Violent early morning repo

Thu Aug 24 21:47:23 PDT 2006

Such compassion... God Brian, I hope you never fall on hard times, it would 
be terrible if you had to walk a mile in those souless shoes.

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----- 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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