Man Sues Dealership After Loaner Car Gets Reported as Stolen

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  • Опубліковано 24 кві 2024
  • Jamie Rodgers says he was terrified when cops pulled him over. The armed cops believed Rodgers stole the Kia SUV. The car he was driving was reported stolen by a California Kia dealership. However, the car was not stolen. It was a loaner vehicle that Rodgers and his wife say the dealer gave them to use while their car was having extensive repairs. Now, the couple is suing the dealership, which denies their allegations. Inside Edition’s Jim Moret has more.

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  • @melissagoodson2252
    @melissagoodson2252 22 дні тому +12389

    How can the dealership deny the allegation when they're the one that reported it stolen?

    • @lemondubs
      @lemondubs 22 дні тому +556

      Mind blowing.

    • @user-lw7rp4eb3k
      @user-lw7rp4eb3k 22 дні тому +449

      It's utterly pathetic.

    • @Jean-lr4hv
      @Jean-lr4hv 22 дні тому +241

      My exact same thought

    • @TrebleTS20
      @TrebleTS20 22 дні тому +108

      Basic defense

    • @KonohasYeIlowFlash
      @KonohasYeIlowFlash 22 дні тому +342

      @@TrebleTS20Yeah, you never admit fault immediately. This will be quietly settled out of court. They clearly reported the car stolen. In depositions, they’ll have to admit it was given as a loaner car and a police report was filed as stolen-open and shut case.

  • @jamesthereaper7
    @jamesthereaper7 22 дні тому +8250

    This should never have happened, I hope he wins the lawsuit.

    • @Short_Rachel.
      @Short_Rachel. 22 дні тому +64

      Me too 👍🏻

    • @SuperSlimshady1
      @SuperSlimshady1 22 дні тому +151

      Yeah I don't see why he wouldn't it seems like a pretty open and shut case

    • @Short_Rachel.
      @Short_Rachel. 22 дні тому +18

      @@SuperSlimshady1 exactly 👍🏻

    • @DarknessOfSorrow
      @DarknessOfSorrow 22 дні тому +48

      They probably head straight to settlement

    • @veekahtoh
      @veekahtoh 22 дні тому +27

      I hope he wins the lawsuit as well.

  • @ShionWinkler
    @ShionWinkler 17 днів тому +622

    We reported the car stolen, and we also deny we reported it stolen. What jokers

    • @cosmoray9750
      @cosmoray9750 13 днів тому

      That is the USA for ya.
      No accountability nor responsible for the report.

    • @jefferybaxter1225
      @jefferybaxter1225 12 днів тому +8

      I agree. That's the crazy part right there. The dealership basically doesn't want to be man/woman enough to own up to the big mistake they did. I hope he wins this case against Kia.

    • @psibertiger
      @psibertiger 4 дні тому +1

      🗣️🤯

  • @ImJamieX
    @ImJamieX 16 днів тому +399

    the dealership even called the wife and told her they just reported the car stolen... if they had indeed Lost the agreement then how did they know the phone number?

    • @markm5287
      @markm5287 13 днів тому +30

      They called her to tell her about the mistake... obviously they found the agreement and immediately called her. Too bad they they didn't bother to find it BEFORE calling the police.

    • @kingdommanlegacyministries7769
      @kingdommanlegacyministries7769 13 днів тому +2

      🤔🤫

    • @katbeck1867
      @katbeck1867 13 днів тому +2

      Because they had their car in for repairs. The police probably let them know it was recovered and they realized what had happened. Not rocket science.

    • @godschosen3102
      @godschosen3102 7 днів тому +1

      👀 Suspicious, right?

  • @ORO323
    @ORO323 22 дні тому +2936

    It was not a “mistake”. It was negligence. How do you loan out a car, forget the paperwork, and then call it in as stolen?

    • @EmmureMARIO64
      @EmmureMARIO64 19 днів тому +81

      “We don’t know how we lost the paperwork! It was right here and BAM!”

    • @undefined69695
      @undefined69695 18 днів тому +6

      Y’all think one person works at a dealership or something? Incredibly stupid but not a jailable offense lmao.

    • @JDog_Unchained
      @JDog_Unchained 18 днів тому +104

      ​@@undefined69695 doesn't change the fact that it was negligence. They could have gotten that man killed

    • @raymondmesa8258
      @raymondmesa8258 18 днів тому +35

      Hmm what did we do with the paper work? Must be stolen yeah that’s it

    • @hearthrob300
      @hearthrob300 18 днів тому +42

      @@EmmureMARIO64 One would think with the age of technology, all that information would've been in their computer database too.

  • @Iamrightyouarewrong
    @Iamrightyouarewrong 22 дні тому +4517

    Why was he considered armed and dangerous?

    • @yudodis
      @yudodis 22 дні тому +1159

      You know exactly why 😂

    • @WilliamEdwards121
      @WilliamEdwards121 22 дні тому +302

      Exactly 😂

    • @Xtremecherry95YT
      @Xtremecherry95YT 22 дні тому +722

      Color of his skin.
      And the fact it's california.

    • @-odin
      @-odin 22 дні тому +327

      bc you dont steal a car with ur feets

    • @wolf17238
      @wolf17238 22 дні тому +143

      ​@Xtremecherry95YT 😂😂😂 California, try the deep South. Especially Alabama and Mississippi.

  • @larryhilliard4994
    @larryhilliard4994 16 днів тому +158

    There is a huge difference between saying that a car was stolen versus armed and dangerous!

    • @dutchdna
      @dutchdna 11 днів тому

      "Considered" armed and dangerous. By the cops...because he's black. So they can make a big deal out of it.

    • @karlrovey
      @karlrovey 8 днів тому +3

      With stolen cars, they automatically consider the occupants as armed and dangerous.

    • @mfgc2610
      @mfgc2610 4 дні тому

      Huge!

    • @rachelsill79
      @rachelsill79 2 дні тому

      ​@@karlroveynot true.

  • @LetsDIYIt
    @LetsDIYIt 16 днів тому +45

    Police should charge management at that dealership as well. They were put in a bad position as well. Hope this guy wins his case, utterly ridiculous.

