Are Vitaly’s Shocking Predator Challenges Justice or Torture?

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Vitaly’s new Kick streaming series baits alleged predators into participating in extreme challenges, promising freedom but some are questioning if they are staged or not. While these videos have gone viral, featuring celebrities like Akon and Lil Pump, they’ve sparked debates about the morality and legality of vigilante justice, even as Vitaly claims the police are involved after the fact.  Check out our new MEME STORE: https://thememestore.com/  Subscribe to our channel to learn more about trending memes, hear interviews from meme personalities and more! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbrPqq29C9Q_TQP7OFFRzcw?sub_confirmation=1

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00:00Is vigilante justice okay if the target of said justice is a predator?

00:04Why are you here to meet a 15-year-old boy?

00:05I'm just having dinner with him, that's all.

00:08Oh, you're just having dinner?

00:09That's the question at the heart of Vitaly's new kick-streaming series,

00:12in which he baits alleged predators, then puts them through challenges and forms of

00:16what could be described as torture for what they believe is a chance to go free.

00:20Vitaly has been making content for over a decade,

00:22and got his start with prank videos on YouTube.

00:24His first viral hit was a Miami zombie attack prank,

00:36where he pretended to be a zombie in poor areas of Miami and acted like he was going

00:40to attack bystanders. The video was inspired by a real incident in 2012 known as the Miami

00:45cannibal attack. Later that year, Vitaly was arrested after placing a suitcase near

00:54a man and telling him it was going to explode in 60 seconds.

00:57The man attacked Vitaly after he revealed that it was a prank.

01:00One of his most well-known pranks is the gold digger prank, where a woman rejects him,

01:04then he rolls up to her later in a Lamborghini and she shows interest,

01:07only for Vitaly to reject her for being shallow.

01:10While Vitaly found great success through his prank content even leading to a movie in 2016,

01:14he's also garnered a lot of controversy.

01:17Some believe that his pranks are fake and utilize hired actors as the victims.

01:21Others have problems with the content itself, with some videos arguably coming across as racist,

01:25sexist, or simply clickbaity.

01:27In 2015, H3H3 Productions and Filthy Frank posted a video criticizing Vitaly's

01:32feeding the homeless video as being disingenuous,

01:35particularly tearing apart the way he tries to paint himself as a good guy through the video.

01:39Guys, have you ever given a homeless person a dollar and had a friend hide in the bush

01:43and film it and then put it on the internet so you could make like ten thousand dollars?

01:47Well, that is a phenomenon that's been going on on YouTube a lot.

01:50And I'm starting to think that it's not about the dollar.

01:53Vitaly has been arrested numerous times for his content. He was arrested for climbing the

01:57Hollywood sign, for running onto the field during the FIFA World Cup in 2014,

02:01and for climbing the pyramids of Giza.

02:08Absolutely breathtaking. This is incredible, guys.

02:12Most recently, in 2020, he was arrested for allegedly assaulting a woman in Miami,

02:16who he purportedly tackled and hit several times in the face and chest.

02:20Now, Vitaly is in the middle of a big comeback with his insane predator poaching videos on Kik.

02:25In the videos, which are sponsored by the gambling site Steak and its streaming site Kik,

02:29he enlists the help of celebrities like Lil Pump, The Game,

02:32Sneeko, and Ty Dolla Sign to help him confront alleged predators.

02:36However, rather than approach the situations in a civil way with police at the ready like

02:40most predator poachers, Vitaly entices them to take part in challenges and uncomfortable

02:44situations with the promise of letting them go. Sometimes, the predators are asked to eat

02:49the world's hottest chip and get their heads shaved. Other times, they've had their faces

02:53spray-painted. In one video, Vitaly has a predator lay under a cow while he melts it

02:57all over the predator's face. In another, he tazes an alleged predator. Recently,

03:02he even tried to convince a predator to fight a sumo wrestler.

03:05— Straight up! Fight, baby!

03:08The streams have become incredibly popular and resulted in tons of viral moments,

03:12such as Akon singing locked up for a predator.

03:22However, they've also inspired discussions over the ethics of enacting vigilante justice

03:26like this on someone, even if they are an alleged predator. Vitaly's actions in the

03:31videos have also been scrutinized, with many wondering about the legality behind the videos

03:35and the way Vitaly handles the alleged predators. Vitaly claims that he does get the police involved

03:40in the cases after the fact, and recently tweeted out evidence of some of the predators featured in

03:44the videos being arrested, suggesting that these alleged predators never really had a chance to

03:49get away with their alleged crimes. Still, the future of these streams remains uncertain,

03:53as viewers wonder how long Vitaly can get away with them.

03:55— I'm going crazy!

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