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With Carjackings On The Rise, Here’s How To Protect Yourself, And Your Vehicle, This Holiday Season (surrender)
WCCO via MSN ^ | November 24, 2021 | WCCO CBS Minnesota

Posted on 11/26/2021 6:57:45 AM PST by DoodleBob

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (WCCO) — This year, safety is of the essence when you’re driving around town, and in and out of the car while running errands.

Carjackings are up nationwide. The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) says beginning in June 2020, the United States experienced a 13% increase in auto thefts. And in Minneapolis, there have been 540 this year — five times the amount in 2019.

The busiest shopping season is underway, and at Mall of America, shoppers are heading into the season with joy, but also with caution.

Maria Dockendorf and Tessia Gebherd have been friends since they were sophomores in high school. Now college students, they met up at Mall of America for a shopping reunion. They both say they keep safety in mind.

“I usually lock my car all the time, like double check, make sure it honks and stuff,” Gebherd said.

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Safety experts say after shopping, go straight to your car while looking at surroundings. Once you get inside, don’t sit and scroll on your phone. Lock the doors and get moving.

The Richfield Police Department offers this simple tip: Keep car keys and house keys on separate rings, so even if someone gets your car, they can’t get in your house.

Police all over the metro say the number-one reason cars are stolen is people leave keys in the car for convenience.

Two other carjacking safety tips from police: At red lights, leave a car space ahead of you in case you need to accelerate fast.

And don’t resist if someone tries to take your car. Your life is not worth it. (emphasis added)

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: bloomington; carjacking; cbs; mariadockendorf; mediawingofthednc; minneapolis; minnesota; nicb; partisanmediashill; partisanmediashills; seebs; surrender; tessiagebherd; wcco
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1 posted on 11/26/2021 6:57:45 AM PST by DoodleBob
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“And don’t resist if someone tries to take your car. Your life is not worth it.”

And if you with a woman and they try to take more than just your car?


2 posted on 11/26/2021 7:01:34 AM PST by Renfrew
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Carjackings are up nationwide. The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) says beginning in June 2020, the United States experienced a 13% increase in auto thefts.

Equivocation!

A "carjacking" is not the same thing as mere "auto theft."

Regards,

3 posted on 11/26/2021 7:02:00 AM PST by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: DoodleBob

They won’t carjack my 82 Rabbit. Who’d want one?


4 posted on 11/26/2021 7:02:02 AM PST by refermech
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To: DoodleBob

1. Situational awareness. Be aware of your surroundings.
2. Lock the doors as soon as you get in.
3. Have a gun where you can get to it quickly.


5 posted on 11/26/2021 7:03:27 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants (When elections fail, we will either live under tyranny or rebel and throw it off.)
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Sure! Just let the ferals take whatever they want. Don’t resist with armed lethal force, whatever you do.

Just lie back and enjoy it.


6 posted on 11/26/2021 7:03:40 AM PST by SharpenedEdge (Stockpile. Prepare. Arm. Train. A Storm is coming.)
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To: Renfrew
And if you with a woman and they try to take more than just your car?

“And don’t resist if someone tries to take your car and any woman who might be in the car with you at the same time. Your life is not worth it.”

There! Satisfied?

Regards,

7 posted on 11/26/2021 7:04:11 AM PST by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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If someone tries to carjack me, then that person’s life is just not worth anything. Not that it’s much of an issue here in the boonies. Yet...


8 posted on 11/26/2021 7:04:43 AM PST by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: alexander_busek

Given the number listed in the 500s the reporter is referring to carjackings.

There are 500 “car thefts” a week in Sam Fransisco.

Car theft involves stealing something from a car. Carjacking involves stealing the entire car while the car is occupied and implied the threat of force or violence.

I’m surprised the term “carjacking” hasn’t been deemed racist like looting has.

Good catch. The editor missed it.


9 posted on 11/26/2021 7:06:31 AM PST by TigerClaws
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Didn’t work out for these people:

https://kdvr.com/news/local/deadly-attempted-carjacking-aurora/

https://www.wdtv.com/2021/09/29/woman-dragged-killed-during-carjacking/

https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/crime/central-west-end-carjacking-hit-run-man-killed/63-457c404d-4c5e-4c5c-b634-364af82ba481

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/teen-sentenced-to-juvenile-detention-for-dc-carjacking-that-killed-uber-eats-driver/2721236/

https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/2-teens-charged-with-killing-73-year-old-man-during-attempted-carjacking/2556210/


10 posted on 11/26/2021 7:06:41 AM PST by Fido969 (45 is Superman!)
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I agree except for the part about not resisting. I would emphasize situational awareness, look in your backseat before getting in, lock your doors as soon as you get in, and CARRY YOUR CONCEALED CARRY! It will do you no good locked in the glovebox.


11 posted on 11/26/2021 7:06:45 AM PST by Spok
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My manual trans is a good protection. If they don’t know how to drive it, they can’t take it!


12 posted on 11/26/2021 7:08:28 AM PST by JPG (You can't unjab the jab.)
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Appendix carry...


13 posted on 11/26/2021 7:09:00 AM PST by G Larry (The "Racism" charge is code for "No Intelligent Argument")
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To: refermech

We don’t know why *you* have one and we wish you’d get that heap off the road so you’ll stop holding up traffic. :P


14 posted on 11/26/2021 7:09:22 AM PST by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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Anyone who looks at me...and sees me walk...knows immediately that I’m not a kid. And I drive a car that’s certainly no Rolls Royce but just as certainly is no Kia. The thought of being carjacked *has* crossed my mind but I never drive anywhere but middle class and upper class areas.


15 posted on 11/26/2021 7:09:59 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (Covid Is All About Mail In Balloting)
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To: JPG

If they’re not from the US, they will likely know how to drive a manual. Security through obscurity is not security.


16 posted on 11/26/2021 7:10:17 AM PST by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: DoodleBob

“And don’t resist if someone tries to take your car. Your life is not worth it.”

Their life is worth it.

L


17 posted on 11/26/2021 7:10:21 AM PST by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: Gay State Conservative

We recently had a spate of carjackings in upper class areas in Dallas.

Nowhere is safe.


18 posted on 11/26/2021 7:10:53 AM PST by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: DoodleBob

“Out of the car, muffinlicker”
Me: “It’s a 2009”
“OK, I’ll try the car behind you”


19 posted on 11/26/2021 7:11:31 AM PST by AppyPappy (How many fingers am I holding up, Winston? )
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What about when you have yous two kids strapped down in the backseat?


20 posted on 11/26/2021 7:11:50 AM PST by 4yearlurker (Freedom is just an injection away Comrades.)
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