Tony Rokov the Aussie who gave his life to get under the 14year old kid when their parachutes failed & used his body to stop the kid hitting the ground directly, is an absolute hero!~
Murder is the worst and most categorically incorrect term you could apply to #10. And why is so much emphasis placed on it being a prank? Anytime you pull a knife on someone to rob them, there's nothing PRANK about that. You are committing a crime plain and simple. Criminal got what he deserved.
I believe that the friend can be charged with murder though maybe. The was a case where the homeowner shot and killed one of the three robbers in his home and they charged the other two with murder
He was murdered. By his co-conspirator - this would be a classic case of felony murder by one of the criminals when a death occurs by their acts, accident or self defence or police responses. The person with the gun who fired the bullet did not commit a crime in acting in self defence in apprehension of a threat of death or serious injury.
@@IsaacLelievre-tf4sqI was a kid, I ding dong ditched a couple if times. I went along to a tp party. It never occurred to us to make someone feel threatened or depressed. That is delinquent behavior.
Yes! One of them Took that step... to... Death. But look at the Zillion others Posting Hurtful ,Harmful, 'Pranks' . Let's call it what it iS: Evil Period
I can't believe the "removed-the-Stop-sign" one. Their intent wasn't a prank, their intent was literally to cause a car accident. At least these other pranks -- _foolish as they were_ -- had the potential to be harmless. How do you harmlessly have a car-accident? At the absolute minimum, the car will sustain _SOME_ damage... even if it's just paint.
If I done that. The justice system would be the least of my concern. It'll be my dad do a shit load more than the justice system. Was raised to live your life in a way that doesn't have a negative impact on another person.
@@mvb88 but you are not supposed to beat your kids right? lol, we did some dumb shit as teens but would never even think of doing something so dangerously dumb. our parents would have hung us on the tree and beat us in public display, long before the justice system took over. pain is a lesson you don;t forget. it's simply bad parenting. most are indifferent or just let their kids walk all over them wihtout punishing them or teach them some important values.
@giornikitop5373 it's your parents job to teach you right from wrong. It's the justice system that enforces the punishment when you ignore what your parents tourt you. So if your an adult and still doing dumb shit after years of getting the belt. Best thing my dad said. "I can still use the belt on you lot. The difference now is that it's no longer child abuse"
@@mvb88 BINGO!!!! People are no longer raised with a sense of responsibility! It's all about you "deserve" blah, blah, blah. "Rights" come with "Responsibilities"! Too bad sooo many people have to learn that at the hands of the law instead of at the hands of their parents/families. AMEN! I would have been more fearful of my parent's response than of some judge!
18 months in prison for almost killing someone and causing such harm that the victim had to have skin grafts, had to leave college, had to lose his job, and has at least two years of rehab. The victim will serve more time than the fun-loving prankster! Wtf
SHOULD absolutely have been more time... I'm not 100% on how much more... It's kind of amazing how many people just don't realize how friggin' flammable cotton is, ESPECIALLY cotton balls all fluffed out. It's conceivable at some level, the guy in the costume probably should've thought a little better for his handy-craft... NOT to victim blame, here... BUT there is something to be said for the shear hazard of the costume, too... AND without seeing the video, I'm sorry... BUT we don't know if the "Prankster" was legitimately TRYING to light it on fire, or if he was just flicking the lighter at the other guy playfully and got too close... Was everybody (including our guy in the costume) laughing along with the whole gag??? It comes down to us NOT knowing the whole picture here, only what they presented in the vid'... It's still not excusing the act of lighting someone on fire and all the fall-out... BUT that's also the nature of assing around when things go sideways. AND FINALLY... This is just how quickly things can go bad, and how easily one can fail to grasp the serious nature of the situation... Would YOU expect someone to come to YOUR party with a costume that would go up like a roman candle??? ;o)
@@gnarthdarkanen7464 watch it again bud the guy was by himself when it showed him light his lighter and press it on to the costume, I don't care if his costume was made of gasoline nobody should try to LIGHT SOMEONE ON FIRE!!!
