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Shocking video shows police stopping armed robbery in broad daylight

Plainclothes police in San Francisco were in the right place at the right time to thwart a brazen daylight armed robbery Saturday.

In the video posted to YouTube, a car backs into a space under a shady tree along the street. As several tourists walk by, a group of gunmen emerge and rip away the tourists' bags. One of the tourists ran down the hill, alerting the plainclothes police, who respond in force.

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Before the driver is able to get the car out of the space, it is surrounded but officers with their guns drawn.

"We've had a large uptick in tourist theft recently, though mostly 'smash and grab' out of parked cars," wrote Some One, the YouTube user who posted the video. "Really glad the cops were so vigilant this afternoon."