  • @mightylara2372
    @mightylara2372 22 дні тому +2189

    The dealership lost the loaner agreement within minutes of it being filled out? The employee couldn't say, "oh yeah, that car was loaned out, but I've misplaced the contract." Then called the police as if you never loaned the car out. Called the wife, not the husband who was in said car to admit the mistake. Not only sue, but someone needs to lose their job for causing all of that chaos.

    • @sonicgalaxy27
      @sonicgalaxy27 22 дні тому +97

      Agreed. This is one of the idiotic things that I have ever seen in my life. Why would a employee misplaced something that they made a deal to the loaner.

    • @user-gn6xu4jl1u
      @user-gn6xu4jl1u 22 дні тому +68

      Because in America, calling the police is always the answer. Here in the UK, more questions would have been asked before dispatching.

    • @woaken
      @woaken 22 дні тому +49

      The employee should be going to prison, the entire dealership needs investigated, this happens more often than not, and it’s done on purpose.

    • @whartonitec1041
      @whartonitec1041 22 дні тому +9

      These sales flow through like in a McDonald’s. the contract was never entered in a computer.

    • @alphagt62
      @alphagt62 19 днів тому +5

      No mixup, someone at the dealership should go to jail!

  • @ericastones1052
    @ericastones1052 22 дні тому +2812

    How can a dealership make such a mistake when they gave him the car?

    • @Shadowwolf-jg3ee
      @Shadowwolf-jg3ee 22 дні тому +48

      that's a question I don't think anybody can answer

    • @illumonic9026
      @illumonic9026 22 дні тому +74

      right, you know the information was in their system. All they had to do was look it up when they saw it was gone before ever contacting police.

    • @Shadowwolf-jg3ee
      @Shadowwolf-jg3ee 22 дні тому

      @@illumonic9026 true, but that would be too smart for a money grubbing business like a dealership

    • @conradb7200
      @conradb7200 22 дні тому +25

      It wasn’t a mistake … wink wink😜

    • @Yanoa
      @Yanoa 22 дні тому +9

      What do they care? Rental car companies do this all the time too

  • @carolbamforth7475
    @carolbamforth7475 15 днів тому +16

    He should absolutely sue the dealership for misleading information. Get millions

  • @pl4y3dout23
    @pl4y3dout23 16 днів тому +14

    How exactly did the police think he was armed and dangerous unless the idiots who reported it stolen also reported being robbed for the vehicle at gunpoint

  • @EricLing64
    @EricLing64 22 дні тому +2195

    Lose the paperwork so they can't even be bothered to check their own security footage if someone took the car off their lot suspiciously, just immediately call police and say it was stolen by an armed person?

    • @I_like_aliens_from_mars
      @I_like_aliens_from_mars 22 дні тому +126

      They said in the report to police "A black guy was seen roaming in the premises and he might have took the car" which they gave it to him

    • @Justinlifts365
      @Justinlifts365 22 дні тому +56

      I work at a dealer everyone up front is restarted

    • @DOHC2L
      @DOHC2L 22 дні тому +20

      It's Kia, not Mercedes. There's no way they would have video cameras. I work at a Nissan dealership, I haven't seen video cameras at any non-luxury car dealerships. Brand new Cadillac dealership opened close by me, no video cameras either. This is in DFW Texas.

    • @FkTurbo.
      @FkTurbo. 22 дні тому +75

      @@DOHC2Lthat’s crazy because every rundown gas station has security cameras. Why would only luxury dealerships have them? Not like they’re a big expense.

    • @David.77
      @David.77 22 дні тому +14

      @@I_like_aliens_from_marsIf that’s true, just wow. What a lousy establishment

  • @JunoSuede
    @JunoSuede 18 днів тому +1548

    So they don’t have CCTV camera to see that the man visit the office , sign a document and was HANDED the key or vehicle??? Wtf is wrong with these people?!?!

    • @ladydi1079
      @ladydi1079 17 днів тому +83

      You need to lend them some of your common sense. The dealership obviously doesn't have any.

    • @JamesS.254
      @JamesS.254 17 днів тому +71

      Exactly man, they didn't even TRY to see where the car went. They just couldn't see it, so they automatically assumed stollen without even knowing how the car was moved. Hell, they apparently couldn't even ask their own employee's if they knew where the car went.
      Imagine living a life where every time you misplaced something and instead of looking for it you called the cops because someone must have stolen it.

    • @SecondChanceHiker
      @SecondChanceHiker 17 днів тому +21

      Yes someone jumped the gun. Got all excited to call the police without doing proper research.

    • @arri111993
      @arri111993 16 днів тому +2

      Money

    • @ljeans531
      @ljeans531 16 днів тому +1

      ​@@ladydi1079 dude, it's Kia. They DEFINITELY have some

  • @kaley1008
    @kaley1008 16 днів тому +10

    The question I have who reported that he was armed

  • @lizlee6290
    @lizlee6290 16 днів тому +6

    Saying "allegations" is mind blowing! I'm surprised they didn't say "alleged!" The dealership was basically caught red-handed.

  • @veganangela
    @veganangela 19 днів тому +773

    "Fallen behind a cabinet" is the business version of "my dog ate my homework"

    • @lq7777
      @lq7777 15 днів тому +17

      The government version is it was placed on the wrong shelf. Happened to me with some paperwork I filed at the courthouse. If I hadn’t kept calling because it was taking so long they’d have never found it.

    • @cassandradistin9699
      @cassandradistin9699 15 днів тому +3

      I mean do people even have filing cabinets any more?

    • @jgjg3848
      @jgjg3848 14 днів тому

      Dealerships don't even do paperwork anymore. Everything is done electronically and your copy is given to you on a credit card thumb drive or texted/emailed directly to you. Dealerships is just lying.

