In some ways, it's a small example. In another ways, this would not be allowed in a civilized country. There are many ways to deal with unauthorized parking. These predatory tow companies don't charge @jimmyjohns and @Chipotletweets because the business model is to ransom people.
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I tweeted this because I know it's not rare. One minute, you step out of the car to check the building. Next minute, it's your grocery money for the week, or whatever cash you have, or your car is gone and you're stranded with your baby. If they tow, there will be more charges.
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It literally is hunting. They sit there all day and the moment someone steps one foot of the lot, on goes the boot. (The baby was in the car, this lady wasn't going anywhere. Just checking name of building). It's fleecing people, not parking control. https://twitter.com/mndl_nyc/status/117322440689997414 …
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This would make sense! It's predatory behavior with everyone getting a cut from shaking down people. As far as I can tell, no legal controls so all one can do is publicize.https://twitter.com/BennKeezy/status/1173224365351165952 …
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Adding an eyewitness example. Guy sits at
@cholanad restaurant and literally *runs* to boot the car the moment driver steps off, looking around. The lot is easy to confuse. I don't thus patronize what otherwise looks like a great place. Do they get a cut?https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1173247648482115586 …Show this thread
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Welcome to libertarian paradise.
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Did Raleigh not pass the same predatory towing laws that Chapel Hill put in place several years back?
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This is illegal, you cannot hook a car with a person in it. They don’t follow the law and they are in tight with the police and are never arrested. I got in a situation with a tower in next door Cary where the tower broke many laws. I didn’t know the laws & the police backed him.
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Only when he started threatening to kill people in my neighborhood and said he was untouchable because he was related to then NC Attorney General Roy Cooper did someone from my neighbor contact Cooper and the guy was finally delisted as a city tower. But never arrested.
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