mr roboto
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Reading the news about the retired police officer who shot the man dead in the Florida Theatre got me thinking about a time when I decided to confront someone. I was wondering if anybody here has ever confronted somebody in public about their actions, and had that go to blows or come back to be a dangerous situation.
My single confrontation that almost turned ugly was when I was walking my daughter in a stroller in our neighborhood. A BMW 5 series came up over a hill, and blew a stop sign going about 30 miles an hour. Our neighborhood has very narrow streets and the speed limit is 25, nevermind he completely blew the stop sign. Several people in the neighborhood had noticed that there were three or four very expensive cars that were driving erratically in the neighborhood. A Porsche 911, BMW 5 series, BMW X5 and a Jag X type. All the license plates seem to be connected, with the word Kiev and some combination of numbers afterward.
Anyway, the incident with the BMW blowing the stop sign was my final straw. The next time I was driving in my car in the neighborhood and saw one of these cars ripping by at about 50 miles an hour, I turned around and followed him to his house. I saw him get out of his car with a young wife and a five-year-old daughter and I just happened to have a four-year-old daughter at the time.
I rolled down my window at the end of his driveway, and said hey could you please slow down driving to the neighborhood. His response to me was shocking. He told me "if you are not a cop, I will find you and kill you." I stumbled with my words after that, and just said we all have kids here please drive better and he started walking at me cursing me and telling me he was going to kill me.
I was very scared, and went back home. I told my wife about it, and we both decided to call the sheriffs. It turned out they had a number of complaints about these vehicles at the two or three houses that they seem to be living in. The sheriffs office said they would send the cruiser to stay in the neighborhood that day, but clearly advise me tonight confront another person in the public if they are doing something wrong but rather call the police.
Nothing ever came of my confrontation, and about one year later we noticed this group wasn't in the neighborhood anymore. It appeared as though there was a lot of money backing these guys, and they all had Eastern European or Russian accents. The shear aggression and complete lack of regard for his wife or his daughter's safety had me pretty convinced that these are some pretty bad guys. I'm very glad that nothing ever happened, because I am in no position to handle very bad guys.
My single confrontation that almost turned ugly was when I was walking my daughter in a stroller in our neighborhood. A BMW 5 series came up over a hill, and blew a stop sign going about 30 miles an hour. Our neighborhood has very narrow streets and the speed limit is 25, nevermind he completely blew the stop sign. Several people in the neighborhood had noticed that there were three or four very expensive cars that were driving erratically in the neighborhood. A Porsche 911, BMW 5 series, BMW X5 and a Jag X type. All the license plates seem to be connected, with the word Kiev and some combination of numbers afterward.
Anyway, the incident with the BMW blowing the stop sign was my final straw. The next time I was driving in my car in the neighborhood and saw one of these cars ripping by at about 50 miles an hour, I turned around and followed him to his house. I saw him get out of his car with a young wife and a five-year-old daughter and I just happened to have a four-year-old daughter at the time.
I rolled down my window at the end of his driveway, and said hey could you please slow down driving to the neighborhood. His response to me was shocking. He told me "if you are not a cop, I will find you and kill you." I stumbled with my words after that, and just said we all have kids here please drive better and he started walking at me cursing me and telling me he was going to kill me.
I was very scared, and went back home. I told my wife about it, and we both decided to call the sheriffs. It turned out they had a number of complaints about these vehicles at the two or three houses that they seem to be living in. The sheriffs office said they would send the cruiser to stay in the neighborhood that day, but clearly advise me tonight confront another person in the public if they are doing something wrong but rather call the police.
Nothing ever came of my confrontation, and about one year later we noticed this group wasn't in the neighborhood anymore. It appeared as though there was a lot of money backing these guys, and they all had Eastern European or Russian accents. The shear aggression and complete lack of regard for his wife or his daughter's safety had me pretty convinced that these are some pretty bad guys. I'm very glad that nothing ever happened, because I am in no position to handle very bad guys.
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