    • @radicalrick9587
      @radicalrick9587 14 днів тому +2

      @@cassandradistin9699 *Younger Gen: What's a filing cabinets?*

    • @mewwerr
      @mewwerr 14 днів тому +3

      @@cassandradistin9699yes lmfao

  • @me21464
    @me21464 19 днів тому +1284

    My son used to work for a car dealership and said the front office loses keys and then runs to the detail team accusing them of having the keys! 🤦🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️

    • @DurkkTV
      @DurkkTV 18 днів тому +59

      He's right! They wouldnt ask...they would accuse! 2 cars were stolen off the BMW lot because the dealers left the keys out on their desks after closing they blamed the technicians and detailers and required us to get finger printed to prove it was an inside job. Refusal of providing finger prints was termination. I live in Florida

    • @ninam.1560
      @ninam.1560 18 днів тому +19

      My Brother said the exact same thing! The Detailers get the blame for everything that goes wrong

    • @John-xw5zg
      @John-xw5zg 18 днів тому +6

      @@ninam.1560 Tell him to document all of those interactions! Keep his phone at his side while recording so he at least picks up the audio. Start building his case against the people making accusations

    • @patinpatin12
      @patinpatin12 17 днів тому +15

      I remember that one time me and my brother went to look at cars. My brother saw one that he really liked and the dealer guy said to keep looking at it that he was going to go look for the keys to look at the inside. While looking we saw that the keys were already in the ignition and my brother tried opening the car door and it was unlocked. The guy took about 40 minutes to come back to his surprised he found us inside the car waiting for him. He was so confused and concerned on how we got in the car since he couldn't find the keys until we told him.

    • @ibrahimelmi210
      @ibrahimelmi210 17 днів тому

      @@patinpatin12 alot of dudes would have gotten a free car that day

  • @manimalshreds8872
    @manimalshreds8872 16 днів тому +17

    Was on his way to work and now hes getting paid.

  • @polythelegendhedron1643
    @polythelegendhedron1643 15 днів тому +52

    My guess is the dude at the dealership didn't like him and decided to SWAT him, then try to cover it up

    • @OG_2pence
      @OG_2pence 5 днів тому +1

      I was literally looking for this comment 🎯

    • @Chic_Ken
      @Chic_Ken 5 днів тому

      Yep!

  • @carceeno
    @carceeno 22 дні тому +744

    The dealership almost got him killed. If he doesn't force them to pay millions, they'll do it again.

    • @bigd3046
      @bigd3046 18 днів тому +12

      Pay him millions! OMFG! That's not even worth $100 bucks.

    • @cflshawn3377
      @cflshawn3377 18 днів тому +13

      Pay him 50 million

    • @garbagecollector2281
      @garbagecollector2281 18 днів тому +55

      @@bigd3046 Not about the amount. It's about making the dealership to actually put proper processes and practices to prevent it from happening in the future again. Not just this dealership, but all dealerships.

    • @6z0
      @6z0 18 днів тому +3

      Pay him millions? Lol

    • @ShaneB-ev1ko
      @ShaneB-ev1ko 18 днів тому +5

      I don't know about millions but definitely should be some sort of pay. That's crazy they need to be held accountable

  • @juanc.7999
    @juanc.7999 18 днів тому +656

    the dealership has full responsibility .
    shame on that responsibility.

    • @Wrench-Monkey24
      @Wrench-Monkey24 16 днів тому +8

      shame on the lack of it

    • @anacorreia8058
      @anacorreia8058 14 днів тому

      It’s definitely black privilege, though. If this happened to a white guy, law firms wouldn’t be so eager to take his case. The law firms know the black guy will win purely on that

  • @goatqueen781
    @goatqueen781 17 днів тому +6

    wtf kind of dealership calls 911 and says the car is missing just bc they cant find the papers, they should be sued

  • @SadeWithTheReceipts
    @SadeWithTheReceipts 16 днів тому +38

    He better own the entire dealership when it’s said and done! 😡

  • @hgfku-tn6hb
    @hgfku-tn6hb 22 дні тому +1188

    This man was almost killed for nothing

    • @zachgalante3577
      @zachgalante3577 22 дні тому +71

      Where in the video does it show he was almost killed?

    • @OfentseXEditz
      @OfentseXEditz 22 дні тому +195

      @@zachgalante3577 multiple rifles pointed at him if he did something wrong and he couldve been killed

    • @debbiec6216
      @debbiec6216 22 дні тому +106

      @@zachgalante3577 Did you see all the police , who all had their guns up , right towards him.
      *That's a RED FLAG.

    • @GRB22
      @GRB22 22 дні тому +7

      @@zachgalante3577 when the dealer lost the paper work for loaner....

    • @UnknownPlayStation
      @UnknownPlayStation 22 дні тому +1

      😂😂😂

  • @Kae6502
    @Kae6502 22 дні тому +751

    How the hell do you deny something that actually happened? WTF?

    • @jameswest8280
      @jameswest8280 22 дні тому +43

      Because they know they're screwed.

    • @theoway-on1bk
      @theoway-on1bk 21 день тому +28

      "We need to buy enough time to make up a credible story to get us off the hook for this."

    • @GuardianDiancie
      @GuardianDiancie 19 днів тому +8

      I am curious if they didn’t update the information in the computer system; that the car was loaned to someone and who.
      I am never going to borrow a car from any dealership. If I do, I’m gonna ask them to email that document to me that shows I borrowed the car from here. I got more trust issues after watching this than I did in the past.

    • @DiegoMartinez-nm8hz
      @DiegoMartinez-nm8hz 18 днів тому

      White people

    • @ImJamieX
      @ImJamieX 16 днів тому +1

      America

  • @levio1314
    @levio1314 17 днів тому +3

    Someone at the dealership needs to get fired. This is something that really shouldn't have happened. Dealership is going to get sued.

  • @FracturedScar
    @FracturedScar 15 днів тому +5

    This would be traumatic as all get out 😡. Who ever reported this dealership car as stolen should be fired (if they were an employee) and charged with something I don’t know. Very unsettling 😥

  • @BlackInsanity00
    @BlackInsanity00 22 дні тому +984

    The dealership has no choice but to settle this. Hit their pockets good so this does not happen again. Make sure it's enough to pay off a house, 2 brand new cars and college tuition for your kids, and lawyer fees. At that point y'all can call it even.

