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Everybody's Wrong About Bricks & Minifigs Case (Reckless Ben)

This is a mess that is probably going to play out in court for a long time. It might not be worth it for old Reckless Ben but then again, maybe it will - lets watch, I will be


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Utah-based reseller parts ways with owners involved in viral Lego theft allegations

Utah-based Lego reseller Bricks and Minifigs announced it is parting ways with franchise owners who were connected to a viral YouTube video series that followed an alleged botched consignment of a collection worth thousands in value.

According to a press release from the company, franchise owners Brandon Best and Joshua Johnson entered a “mutual agreement to part ways” following a series of viral videos released by YouTuber Benjamin Schneider, also known as “Reckless Ben.” The video series included a chase that led Schneider to Utah to track down the owners.

The reseller characterized the videos as “a devastating social media campaign.”

The reseller said it would also be closing its Salem, Oregon, store location, where the consignment of the collection is said to have taken place.

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Utah-based reseller parts ways with owners involved in viral Lego theft allegations - KSLTV.com

Bricks and Minifigs announced they have parted ways with two managers who are currently connected to a viral YouTube video series involving allegedly stolen LEGO.
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'A franchisee went rogue.' Bricks & Minifigs CEO responds to Reckless Ben's allegations

This is the Devil right here Gaslighting everyone - that is just my opinion based on everything I have seen and my experience with people. Its been a year this has been going on and they knew they had the collection. It was the largest collection in the same town as the corporate and they say they did not know is ridiculous and this going to end Bricks and Minifigs imho. The Lego community does not put up with this. Then the police start arresting and assaulting people. Yeah.


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From everything I've watched about this situation, my impression is that this is 100% not the first time they have done this and isn't a "franchisee going rogue". This is in their plan to try to mitigate liability with them doing this kind of thing. And the main reason I think so is that the story the side of Bricks and Minifigs, Joshua Johnson, etc each has directly contradicted itself several times over the duration. Like, Ben's and the former Franchisee's story in the start of Ben's first video and even into the lawsuit filings has seemed to remain relatively consistent, which is a lot harder to do if you're lying and more info comes out. Yet, the more info that comes out seems to stay largely in line with the story they've gone with. Sure they're both going to provide info that puts themselves in the best light they can, that's what humans generally do, but they haven't needed to flip flop on it.

The unredacted body cam footage that was leaked online and then captured and spread was not great if it's real.
 
American Fork PD Bodycam Exposes 4th Amendment Violations on Reckless Ben

The cops in this are probably the biggest concern. It might take a few years and maybe something happens otherwise but everything I have seen on and heard on this are that were some major civil rights violations by these cops and that potentially will be the biggest fallout on this.


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