Posted on 08/15/2016 11:25:28 PM PDT by nickcarraway
The Dallas County Sheriff's Office released three surveillance videos Monday they say shows a man being dragged while trying to stop someone from stealing his car in broad daylight.
In the video, the owner of the car can be seen parking near a group of mail boxes at the Pecan Lake Mobile Home Park on the 2800 block of South Belt Line Road.
As the man walked toward the bank of mailboxes, another man can be seen in the area walking toward the older man's car.
When the man noticed the other getting into his vehicle, he ran toward the vehicle and tried to stop the theft. As the thief pulled out of the parking space and drove away, the owner of the car was dragged a short distance before falling into the roadway.
While his condition is not known, the man did not appear to be seriously injured.
The Dallas County Sheriff's Office is asking for help identifying the man in the video who took the car. Those with information about the man's identity are asked to call the sheriff's department at 972-203-0312.
Give up the car, it isn't worth losing your life or getting injured.
He left the keys in the ignition while he was out of the car?
Unthinkable.
Again: Driving around with the doors unlocked and/or the windows rolled down? Asking for trouble.
I almost always lock the doors. But I admit to leaving the window rolled down, as I like the wind coming through. Things aren't bad in local neighborhoods where I live out west, unlike other places I have visited in the northeast with ghetto elements (Philly, Trenton, Washington, etc.). When back east, I definitely roll up the windows.
I would like to see a radio-controlled teargas canister for such a situation. Should fit in the map pouch on the door.
Think I’ll keep my stick-shift truck.
We as a nation are seeing and will continue to see an uptick of carjackings, versus car thefts, for cars are becoming too technical to steal via the old methods. Car dealerships are getting hid hard because the usual feral suspects are breaking in, going right to the key box (they know where it is, because they are the lovely miscreants the dealership hired) and steal as many cars as they have homies with them. Then they go out and commit all manner of crimes.
Carjacking is a federal offense and your state hopefully has the same laws governing stand your ground and Castle Doctrine that mine does. You try to pull someone out of a care here in Missouri and they are armed, you may very well get shot.
So, in reality...
The thief stole the man’s car AND his key ring (with his car key...and his house key, and his wife’s car key, and his gun safe key, and his gym locker key, and his bicycle lock key, and maybe his business key).
One solution is real punishment for these crimes. With the leadership we have in the nation from the Federal down to the local level, forget it. No real punishment exists anywhere in the country EXCEPT for assault against Federal lives or property. Only THAT gets real punishment and it almost never happens.
I think "Thug-Roasting" would be a smash hit TV reality show.
Half right. ALWAYS lock the doors. Don’t roll down the windows at any speed under 25mph. Above that, enjoy the wind, also it airs out the car.
In valet parking situation, have a key ring with ONLY the ignition key on it...no house,office, shop or wife’s car keys for the “bad guy” to make an impression of.
If at a shopping mall in the evening, never park near the outer lanes if it will be dark when you are walking to the car. Find another, safer slot, or another safer mall.
If the mall is overrun with feral youth, go home and shop by computer. ESPECIALLY if you are a WOMAN!!
Always lock your car and take your keys even when exiting for just a few minutes, like this guy at the mailbox. Yeah, the criminals could demand the keys, but why make it easier for them?
I always lock my car.. getting gas, putting grocery cart away after loading the car, etc.
Someone broke into my car. The jerk said it was because it was parked under the street light so it was easier to see.
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