The difference between Murder and Manslaughter is intent. If the DA cannot prove a specific intent to kill the victim they will reduce it to manslaughter to avoid needing to meet that burden of proof. Better to get the conviction you can, than to lose on a murder charge and get nothing. The "It was a prank, Bro!" defense adds shadow of doubt to the intent of the actions.
I’m so tired of judges giving light sentences for “pranks”. It’s become a get out of jail free card at this point. I say, until this stops, ADD time if they say it was “just a prank” to discourage people. It doesn’t matter what happens in the actual prank, just add an extra 5 years as a mandatory minimum.
I would say 5 years is a little harsh, but I do agree with what your saying. If a “prank,” or whatever the hell you want to call it, results in the death of another person, or serious harm. Then they should be charged like any normal person getting the same charge. It is honestly kind of upsetting at this point. It’s just basic common sense. If you have more than 2 brain cells to rub together, you would think. “Hmm.. what is going to happen if I pull this prank. Surely pulling a knife on someone couldn’t possibly go wrong.. right?” Edit: (sorry if this reply is a little long and a bit sidetracked)
@@zanderdubeau Whose idea was it to call playing with other people's lives a prank? Only people who are totally uncaring of others would think a prank is just in fun?
I agree. Most of these pranks aren't funny anyway, they are just humiliating at the best. And that bouncer who only got EIGHTEEN MONTHS for RUINING a young mans life, by setting fire to him, that's completely fu*ked up too. He'll only do NINE months of that sentence, whilst the poor lad will bé physically disfigured and pyschologically fked up for life !
somebody should do a "prank" on his kids and when they die he needs to have the same energy.. "Just a Prank". Let me remove the brakes on a car, same logic. That's attempted murder.
@@schattenlaufer2191 OK I understand the fact that he should’ve gotten way more time but bringing somebody’s children into some thing and saying to kill them because of the action that somebody else did is a little extreme you might need some help
This is what happens when parents can't properly discipline their kids . They turn out like these morons . A crime isn't a prank . Just plain brainlessness .🤯😔
The Granfather causing his grandson's death as a result of an allergic reaction... Wow, a family trying to work through that and that grandfather having to spend the last years of his life with that hanging around his neck
THERE IS NO THING AS A ROBBERY PRANK !!! If you rob someone it is a robbery and it do not matter if it was as a prank, the psychological damage is the same for those you rob and the punishment many many years in prison is EXATLY the same for robbery if it is a prank or not.
Exactly if some is armed during your fake prank will still shoot you to protect anyone else involved or just themselves feeling lives are actually in danger. If the only person who knows it's a prank is the prankster can still legally be killed if innocent people who don't know or in anyway realize it's a prank can and will defend themselves if they feel their lives and other people's lives are on some actual real danger. How could they legally be charged with murder if the false weapons and the whole situation seemed totally real, than how could they be committed for murder or anything if it was seriously only done in self defense of themselves and others.
Prank videos on RU-vid for "likes" and "thumbs" are the most pathetic attention seeking pastimes on the internet. I mean, these vapid "influencers" addicted to selfies are also sad and pathetic but they don't involve other people. Sometimes I notice young people sowing me images on their phone and 90% of the pictures they are scrolling through are selfies with the same exact fake pose in each image. Like they are the center of the universe. They are, as I am, a nearly insignificant part of our amazing universe. I think it is healthy to understand how important you AREN'T in the big picture.
I admit, I’m of an age where I only see (anti) social media damaging our society. Any prank that causes distress, injury or death is a crime and the perpetrator should be suitably punished. I simply don’t understand the mentality of those that crave fame by hurting others. What’s wrong with these people?
Blaming social media for damaging our society are not exactly right. A dangerous prank have been exist too in the past before internet exist. But we don't notice most of it because news exchange are not as easy as now with internet, so it was well hidden from world view.
@@yamiyami919 its the same with people saying its more dangerous now when really its the safest its been. we just now have access to information all over the world so we hear about things that happen now.
Combination of self-importance increases with sm and parents having basically no rules or limitations on the kids. Letting tictacky/fakebook/screwtube/etc. do all the "raising", creating ignorant narcissistic reality deniers who do nothing but seek attention from meaningless strangers, followers, and do just about Anything for it including selling their bodies to Feel "empowered independent" zombies. Take your kids to sports leagues, martial arts, whatever. Better than the hollow, often angry void of a person the different social media apps will turn them into.
