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‘Reacher’ Producer Chases Down Robbery/Assault Suspect in Harrowing New York City Incident

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‘Reacher’ Producer Chases Down Robbery/Assault Suspect in Harrowing New York City Incident
The Hollywood Reporter
‘Reacher’ Producer Chases Down Robbery/Assault Suspect in Harrowing New York City Incident
Mick Betancourt, who has a list of credits on procedurals and experience writing intense crime scenes, saw fiction become reality on the Lower East Side. And he sprang into action like one of his characters.
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muscle_geek Apr 21, 2026 +137
Note to self do not f*** with anyone from the show reacher
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BritishBenzene Apr 21, 2026 +85
Anyone who is on the TV show Reacher needs to start protecting nuclear scientists was not on my bingo card for this year.
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bnyc Apr 21, 2026 +55
This article is worth a read. The story is crazy and verified by the NYPD. The guy is a hero.
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katikaboom Apr 21, 2026 +30
Worth the read for this quote alone  “God cursed me with little alligator legs, but in a cruel twist of fate and irony, he made those hairy little fuckers fast as lightning,”
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Chris9871 Apr 21, 2026 +5
That’s a badass quote right there
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LivedLostLivalil Apr 21, 2026 +7
Personally, I wouldn't feel like a hero. I didn't step in to help when I could before someone go hurt. If that guy died like he thought, it would eat at me for the rest of my life.
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bnyc Apr 21, 2026 +21
He says the same thing in the article. >“When I got back to the hotel, a woman who worked there, who saw the whole thing begin, called me a hero. No, I thought, I was a coward who decided to do something about it.”
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Technical-Outside408 Apr 21, 2026 +4
Exactly what a badass hero would say. Only the true hero would deny his heroism.
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BluestreakBTHR Apr 21, 2026 +7
When I was in college, myself & 3 friends chased down a purse snatcher near Northeastern to Boyleston St. We didn’t do it to be heroes, we did it because some little old lady got her purse snatched.
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LivedLostLivalil Apr 21, 2026
Did you sit there and watch for a bit as the old lady was beat up first until you thought she died?
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BluestreakBTHR Apr 21, 2026 +1
No. He grabbed her purse and took off immediately. We cornered him in an alley until the cops showed up.
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LivedLostLivalil Apr 21, 2026 +1
Well that's why I wouldn't feel like a hero when people called me that just like the guy in this article was feeling. Part of his action was taken out of regret not because he was thinking about being a hero. I'd feel the same way in his shoes. Stopping a purse snatcher with 3 people and chasing a man that might of just killed a man are entirely different degrees of actions.
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401kisfun Apr 21, 2026 -44
This is a whatever story. That guy will be back out in the streets in a few days. Thanks to liberal judges, politicians, prosecutors.
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LivedLostLivalil Apr 21, 2026 +12
And if he isn't, will you admit to being wrong?
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401kisfun Apr 21, 2026 -8
I HOPE i am wrong. He injured the shopkeeper pretty badly. Needs to do hard time
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LivedLostLivalil Apr 21, 2026 +7
I agree with you on that.
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401kisfun Apr 21, 2026 -16
The story is really sensationalized and leaves out sentencing. New York robbers and burglars and assaults literally get away with harming innocents ALL the time.
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Recent_Tap_9467 Apr 21, 2026 +6
Source: trust me bro.
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heisenberg15 Apr 21, 2026 +3
Trump said so!!
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Recent_Tap_9467 Apr 21, 2026 +3
Trump says a lot of things.  Mostly stupid things.
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[deleted] Apr 21, 2026 +3
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SydneyBriarIsAlive Apr 21, 2026 +23
Just when we thought the Alan Ritchson story was wild - what an interesting year for this crew
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Bigboyrickx Apr 21, 2026 +5
Pontypool is criminally underrated
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SydneyBriarIsAlive Apr 21, 2026 +1
You're darn right it is.
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BaggyLarjjj Apr 21, 2026 +20
The ole’ reacher round
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2hats4bats Apr 21, 2026 +4
Starting to think ‘Reacher’ is just a reality show
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gaddnyc Apr 21, 2026 +1
We need more of this. We've become too complacent when "shit goes down". #moreofus
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Jazzlike-Vacation230 Apr 21, 2026 +1
My Hero Reacher
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Fantom_Renegade Apr 22, 2026 +1
The interview process for joining this show is no joke
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CryptographerCrazy49 Apr 21, 2026
- Guy steals liquor.  - Shop keeper chases him.  - They wrestle.  - Guy throws the shopkeeper down and he hits his head.  - Writer who has been watching runs after the guy after noticing the shopkeeper could be dead.  - Writer catches up to the guy and tries to reason with him. - Guy runs away again. - Writer finds a police officer. - Guy gets arrested. I dont see the need to write an article and its kind of a nothing burger. Good that the guy was caught and kudos to the writer for doing something.
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