionaire owners would start censoring this trash it would not be near as much of a problem it is. Let the horses roam, hold greedy pigs(Kia and government) responsible for their actions. Problem minimized.
Every single of those cars DEFINITELY costed the car owners hundreds if not thousands of dollars and hundreds of hours of intense stress and despair. This is definitely NOT a victimless crime. Very well done documentary!!!
Absolutely.. I could tell when he said "nobody takes a loss.. that's what insurance is for..," that he has probably never owned a car or paid for insurance 😂😂😂 these are kids living at home during the day and thieves at night..
I like the evolution of Andrew's storytelling. It started as a lot of "wow look how ridiculous this person is haha" to "yeah this person is a little weird/crazy but you have to remember that they're a human with a backstory"
It’s true though. It’s very obvious think about advertising and brand placement for products in movies etc. then compare it to the advertisment of designer brands in modern rap. Gucci with lil pump is an obvious one.
not even just the fact they’re connecting their Bluetooth. They’re bringing their phones PERIOD. And recording videos. All videos have geolocation coordinates in their metadata. And every time they use their phone, they’re pinging the closest cell tower & giving their location away. Just leave your phone at home if you’re doing dirt, man… even YNW melly would be free RIGHT NOW, with how crazy his case is, if he just left his phone at home. But they pinned him at the crime scene because he had his phone.
@@aarongibbs9259 all that stupid ass drip and dumb shit famous people wear, they're not even doing valuable shit with the money they said it making it so much worse because it's stealing from people to buy stupid shut and then wreck their car for clout some people just gotta be shof
I mean tbf it's hard to fully keep track of 16-17 yr old kids, they're just gonna say they're "hanging out with friends" or whatever and at that age you do need to let them have some sort of independence to prepare them for the real world. Idk I don't envy the parents, I don't necessarily think this is their fault
The last scene is one of the best I've seen in interviews. Seeing this man who has gone through the system and the game understand that given the circumstances he would do the same is telling of the world we live in today. Fuck that world but damn if it isn't the way many kids in those situations see the only way to economically change their situation. We gotta see change before we can all come together.
The fact that he has a hard time catching them is the crazy thing. I mean at 17:00, the kid gives you all you need to catch him. All you have to do is call him and ask him to steal your KIA and he will. How hard could it be to not set a KIA bait vehicle?
Just seeing this video alone, financial literacy is one of the most important skills to have. Kids taking risks for $100 and spending on designer clothes is absurd.
Learning to speak the English language correctly should be #1 but I guess that doesn't even make the list. This is what drugs do to the brain, strips it down to its base.
Probably the most important comment, but is buried by hate. Andrew is the example we need of reaching out to the communities and asking the tough questions that need to be asked. We should feel compassion for both sides of this issue but we just joke about the ignorance. Who's job is it to dispel the ignorance? Every single member of a community would be my guess.
its more of a cultural issue than education honestly, these are moral values to be instilled in young people. You're certainly right that they're not wise enough to calculate cost benefit and risk financially, but its a deeper issue. They grow up believing from a young age they don't belong to regular society
as a connecticut native, you did a better job covering this than any local news segment or tiktoker trying to capture just a glimpse. wild world out here
I never thought I'd see WHIIIITE boys from Connecticut droppin the n-word 30 times a minute and actually escaping cop chases. These are WEIRD times we live in 😂
If you're in a really bad neighborhood.... Pull a maxi fuse, fuel pump relay, mass air flow sensor connector. Maybe disconnect the ground from your battery and hide it. There's a lot of secondary things you can do to your vehicle if your potentially risking parking where You are.
How are they getting paid by Tik Tok or any other social media site with out detectives findings them just like they looking at other crimes being solved just like they can come get this guy who's filming and prosecute him for being with them advertising it and lock his ass up and make him snitch. They don't wanna stop no crime they need crimes to keep the fake ass government and politicians making and spending money in other countries America is fcked
Yeah they really cheaped out on not putting immobilizers and proper theft protection. Unfortunately, even though their reputation is wrecked, they’ll continue selling cars because lots of people like them cheap.