    • @tshaffer9681
      @tshaffer9681 22 дні тому +61

      Plus any taxes and fees.👍

    • @hurricane37
      @hurricane37 22 дні тому +38

      I want you as a my judge if this ever happens to me. The judge probably laughed and give him 100 and a McDonald’s biscuit for his trouble

    • @howardsmith9342
      @howardsmith9342 22 дні тому +23

      And don't buy a Kia.

    • @KenoshaCaptures
      @KenoshaCaptures 22 дні тому +13

      @@hurricane37 for putting his life in danger?

    • @Tsar-Tyco-Nova-Von-Taco-Cat
      @Tsar-Tyco-Nova-Von-Taco-Cat 22 дні тому +3

      I know you like the ghetto lottery but being detained for a few hours will only get he a used car

  • @sandralyn5869
    @sandralyn5869 22 дні тому +648

    How do you go from not being able to find important paperwork to calling the police and reporting the car stolen 🤷

    • @WaryJester
      @WaryJester 22 дні тому +59

      And saying he's an armed car thief for no reason

    • @rver99
      @rver99 22 дні тому +40

      This is what I don't get. Someone that worked at the dealership clearly gave him the keys. Why not, you know, ask your employees if anyone knows what happened to the car before reporting it stolen?

    • @Louis1059
      @Louis1059 22 дні тому +15

      Ever heard of the saying, "I'm surrounded by idiots". The paperwork is missing = stolen car. 🤦

    • @JesusLopez-sb3ir
      @JesusLopez-sb3ir 22 дні тому +11

      A lot of things aren't black and white but this one sure sounds like it. Modest looking black dude. Two things come to my racist sale man who was supposed to help him or sale person didn't like something the customer did or said and got back at him for it .

    • @ScarabChris
      @ScarabChris 22 дні тому +11

      I think the dealer wanted the car, couldn't find it on the lot so they checked to see if it were loaned out and when then couldn't find the papers they assumed it was stolen. But come on this was in 2021, do you mean to tell me there is no computer record of the car being loaned out? No...everything is on the computer these days, the "paper" is just a print out to be filed away or given to the customer. That begs the question, did the customer actually have the loaner agreement in the car?

  • @adwenb
    @adwenb 17 днів тому +2

    This customer is 1000% lucky the cop did not unalive him. Would the dealership still deny responsibility for this. Needs to be all over local and state news. Put them out of business but make sure this gentleman is extremely well compensated first.

  • @markpace5373
    @markpace5373 15 днів тому +2

    How did the 911 dispatch come to the conclusion that this individual was armed and dangerous

  • @667mumble
    @667mumble 22 дні тому +384

    They lost the loanership agreement? Don't they have it in their computer or at least a filing cabinet or at least save multiple copies?!?! Absolutely ridiculous

    • @thomasfletcher760
      @thomasfletcher760 22 дні тому +26

      It " fell behind the filing cabinet " was their excuse

    • @667mumble
      @667mumble 21 день тому +8

      @@thomasfletcher760 I heard that part. Such a lame and pathetic excuse

    • @robert4278
      @robert4278 20 днів тому +11

      Every document nowadays is scanned before being put away or being registered. That is a poor excuse. I hope they become millionaires.

    • @HikariLight121
      @HikariLight121 19 днів тому +3

      Some places have real scummy staff who will do what ever they can to screw someone over, just to get money out of them. Had a friend of mine who rented a car from a car rental, and 3 days later got pulled over as the company had reported the car stolen, when he still had more than a week to return it. He sued and won the case, the rental company had apparently had a small record of claiming some cars as stolen. said location was shut down and all the staff arrested.

    • @sandmars7
      @sandmars7 19 днів тому

      What’s really ridiculous was how much power the police was packing. I mean… assault rifles over a car theft? And the way they still aimed at him when he didn’t even try to escape in the car (I imagine that last one was part of a standard procedure to ensure the safety of the officers, but still.)

  • @angelc286
    @angelc286 18 днів тому +253

    Lost the paperwork for the car loan but were able to find the contact information to call the wife…They had the couples original car, they had their number. Why did this escalate?! WTF did they say in the police report to make the cops believe they were dealing with threat requiring five officers!? This does not add up.

    • @oinkytheink1228
      @oinkytheink1228 17 днів тому +6

      Stealing cars from a dealer ship would most likely mean they were prepared for any consequences so there is reasonable suspicion for a armed person during a traffic stop as he couldn’t be identified by the loaned vehicle due to no info so they would be stopping an unidentified driver

    • @EndPoliceBrutailty
      @EndPoliceBrutailty 15 днів тому +2

      I was thinking the same thing.

    • @tja3495
      @tja3495 15 днів тому

      @angelc286 Excellent, well stated! Part of the questions the victim's attorney should be using at trial against Kiv liars at the dealership who intentionally caused this to happen!

    • @iamshakuri
      @iamshakuri 14 днів тому +1

      @@oinkytheink1228you didn’t even try to respond to the points laid out. They had all the family’s information. They could have given them a call. They already called the wife.

    • @truboo4268
      @truboo4268 14 днів тому +2

      What likely happened:
      1. The couple placed their car in a mechanic's care, as it's said that they were getting repairs on it.
      2. The couple licensed the dealership's car as a loaner while it was being repaired.
      3. Through negligence of the employees, the loan agreement was lost behind a filing cabinet.
      4. The Kia dealership, noticing a car missing and not having an agreement, assumed the car had been stolen and reported it as such to the police.
      5. The loan agreement was found in AFTER the report, and the dealership called the wife through that information.
      Step #4, of course, is the source of the lawsuit: Surely someone at the dealership would remember a car being stolen, attempt to locate the original papers, or look through security footage to see if the car had been taken legally or not. I can't say why the dealership assumed the suspect was armed and dangerous other than the general assumption of "You don't commit grand theft auto without a gun", and of course, that assumption is a key point in the lawsuit.
      This is all just MY conjecture, of course.

  • @stormangelus6638
    @stormangelus6638 15 днів тому +3

    What a mess! This poor guy should sue!

  • @Tiersmoke92555
    @Tiersmoke92555 15 днів тому +2

    I hope he gets all the justice that he is due.

  • @andrewcsmith9824
    @andrewcsmith9824 17 днів тому +218

    I hope he gets a jury for his case. The dealership needs to pay dearly for their mistake.

