Man Sues Dealership After Loaner Car Gets Reported as Stolen

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  • čas přidán 24. 04. 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 Před 18 dny +12297

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

    • @lemondubs
      @lemondubs Před 18 dny +553

      Mind blowing.

    • @user-lw7rp4eb3k
      @user-lw7rp4eb3k Před 18 dny +446

      It's utterly pathetic.

    • @Jean-lr4hv
      @Jean-lr4hv Před 18 dny +239

      My exact same thought

    • @TrebleTS20
      @TrebleTS20 Před 18 dny +108

      Basic defense

    • @KonohasYeIlowFlash
      @KonohasYeIlowFlash Před 18 dny +340

      @@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 Před 18 dny +8186

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

    • @Short_Rachel.
      @Short_Rachel. Před 18 dny +62

      Me too 👍🏻

    • @SuperSlimshady1
      @SuperSlimshady1 Před 18 dny +150

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

    • @Short_Rachel.
      @Short_Rachel. Před 18 dny +17

      @@SuperSlimshady1 exactly 👍🏻

    • @DarknessOfSorrow
      @DarknessOfSorrow Před 18 dny +48

      They probably head straight to settlement

    • @veekahtoh
      @veekahtoh Před 18 dny +27

      I hope he wins the lawsuit as well.

  • @ShionWinkler
    @ShionWinkler Před 13 dny +577

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

    • @cosmoray9750
      @cosmoray9750 Před 9 dny

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

    • @jefferybaxter1225
      @jefferybaxter1225 Před 8 dny +6

      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 Před 5 hodinami

      🗣️🤯

  • @ImJamieX
    @ImJamieX Před 12 dny +371

    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 Před 9 dny +24

      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 Před 9 dny

      🤔🤫

    • @katbeck1867
      @katbeck1867 Před 9 dny +1

      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 Před 3 dny

      👀 Suspicious, right?

  • @ORO323
    @ORO323 Před 18 dny +2897

    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 Před 15 dny +80

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

    • @undefined69695
      @undefined69695 Před 14 dny +6

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

    • @JDog_Unchained
      @JDog_Unchained Před 14 dny +103

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

    • @raymondmesa8258
      @raymondmesa8258 Před 14 dny +34

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

    • @hearthrob300
      @hearthrob300 Před 14 dny +42

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

  • @Iamrightyouarewrong
    @Iamrightyouarewrong Před 18 dny +4496

    Why was he considered armed and dangerous?

    • @yudodis
      @yudodis Před 18 dny +1150

      You know exactly why 😂

    • @WilliamEdwards121
      @WilliamEdwards121 Před 18 dny +298

      Exactly 😂

    • @Xtremecherry95YT
      @Xtremecherry95YT Před 18 dny +721

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

    • @-odin
      @-odin Před 18 dny +325

      bc you dont steal a car with ur feets

    • @wolf17238
      @wolf17238 Před 18 dny +142

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

  • @larryhilliard4994
    @larryhilliard4994 Před 12 dny +140

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

    • @dutchdna
      @dutchdna Před 7 dny

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

    • @karlrovey
      @karlrovey Před 4 dny +1

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

    • @mfgc2610
      @mfgc2610 Před 10 hodinami

      Huge!

  • @LetsDIYIt
    @LetsDIYIt Před 12 dny +36

    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.

  • @ericastones1052
    @ericastones1052 Před 18 dny +2798

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

    • @Shadowwolf-jg3ee
      @Shadowwolf-jg3ee Před 18 dny +48

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

    • @illumonic9026
      @illumonic9026 Před 18 dny +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 Před 18 dny

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

    • @conradb7200
      @conradb7200 Před 18 dny +25

      It wasn’t a mistake … wink wink😜

    • @Yanoa
      @Yanoa Před 18 dny +9

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

  • @JunoSuede
    @JunoSuede Před 14 dny +1538

    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 Před 13 dny +81

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

    • @JamesS.254
      @JamesS.254 Před 13 dny +70

      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 Před 13 dny +21

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

    • @arri111993
      @arri111993 Před 12 dny +2

      Money

    • @ljeans531
      @ljeans531 Před 12 dny +1

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

  • @carolbamforth7475
    @carolbamforth7475 Před 11 dny +11

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

  • @kaley1008
    @kaley1008 Před 12 dny +8

    The question I have who reported that he was armed

  • @mightylara2372
    @mightylara2372 Před 18 dny +2182

    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 Před 18 dny +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 Před 18 dny +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 Před 18 dny +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 Před 18 dny +9

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

    • @alphagt62
      @alphagt62 Před 15 dny +5

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

  • @veganangela
    @veganangela Před 15 dny +765

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

    • @lq7777
      @lq7777 Před 11 dny +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 Před 11 dny +3

      I mean do people even have filing cabinets any more?

