Violent early morning repo

Thu Aug 24 21:06:39 PDT 2006

you should be.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jo Clute" <josepi at doitnow.com>
To: <central-city-discuss at gcna.info>
Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 9:03 PM
Subject: Re: Violent early morning repo

> im speechless
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Brian Leach" <bleach9 at cox.net>
> To: <central-city-discuss at gcna.info>
> Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 7:48 PM
> Subject: Re: Violent early morning repo
>
>
>> In the repo man's defense, perhaps he felt threatened, making the gun a
>> totally legitimate excuse.  Put yourself in his shoes and see if you'd
>> think
>> it was a barrel of fun to go repo some deadbeat's car in the middle of 
>> the
>> night and be confronted by the deadbeat and several of his friends.
>>
>> Besides, guns are legal.  The right to own and carry one (or two, or
>> fifteen) is protected under the Constitution.   Thank God the liberals
>> haven't been able to change that - yet.
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Jo Clute" <josepi at doitnow.com>
>> To: <central-city-discuss at gcna.info>
>> Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 6:27 PM
>> Subject: Re: Violent early morning repo
>>
>>
>>> 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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