    • @thenerdnetwork
      @thenerdnetwork 16 днів тому +12

      This is never going to make it to court. The dealership will settle before it gets that far. Like the dealership wants to leave it up to the jury to decide how much in punitive damages should be awarded to the plaintiff.

    • @eshuorishas9987
      @eshuorishas9987 13 днів тому +2

      @@thenerdnetworkand probably file bankruptcy so they don’t have to pay him. Happens too often. Let’s hope it’s a chain and not a single location.

    • @AbsolBubon
      @AbsolBubon 13 днів тому

      @@eshuorishas9987 good

    • @Donleecartoons
      @Donleecartoons 12 днів тому

      ​@@thenerdnetworkIt's the plaintiff's right to reject any settlement offer and demand a jury trial -- along with legal fees and court costs.

  • @VVV953
    @VVV953 22 дні тому +376

    Stupid dealership do a better job at getting better office workers

    • @lefty5463
      @lefty5463 20 днів тому +4

      They may have lost all there black customers and other races that don't like that kind of response.

  • @dondattaford5593
    @dondattaford5593 16 днів тому +4

    How did they come up with armed and dangerous more to investigate a huge lawsuit should fix this

  • @francesrose18
    @francesrose18 16 днів тому +3

    How terrifying and traumatizing! I pray justice wins and that useless dealership has to PAY for their egregious behaviour and attitude!! 🙏🙏🙏

  • @andywatson7994
    @andywatson7994 22 дні тому +395

    The incompetence of that dealership almost cost that poor man his life. That dealership needs to be shut down.

    • @Maximus90277
      @Maximus90277 21 день тому +11

      The crazy cops almost cost him his life

    • @roycem4945
      @roycem4945 20 днів тому +4

      not shut down - the dealership needs to pay that man big $$

    • @sinatraforeign
      @sinatraforeign 19 днів тому +8

      ​@@Maximus90277 the police brutality plus the dealership telling the police he was armed just added more to the case

    • @petermastenbroek7719
      @petermastenbroek7719 19 днів тому +3

      I agree they have to close down, for CLIENTS SAFETY !

    • @jaypie0864
      @jaypie0864 19 днів тому +13

      ​@@sinatraforeignSTFU. Fake news. The dealership never said he was armed. Standard practice is to always treat the occupants of a stolen vehicle as armed and dangerous.

  • @desalegneanteneh9555
    @desalegneanteneh9555 22 дні тому +345

    Sued them all no one is above the law.

    • @debbiec6216
      @debbiec6216 22 дні тому +7

      when you sue , you have to sue everyone who's involved. That's the way it goes !!!

    • @DarthSailorMoo
      @DarthSailorMoo 22 дні тому +1

      @@debbiec6216 The lawsuit can't target the individual of the company. It has to be the company. The only thing the company can do is fire the incompetent.

    • @lotreeblu
      @lotreeblu 22 дні тому +1

      Donald trump apparently is 🤦🏼‍♂️

    • @gush7573
      @gush7573 22 дні тому +1

      @@DarthSailorMoo They can sue the individual, but suing the company will reap in more money. That's why you always sue the company

    • @DarthSailorMoo
      @DarthSailorMoo 22 дні тому

      @@gush7573 No they can't...

  • @lmauto569
    @lmauto569 17 днів тому +8

    This guy did the right thing by complying. Cops did there job. Dealership is the one that needs to be held accountable.

  • @patrickgrider6391
    @patrickgrider6391 15 днів тому +4

    This dealership went to the hertz school of reporting.

  • @josephpenate6408
    @josephpenate6408 22 дні тому +277

    Can you imagine the awkward conversation when he brought the car back to the dealership “so how was your experience “

    • @rc70ys
      @rc70ys 22 дні тому +35

      😂😂😂😂😂
      And then they point to a scratch they claim wasn’t there before 😂😂😂😂😂

    • @sfwFIFTY
      @sfwFIFTY 21 день тому +26

      they did NOT want him to take a few minutes and complete a service survey.

    • @User_92020
      @User_92020 20 днів тому +10

      "Good, I'm about to get rich" 💰 🤑

    • @markc13579
      @markc13579 19 днів тому +1

    • @Doggypowersocute
      @Doggypowersocute 19 днів тому +1

      😂😂

  • @rodwellcort7503
    @rodwellcort7503 18 днів тому +318

    I have no words for this level of incompetence.

  • @DionsWorld367
    @DionsWorld367 14 днів тому +2

    Props to the editor, my left ear loved this story

    • @pumpnix7243
      @pumpnix7243 9 днів тому

      I thought my headphone was messing up 😂

  • @intercat4907
    @intercat4907 17 днів тому +3

    Why did the police think he was armed?? Did the dealership report that they were robbed at gunpoint?

  • @DeadCat-42
    @DeadCat-42 18 днів тому +761

    Suspicion of a crime shouldn't put you in extreme danger of being killed.

    • @SoulReaperSlayer19
      @SoulReaperSlayer19 18 днів тому +71

      Welcome to America..

    • @hardwired4548
      @hardwired4548 18 днів тому +42

      He wasn't in extrema danger. He complied and everything turned out fine.

    • @dannybrezelhorner2715
      @dannybrezelhorner2715 18 днів тому

      ​​@@hardwired4548He got lucky that the cops had their cameras on, the only way to keep those psychopaths in line is constant surveillance and a threat that they could lose their job and power, without cameras they would assult or kill whomever they wanted and fill out paperwork to get away with it

    • @SeeMyEvil
      @SeeMyEvil 18 днів тому +71

      ​@@hardwired4548clearly unaware of what counts as danger.
      And what would typically dealing with.
      It can be as crazy as rolling a 20-sided dice. With the odd less in ur favor. An do as ur told an still roll a fail.

    • @johnkuang123
      @johnkuang123 18 днів тому +50

      @@hardwired4548 That's what you think, they were pointing rifles at him, what if the rifle misfires? What if he turn around a little too quick and they think he as holding a gun instead of his phone?

