Posted on 02/01/2023 12:05:50 PM PST by absalom01
Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced today that Nathaniel Radimak has been charged with threatening multiple people on Southern California roadways and damaging some of their vehicles.
“The victims in this case were reasonably terrified by what they experienced, but this reign of terror ends today,” District Attorney Gascón said. “Motorists in Los Angeles shouldn’t have to live in fear of being attacked while simply driving on the freeway. Our office will continue to work with our partners in law enforcement to determine if this person has committed similar acts against people in Los Angeles County and elsewhere.”
Radimak (dob 9/30/86) was charged in case BA511358 with four counts each of assault by means of force likely to produce great bodily injury and criminal threats and one felony count of vandalism. He also faces two misdemeanor counts of vandalism and one misdemeanor count of elder abuse.
He pleaded not guilty today and is expected to return to court for a preliminary hearing setting in Department 50 on February 14.
On January 11, the defendant is accused of using a pipe and striking someone’s car on the 2 Freeway. Later that day, Radimak allegedly followed a couple from a shopping mall in Pasadena and nearly struck their car with his vehicle. He also allegedly struck their vehicle with a metal pole.
On November 9, 2022, Radimak is accused of threatening to attack a woman at a storage facility in Atwater Village. Later that day, he allegedly got out of his vehicle and threatened another woman on a freeway and broke one of her headlights.
Last June, the defendant also is accused of threatening to assault a 74-year-old woman outside a doctor’s office in Glendale.
Radimak has a pending case where he is accused of allegedly attacking another driver in a road rage incident that occurred in Hollywood in January 2020. When his car was searched, he allegedly had steroids and more than $30,000. He is charged in case BA494303 with one felony count of possession for sale of a controlled substance and one misdemeanor count of battery.
The District Attorney’s Office filed a request with the court that he be preventatively detained pending the outcome of these matters. Our office believes that he is a flight risk and a danger to the community and base this decision on his lengthy criminal history which spans nearly two decades and crosses multiple states and jurisdictions.
A judge granted the request at the initial hearing today.
The case remains under investigation by the Los Angeles and Pasadena police departments and the California Highway Patrol. If you or someone you know have encountered the defendant and suffered threats or assaultive behavior, please report it to your local law enforcement agency.
That moment, right there.
IMHO, the correct legal and tactical move is to pin him between the Jersey barrier and the front bumper.
Is that deadly force? Yes.
Is he armed with a deadly weapon? Yes.
Was he in the act of committing an assault capable of causing great bodily injury or death? I would argue yes.
What’s an assault in California?
“An assault is an unlawful attempt, coupled with a present ability, to commit a violent injury on the person of another.”
And finally, would using your car to pin the guy be a deadly use of force, ie could it conceivably result in death or GBI? Yes. But that would be self-defense at this moment, IMHO.
A huger percentage are rentals. The next tier is leased, but everyone in LA in a BMW seems to lease them.
The difference is the normie working stiffs actually pay their leases. The knuckleheads are usually far behind before they total them or they get “stolen”.
Teslas will drive you batty
We could throw a bucket of salt water on his battery and watch what happens.
Tesla drivers are stereotyped, as are BMW, Audi, Nissan drivers, etc.
Plus, the car was part of his MO.
If someone comes at you in a threatening manner with a steel pipe in hand, defend yourself and shoot them.
The make of car he as driving (Tesla all-electric car) might contribute to the problem. The man may be impacted by the electric fields from the motors, especially if they're not grounded properly. I"m not saying it's the cause but it might be. For all we know, he could be having constant allergic reactions to the materials used to build the car.
https://www.healthline.com/health/emf:
One review of more than two dozen studies on low-frequency ElectroMagnetic Fields (EMFs) suggests that these energy fields may cause various neurological and psychiatric problems in people.
https://www.mentalhealthmatters-cofe.org/can-emfs-cause-psychosis-and-paranoia/
Exposure to EMF has been linked to changes in neuroendocrine functions such as melatonin disruption, suppressed melatonin levels, and altered circadian rhythms. EMF exposure can cause neuropsychiatric symptoms such as sleep disturbances, headaches, dizziness, difficulty with memory recall and concentration, headaches, depression, anxiety, and dysesthesia.
At one time some women were labeled as witches because of their behavior that was later theorized to be caused by a grain fungus on bread. We may be witnessing something similar where certain people's minds are affected by electrical fields more than others.
“What does the make of the car he was driving have anything to do with his crimes?????”
The obvious question was how could he afford that car with his criminal record? Wouldn’t be a question if he was driving a beater.
At least he was able to find a charger.
Well, this was in Los Angeles, California where it is still difficult for law abiding people to legally arm themselves, so many don’t.
It’s important to be able to think “out of the box” and use the tools one has on hand. And that said, I have tactical doubts about timing related to dealing with the threat this guy poses, and the time needed to exit the vehicle, draw a pistol and engage the target.
I suppose you could always shoot him through the window, but that’s not perfect either if you’re not wearing glasses, you get a lot of glass back in your face, and the laminated glass in a windshield tends to deflect the projectile in the direction of the rifling twist. Which would be bad with a messy background like that shown in the image.
Different options, is all i’m throwing out.
Someone threatening me, coming at me with a pipe in hand, the windshield or eye safety would be the very last thing on my mind. LOL!
I hear you.
You’re probably familiar with the Angeles Range in the foothills above Sylmar. Back in the early 2000’s I was able to train with a group that would get a wrecked car delivered to the “eagles nest” range, and we trained a range of scenarios, including shooting through the glass from inside the vehicle.
Incredibly valuable training. And it can be done, for sure. But getting glass in your eyes in the middle of a gunfight is a huge problem from a purely tactical perspective. It’s also possible to engage from the offhand from outside an open driver’s window, which would probably have been a good option in this case as well.
Stay safe!
When my life is at stake, eye safety would not be a concern. Have you ever been in a vehicle when a firearm has discharged?
I should elaborate. An intact vehicle, all windows rolled up. Not a target vehicle from the junk yard.
The reason I asked is in the above scenario it will sound like a howitzer going off, to the point where it could very well cause hearing issues. The pressure released depending on caliber, can nearly shatter windows. That would my only concern if I were to be in that situation. Still wouldn’t stop me...☺
Yes.
I don’t know if they’re still offering that specific training at Angeles, or if someone like Gunsite or Frontsight might have something like that. It’s well worth whatever they’re charging though, IMHO.
From watching the other students, and my own direct experience, the first shot is fine, though deflection becomes a consideration if the target is more than 10 feet from the pistol. You do get a lot of very finely broken glass shards in your face after that first shot, and the combination of the laminate becoming less transparent, the broken window, and the smoke will degrade vision in a nighttime scenario.
If you ever get the chance, go get that training. Plus it’s a lot of fun, so there’s that.
It’s an option.
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And yes, it’s very, very loud. Even in a wrecker from the junkyard.
I am thankful that I have not ever been forced to shoot a hole in any car that I am actually driving.
I asked is because most beaters from the junk yard have been striped, doors missing, busted windows etc...Not sound or intact like a typical road worthy vehicle.
No, that’s one of the things that that was so great about that training.
They were all pretty much intact, with working doors and side windows. At least, before we shot them full of holes. The guy from the junk yard was a gun nut as well, he kept an eye out for useful specimens.
Got it.
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