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Location: Michigan | I just felt like venting off some steam from events that happened last Friday & it has come to a point where I will use this site as my pressure vent.
Last Friday my 87 year old , 100 pound father called me up on the phone to tell me that he had just been Carjacked at gunpoint
( for the Detroit people Eastland Mall )
He is safe and was not hurt so that is the important thing , but what a coward , druggie ,loser , feels like a He man and is proud of his catch when he beat and 87 year old man out of his car by using a gun to do it .
My first reaction is one of total anger and I want a shot at this guy , but then I try to look to the positive ... my father wasnt hurt and this As&%ole got what he wanted and soon will get caught doing this crap one of these days and will have to answer to his boyfriend in a jail cell.
On a brighter note my Dad broke his walking stick over the guys head in the process of giving up his car . The police gave him cudos for him fighting for his cause but said that you are very fortunate that it happend to end that way.
Sorry guys I just needed to vent and it really hits home when I think what could of happened,
( thats what bothers me ).
Thanks I am feeling better now . GWB |
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Location: GA USA | Whoa. Glad dad's okay. This bothers me too, but you're right. It could have been much, MUCH worse. |
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Location: south east Michigan | my Dad broke his walking stick over the guys head in the process of giving up his car Way to go Pops!!! But the cops were right... your Dad is lucky he was not hurt....or worse.
I had to by the Eastland Mall a couple days ago. It doesn't look like a bad area but I guess that don't mean anything.
For all you out of towners, Eastland Mall is on 8 Mile Road. Yep...Emimem's 8 Mile. |
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Location: East Wenatchee, WA | Get you dad a 12 gauge for a walking stick. He won't have to break it next time (except to reload).
Oppps....did I just say that.
Glad he is okay though. |
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Location: Midland, MI | Sorry to hear about your dad being carjacked, GWB. One of my friends down there carries a taser in all of his cars. Someone tried to carjack him once, didn't make it too far. 'Course, I don't recommend that, but it seemed like an effective deterrent. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | It's a scary world out there. Seems to be no respect for life or property. We even have drive by shootings in Podunk, Idaho. (And that doesn't involve horses and teepees for you big city guys.) I'm glad Dad got the satisfaction of breaking his stick over the guy's head. At 87 he probably figured his satisfaction and his car was worth more than his life. I hope I have that much spunk at 87. |
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Location: SE Michigan | Sorry to hear about this, I am glad your dad is safe. I live only a few miles from Eastland Mall. But it really can happen almost anywhere.
I commented on an earlier thread that the reason that armed car jackings has escalated is because cars are a lot harder to steal (security systems, smart keys, etc). In the old days (1980s) you could steal almost any car with a hammer and a large screwdriver in about 90 seconds. Those days are over.
So now the dope head (or joy rider, fleeing felon, whatever) finds it easier to stick a gun in someone's face than to mess with all the new technological anti-theft systems. See, everything comes with a price. |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | It`s GOOD to hear your father is allright after all,I hope they`ll lock up the "#¤%()"#¤ and throw the key away,stay strong :)
Vic |
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Location: Michigan | Thanks OFCers ,
It is a very nice thing to hear from people who don't even know who my family or myself are and would take the time to put in a good thought for us.
You people are the real deal.
THANKS GWB |
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Location: Vermont USA | Glad your dads ok. That what counts the most.
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | My parents installed lojack, so if it happens the car is just handed over and they call the police. I heard that Detroit is tougher than Newark when it comes to carjacking. I'm glad your dad is OK. |
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Location: NJ | The only potential drawback that I see to elderly people installing LoJack in their cars is that they'll end up calling the cops every time they've forgotten where they parked . . . |
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Location: East Tennessee | Originally posted by JeffreyD:
Get you dad a 12 gauge for a walking stick. He won't have to break it next time (except to reload).
Oppps....did I just say that.
Glad he is okay though. Slugs or 00 Buckshot. :D
I'm glad your Dad is OK. |
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Location: south east Michigan | The brother of a guy I work with was robbed and shot while pumping gas closer to downtown a couple days ago. He drove himself to the hospital and he will be okay.
My son was robbed last summer while working construction on one of the new downtown casinos.
Scary stuff. |
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Location: Omaha, NE | Glad your dad is ok.
If Dante were alive today, he would reserve the innermost circle of hell for assholes that beat up old men just for a car. What a loser. |
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Location: NJ | this reminds me of the time my mom was mugged getting out of her car in front of our house. She had just cashed her check and had the cash in her purse. the kid snatched the purse but mom did not let it go. she was banged up and bruised but virtually ok. The cops brought a couple of kids around for my mom to ID and she could not positively id them so she let them go. mom could have pinned it on anyone.
I really hate people that prey on the elderly sick of feeble minded. it is just wrong. glad your old man was ok. next time tell him to break the cane over the guys nuts. |
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Location: North Carolina | In our area a young punk recently tried to carjack a guy at gunpoint. Unfortunately for the punk, the guy was an off-duty deputy, who shot the punk dead. Score one for the good guys. |
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Just Venting On A Carjacking
