Vincent Parks (left) and Marzel Woodard are seen with a photo of the catalytic converters by CPD. | Chicago Police Department
The ME’s method of dealing with thieves on the spot suddenly doesn’t seem so barbaric after all...
BTTT
Stealing these days are a form of want and need according to the pukes elected, no charges just a slap
Getting under some of the taller vehicles with a sawzall, one can be under and out in less than a minute.
Interesting how possessing the converter in Illinois constititutes possessing the whole vehicle.
We used to hang horse thieves summarily.
Horse thievery no longer punishable the old-fashioned way.
“Possessing a stolen critical piece of an automobile, such as a catalytic converter, is equivalent to having the entire vehicle under Illinois law.”
That’s actually a GREAT WAY to fight this crap, and bypasses the idiotic idea that everyone should be free to steal up to $950 or so, as long as they don’t exceed that number.
I like prison farms. You actually WORK for room and board. And every prison should have education in basic skills...reading, writing, arithmatic.
“Catalytic converter thieves can see returns of around $150 to $1500 for a catalytic converter, depending on the type of catalytic converter”
So 200 converters = $30,000 TO $300,000.
Guy on YouTube cut a catalytic converter open and melted down the platinum. Turns out after removing all the impurities there is barely an 1/8 of an ounce of platinum in each converter. For all the effort and risk it sure doesn’t seem like a very profitable scheme. You need to steal 8 or 9 catalytic converters to get one once of platinum at about $1,200 an ounce.
The problem that really needs to be solved is the price of platinum and/or the use of it in an automotive application. I see no real need for the use of such a ludicrously expensive component to solve such a minor problem on a modern automobile. Replacing a catalyst on an older car can cost more than the car is worth, yet salvage value on such a vehicle is less than the converter costs. Something really wrong in this situation.
We had a huge problem like this in our neighborhood.
Finally, they arrested and put in jail few people, and the problem went away!
Simple solution!
It’s 2 percent of the population that is causing all the problems. They are out in the open for all to see.
I have always dreaded the thugs stealing mine. For some reason it triggers my vengefulness more than other things people do every day. Go figure.
1. Border
2. Sanctuary
3. Hotels
4. Catalytic converters
5. X 50 million
6. Monetary destabilization
7. 2030