  • @charlespiper9291
    @charlespiper9291 22 дні тому +185

    Sue the incompetent dealership!

    • @Maximus90277
      @Maximus90277 21 день тому

      And cops

    • @trevorwitherspoon9160
      @trevorwitherspoon9160 20 днів тому +2

      @@Maximus90277 You sue the 1 that prescribed the order not the 1 that administered the order

  • @mariegarside8830
    @mariegarside8830 16 днів тому +1

    There needs to be more accountability than saying Opps.

  • @user-uv4mg4ve9p
    @user-uv4mg4ve9p 17 днів тому +2

    The dealer denies their allegations that the car was reported stolen by mistake? Isn't that what the dealer said happened?

  • @LogicallyInsane8
    @LogicallyInsane8 22 дні тому +94

    First off, how do you confuse loaning a car to a customer and thinking it was stolen? Second, where and how does "armed and dangerous" come into play in all of this? Third, the contract "fell behind the filing cabinet"? And lastly, why did the dealship call his wife and not the police to say it was all a big mixup? Something is definitely suspicious about that dealership.

    • @BrandonSmith-rb1bf
      @BrandonSmith-rb1bf 22 дні тому +5

      Right. Fell behind the cabinet is crazy.

    • @Joe_Okey
      @Joe_Okey 22 дні тому +4

      @@BrandonSmith-rb1bf Not necessarily. I worked in an office for 27 years, and at one point while we were moving file cabinets around, we actually DID find a document that had been lost for quite some time, it can happen.

    • @BrandonSmith-rb1bf
      @BrandonSmith-rb1bf 22 дні тому +3

      @@Joe_Okey 😆

    • @lawoftheland5923
      @lawoftheland5923 21 день тому +7

      ANY stolen vehicle report is automatically treated as though the person MAY be armed and dangerous. They only knew that they had a report of a stolen vehicle, and NOT that the report was false, so they made the CORRECT stop for the report that they had. Mr. Rodgers did exactly what they said to do, which is why he ended up being just fine in the end. The police did NOTHING wrong given the report that they were given.

    • @k9er233
      @k9er233 21 день тому +3

      @@BrandonSmith-rb1bf More likely got paper-clipped to another document on a cluttered desk top, or was inadvertently thrown away with other unneeded paperwork that it was stuck to. Happened to me at the DMV, and caused me a lot of grief and money in the end.

  • @williepearl278
    @williepearl278 18 днів тому +130

    I’m a little confused, if it was reported stolen only how does that equal to armed and dangerous? Did the dealership report that the man had a weapon or used violence? Do police always assume someone is armed and dangerous when a car is stolen?

    • @dankmouse632
      @dankmouse632 17 днів тому +11

      Could be their department policy

    • @olerocker3470
      @olerocker3470 14 днів тому +17

      "For their safety"

    • @camcharles9834
      @camcharles9834 14 днів тому +9

      Police do this to every stolen car

    • @blitsriderfield4099
      @blitsriderfield4099 14 днів тому +5

      It is standard procedure to reported car thieves as armed and dangerous, I think it's because you could hide quite a few weapons in said car.

    • @HaiRune
      @HaiRune 13 днів тому +3

      @@blitsriderfield4099Makes sense. Officers showed a lot of restraint not shooting him 🥴

  • @hwnboi11
    @hwnboi11 16 днів тому +1

    He deserves to win this lawsuit. This is a horrible situation that could have gone wrong.

  • @aaronjanderson1942
    @aaronjanderson1942 15 днів тому +1

    gross negligence by the dealer, someone should be charged. This guy is lucky to be alive, but he just won the lottery.

  • @terriwaldridge807
    @terriwaldridge807 22 дні тому +74

    I’m sorry. Dealership can deny all they want but they can’t argue with the video. Customer needs to win lawsuit and dealership needs to be charged with filing a false police report. Dealership also needs to lose their license.

    • @BellaJoyeuse
      @BellaJoyeuse 22 дні тому +3

      Yes! And whoever the employee was needs to also be sued. Did an employee lose the paperwork and was trying to give his butt or something

  • @jefflitchford1422
    @jefflitchford1422 18 днів тому +85

    How can a dealership deny allegations when it’s on video and there is a police report that’s a stupidest thing I’ve ever heard pay up Kia

  • @ericphillipssr.4381
    @ericphillipssr.4381 17 днів тому +1

    The car was reported stolen by the dealership. How is that information turned into the police officer saying the person driving the car was armed and dangerous. The cop had to make that part up, if it wasn’t part of the police report.

  • @ldnwholesale8552
    @ldnwholesale8552 17 днів тому +1

    HOW did the cops get armed and dangerous from a 'stolen' vehicle report. How did they dig up all the armed cops to pull over a 'stolen' car. Something is very wrong with this whole story

  • @Mike__B
    @Mike__B 22 дні тому +128

    Dealership be damned, that was one hell of a police response for a stolen car.

    • @BrandonSmith-rb1bf
      @BrandonSmith-rb1bf 22 дні тому +9

      Right

    • @ALo-yv2pj
      @ALo-yv2pj 22 дні тому +2

      They don't ever do that.
      Nowadays you on your own if youre car is stolen.

    • @aznmochibunny
      @aznmochibunny 21 день тому +10

      ​@@ALo-yv2pjThey probably did it because it was via a place of business, and not privately owned vehicle.

    • @SoloPilot6
      @SoloPilot6 21 день тому +4

      The deputies had apparently been told that he was armed and dangerous, so that was the reason for the felony stop and how it was handled.

    • @Mike__B
      @Mike__B 21 день тому +7

      @@SoloPilot6 Why would they be told that he was armed and dangerous? If the reason for the call was that Kia "lost" the paperwork, they shouldn't have any clue about the status of him being armed or not. So Kia essentially lied to the cops to make sure their precious car would get more police attention?

  • @Stacy..H
    @Stacy..H 22 дні тому +163

    Sue the hell out of them!

    • @snowdogthewolf
      @snowdogthewolf 21 день тому +2

      Their attorney that was interviewed in the video will make certain of that.

