Here are a bunch of tweets we’ve encountered, the majority we’ve retweeted to our followers (@RiBCN). We’re including them here on the blog to preserve them from posterity. Clicking on the tweet leads to the author’s profile. The period below covers – in reverse chronological order - September 20, 2011 to December 01, 2011. [See...
Here are a bunch of tweets we’ve encountered, the majority we’ve retweeted to our followers (@RiBCN). We’re including them here on the blog to preserve them from posterity. Clicking on the tweet leads to the author’s profile. The period below covers – in reverse chronological order - September 1, 2011 to September 14, 2011. [See...
Here are a bunch of tweets we’ve encountered, the majority we’ve retweeted to our followers (@RiBCN). We’re including them here on the blog to preserve them for posterity. Clicking on the tweet leads to the author’s profile. The period below covers – in reverse chronological order – April 22nd 2011 (when we started) to...
A knowledgeable collaborator of “Robbed in Barcelona” has provided us with a detailed reading of the law as interpreted by judges in Catalunya when assessing how a perpetrator of robbery is sentenced. It breaks down like this (important note: judges assess the amount of time in prison a crime deserves, then they apply a monetary fine...
Here’s a photo of a citizen being fined for an infraction while riding a bicycle. We asked ourselves: how fair is it that good citizens pay large fines for minor infractions, while bad citizens receive smaller fines for causing actual shock, injury and suffering? We did some ad hoc research on our Facebook group...
Text and photos by John Smith, exclusively for Robbed in Barcelona Events below took place on Saturday, November 26th, 13:00hrs on Carrer Montcada, outside the Picasso Museum. So, I’m walking home, push-chair weighed down by shopping and baby. I pass the Picasso museum, my usual route and I navigate my way around the throng...
There is an address in Barcelona that has been whispered to us by many local contributors. It’s allegedly the headquarters for bag snatching and pickpocketing in the area around Santa Maria del Mar, Carrer Montcada, Carrer Princesa, Carrer Comerç and Rambla del Born. We’ve heard stories about how empty bags are flung from the...
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