[achtung]

I kept waiting for a guy in a pink jump suit to jump out and go after our crook.

*Is hoping someone gets the joke

Also, I'm not surpised it's this easy to steal a bike.

[IPAndrews]

The hacksaw one made me think. Six minutes and no-one gave a damn.

Is the police response time in NYC under six minutes?

[TopAce]

The hacksaw one made me think. Six minutes and no-one gave a damn.

Is the police response time in NYC under six minutes?

It's not the police, the pedestrians simply ignored it.

[Kamikaze]

Better off calling the cops.

The thing is, there was a cop van going by the bike thief while he was pounding the lock with the hammer and spike. They didn't bother with the thief but warned the cameraman about being in the way of traffic. Maybe the cops won't be of much use.

[Nuke]

perhaps the presance of the camera man made people think it wasnt a real theft and think it was for one of those stupid videos that pop up on the net

[IPAndrews]

Yes surely this proves that cops in NYC are not idiots.

[TopAce]

How could they have possibly know that the theft was a sham? (Is sham a good word to use in this context anyway?)

[Colonol Dekker]

sham    ( P )  Pronunciation Key  (shm)
n.
Something false or empty that is purported to be genuine; a spurious imitation.
The quality of deceitfulness; empty pretense.
One who assumes a false character; an impostor: “He a man! Hell! He was a hollow sham!” (Joseph Conrad).
A decorative cover made to simulate an article of household linen and used over or in place of it: a pillow sham.


I reckon you're use of the word is ok.