  • @JuanVasquezhasreturned
    @JuanVasquezhasreturned 15 днів тому +2

    Armed and dangerous? What the heck? People can't just accuse someone of having a gun on them. The police wouldn't assume that unless the person who called them told them that person had a gun on purpose.

  • @lelandunruh7896
    @lelandunruh7896 14 днів тому +1

    This is bad policing. There was NO reason to think he, the individual specific drive, was "armed and dangerous". The fact that cops still get away with this is pathetic.

  • @playthatagainbruh394
    @playthatagainbruh394 22 дні тому +173

    Why wasnt this on a computer? Is this 1974?

    • @CharlotteThomas74
      @CharlotteThomas74 22 дні тому +17

      I said the exact same thing!!!

    • @tomtom1541
      @tomtom1541 22 дні тому +5

      ​@@CharlotteThomas74a lot of businesses had issues with computer hackers breaking in and stealing money from bank accounts etc. So they went back to using pen and paper lol.

    • @CharlotteThomas74
      @CharlotteThomas74 22 дні тому +4

      ​@@tomtom1541 Oh, okay! Makes perfect sense!! Since things can easily be shuffled, pushed, and slid around, if the file cabinets and desks aren't pushed against the wall and there's an opening, there's always that possibility that some paperwork may have fallen behind at some point!! Guess their cleaners weren't such good cleaners and don't clean behind things🤦🏽‍♀️🤣🤣

    • @Andy-xx3tt
      @Andy-xx3tt 22 дні тому +1

      That was my first thought 😂

    • @CharlotteThomas74
      @CharlotteThomas74 20 днів тому

      @@Andy-xx3tt 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @madamcuracha9391
    @madamcuracha9391 22 дні тому +85

    WHAT A LOUSY DEALER!!!

  • @RupsterJam
    @RupsterJam 16 днів тому +1

    Deny their allegation?????

  • @HankTschida
    @HankTschida 15 днів тому +1

    “They deny their allegations”
    *but yet we’re the ones who reported it stolen*😒

  • @Greenthumb6a
    @Greenthumb6a 17 днів тому +24

    We lost the paperwork showing we lent it to you, soooo we reported it stolen. Perfect logic..

  • @nafisafrancis7325
    @nafisafrancis7325 19 днів тому +24

    Their carelessness could have cost this man his life,instead of making sure the car was really stolen before calling cops

  • @My_Hair_Is_0n_Fire_2023
    @My_Hair_Is_0n_Fire_2023 16 днів тому +1

    Lord. What in the world did the kia dealership tell the police for them to think he was armed & dangerous? Not every car thief is. And since no Kia dealership
    Employee could have possibly witnessed any behavior to lead them to report that, why did they lie? Those police treated him like they’d been led to believe he was a serial killer on a spree or something. I’m a 50 year old white lady & I would have probably been so scared I’d have PTSD. I can’t even imagine being a black male & being stopped & spoke to like that. And before they even laid eyes on him!?!! That man needs to OWN that Kia dealership over this.

  • @BubbaTech
    @BubbaTech 15 днів тому +1

    They reported that the car was stolen, how can they deny that 🤔?

  • @CajonPassStudios
    @CajonPassStudios 22 дні тому +162

    How stupid do you have to be to misplace a simple loaner agreement?

    • @askapk
      @askapk 22 дні тому +1

      Misplace*

    • @Andy-xx3tt
      @Andy-xx3tt 22 дні тому

      Not just that but the person that served him had NO recollection of loaning out that car?

    • @thefaculty3419
      @thefaculty3419 22 дні тому +1

      @@askapk Definition of "displace": move (something) from its proper or usual position.

    • @prodigalpriest
      @prodigalpriest 21 день тому

      I hope that question was rhetorical. Because my answer would be VERY stupid.

  • @karennoble3795
    @karennoble3795 18 днів тому +63

    That has to have been a nightmare for this gentleman!! I’m so glad nothing happened. The dealership is 100% culpable.

  • @limpfinger12
    @limpfinger12 15 днів тому

    That's 100% a scary situation he shouldn't have to deal with. He should be compensated

  • @katheryn234km
    @katheryn234km 14 днів тому +1

    The fact that the police announced that he was considered "ARMED & DANGEROUS" tells me that whomever reported the car stolen also told the police that the guy had a gun! My question is why? Was it done purposely to see what would happen to him? Was it a racial thing or did someone try to cover their behind when they couldn't find the paperwork? Idk but someone needs to be held accountable even if it was 20 years ago!

  • @dragonmaster909
    @dragonmaster909 22 дні тому +32

    They put him in unnecessary danger, and dealership can't even own up to it.

    • @snowdogthewolf
      @snowdogthewolf 21 день тому +2

      Their attorneys likely strongly advised against admitting fault. That particular KIA franchise would have garbage legal council had they not.

  • @tanthony298
    @tanthony298 22 дні тому +54

    Pay this man

  • @okramw1
    @okramw1 16 днів тому +2

    It fell behind a cabinet 🤔 That's B.S! I've heard that B4!! The dealership is trying to mitigate their culpability, & minimize the 💰 it's going to cost them.

  • @Youcanthandleme319
    @Youcanthandleme319 17 днів тому +10

    What a ridiculous way to conduct a traffic stop.

    • @morrismonet3554
      @morrismonet3554 17 днів тому +3

      Guilty of driving while black.

    • @Levi11349
      @Levi11349 17 днів тому

      Well it’s reported stolen so not ridiculous the officers did there job, the dealership did him dirty and needs to pay!

  • @reggieboy25
    @reggieboy25 22 дні тому +60

    dealership need to pay up! 💸💸💸

  • @shyodu2
    @shyodu2 22 дні тому +118

    Why was he considered armed and dangerous? Was it because it was a Kia?

    • @Sureshots.
      @Sureshots. 22 дні тому +15

      Lol because it’s a felony stop.

    • @javier7717
      @javier7717 22 дні тому +29

      No cause he was black

    • @sonicgalaxy27
      @sonicgalaxy27 22 дні тому +6

      ​@@javier7717Exactly as usual.

    • @shyodu2
      @shyodu2 22 дні тому +4

      I think that was just behavior on the police part. Unless the Kia dealership gave a description of the person that they said stole it.

