punktilious writes:

The other important issue here, aside from being careful, is what to do when
you actually spot a pickpocket in question. In this particular case, the
perpetrator was a minor and I would imagine fairly easy to handle. What if
he were a linebacker type that could not easily be controlled and could
possibly be prone to violence.

Pickpockets are almost always wimps. If they could strongarm people
into giving them money, they would.

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