I remember some guy getting arrested in the UK for approaching women in the street. But I think he used to hang around in an alleyway somewhere and scare women.
It's probably OK as long as you're not wearing a scary clown mask and don't have your junk out.
I actually found out about him when googling about this. They arrested him twice and then let him go with no charges eventually.
That was 1stpersonapproacher or something like that in England. He also received all kinds of threats from the white knights. There was also a dating coach in Scotland who was arrested. They sentenced him to two years for harassment, but then on appeal it got thrown out. Absolutely disgusting draconian stuff.
I've seen some of 1stpersonapproach guy infields. Everyone of course blamed him. He was a student of james tusk. James tusk then made a "cover his ass" video blaming him! The one thing he NEVER should have done was film women without their consent and upload it onto youtube and he also added stupid text into the videos about him being the lion and them as the prey as a tonge in cheek joke. Another mistake, but nothing criminal. He was going around with a gopro on his chest on a bicycle and stopping and talking to women.
James tusk says that as long as you do cold approach in a socially calibrated way the cops won't be called. Not true in many places depending on the looks level of the guy doing it in 2022. Sad world we live in. Same guy tells people to ignore the woman when she says she has a boyfriend and keep going. He also says no one will notice you cold approaching at a college campus. That's absurd. Maybe 1 approach, but if you do a lot word will spread like wildfire. He needs to calibrate HIS advice.
Everyone made a big deal about 1stperson guy being on a bike. Who cares? Put a good-looking cyclist on a bike and you'd have no issues. Basically, he just sounded real shy and said to women in broad daylight on public streets "something tells me I should talk to you" Or "you look interesting to talk to" in a monotone nervous voice and got blown out immediately by everyone and left right away. How is this harassment? Facts before feelings. Bad game due to lack of confidence does not equal harassment.
They also made a big deal about him approaching a minor. Everyone who is mass approaching women who appear under 30 will eventually accidentally approach someone under 18. It's not a big deal. You just say never mind you're too young and keep it moving. I saw the women he was approaching in that one video and they all looked of age. He wasn't hanging outside elementary schools. Some people wear gopro cams when they go riding so again not something I'd recommend, but nothing criminal.
In retrospect him having that gopro might have saved his ass from false allegations!
The pickup community of course slammed him and called him creepy ect. Lets keep it real, he's probably not good looking and he lacks confidence. Just his looks alone will "creep out" some women. Just because a woman feels a certain way doesn't mean anything. Facts are what matter. Most good looking guys don't need to hire dating coaches. lol All the ladies should have done was say "no thanks". He allegedly was making "misogynistic" posts on forums, but he denies all that I never saw that and that's NOT what he was arrested for.
Both guys arrested posted their infields on youtube. Never do that! It draws attention.
No guys got jail time because they never broke the law. It's not illegal to say hello to a woman
yet. But this stuff can be risky.