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i just think its extremely funny...especially because the towing company they called has a suspended business license (waow-based) and the police basically went shrug-outta-hecks 'sorry we can't make them give you your car back for free' when people called them lmao

fast food/retail workers across the country, why haven't you told your most hated regulars that they can park their car in your lot & get them towed???

https://www.wbtv.com/2024/07/26/they-dont-care-company-who-towed-cars-during-trumps-charlotte-rally-had-suspended-license/

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[–] EmmaGoldman@hexbear.net 52 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

This is all just standard operating procedure for the overwhelming majority of towing companies. They're entirely unaccountable, extralegal entities that have no oversight and the ability to disappear your shit for any or no reason. There is no recourse, and the greatest penalty that can be enacted upon them is suspending their business license, which has zero effect on their ability to just keep towing shit exactly like this.

They're effectively allowed to act like modern-day high seas pirates and ransom your car or bike for an arbitrary amount of money. They're responsible for self-enforcing the locally specified towing rate limits, and their lying is just to be expected. The only thing anyone can actually do about any of this is to file a lawsuit in small claims court to get their car back, but the court will almost certainly side in favour of the company.

What I'm saying is, someone could make significant money by creating a towing company or even just getting a job at one and using that power specifically to harass their local chuds.

[–] CarmineCatboy2@hexbear.net 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)

towing companies are a fundamental part of neofeudalism is what you're saying

[–] AndJusticeForAll@hexbear.net 26 points 2 months ago

Hail the might of the plow king.

[–] D61@hexbear.net 2 points 2 months ago

Alternate cut of Repo Man