I sure hope that the rest of the story involves the cop being charged with murder.

You don't have to worry about that guy. He's on a suicide mission. :)

FK U you lying rat that was me...

Ohhh yeah some people just don't realize tht if they go off on the wrong person they wind up dead.

This is on of my major pet peeves, I hate it when *******s like that block a gas pump just because they are too lazy to walk 20 feet from a parking space..:mad:

You could back into him and make him pay for your damages because he was in the wrong in the no parking area. I have always wanted to do that But, I wouldn't.

thanks!!

A lady friend of mine has a valve stem tool and appropriately removes it. That lets them get to that party on time.

back on topic - here a guy broke a law - an important one by blocking a handicapped space

to me that makes it a little different than if he did something like block 2 regular spaces by parking at an angle

you could:

1. photo his plates, lack of sticker etc. and send the info to a newspaper, the cops, store mgmt (with a nice letter about penalties for not enforcing the federal laws re access for the handicapped), etc.

2. let him see you taking the photos

3. walk into the store and inquire in a loud voice who was blocking handicapped spaces

4. slip a polite note under his windshield wipers asking him not to do it again (it is always possible that his wipers get broken in the process - if so, that's not a big deal as it is a lot less expensive than hosing down his car with brake fluid which will ruin the paint)

5. call the police and/or look around for a cop or security guard

I am oriented a bit differently than mrm in that I do citizen enforcement suits in federal court (against the gubmint) so I am biased in favor of it - obviously don't let it escalate into violence

Slight contradiction here. If I do something wrong, discuss it with me. My vehicle did nothing wrong. Someone decides to touch my vehicle because of something I do. It will get violent. I am not alone in that thinking.

Super idea, but like I said, I was assuming he had a real emergency. It wasn't until he came out that realized he was just in a hurry.

Quite a few people stopped and shook their heads when they saw how he had parked. I rarely confront people like him, but I did this time. It wasn't pretty, but I got my point across.

Will that change him? Nah. Was it a stupid thing to do on my part? Yep. My only hope was that he'd go home and tell his wife how he got into it with some guy at the store, and he'd have to explain why. And maybe she'd also tell him that he was being a selfish jerk.

+1

Life is too short to get involved in petty things like this.

A women can confront someone much easier than a man. My 60 yo sister will call someone out for just about anything at anytime. Guys are just asking for trouble when you start wanting to be a public rules enforcer.

I ignore all of them. I have better things to do.

Last year I told a guy he was driving the wrong way (it was not clearly marked) and he went nuts!
He really wanted to drive into the playground area where I was with my son! Then he wanted to hurt me as he kept driving in circles shouting all kind of things to me, I actually spotted him waiting for me on my way out of the playground..
Never again I'll confront jerks cause you don't know how crazy people can be....
Scary moment!!

It' s a little off topic but I hope I can bring it back around to make a point.

I was at work last year and was heading to lunch. We were in an underground parking structure and as I was walking to my car I saw a girl attempting to confront a co-worker in her car as she was driving out of the parking garage. The co-worker's window was up and she gave me a big-eyed look and I walked up to the car and the girl standing next to it and asked if I could help.

Young girl, maybe mid-twenties... nothing too unusual about her but she was talking very fast and was obviously upset and kept asking if I had heard a gunshot and had actually asked the co-worker to help her get to her car. I stood there for a minute and tried to talk to the girl to calm her and she started talking about the boyfriend that she was trying to break up with and how he was stalking her. The co-worker just roller her eyes and drove off with a disgusted look. I talked with the girl for another minute or so and told her that she was welcome to come into the building and have the concierge help her to make sure she wasn't alone if she was scared and that he could also see her to her car. She just shook her head and walked away quickly looking both scared and embarrased.

Later that afternoon the co-worker chastied me and told me "this isn't Kansas, you just don't walk up to strangers that are acting crazy and offer to help them." For a moment I was embarrased and felt a little less than urbane. (I'm not from Kansas... I'm from Illinios... we have corn there... lot's of corn). I'd briefly spoken with the concierge about the incident when I came back from lunch that day and basically forgot about it.

