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>> the second theft takes place directly in front of a police station. >> i'm going to use every criminal's favorite tool, the crowbar. >> in two minutes, the lock is off, and casey rides away. >> i wish the cops would bust me. >> the nypd doesn't seem to notice. he might as well be invisible. >> for this next experiment, my friend malik is going to steal the bicycle. >> i'm black. >> brandishing a pair of large red bolt cutters, malik strolls into a public park and cuts several large chains off the bike. do onlookers behave any differently when the thief is african-american? >> they didn't. i...

Or would you confront a potentially dangerous thief and risk putting yourself in harm's way? in real life, casey is no thief. he's a filmmaker working with his brother van and his pal malik perry to conduct an experiment in human nature. >> our goal is to steal the bike in the most audacious way possible. all we wanted was to get caught. all we wanted was somebody to stop us. >> after moving to new york city in 2001, casey quickly learns what can happen to bikes and bike parts that are locked up outside. >> my first job was as a bike messenger. i lived here a couple of days, and my bike, my me...

Front of dozens of witnesses, stealing the bicycle and disappearing into the urban jungle. if you were walking down the street and witnessed a blatant robbery like this, what would you do? would you mind your own business? call the police? or would you con front a potentially dangerous thief and risk putting yourself in harm's way? in real life, casey is no thief. he's a filmmaker working with his brother van and his pal malik to conduct his own experiment on human nature. >> our goal in making this video was to steal the bike in the most audacious way possible. all we wanted was to get caught...

>> they didn't, which i think maybe to a lack of racism in this city or just how little people give a [ bleep ] about bike theft. >> i just got a lot of glares. one person screamed somebody while they were working, but nobody stopped. >> off camera a parked policewoman does approach malik. >> she came up and said, you can't ride that in here. you have to walk it out of the park. and i had giant bolt cutters in my hand and a stolen bike. >> hood up. sunglasses on. trying to look as criminal as possible. >> casey's next tool takes the game to a whole new level, a noisy cordless angle grinder tha...

Grab me on the shoulder, waiting for somebody to ask what i was doing. >> the second theft takes place directly in front of a police station. >> i'm going to use every criminal's favorite tool, the crowbar. >> in two minutes, the lock is off, and casey rides away. the nypd doesn't seem to notice. he might as well be invisible. >> for this next experiment, my friend malik is going to steal the bicycle. >> and i'm black. >> brandishing a pair of large red bolt cutters, malik strolls into a public park and cuts several large chains off his bike. do onlookers behave any differently when the thief ...