For those who don’t know, Heston James is the internet prankster who started the screaming in stores prank and the backup screamer method. Recent he’s been charged and prosecutors want to give him 9 years in prison. IMO, this is ridiculous, in his videos no one gets hurt and nothing is stolen. Iirc, the main reason he’s getting charged is the video where him and his crew wore Target uniforms and pretended to work there.
Regardless on whether you find his pranks funny or annoying, spending a decade in prison for simply annoying Target workers is ridiculous, especially when no one got hurt and nothing got stolen.
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A dumb and unpopular opinion, enjoy my upvote.
Nah, fuck him.
Honestly, there should be laws specifically stating that being an asshole for attention is illegal.
i agree, whatever he shouldn’t be doing it sure but he doesn’t deserve to go to prison for it. no one got hurt and it was ultimately harmless even if something could’ve gone wrong. i found some of the videos funny too i can’t lie
As long as they exchange him for someone doing time for simple possession, I’m good with it. Fuck Internet “pranksters.” Throw them in jail, and make it legal for citizens to empty canisters of pepper spray on them in the wild
Naw. Send a message to tiktok “pranksters”. That shit is lame. It hurts the businesses they prank. I get not having sympathy for Target but a prank like that could literally ruin a small business and leave the owners liable. That video of James and his dork army invading a mechanic is a perfect example. What if they had damaged a car? Or if one of his cronies had gotten squished by a lift?
Wrong. He definitely does.
“Heston Cobb, who uses the name “Heston James” on his social media channels, faces one count of burglary, two counts of criminal impersonation, five counts of disorderly conduct and five counts of criminal trespass.”
I think he or his lawyer wrote this…
Every internet prankster should be in prison
You’re right. He should be drawn and quartered
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
Fuck that guy
9 years is a little much, but 90days would be good
“In his videos no one gets hurt,” except society itself. Send him and all the rest of them to the gulag and be done with it. This nonsense is cultural poison.