The next day when I was coming into the office the concierge stopped me with an excited expression and told me that he had heard that a young girl that works on one of the other floors had been beaten outside the building yesterday and was in the hospital... apparently by her boyfriend.

I don't know anymore... when do you step back... when do you say something... when do you try and when do you walk away and let karma or the other guy take care of things?

I'm not trying to answer the; "confront a jerk" question... but why does it always have to be the next guy who does the right thing? I felt like $hit for not trying to do more for that girl... and just a little put-off by the cold attitude of my more urbane co-worker. Does that make me naive or some kind of fool? Had I seen her boyfriend attack her would I have tried to stop him.... probably. Would I have ended up dead... I don't know. I don't think we always know how we are going to respond in these situations and I don't know why we chose to respond the way we do. I think I'm ok with me... it's just the way I was raised, maybe my father would have understood... out there in those corn fields.

If it's a girl that needs help i almost always get involved. Or a kid.

Absolutely.

I usually confront them, but I'm not known to be too bright.

The one I enjoyed most:

A uniformed old guy on a harley chased me down on the freeway and motioned for me to slow down (I was probably doing 80 or so.) This guy had no helmet or other safety equipment and I had full gear on.

A few weeks later I see the same guy on the harley at a store. I ask if he's some kind of officer. He said he's a fed marshall or something. Now that I'm sure it's the same guy, I read him the riot act about speeding with no helmet and then telling me to slow down. He stood there dumbfounded and didn't say a word.

Can you PLEASE call the local fire depts. around here and tell them they should do this? It absolutely drives me nuts - at the local power centre, it's actually rare to see the lane in front of the grocery store, electronics store, dept. store, etc. free of cars. People ALWAYS park there, even if there are tons of free spaces. It absolutely drives me nuts - not because of laziness (well, that too), but because of the sheer arrogance. It just screams to me "I'm more important, I don't have to find a parking spot".

handicap parking is my thing.

i saw this lady get out of her MB in her 4 inch heels and stoll into the store. i had to say something. didnt do any good. she had one of those mirror tags.

i saw a beat up pickup truck parked in a HC spot. it had construction tools and ladders, of course the tag on the mirror.

my thought is they should get rid of the mirror tags and issue plates only. if you have a HC person with you, drop them off at the door then park in a regular spot.

i saw this van with a HC tag pull in and park in the HC spot, even though there were empty regular spots closer to the door. i guess it is just the mentality. if it was me, i would take the regular spot and save the HC spot for someone else when the prking lot gets full. now any other HC peopl have to park somewhere else. and what makes it worse is the person works there and they will be there all day!

handicap parking is my thing.

i saw this lady get out of her MB in her 4 inch heels and stoll into the store. i had to say something. didnt do any good. she had one of those mirror tags.

i saw a beat up pickup truck parked in a HC spot. it had construction tools and ladders, of course the tag on the mirror.

my thought is they should get rid of the mirror tags and issue plates only. if you have a HC person with you, drop them off at the door then park in a regular spot.

i saw this van with a HC tag pull in and park in the HC spot, even though there were empty regular spots closer to the door. i guess it is just the mentality. if it was me, i would take the regular spot and save the HC spot for someone else when the prking lot gets full. now any other HC peopl have to park somewhere else. and what makes it worse is the person works there and they will be there all day!

we went to this restaurant a while back. the parking lot was very small but some Dbag from ohio had to take 2 spots. so i pulled it in nice an tight along side him. he was madd at ME when he came out. old retired couple, he just did not get the picture. i should have parked behind him.

thanks, now i am getting all worked up over nothing.

My wife has MS and she would not even consider getting the tag. Mostly because you cant visually see anything wrong with her. She doesnt want people thinking that way of her. I wouldn't dream of saying something.

This thread reminded me of this video. This guy turns the other cheek till he finally has to end the guy's crap. Read somewhere he is a black belt in a few of the martial arts.

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down here someone would have shot him..

had driver who went missing for a few months..
comes back..lost weight..mouth wired shut..
got drunk & talking tough on his neighbors front door..
bang..
no charges..
seems he muttered ''I'm going to kill you and made a move..

Rika

Hahaha pwnt.

pretty good technique

That's my opinion. People like that are banking on being able to bully everyone around - until they meet someone that snaps. Think bodybuilder on roid rage ...