Judge acknowledged it as "just a prank?" I guess that made the families of the victims feel better and less upset and heartbroken. 😒 🙄 The juvenile behaviour of those thugs cost the lives of three INNOCENT people. For a judge to "understand" it was just a prank so he gave them only a fraction of the possible sentence they could receive, is irresponsible and a slap in the face to the victims' families.
These people are out of control with the phones, I swear social media is the downfall of society. We should make it so phones can only access the internet for an hour a day. I'm so glad I was born well before this global obsession.
So because a small portion of the population can't control themselves, we should punish everyone? Sounds like a shit take to me, let me guess you're OK with people drinking alcohol even though it causes more damage to themselves and others due to drunk driving than any social media stunts would ever do. How about TV shouldn't that be banned as it's promoted many stupid ideas that have caused dangerous and deadly situations. Teenagers have been doing stupid and deadly shit long before social media and cameras were around. The reason you think it happens more now is because everyone has a camera in their pocket so it just gets recorded more and unlike 20 years ago we can share those videos with others. Back in your day your only option to share it to millions was to spend a ton of money or send it in to shows like America's funniest home videos.
Jealous of 9. A hospital broke my spine while I was under sedation in their care. II was sent home that way, and when I was sent to another hospital 2 days later... after that hospital doped me up enough I couldn't resist, sent me back to the first place... where they got me laid down prone, and got full nerv conduction back, so they wanted to keep me like that for 3 days and re-assess. One surgeon came down, decided he wanted to ignore all 9 of them, and do an exploratory surgery. They lost all conduction below the abdomen before they ever got me onto the table. Short version, that doctor cost me the use of my body below the belly button. Permanently. And a jury ruled in his favor, exiting with comments similar to "trust doctors, they might work on us some day." I got Nothing, and have been in Nursing homes ever since... .I was 39 (turned 40 on the day I woke up from his blunder).
Fuse to the Chair happened at my home town. Everyone thought it was an April Fools joke, but may friend knew some of the local paramedics and doctors and described exactly what you said.
It’s not really a prank if at the end of the day you’re pulling out a knife on people in the street. You’re still ACTUALLY doing it. Just saying ‘prank’ and handing back their stuff doesn’t change the fact you still technically robbed people at knife point which is super distressing. It’s not really a prank at that point it’s just doing it for a different reason rather than robbery.
Rusty nail, wow. I stepped on one a few years ago. Even seeking treatment I wound up with a golf ball sized hole in my foot. You could see bone beneath what little muscle was left. Took 2 years to completely heal. I was lucky.
4th of July prank nearly went real bad for me. I was driving home from work the night before the July 4th holiday in 1986. Some idiots were coming from the other direction on a 2 lane road, throwing lit firecrackers at oncoming cars. The one they threw at me bounced off my arm just before it exploded. If it had hit a few inches forward, it could have been in my lap and 2 or 3 inches back could have wedged between my back and the seat. Parts of the firecracker was in the car and I had spots on my face, neck, and arm where it burned me. My ear rang for a few days and it gave me a headache. I can only imagine what might have happened if it had not hit my arm and bounced out.
#4. The 3 kids that were ringing doorbells…. That happened down the street from me… it was very sad… It’s so weird hearing a story that happened in my town.
As a youngster, sure we did pranks, but not as serious as pretending to rob someone with a knife and possibly get shot. I knew people would start getting hurt after seeing some pranks online. and it's only going to get worse. 😟
Yeah, that particular one is begging someone to retaliate. If someone were to be dead-set on pulling something like that one as a prank, only with people you know well, and who trust you.
Going to have to ramp up production of Darwin Awards and the smart phone is the culprit almost all cosumer electronics have ground fault inturrupts phones and chargers dont.
Can't make him get exercise if he doesn't want to. It'll be the same as charging someone because their husband/wife because they died of a heart attack caused from over eating and not exercising. They could of forced them to eat healthy and walk more but didn't.
