From our comment section [note - we realize the spelling and grammar isn't the best in this comment, but that's how it appeared]:
- OFF TOPIC; put very interesting... saturday night one of the aldermen contacted the 008th District and ordered that all of the drag racers around 43rd and pulaski get the cars towed and posssible arrests.
When 008th district officers arrived they were told to carrall all the cars into a private parking lot in the area and not allow them to leave.
Officers were then told not to do tow reports on the cars, but that the private towing company thats used in the parking lot will be making the tows....total cars towed 169.
Interesting thing is since this is a police matter why was E&R towing not used and a private tow company was...not to mention this private tow company is owned by a captain of police brother.
Still curious just who it was that got there palm greised for this brash stunt.
First up, where does an aldercreature get to order police around?
Second, corralling cars without any sort of evidence that they were anything but spectators? Disorderly conduct, maybe. Various public morals or alcohol violations, possibly. But impounds? 169? By a private tow company? With no paperwork?
This story might be 100% BS for all we can tell. But if it happens to be true, any supervisor that allowed PO's to be put in this trick bag by confiscating cars with no paperwork, or by blocking exits to private lots so a private tow company could steal illegally parked cars deserves to be castigated, suspended and ridiculed. If we recall correctly, by state law, if the owner of a car is on scene, a private tow MUST drop the car, period. No exceptions. So each and every car taken if the owner was on scene and the police were blocking egress from the lot, can generously be called a stolen car.
Reports from the scene? Taxpayers better hope that this didn't happen because some smart lawyer will get damages for every car if he can track down enough people for a class action suit.
Second, corralling cars without any sort of evidence that they were anything but spectators? Disorderly conduct, maybe. Various public morals or alcohol violations, possibly. But impounds? 169? By a private tow company? With no paperwork?
This story might be 100% BS for all we can tell. But if it happens to be true, any supervisor that allowed PO's to be put in this trick bag by confiscating cars with no paperwork, or by blocking exits to private lots so a private tow company could steal illegally parked cars deserves to be castigated, suspended and ridiculed. If we recall correctly, by state law, if the owner of a car is on scene, a private tow MUST drop the car, period. No exceptions. So each and every car taken if the owner was on scene and the police were blocking egress from the lot, can generously be called a stolen car.
Reports from the scene? Taxpayers better hope that this didn't happen because some smart lawyer will get damages for every car if he can track down enough people for a class action suit.
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