The Looter's Assistant

This video has been seen by over one million people on YouTube; a looter during the G20 meetings is tackled by a bystander. Apparently the tackler was trained in martial arts; he throws the loot back into the store and yells ‘don’t steal’ as the looter gets up and walks away.

Check out the behaviour of the looter throughout the incident. As he walks out of the store, the looter bumps into a passerby and then extends his arm in apology. At that moment his is tackled and quickly immobilized. The tackler almost immediately lets go of the looter, who stands up and starts to walk away. He doesn’t even turn around to look at his tackler; he just leaves as quickly as possible.

At that moment a man with red jacket tied around his waist bumps the looter; they then ignore each other while the looter leaves. Check out the behaviour of the man with the red jacket around his waist. He was obviously entering into the exchange; what were his intentions? Was he coming to help the tackler, or was he coming to help the looter get away? As soon as the looter is free from the tackler, the man with the red coat relaxes and lets him pass. Watch the video again; what was the redcoat doing?