    • @DrAngelKins
      @DrAngelKins 22 дні тому +6

      ​@javier7717 literally, why would a company care about skin color? It was a mistake(even though I don't know why the dealership would say he is armed and dangerous, as no injuries happened).
      The description was awfully vague, so it could be anyone

  • @marigold3687
    @marigold3687 16 днів тому +1

    So a black man was pulled over and complied and wasn’t hurt. Amazing.

  • @biggun3149
    @biggun3149 17 днів тому +1

    maybe whoever reported it stolen should be arrested for filing a false police report.

  • @tikesiachristian8449
    @tikesiachristian8449 22 дні тому +103

    This not the first time I am hearing about something like this

    • @LilMsMixed52
      @LilMsMixed52 20 днів тому +4

      Hertz is good for reporting rented cars stolen!

    • @mccfails8213
      @mccfails8213 20 днів тому

      Yea because this happened to me last year .

    • @MrColdwilliam
      @MrColdwilliam 18 днів тому

      People need to realize: that pot smoking, hungover employee who didn't type half the things you just said? They're the ones that stand between you and a horrible day.
      Once you grasp this, it becomes a MIRACLE that this doesn't happen every single day!

  • @cindyames3133
    @cindyames3133 18 днів тому +48

    Why did they think he was armed and dangerous?

    • @gregwren691
      @gregwren691 18 днів тому +11

      DWB

    • @randalls.6547
      @randalls.6547 18 днів тому +16

      Because. Car. Thieves. Usually. Have. Guns.

    • @firewater365
      @firewater365 18 днів тому

      @@randalls.6547do they?

    • @mactep1
      @mactep1 17 днів тому +14

      @@randalls.6547 Unless its a carjacking, they normally wont be armed, this clearly wasn't and he also complied, so is no reason to think he would.

    • @ghostinthemachine209
      @ghostinthemachine209 17 днів тому +3

      @@gregwren691 haha, this brought me back to that Chris Rock sketch video about DWB.

  • @osamabineatin_
    @osamabineatin_ 16 днів тому +1

    So they denied the allegations but called the owners wife to let them know about the “mistake”

  • @byronjasper2873
    @byronjasper2873 15 днів тому

    I m so glad he didn't resist and the cops weren't overzealous.

  • @SC-dm1ct
    @SC-dm1ct 18 днів тому +6

    Whoever filed the police report should be charged for filing a false police report, and attempted murder.

  • @BNatoAk
    @BNatoAk 22 дні тому +107

    They deny it?? They wanna be sued apparently 😅

    • @saraswinerton7202
      @saraswinerton7202 22 дні тому +1

      What

    • @silverjeyjey4054
      @silverjeyjey4054 22 дні тому +5

      As if the dispatcher don't keep track of the call history

    • @ImJamieX
      @ImJamieX 16 днів тому

      they'll just pay the judge off... this is america remember.

  • @tingokuman
    @tingokuman 17 днів тому +26

    As crazy as this may sound the police handled this pretty well. The dealership should be sued beyond belief.

    • @jimland7176
      @jimland7176 15 днів тому +2

      Yeah I kind of thought the same thing. I’ve seen too many videos where police will scream conflicting orders then get physical when the suspect can’t do the impossible. The stakes here were obviously high, but that is on the dealer. The officer made the stakes clear. His orders were delivered calmly and well annunciated. I don’t see any allegations that the victim here was mistreated in any way. Its kind of like a SWATIng attempt although this one appears to be incompetence rather than malicious

    • @LucianDevine
      @LucianDevine 13 днів тому

      @@jimland7176 Same with the victim for what it's worth. It helps that he's innocent, but you know that his heart was beating a mile a minute with god knows how much adrenaline coursing through him.

  • @onlyone266
    @onlyone266 9 днів тому

    That guy has got to have gotten PTSD from this. His heart must've been pumping at a million times a minute from fright.

  • @lakesnake2005
    @lakesnake2005 22 дні тому +75

    That Dealership owes them a new vehicle and a public apology.

    • @hanbury22
      @hanbury22 22 дні тому +6

      Forget the car, a KIA. The dealership should be sued for at least 6 digits

    • @charlievuong9384
      @charlievuong9384 22 дні тому +1

      They should buy him a Lexus

    • @snowdogthewolf
      @snowdogthewolf 21 день тому +1

      @@jojojayjay9617 Yes, the South Korean manufacturer KIA is directly responsible for the American employee of a KIA _franchise_ who "lost the agreement". 🤔

    • @jolemays3218
      @jolemays3218 18 днів тому

      And money

  • @MrShourin
    @MrShourin 18 днів тому +23

    Yeah the dealership denying their allegations. When there is video evidence available to the public on UA-cam...

  • @deborahblackvideoediting8697
    @deborahblackvideoediting8697 17 днів тому +1

    Their negligence and incompetence could have cost this man his life. I really hope they get a good settlement.

  • @Rune__
    @Rune__ 15 днів тому +1

    Can’t find the car 🙅🏼‍♀️
    Guess i will just report it as stolen 🤷🏼‍♀️

  • @bwhittaker3658
    @bwhittaker3658 22 дні тому +30

    What makes them think he was armed and dangerous

    • @scottthomas4334
      @scottthomas4334 22 дні тому +9

      Tell me the fact that it was a felony Grand Theft Auto artifact that most cases they have a firearm or a knife😊

    • @danrise44
      @danrise44 19 днів тому +2

      Black you know, the world already know

    • @Carnage7314
      @Carnage7314 18 днів тому +3

      ​@danrise44 no, it's because it's a car that's been reported stolen. More times than not, that's going to involve a weapon or tool that can be used as a weapon

  • @PaulMorrison-fl2gc
    @PaulMorrison-fl2gc 22 дні тому +96

    That is a bad time for a loaner car to be used

  • @Elizabeth-vw1vb
    @Elizabeth-vw1vb 16 днів тому

    Dealership needs to be accountable.

  • @russelloppenheimer3970
    @russelloppenheimer3970 14 днів тому +1

    Wait, did the dealership even call the Police back to let them know it wasn't stolen after all, before they called the wife?