99% of the time it's not the engineer's fault, it's the company's fault for not listening to the engineer and being cheap. source: am an engineer and this happens all the time.
@@jerrybandz9164 Yeah because everybody in prison is a little 18 year old twink...Or maybe you are just mentally challenged is the more accurate assessment lol.
Some of these crashes are insaine!! I cant belive you went in that car. Wild man your truly the best journalist of all time for so many different avinues of content.
i hate how these local news outlets always call it a “challenge” but it always gives me a laugh when i say to myself “steal a fucking car challenge” and “crashout challenge”
Only one detail is off: The uber rich don't recognize those labels at all. Only the puppets of the uber rich, like the celebrities we see on TV, flash these labels as paid advertisements, but you won't catch actual uber rich people running around with that flashy nonsense. Bezos, Zuckerberg, Musk, you know what I mean.
I live in New Haven county and thought I was relatively up on whats going on but I did not know any of this was going down lmfaooo seeing places in this where I get food, visit friends etc is WILD😭
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High fashion for awhile now has been associated with poverty imo. Been around a lot of execs there isn't a brand logo anywhere on them. It's kinda funny.
So sad to see any kid in any nation without any perspective in live. This should never happen in any rich nation, it's bad enough that it happens in poor nations.
I really enjoy the direction Channel 5 has gone to when it comes to Drugs, police drug programs, homelessness, crime, and immigration in America. And how it all feeds each other in one giant amalgamation. It’s very educational. Yet still keeps the channel 5 charm and entertainment. Never have I seen any other journalist like you. Channel 5 has come such a long way.
Definitely, Andrew gets into some mad risky scenarios and he pulls it off like most other journalists can't. Only people comparable I can think of are other journalists at the front lines of war
@@borisyeltsin6606 Nah, he most definitely is a journalist - the dude literally had a college degree in journalism specifically, and his job is to be a journalist. Is he doing editorials and writing columns? no. Does that make him any less of a journalist? *_No._* He is actually qualified to call himself a journalist both in terms of credential and profession.
@@eyespliced People now a days are so used to hacky spin journalism that they forgot Journalism was only ever supposed to be reporting the facts as they find them.
The fact there are people out there who have no remorse or care how they affect people by stealing their car, really shows the lack of personal respect people like this have for themselves. My father's Kia was stolen two days after her brother died of cancer, he really had to put his grief to the side and deal with reporting it stolen, finding it, finding out the condition it was left in, and the back and forth with his insurance. Luckily his insurance did cover the loss of the car. But it really took an emotional impact on him.
I read an interview you did with Theroux that really hinted at the direction you were going to take with the channel. I love that you feel a sense of responsibility to portray the issue as deeply and as 3-dimensionally as possible (because social media clips and the media factually will and do not). You should be proud and passionate about the ground you are breaking. Keep it up.
ikr but its so revealing. Being unable to acknowledge the toll a loved ones death takes on your life by shrugging it off with an "nah I'm chillin" says a lot about your state of mind
I think he's not able to express what he really feels verbally. So he just says he's chillin to look "strong/cool". These are misguided youths. They still feel pain when they loose a loved one.
@@JONZGONZmaybe, but still, there’s nothing cool about being unaffected by the death of a close friend and also I see this all the time lmao it’s lose* not loose*
@@JONZGONZ Being emotionally vulnerable is probably one of the hardest things anyone can do in today's society since we put so much value into how we are being perceived by others. I don't blame them. I just hope they're able to find some sort of guidance or compassion from someone or within themselves.
