Cops Steal Cars and Nobody Cares

"What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet."
—William Shakespeare—

I'm calling a spade a spade.

I'm tired of the mass hallucinations of society. When a police officer calls a tow truck and has a car towed away, that is an act of theft. It's literal highway robbery.

Ever had your car towed?
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Cops steal cars, and everyone just stands around.

Does the supposed rationale really matter? If you strip away all the window dressing, all the excuses about government and society, all you have left is larceny.

Then you can add the collusion between the police and the towing companies, and you'll notice that the towing companies have a really sweet deal. Those tow companies get the fee for towing, and have a so-called "mechanics lien" on the car. If you don't pay whatever obscene fees they charge, they get to keep the car. Add to that storage fees, because, no, they're not going to tow it to your driveway.

Finally, if all the extortion is not paid in a timely manner, the police or the towing company or both share in the proceeds from auctioning off the vehicle that they've "legally" stolen.

The common man is a victim here, no matter the "reason" for the tow. Maybe his car missed a smog check. Maybe he just plain couldn't afford the latest annual ~~extortion~~ "registration" fees. How often should you need to "register" that you own something anyway?

Hook it up and haul it off—Courtesy of YouTube

Why should there be "theft exceptions" for cops?

There's a lot more that could be said about the basics of the law. Have you ever examined the meaning of licence? Why should you need a license to do something that is not a crime (i.e. own and drive a car)?

And (in the US) what about the constitution that's supposed to protect people from having their property seized? But the bottom line is this:

I'm just tired of all the nonsense.

We've been so conditioned to go along to get along. We're intimidated into just letting it happen. The cop's the one with the gun, right?

You learned it in kindergarten, didn't you?

"Don't take something that is not yours."

You heard it again and again in Sunday school, right?

"Thou shalt not steal."

Why do we look the other way for government?

So, I've decided to call that spade a spade. A pile of rubbish by any other name still stinks. I'm not going to put pretty window dressing on blatant, outright theft of property.

Here's a conversation I had recently.

Me: Cops stole George's (not his real name) car on Sunday.

Friend: What! Why?

Me: Because they can.

Friend: But... What was their excuse?

Me: There is no excuse for stealing.

Friend: Lolololol I'm asking what were the words that they used to justify it. I'm assuming they didn't say... "We are stealing this car."

Me: Words cannot justify anyone calling a towing company to haul away someone else's car.

Friend: Why did they tow it?? Was it at your house??? And they came on your property and took it? I'm so confused.

Me: No, at a Park and Ride.

Friend: That's so bizarre! Did a bunch of cars get towed or only his?

Me: Sorry, but I refuse to dress up the stark reality of what they did with any bullshit delusional descriptions that everyone just says "Oh" to.

Friend: Gotcha. So can he get it back? Or is he stuck without it now?

Me: Not only did they steal it, the forced him to pay the towing company for their "service." Which he did, and then had to go out and buy another car.

Friend: Buy another car?

Me: You know, those things with wheels that most people need to get around in?

Friend: Smart aleck! Yes, but why did he buy another one? Why didn't he get the car out of the impound? Wouldn't that have been cheaper???

Me: Just because the cops steal your car doesn't mean that you don't need one to get around in any more.

Friend: I'm asking... (and you're not listening cuz you're grumpy!!!) Why he couldn't just get the car back from the towing company.

Me: Didn't say he couldn't. Wouldn't ever have needed to if they hadn't colluded with the cops to steal it, and if all the bystanders hadn't heartily approved of such evil.

Will you join my campaign?

When the cops haul a car off for whatever reason, let's just tell it like it is.

They STOLE it.

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