This article doesn't seem to hit or clarify any of the major points around police and official corruption or the involvement of the Mormon church, which are in my opinion the most interesting part of this.
There was a false report of heroin in a car where police identified the back seat passenger as Ben by name at the beginning of the search. They also arrested him while serving legal papers which is protected, and refused to serve the papers themselves.
This is paid content, so I can't verify, but this whole saga around BAM is fishy. Not just what Ben points out, but also mgs brick. It feels this corporation profits unfairly over the backs of unknowing people. And let's be honest, it feels their church, community protects them, including the police.
However this plays out the one thing I've come away with is that I want nothing to do with Bricks & Minifigs. It's a shame for the franchise owners that Bricks & Minifigs basically made the brand toxic over such a stupid issue they could have resolved so easily.
Don't waste your attention on this pop-culture legal drama. While there does appear to be a legitimate case involving an unfortunate high-risk contract between a victim and a business franchise, anything published by this Reckless Ben character simply cannot be taken seriously. Ben's actions are nothing but targeted harassment, and only result in a weaker legal position for the victim. He consistently, and seemingly intentionally, chooses to misunderstand the law. When his actions have consequences, he goes so far as to sling wild conspiracy theories about corruption involving the police department.
Ben's actual intention is to create drama content for clicks and views. This is also true for secondary sources like 404media, Dexerto, and Kotaku, as well as other YouTube creators like Penguinz0 and Asmongold. Ultimately they're all after $$$. Though not to defend this business either, as it should be obvious that anything involving high-value Lego collecting is similar to NFTs, but even more scummy and degenerate. It's weaponized nostalgia.
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[ 3.6 ms ] story [ 31.5 ms ] threadLinks to a Vice article stating that the opposite happened (other YouTuber came to _his_ house, Boogie2988 fired a shot to scare him off).
There was a false report of heroin in a car where police identified the back seat passenger as Ben by name at the beginning of the search. They also arrested him while serving legal papers which is protected, and refused to serve the papers themselves.
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Churches doing what churches do.
Patreon Refuses to Remove YouTuber's Viral Lego Investigation
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48391430
Bricks and Minifigs Stole a Man's $200k Lego Collection
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48314136
Ben's actual intention is to create drama content for clicks and views. This is also true for secondary sources like 404media, Dexerto, and Kotaku, as well as other YouTube creators like Penguinz0 and Asmongold. Ultimately they're all after $$$. Though not to defend this business either, as it should be obvious that anything involving high-value Lego collecting is similar to NFTs, but even more scummy and degenerate. It's weaponized nostalgia.