@@yourwifesboyfriend6081these kids ain't poor bro wen I was poor in the hood with no food the last thing I would do is hit a cheap easy fast lick it either pays good with no risk or I ain't doing it these kids are different they got enough food and money to figure it out but they don't this is the polices fault if I got caught stealing cars at 15 I'd face a life sentence these cops have a interior agenda here
@@teresaesquivel2040 I'd bet they most likely are aware of who the kids are already-- My guess is they are keeping a tail on them/monitoring them on social media to try and find the older dudes that use these cars for missions/licks/getback.etc. These kids are young, and 100$ seems like a lot at that age, & no social support makes them easy targets for manipulation. The cops are likely aware of this, & know these kids are more likely to flip when faced with hard time vs those who have a record/in deep. The reckless driving is absolutely a risk, but if letting the kids off leaves breadcrumbs to gang activity or organized crime, I wouldn't put it past 12 to play the slow game, esp if they suspect them of using the cars to carry out more serious offenses. I'm sure there is a bigger agenda at play.... honestly its a damn depressing documentary. The kids clearly have no guidance, and I hope they are able to see they are getting played by people who don't give a damn about them. SMHwhen you're young and low on
People don't realize that most victims of car theft can't just call insurance for a new ride. It takes weeks or months, and insurance will fight you along the entire way, while requiring you to pay your deductible that many people aren't able to pay anyway. It is an insane crime that deserves the harshest punishments, but the collapse of insurance itself is another thing that needs an eye on.
Honestly I hope that this encourages people to build public transportation I’m tired of being required to own a car to engage in society. So I would rather all of the cars get stolen so they would build a buss And streetcar
@@smokedbeefandcheese4144public transportation would get destroyed the same way these kias get destroyed. If you want to enjoy PT you'll need to move out of the US
The Kia boys stole my Kia and burned it on the beach during the day. They’re not just ruining cars but endangering innocent people. It’s so infuriating
40-year-old dad watching your videos and I can’t tell you how much I appreciate you incorporating the fatherhood message. Dad stick around and raise your kids..
@egilskallagrimsson2941 thays not true and how do you know their dads. Good parents both there and teenagers still sometimes do dumb crap for fun especially if their bored. They don't understand the consequences like an adult would. They will one day though when they see this.
We’ll also. He did a story in Crip mac whose father was out of the picture. And it become a main focal point on some part his documentary type video of him recently.
If you watch that video in it’s entirety a kid is hanging out the window of the car as they hit the bus then his “friends” leave him hanging halfway out the car as they run off
They know what they are doing is wrong and continue doing it because it’s easier than doing the right thing which is to get a normal job like the people they steal from. What’s stopping them from turning their life around? What greater influence do they need that they don’t have at this age to make them change for the better? They are bad people. They aren’t lost kids. By their age you know the difference between right and wrong.
@@ronswanson1410it might say more about you if you're just disregarding people that easily. money isn't even really a factor kids just like doing dumb shit, if you were raised in a healthy place that might be underage drinking, if you're from some shithole housing project that's stealing cars. Realistically there is nothing stopping them from getting a job and not stealing cars but it's definitely just a group of kids that haven't been taught how to behave in society. the intent of stealing a kia isn't any real malicious thing, they aren't killing people or hurting them directly they're just doing dumb shit for fun. it's stupid, misled, super fucking dangerous. but they're still kids, your brain isn't done developing until you're 24, these people are barely hitting 17
Unfortunately, as a middle school teacher, this reminds me of many of my students. You hit the nail on the head asking about role models and showing their environment. Without a secure presence in their lives, these kids really strive for attention in any way possible. Thanks for another great story here.
Almost like COVID showed kids that no matter how hard they work they'll amount to nothing. The government, the companies, their neighbors. You can't trust anybody. You'll never own a house, or live the American dream. This shit is the EXPECTED OUTCOME of cost of living doubling in the US.
for real tho the guy should be trying to reach out to the kia boyz to offer that guidence role model experience andrew talked about. wonder why he aint doin that
theyre normal kids just having fun doing "bad" shit and theyre like 14-16 like tf do u expect? Only ones that dont fold were brought up in other areas with gangs n shit
@@Matiii555 doing “bad” things is going out to drink and party, not steal cars and doing this, there’s a big difference between having fun at your own expense and at others expense
Asking the dumba$$ questions like Aren’t you mad at Kia for making the cars so “easy to steal” Like huh bruh Now about the shudda been abortions Threatening lives and stealing property???😂 TF Kia got to do with this? If you buy a Kia you should KNOW You’re getting a CHEAP car
