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One of my first jobs was riding with a tow truck driver to repossess cars,mostly in North and East St.Louis. That was many years ago and I remember the driver keeping a sawed off shotgun under the seat. I didn't stick with that job long.
I worked at a buy here pay here lot when I was 17(long story how it was even possible) and part of the job was occasionally helping with repoing cars. While it certainly not east St Louis, we worked in an area where there are tons of illegal immigrants, and it could get dangerous at times. The last one I did the guy shot at us as we toar out the driveway at an old farm house. I cannot believe that more repo guys do not get seriously hurt or killed, but it was a scary scary job at times.
Tow truck driving as a whole is not exactly safe, my 1st step dad owned a tow truck for a few years, but most times people are happy to see you.
I believe that once upon a time it was perfectly legal to shoot a repo driver due a peculiar quirk of Texas law making which made it perfectly legal to shoot anyone on your property after dark. Now I may be wrong but that is how I remember it.
But the police have declined to arrest Mr. Casey, citing a frontier-era law that gives Texans considerable leeway -- at night only, not in daylight -- to kill thieves and intruders.
The incident has cast new attention here on the Texas law, which was conceived as a deterrent to horse thievery and has provisions considerably broader than in most other states. The episode has also served as a galvanizing force nationally for repossessors, who are not normally politically active. Outrage and Protests
"If something doesn't happen to the fellow who shot Tommy Deen, that'll be a message to the public." Mr. Douglass said, "There's going to be dead repo men all over Texas."
I worked at a buy here pay here lot when I was 17(long story how it was even possible) and part of the job was occasionally helping with repoing cars. While it certainly not east St Louis, we worked in an area where there are tons of illegal immigrants, and it could get dangerous at times. The last one I did the guy shot at us as we toar out the driveway at an old farm house. I cannot believe that more repo guys do not get seriously hurt or killed, but it was a scary scary job at times.
Tow truck driving as a whole is not exactly safe, my 1st step dad owned a tow truck for a few years, but most times people are happy to see you.
Most of the drivers I knew carried guns. The driver I was with was not supposed to have a gun because of his record. The owner of that car lot I worked for was later sent to prison. I don't remember if it had anything to do with the cars he had.
I believe that once upon a time it was perfectly legal to shoot a repo driver due a peculiar quirk of Texas law making which made it perfectly legal to shoot anyone on your property after dark. Now I may be wrong but that is how I remember it.
But the police have declined to arrest Mr. Casey, citing a frontier-era law that gives Texans considerable leeway -- at night only, not in daylight -- to kill thieves and intruders.
The incident has cast new attention here on the Texas law, which was conceived as a deterrent to horse thievery and has provisions considerably broader than in most other states. The episode has also served as a galvanizing force nationally for repossessors, who are not normally politically active. Outrage and Protests
"If something doesn't happen to the fellow who shot Tommy Deen, that'll be a message to the public." Mr. Douglass said, "There's going to be dead repo men all over Texas."
I would not be a tow truck driver even if I was desperate for a job. My step-dad used to be a tow truck driver and got a bat to the jaw. He lost all of his teeth and now has dentures.
Most of the drivers I knew carried guns. The driver I was with was not supposed to have a gun because of his record. The owner of that car lot I worked for was later sent to prison. I don't remember if it had anything to do with the cars he had.
The guy I was with had the same problem, he had been in and out of jail and was the car lot's owner BIL, so he was not very professional and not very smart. The only good thing about repoing the cars was that we always had copies of the keys as nobody rekeyed their cars, of course if the car was disabled in some way it was a huge mess at times.
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