@@mvb88 , but you can refuse to get them food before it gets bad. someone was feeding him for that 2 years, and that should make them partially responsible, or at least negligent.
I’ve never been “skydiving,” but I have done many static jumps in the Army. Unfortunately, the last jump I did I experienced a chute failure. It was an 800 ft jump. Long story short, I was in the hospital for about 2 years and I limp to the bank now.
#5 was disgusting. As an EMT I’ve responded on really bad Morbid Obese calls…but not THAT bad. The pt. Is usually severely depressed. Any family are usually mentally impaired. Very sad.
The egg story reminded me of a situation that happened to me,. I was in 6th or 7th grade trick or treating with my younger brother. I heard a commotion a block or so away and heard young kids sceaming about getting egged i could also hear a truck excellerating looking through the trees down then up around the corner i could hear a group of high school kids hooting and hollering they were egging the younger kids ( like me ) there were 4 , 5 or 6 of em in the back of thr pickup truck they seen me and my brother on the side of the road and again started excellerating towards us i had picked up a rock about the size of a racket ball and threw it as hard as i could toward the bed of the truck as they passed me it hit 1 kid smack in the middle of his face he flew from the forward portion of the bed to the back. I heard months later he was still in a coma in the hospital. Not what i tried to do but i guess we all learned a lesson that fatefull night
never skydive, avoid tables, and dressers, never change a light bulb, no pranks ever, also avoid people who prank, stay away from garbage chutes, no electricity in the bathroom, wear nail-proof shoes, no plate licking, no metal straws, never sit in a chair more than a few hours.
i got shot in a robbery in L.A...& ever since when i am purposely Startled - i Full Force Punch as a Reflex... This is an Automatic Response... and it happens even if i am sound asleep or dozing, and someone 'hits' me to wake me... i lash out, Automatically. A Cop came up from the rear and Loudly nailed my Car Window w/ something metal... when i was Legally Parked and watching phone TV. i Automatically Hit the window So Hard in easily cld have Shattered, & iT was the Only thing between his looming face , & my iStrike. iT was instantaneous , and Massively Loud! Needless to say it Blew his mind... from what He assumed was some Snoozing Dude. iT always freaks Me out too. i Rolled down my window & explained why his 'approach' might not be the Best...given he had NO idea what MY experiences with Attack were! Calling out: "Excuse me Sir..." a Distance from the window would be far more advisable. Pranksters be Warned.
Lighting someone's clothes on fire should be called attempted murder! *Fire doesn't just cause temporary discomfort and/or annoyance, it SCARS, DISFIGURES, AND KILLS!* Throwing corrosive acid on someone does the same and I can't see that being called "just a prank".
Number 10. Russian homes are wired for 240 with no ground circuit fault interrupters even in bathrooms and kitchens, at least I never saw any GCFI outlets when I was there. My fiance's hair dryer had a frayed cable that literally exploded when she was using it. Light bulbs from Russia last forever in USA since they are designed for 240 while most of our home circuits are 120.
In regard to the egg-throwing death, something like that happened in Vermont. About 23 years ago, a carload of teenagers decided it would be fun to throw eggs at random cars. They made a huge mistake. One of the other drivers took it seriously and began chasing the car with the teens in it. Eventually, the vehicle the teens were in went off the road and into a ditch. The pursuing vehicle apparently hit the back of the car after it went off the road. One of the teens in the back seat was killed. The pursuer was convicted of involuntary manslaughter. if he had not hit the back of the car, he never would have been charged with anything. If the teens had not been throwing eggs, they would all have still been alive.
My friend Ian and I used to do this We would drive down the road and soon as a car came then other direction you just lob an egg out the passenger window as they go by. Usually the people hit their wipers and it smears it across the window. We thought it was hilarious. We did this a few times until one of the cars didn’t use their wipers and they flipped around on us and chased us. Literally your story pretty much. We got away but we did about 100mph. Almost wrecked. Never did it again. We were 16. Just kids. Your brain doesn’t develope fully till your what 25? Kids will be kids.
@@rodleypumpkins4174 Would you rather be alive or dead? I never even considered doing anything like that. My kids never tried anything like that either. Not doing so kept their heads attached. And how would you feel if your "prank" got someone killed? Would that be "funny as hell " too?
