Violent early morning repo

[Jo Clute]

there is no excuse for weapons.  I am not condoning that in any way.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ivana Olson" <hazey_marie at hotmail.com>
To: <central-city-discuss at gcna.info>
Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 4:34 PM
Subject: Re: Violent early morning repo


> That's what got me.. when I first heard the shouting I thought the car was
> being stolen.
>
> Financial issues aside, I think the repo person should be required to give
> the people a chance before assuming the worst and pulling a gun.
>
>
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: "Jo Clute" <josepi at doitnow.com>
> Reply-To: central-city-discuss at gcna.info
> To: <central-city-discuss at gcna.info>
> Subject: Re: Violent early morning repo
> Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 09:25:52 -0700
>
> A friend of mine used to repo cars and from what I know its usually the 
> car
> owners pulling the guns on the tow truck drivers. So the drivers are 
> always
> skidish to begin with  but I had a roommates car being repod on my old 
> house
> on 12th st and the event scared me so bad having someone come into my
> property and coming inches from hitting my boat that once I realized what
> was going on I gated him in and called the police.
>
> I then flipped out on my roommate for putting me in that position.  I
> thought I was being robbed and I was waking up being terrorized.   But 
> when
> people don't make their car payments and aren't in communication with 
> their
> bank, what do they expect is eventually going to happen?  fiscal
> responsibility,proper financial planning, and flexible spending habits, 
> are
> just so imperative.
>
>
>
> From: "Ivana Olson" <hazey_marie at hotmail.com>
> To: <central-city-discuss at gcna.info>
> Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 3:12 AM
> Subject: Violent early morning repo
>
>
> > Just recently (about 2:30am) the house had gotten quiet and I heard some
> > car
> > doors slam and the neighbors car alarm was going off. I looked out the
> > window to make sure it wasn't our new car, since I'm not familiar with
> > it's
> > alarm yet and I didn't see anything here or across the street (which is
> > where the alarms usually come from). A few minutes later I heard loud
> > shouting and lots of cuss words very clearly coming from outside.
> >
> > A man with a tow truck had backed up to my next door neighbors driveway
> > and
> > hooked their car up to his truck. The neighbors heard their car alarm go
> > off
> > and came outside to see what was going on. The tow truck driver ignored
> > them
> > at first, continuing to hook up the the car to his truck, then when they
> > couldn't get an explanation out of him they blocked his truck with their
> > recycle can (I'm assuming to get his attention?)
> >
> > The tow truck driver then pulled out a gun and started yelling and
> cussing
> > at them. This was all going on when I got to the window closest to their
> > drive way and was able to get a closer look. He grabbed the recycle can
> > and
> > threw it back at my neighbors (2 young hispanic couples who have been
> very
> > quiet and pretty good neighbors to us). One of my neighbors ran inside 
> > to
> > call the police and the tow truck driver got in his truck and sped off
> > with
> > their car.
> >
> > When the police got here I went out to see if everything was okay and
> > maybe
> > offer what I saw if they needed it but even with 3 policemen no one 
> > would
> > talk to me, even when I told them I saw what happened. I overheard one
> cop
> > telling the neighbors that the towing company called them ahead of time
> to
> > say they would be picking up the car.
> >
> > None of this explained the violence used or the gun he pulled, though 
> > and
> > I'm wondering if they even believed my neighbors when they were 
> > reporting
> > the incident. Seeing as how they wouldn't even listen to what I saw I
> > figure
> > they were either ignoring me or they believe the neighbors story and
> don't
> > care.
> >
> > Is this common practice when a car is reposessed? Is the towing company
> > really allowed to come at 2:30 in the morning and pull a gun on the
> > owners??
> >
> > This really concerns me. These neighbors have never shown any loud or
> > violent behavior and even with what I saw tonight they weren't more than
> > passive agressive, understandable as they obviously didn't know why
> > someone
> > was taking their car out of their driveway.
> >
> > I don't know about their finances or if they were warned ahead of time
> > about
> > the repo but I know they were taken by suprise and that this incident
> > really
> > scared them, as it did me.
> >
> > -Ivana
> >
> >
> >
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