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1 posted on 04/25/2024 11:24:29 AM PDT by grundle
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To: grundle

For those that prefer print to video:

https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/04/22/terrified-motorist-faced-gun-wielding-oc-deputies-after-his-loaner-car-was-mistakenly-reported-stolen/


2 posted on 04/25/2024 11:33:12 AM PDT by PAR35
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Stealership.


4 posted on 04/25/2024 11:42:08 AM PDT by Theo (FReeping since 1997 ... drain the swamp.)
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Certainly the guy was wronged, but the arrest appeared to be very calm and professionally done. He complied with the directions he was given and everything went well.

Car Pros is a pretty large Auto Sales Group with a Billion dollars in annual sales, so probably well insured/deep pockets. But they will also have good lawyers.


7 posted on 04/25/2024 11:56:38 AM PDT by ETCM (“There is no security, no safety, in the appeasement of evil.” — Ronald Reagan)
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That’s from two years ago. Lucky he didn’t get killed. And I hope the end result now is he owns that dealership and hopefully whoever made the false report gets charged, convicted and jailed as well.


8 posted on 04/25/2024 11:58:52 AM PDT by Reno89519 (If Biden is mentally unfit to stand trial, he is mentally unfit to be president. He needs to resign.)
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"They are now suing the dealership, which denies their allegations."

huh? How can they deny the allegations with a straight face? They're the ones who filed the police report.

9 posted on 04/25/2024 12:04:23 PM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux - The Ultimate Windows Service Pack )
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There are plenty of cases where a driver of a rental car got pulled over and placed at gunpoint by a police officer.

The individuals at the companies who file a false police report need to be criminally charged.

11 posted on 04/25/2024 12:06:39 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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definitely the dude should sue the dealership into bankruptcy ...


12 posted on 04/25/2024 12:08:43 PM PDT by catnipman (A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil)
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Rodgers said the dealer had misplaced the loaner contract — apparently it had fallen behind a file cabinet.

No.

All of that is now digital. You rarely even sign a piece of paper any more, just sign the screen. This is not the 90s. The dealership's excuse is not believable.

14 posted on 04/25/2024 12:15:31 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Roses are red, Violets are blue, I love being on the government watch list, along with all of you.)
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Wow, from the article...
“I’m putting my hands up, they’re telling me to move to my left, but I start moving to my right, out of fear,” he recounted. “(I said,) all right God, you’ve got to take over, I don’t know what I’m doing right now. I’m about to get shot.”

A deputy told him to pull his shirt up over his head so police could see his waistband. They made him walk backward to them. Slowly. They they took him to the ground, handcuffed him and put him in the back of a patrol car, without explaining why he was being detained.

Officers finally sorted it out. Rodgers had been driving the loaner 2019 Kia Sportage for about two months while his own vehicle was undergoing extensive repairs at the dealership. Rodgers said the dealer had misplaced the loaner contract — apparently it had fallen behind a file cabinet. The dealer received a bill for unpaid tolls, couldn’t find the contract and assumed it must have been stolen, Rodgers said.

"Fallen behind a file cabinet"? Who doesn't do electronic documentation these days? Was this in 1990 with paper contracts?
16 posted on 04/25/2024 12:24:14 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“When exposing a crime is treated like a crime, you are being ruled by criminals” – Edward SnowdenA)
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" I’m a Black man being pulled over in Orange County.

Oh, please...🙄

19 posted on 04/25/2024 1:36:25 PM PDT by Eagles6 (Welcome to the Matrix . Orwell's "1984" was a warning, not an instruction manual.)
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I recall one video where a driver was dropping off a rental after hours, where you put the keys in a drop box. Cops spotted him premises, roughed him up, arrested him for trespassing and all that. Spent the night in jail.

Common sense is a forgotten commodity in today’s world.


21 posted on 04/25/2024 2:46:21 PM PDT by LeoTDB69
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