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Cartlon Shew > wrote: > >Years ago, there was a shooting in the apt. complex next to mine. >Somebody fired at a car as it sped off and a number of shots passed >through or over the wooden fence separating the 2. 1 of the shots hit >the wall on my patio and another went through the glass door. > >I wasn't the only one to notice it, but the police told me I was the >only one to report it. It wasn't that great of a neighborhood, but in >2 years of living there, those were the only gunshots I heard. Most people who heard a car speeding off and a few loud noises probably assumed it was the car making the noises, not gunshots. -- There's no such thing as a free lunch, but certain accounting practices can result in a fully-depreciated one. |
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L Sternn > wrote: >On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 13:23:23 -0600, >(Matthew Russotto) wrote: > >>In article >, >>Big Bill > wrote: >>> >>>I'm under the impressi0on that car alarms turn themselves off long >>>before such damage could be done. >> >>Guess you've never had the joy of having a car alarm go off outside >>your window all night long. > >And when was the last time this happened to you? Last year. -- There's no such thing as a free lunch, but certain accounting practices can result in a fully-depreciated one. |
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"L Sternn" > wrote in message ... > On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 01:29:07 GMT, "PaulR" > > wrote: > >> >>"L Sternn" > wrote in message . .. >>> On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 02:52:22 GMT, "PaulR" > >>> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>>> >>>>> I'd be a fool not to have an alarm. >>>>> >>>>don't park it next to Beekman hospital. >>>> >>> >>> WTF are you talking about >>The car (BMW) that had its alarm go off at about 2 in the AM outside a >>hospital. By the time the police were through with it, a door had been >>ripped off, and the wires had been yanked out from under the dash. Door >>was >>left in the street next to the car (this happened several years ago). >> > > Odd - I can't find anything about it using Google. > > I would think such a story would have a bit more of a presence on the > internet. > >>Apparently someone in the hospital called because the alarm was disturbing >>cardiac patients. > > If the car were on hospital property, wouldn't they just tow it? If > it weren't on their property, would it really be close enough to hear > inside? > > Why didn't the cops just tow it? Don't tell me they didn't have the > rgiht to, because I seriously doubt they have the right to do what > they supposedly did. > >> >>One can speculate if the car owner thought his car was more important than >>the life of a patient. > > One could also speculate as to why the cops would vandalize a car so > badly when smashing the window, popping the hood and disconnecting the > battery would suffice. > > Perhaps it's the same mentality that would cause them to shove a > plunger up someone's ass and pump 40 rounds of ammo into an unarmed > suspect. > >>Probably just didn't think about it at all. Worse, >>considering it was a BMW parked outside a hospital, it just might have >>been >>owned by a doctor. > > Or it could simply be an urban legend. I checked Snopes and didn't > find any reference to it. > > I would think any news outlet that covered it would have mentioned it > if a doctor owned the car. I would also think some sort of > disciplinary action or even criminal charges would be in order for the > vandals. > >> >>Paul R >> > We're going back about 15 years or so. Not much on Google of that age. Snopes either (Snopes is a great site isn't it? <g>). Hospital isn't recessed into a campus. It's separated from the street by a sidewalk. I don't know that it was a doctor. My comment was "just might have been..." Might have been a janitor just as well. Or someone with no relationship to the hospital at all. I have no way of knowing. Why did the cops do what they did? I have no idea. Paul R |
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> Seems to me that the owner would be justified in suing the police > department for damages. They are authorized to issue citations,or have the > vehicle towed,but not to damage it or destroy it as described. > > I'd have to see some cite to believe this one. > I'd think so too. Don't know where the cite would be; esp. after all this time (15 years or so). Paul R |
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> I'm under the impressi0on that car alarms turn themselves off long > before such damage could be done. > > -- > They do now. Not sure they did about 15 or so years ago. Paul R |
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> And how old was this car?
Doesn't really matter, does it? Problem is that MY alarm goes off and YOU pay the price for it. Paul R |
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