Yes, be careful in situations where you think you should get involved. Like this one:
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The victim was trying to be a good guy by calling out illegal dumpers in his community. His reward, he was intentionally run over and killed by one of the dumpers.
People seem to have less and less compunction to do evil deeds. It's the reality we live in now. So be careful about calling people out, you don't know what the outcome might be. You see something like this, call the cops and then forget about it. If the cops are overwhelmed and can't respond, that's life, you just have to move on and protect what is most valuable to you -- your life.
Random thoughts. Paying a dump fee is just one of the costs of modern life. I don't have any respect for cheap dicks who would dump trash in the woods. That's Third World behavior.
Re. stolen, then abandoned U-Haul rental trucks. Or the Home Depot rental trucks. Not long ago, I saw one cruising erratically and recklessly around an industrial area. It had a long, deep gash down one side. At the time, I wondered if it might be stolen. Later I decided it probably wouldn't be that difficult to rent one with stolen ID, then keep it for as long as you wanted (or until you got caught with it). A stolen rental truck would be good cover for burglars and other crooks during the commission of crimes.
I'm wondering how long a stolen vehicle may be driven around unnoticed. I also wonder if the license plates have to be changed to prolong the use of a stolen vehicle. I bring this up because the perp in this case has been driving a stolen truck since June. And, it was only uncovered as a stolen vehicle incident to the run-down of the victim. Presumably, if the perp hadn't run down the victim, he'd still be motoring happily along. Do the police still work at sussing out stolen vehicles? I'm thinking license plate readers might be a good idea. They have them in major cities. They even have non-commissioned patrol officers who drive around all day with readers scanning parked cars on streets. Basically, they are looking at scofflaws who have outstanding, unpaid parking citations. I'm thinking plate readers would be a good idea installed on the fronts of police cars, and at random places along roads. They could help the cops catch crooks in identified vehicles, they could catch stolen vehicles, they could catch expired plates, and with modern computer tech, they could probably ID stolen or switched plates. In NYC, the cops tie into plate readers at the entrances to bridges and tunnels to try to catch crooks.
There are other articles online in addition to the one I've linked above. One such noted that the victim was unarmed. I'm thinking, even if he had been, it might not have been protection against getting run over by a truck. He might've turned his back on the perp, in which case a gun wouldn't have helped. Yet if he didn't turn his back, even without a gun, he might've saved himself. The specific details of the run-down weren't provided.
Did evil people become more bold on their own, or did a permissive society embolden them? Good question. But now that we are in this mess, it explains in part why stores don't want to confront thieves and shoplifters. Because in the past, once caught, they might be meekly led away for detention until the police arrived. Now, they might do any darned thing, including causing injury to store employees. That unpredictability factor has become an aid to crooks.
Court docs: Ravensdale husband, father killed after confronting suspected illegal dumpers
The King County prosecutor’s office requested $4 million bail and argued the suspect poses a “significant danger to the safety of the community."
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The victim was trying to be a good guy by calling out illegal dumpers in his community. His reward, he was intentionally run over and killed by one of the dumpers.
People seem to have less and less compunction to do evil deeds. It's the reality we live in now. So be careful about calling people out, you don't know what the outcome might be. You see something like this, call the cops and then forget about it. If the cops are overwhelmed and can't respond, that's life, you just have to move on and protect what is most valuable to you -- your life.
Random thoughts. Paying a dump fee is just one of the costs of modern life. I don't have any respect for cheap dicks who would dump trash in the woods. That's Third World behavior.
Re. stolen, then abandoned U-Haul rental trucks. Or the Home Depot rental trucks. Not long ago, I saw one cruising erratically and recklessly around an industrial area. It had a long, deep gash down one side. At the time, I wondered if it might be stolen. Later I decided it probably wouldn't be that difficult to rent one with stolen ID, then keep it for as long as you wanted (or until you got caught with it). A stolen rental truck would be good cover for burglars and other crooks during the commission of crimes.
I'm wondering how long a stolen vehicle may be driven around unnoticed. I also wonder if the license plates have to be changed to prolong the use of a stolen vehicle. I bring this up because the perp in this case has been driving a stolen truck since June. And, it was only uncovered as a stolen vehicle incident to the run-down of the victim. Presumably, if the perp hadn't run down the victim, he'd still be motoring happily along. Do the police still work at sussing out stolen vehicles? I'm thinking license plate readers might be a good idea. They have them in major cities. They even have non-commissioned patrol officers who drive around all day with readers scanning parked cars on streets. Basically, they are looking at scofflaws who have outstanding, unpaid parking citations. I'm thinking plate readers would be a good idea installed on the fronts of police cars, and at random places along roads. They could help the cops catch crooks in identified vehicles, they could catch stolen vehicles, they could catch expired plates, and with modern computer tech, they could probably ID stolen or switched plates. In NYC, the cops tie into plate readers at the entrances to bridges and tunnels to try to catch crooks.
There are other articles online in addition to the one I've linked above. One such noted that the victim was unarmed. I'm thinking, even if he had been, it might not have been protection against getting run over by a truck. He might've turned his back on the perp, in which case a gun wouldn't have helped. Yet if he didn't turn his back, even without a gun, he might've saved himself. The specific details of the run-down weren't provided.
Did evil people become more bold on their own, or did a permissive society embolden them? Good question. But now that we are in this mess, it explains in part why stores don't want to confront thieves and shoplifters. Because in the past, once caught, they might be meekly led away for detention until the police arrived. Now, they might do any darned thing, including causing injury to store employees. That unpredictability factor has become an aid to crooks.
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