George

How would you deal with this guy?
 

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I was at a really busy out-of-town gas station this summer. I waited for five minutes for a Dawson's Creek couple to finish pumping their gas, stroll into the mini-mart, buy some junk, stroll back to their car, etc. In the meantime, a tunnel rammed '70 Camaro entered the station opposite from me just as the kids pulled away. As I started forward, he gunned it and took my spot. I pulled up as close to his bumper as I could and got out. As polite as could be I told him that I had been waiting for five minutes for the pump. His response was "so." I told him I thought it was kind of rude and he said "what do you want to do about it?" I leaned in close and said something pretty vile and as he brought his hands up, in what appeared to be an aggresive manner, I punched him in the throat and he dropped to his knees making choking sounds. Some of the people watching clapped. I gave my card to the manager and left, with the jerk still on his knees.

Ot at least, that's how I remember it going down.

That gentleman needs to enjoy the warmth of a bullet to the head.


I hope that someone called the police and they were able to see the video.

In Texas, he'd be shot dead before the second swing.

It depends on the situation.

The guy with the crow bar? I would have parked on his chest without any hesitation. He was trying to attack me with a deadly weapon, and I couldn't escape. He left me no choice.

I confronted a man with a .357 magnum with a 6 inch barrel pointed at his wife in a parking lot, and intentionally made him turn his attention to me long enough for her to escape. I know it was a .357 with a 6 inch barrel, because I got a really good look at it when he turned it on me. I honestly thought I was going to die that day. Turns out he was mentally Ill, and hadn't taken his medication. He was about 6 ft 7 and at LEAST 285. It turned into a HUGE fiasco. I thought my Father was going to beat me to death (he was Chief of Police at that time). He said it was the stupidest thing he's ever seen. Then one of the older officers reminded Dad of some of the similar stuff he'd done, and all was understood. I guess it's no wonder I've been diagnosed as Passively Suicidal. I just call it not giving a damn.

The cop shooting swimsuit man? Manslaughter. He needs to be in prison. Too many people with badges have a God complex nowadays.

Flashing a badge in my face if I'm not breaking the law doesn't impress me either. Dad was a cop for 20 years, I know how it works.

If someone is trying to harm a child, or woman, it's game on. No questions asked.

If everyone waits for Karma to take over, a lot of innocent people are going to get hurt. Punks won't pick on the strong, or anyone willing to fight. There are too many targets that won't offer any resistance. I guess it's O.K. to say "Karma will get them" while they are harrassing one of your loved ones? The reason things are like they are today is because no one wants to get involved, or are to scared to get involved.

In the old days, if you beat your kid, or your wife, a few guys "stopped by" to "straighten you out". They didn't "mind their own business". If you really messed up a kid, or heaven forbid, molested a child. A larger group of guys came to your home at night and took you "for a ride". Then you usually weren't seen for a few days, and then you promptly move away. Is it vigilante justice? maybe. But it worked, and things were a HELL of a lot safer back then.

I carry a gun for a reason. It would be absolutely 100% legal to shoot that guy if he attacked your car like that, because ANY sane person would be in absolute fear for their life.

Shot dead as soon as he swung at the driver's window.

If i see a guy beating up on his mrs or kids......i get involved.
It's stupid of me! & now that i'm older, fatter & slower.....it's even more stupid of me!

I cant help it, it's the way i was brought up. Thanks for that dad!

I agree whole heartedly. the time i saw a man beating a young girl i walked up to him , i turned him around and landed a punch so hard he actually spun around before hitting the ground.then he got up spitting blood and came towards me so i grabbed him by his shirt and threw him head first into the side of a pickup truck and when he bounced off i grabbed him and took him down and pinned him to the ground. after that he was totally compliant. when the cops came they tolled me they would've done the same thing.

The nice thing about Texas is it doesn't have to be your car you're protecting. You can use deadly force to protect the guy in the car next to you.

That's a different situation. Risking physical violence over a parking space? I try to avoid that. If there is someone who can't defend themselves being harmed? I've stepped in before and would again.

Gotta pick your battles wisely...

I've always enjoyed this one.

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Speaking of "All show and no go..."

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