Posted on 01/08/2015 9:52:45 AM PST by Brad from Tennessee
What a no-good lug!
A vandal tried to sabotage cops in Brooklyn when he loosened the lug nuts from a police cruiser, officials said.
The menace also removed the lug nuts from the private vehicles of three cops in Bushwick, officials said.
All four cars were inside an NYPD parking area on DeKalb Ave. near Wyckoff Ave. when the sabotage took place, officials said.
The lug nuts were discovered missing or loosened on Tuesday morning, cops said. Police were still hunting for the perp Wednesday. . .
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After a tire blowout on my car, I appreciate why having tightened wheels is so important.
You can stop on the rim as long as the wheel is secure. If it isn’t, its an accident waiting to happen.
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My comment from yesterday’s thread;
“Two neighborhood teen punks took off three lug nuts and loosened the two remaining on my passenger side front tires. I confronted their fathers. one’s family moved to the sticks, the other punk has been sent to military school.”
The menace also removed the lug nuts from the private vehicles of three cops in Bushwick, officials said.
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So, you’re driving your wife & kids somewhere in your private vehicle ..... (assuming you made it home in the first place)
If this does not qualify as "guerilla" war, in a larger war, by whatever name, I don't know what does.
And war rules should apply. The real ones, not Omugabe's Rules of Engagement...
I guess before NYPD goes out on shift, item #1 is check lug nuts on tires.
Wouldn’t their car park be secure and monitored?
When they catch the perp, maybe the NYPD will “loosen or remove” his nuts!
One would think.
Beat on the brat with a baseball bat.
Vandal must have got the idea from watching the movie, Porky’s.
Hope they don’t watch American Graffiti. Then they would know about putting a length of aircraft cable between the rear axle and a fixed post.
Ha haa that’s still funny!
LOL! I hope they post that on YouTube.
Happened to me once. It was in Brooklyn too?
It is a war—in New York, Chicago, L.A. and other cities—between the gangs, the anarchists and civil society. The cure would resemble a military model for counterinsurgency warfare. Congress would have to grant local governments the writ to temporarily employ martial law in designated zones, establish special courts, and call on the military for expertise and assistance. I'm not necessarily an advocate for this approach but I believe it will eventually happen.
The overnight lot, yes, but how often are their cars on the street, while they investigate or answer a call? I don’t know a lot about NYPD or NYC parking for them. In a small town like mine, there is no locked parking that I have seen.
Maybe the poor guy needed those Lug Nuts.
He probably couldn’t buy any using his EBT Card.
This is something I wish the Mythbusters would try to replicate.
Most NYC police stations have no large parking lot. They park many squad cars and personal cars on the street in designated areas
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