I wish I could say I was surprised by the cruelty and ignorance of people, but it just seems to be the norm any more. Yeah, that is probably a unfair general statement, but it's how I feel after watching people die for senseless lapses in reason judgement.
Not all recalls get to people that buy their products. I know this from some cars I’ve owned, I moved or bought it from someone else and didn’t know until I had a problem.
Am I the only one that highly doubt that the 2 guys at number 10 were 'prank robbing'? I'm pretty sure if all had gone well, they would have really robbed that person....the guy who survived obviously want to diminish the act and says it was a prank....but seriously; I highly doubt it was a prank.....and number 8; wait a minute, you're telling me that if an intersection does not have a stopsign, you Americans just floor it? Just blindly driving onto the intersection???? No own responsibility, coz no stopsign?? Thats insane....yes it was wrong and stupid to remove the stopsign but comon; that does not excuse not paying attention on the road and use your own damn eyes to check for oncoming traffic; o no stopsign, just floor it guys. Thats just equally wrong and stupid.......insanity
" you're telling me that if an intersection does not have a stopsign, you Americans just floor it? Just blindly driving onto the intersection????". Look, almost HALF of this country thought Donald Trump was a good idea. Are you REALLY surprised that this happened? That is YOUR fault!
My mom let me play with knives, guns, hatchets, fireworks and matches, and let me buy my own muzzle loader at 15... Why? You might ask... For some reason adults seen me and my friends responsible enough and trained enough by our fathers to be given such high level responsibilities... Today... We have to put everything in unbreakable bottles and have to show ID for lighters. C'mom man!
Yes , telling your 8 year old sister her parents are dead while filming her is the height of humor. We'd all forgive our dirty cruel siblings for this.
I remember a time that the reason straws were plastic was because they were easy to bend or break. So that if a person where to fall it would not impale them 😂😂😂
I have a metal straw that just sticks out of my cup like 1 inch. I f I fall on it I would Have to hit my eye to do any damage other than maybe a gash needing stitches. I suggest a shorter straw or a taller cup and maybe that would lessen your fear. Wishing you the best possible life.
@@charlesbryson7443 To avoid both using plastic, or metal straws, you can now purchase biodegradable paper straws, or silicone-straws as mentioned by others!
That first one, the robbery, their partner wasn't murdered, murder has a implication of unjustly killing. Reasonable self defense isn't murder. Hell it could have been a real robbery that just went south and playing off as a prank afterward could have been an excuse, even if preplanned as the out.
@@ashleylitchfield593yeah i also thought it sounded to fishy. Doesn't have to be Russia tho. Anywhere gambling is legal really (perhaps more so in places where it isn't). Lots of people go missing in Los Vegas
Nr. 1 11:17 It should be mentioned that she used a 50 cal. Desert Eagle. A thick book can stop a 9mm or 45 depending on the thickness of the Book. Even if it would stop the bullet you would have a major concussion and broken ribs.
*YES! I saw the TV and internet stories on that case and that type of gun is the equivalent of a handheld CANNON!* But, even with a gun of lesser firepower, it's still too dangerous a stunt to attempt!
That's all it takes as burns are notorious for aggressive organ infections,lung infections etc.Had a loved one die similar very common dieing from infection
In the first prank, the man shooting the knife holder didn't murder him. Killing someone while protecting your life and others isn't murder. Get your sh*t straight.
Was he speeding or driving unsafely himself, or just following them so they could be identified? If its the latter, he did nothing wrong or legally actionable.
@@tonyacosta4574 They could have pulled over and taken responsibility for their crimes but instead they drove like idiots possibly endangering other innocent people on the road. REST IN PIECES!
Chasing them is not road rage. Chasing them in order to get their tag so they face the consequences of their actions is necessary as far as I'm concerned. If the brats want to continue with their shenanigans by speeding and running a red light as opposed to just stopping and taking accountability, then the accident is 100% on them, not the adults trying to get the tag. Did the kids deserve to die for their actions? Absolutely not. But was it their own actions that caused their deaths? Absolutely.
Pranks used to be simple and harmless. Days of the whoopie cushions, pies to the face, and hand buzzers. Wearing fake mustaches and an oversized coat with a friend so the two of you could sneak into a movie. Farts that you blamed on someone else, the ol' "Who ever smelt it, delt it!" None of that, "I'll shoot you in the crotch with this glock and hope that the jello cup can save your jewels from this bullet" nonsense. Pretending the house was haunted by having a buddy make scary ghost noises in order to fool that one younger cousin you didn't like. Fake teeth you wore during school picture day. Green slime you pretended was boogers. Rubber snakes and lizards, and fake spiders on a fishing like you used to scare your classmates. Dressing up the dog as a spider and having it chase your arachnophobic sister in a dark hallway. Those were the simple times! How did these get so extreme? And deadly!
The stop sign pranksters should get the same punishment as for murder, they did know very well what they did would lead to accidents and wanted to film it... I would think death penalty would be the right punishment to set an example.
I remember hearing about the Gun challenge one. He got his pregnant girlfriend to shoot him in the chest through a thick phone book. Originally they were going to use a .22 but they switched up to a .50 dessert eagle because of the amount of likes they received.
@@Eldritch-1 yeah I could not believe that they tried it with a 50 cal without testing it out first. Or better yet not shot a gun at lover at point blank range.
26:30 - 43:00 I am a 100% Disabled Veteran due to a parachute jump in September of 1980. There were not the number of cameras available then that we have today. I was a newly commissioned second lieutenant in the U.S. Army, attending the Chemical Corps Officer Basic Course at Fort McClellan, Alabama. I was scheduled to go to Ranger School and Airborne School before reporting to my first duty assignment. A fellow lieutenant was an experienced skydiver and was going on a jump in a couple of weeks. I decided to learn to jump before doing so in the Army. I took the five-evening course and went to the small airport they were using on Saturday. We had the Army round parachutes in those days, not the rectangular wings used today. It was not the tandem jump common today where you are strapped to an instructor and you free-fall before the instructor opens the parachute. We were hooked up with a static line that automatically opened the parachute as we left the plane. You needed five static line jumps before you could do a free fall jump and pull your own rip cord. My first jump was fantastic. Slowly floating to Earth with little sound besides the wind. From 3,000 feet, you can see a long way. It was simply serene and peaceful. My second jump was not as good. As I left the small Piper aircraft from the step I was on, the pilot jigged the plane, slamming me into the side of the plane, causing me to spin on my static line. Luckily, I had a full canopy, so I floated down more slowly. Unluckily, I had six twists in my lines, which meant I had no steering control. The only way to recover the twists is to bicycle your feet, which causes your body to rotate, freeing up the twists. I had gotten five of the twists undone and was not paying attention to the ground since I had overshot the bean field landing zone. There really wasn't much I could do to soften the landing except stop bicycling my legs. Because I had no steering, I was at the mercy of the wind, which was sending me toward the large power transmission towers and power lines. With an unexpected jolt, I bicycled into the ground at about 30 knots. I wound up fracturing my L2 and L3 Lumbar vertebrae and damaging my metatarsal and longitudinal arches in both feet. This was the major cause of my eventual medical discharge. I still want to go on one last jump, which will likely be a tandem jump since I still want to experience the thrill of free fall.
That metal straw story... Yieks! 🙀 I used to own 3, and I'm prone to falling ( on my behind or wich way ever 😹 ), I'm definetily going to avoid them for the rest of my life 🤪
Yes, because you can't die from just falling or anything, or walking, or cooking, or driving or literally just sitting...... You're not very smart, so I suggest you just not ever leave your house as the entire world is dangerous, and you're too stupid to navigate through it
My parents had a filing cabinet with 4 drawers, which were 2 feet long. I decided to pull out all four drawers. They rolled out very easily, and then it fell forward. I was lucky because my parents were home.
me: you'll be serving 50 years them: but your honor it was a prank. me: ah you're right. silly me. you'll be spending 50 years and another 10 for being stupid.
11:22 It wasn't a prank, they were just trying to get clicks and had actually tested firing on the book... at a distance. When it stopped the round, I guess they thought it would still work at point blank range (with him holding it).