    • @jgjg3848
      @jgjg3848 Před 10 dny

      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 Před 10 dny +2

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

    • @mewwerr
      @mewwerr Před 10 dny +3

      @@cassandradistin9699yes lmfao

  • @polythelegendhedron1643
    @polythelegendhedron1643 Před 11 dny +51

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

  • @pl4y3dout23
    @pl4y3dout23 Před 12 dny +8

    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 Před 18 dny +2194

    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 Před 18 dny +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 Před 18 dny +56

      I work at a dealer everyone up front is restarted

    • @DOHC2L
      @DOHC2L Před 18 dny +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. Před 18 dny +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 Před 18 dny +14

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

  • @me21464
    @me21464 Před 15 dny +1283

    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 Před 14 dny +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 Před 14 dny +19

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

    • @John-xw5zg
      @John-xw5zg Před 14 dny +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 Před 13 dny +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 Před 13 dny

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

  • @manimalshreds8872
    @manimalshreds8872 Před 12 dny +16

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

  • @SadeWithTheReceipts
    @SadeWithTheReceipts Před 12 dny +38

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

  • @Kae6502
    @Kae6502 Před 18 dny +751

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

    • @jameswest8280
      @jameswest8280 Před 18 dny +43

      Because they know they're screwed.

    • @theoway-on1bk
      @theoway-on1bk Před 17 dny +28

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

    • @GuardianDiancie
      @GuardianDiancie Před 15 dny +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 Před 14 dny

      White people

    • @ImJamieX
      @ImJamieX Před 12 dny +1

      America

  • @juanc.7999
    @juanc.7999 Před 14 dny +656

    the dealership has full responsibility .
    shame on that responsibility.

    • @Wrench-Monkey24
      @Wrench-Monkey24 Před 12 dny +8

      shame on the lack of it

    • @anacorreia8058
      @anacorreia8058 Před 10 dny

      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

  • @francesrose18
    @francesrose18 Před 12 dny +3

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

  • @FracturedScar
    @FracturedScar Před 11 dny +4

    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 😥

  • @carceeno
    @carceeno Před 18 dny +742

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

    • @bigd3046
      @bigd3046 Před 14 dny +12

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

    • @cflshawn3377
      @cflshawn3377 Před 14 dny +13

      Pay him 50 million

    • @garbagecollector2281
      @garbagecollector2281 Před 14 dny +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 Před 14 dny +3

      Pay him millions? Lol

    • @ShaneB-ev1ko
      @ShaneB-ev1ko Před 14 dny +5

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

  • @BlackInsanity00
    @BlackInsanity00 Před 18 dny +983

    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 Před 18 dny +61

      Plus any taxes and fees.👍

    • @hurricane37
      @hurricane37 Před 18 dny +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 Před 18 dny +23

      And don't buy a Kia.

    • @KenoshaCaptures
      @KenoshaCaptures Před 18 dny +13

      @@hurricane37 for putting his life in danger?

    • @Tsar-Tyco-Nova-Von-Taco-Cat
      @Tsar-Tyco-Nova-Von-Taco-Cat Před 18 dny +3

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

  • @stormangelus6638
    @stormangelus6638 Před 11 dny +3

    What a mess! This poor guy should sue!

  • @lizlee6290
    @lizlee6290 Před 12 dny +5

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

  • @sandralyn5869
    @sandralyn5869 Před 18 dny +648

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

    • @WaryJester
      @WaryJester Před 18 dny +59

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

    • @rver99
      @rver99 Před 18 dny +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 Před 18 dny +15

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

    • @JesusLopez-sb3ir
      @JesusLopez-sb3ir Před 18 dny +12

      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 Před 18 dny +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?

  • @667mumble
    @667mumble Před 18 dny +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 Před 18 dny +26

      It " fell behind the filing cabinet " was their excuse

    • @667mumble
      @667mumble Před 17 dny +8

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

    • @robert4278
      @robert4278 Před 16 dny +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 Před 15 dny +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 Před 15 dny

      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.)

  • @goatqueen781
    @goatqueen781 Před 13 dny +6

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

  • @patrickgrider6391
    @patrickgrider6391 Před 11 dny +4

    This dealership went to the hertz school of reporting.

  • @angelc286
    @angelc286 Před 14 dny +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 Před 13 dny +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 Před 11 dny +2

      I was thinking the same thing.

    • @tja3495
      @tja3495 Před 11 dny

      @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 Před 10 dny +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 Před 10 dny +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.

  • @andrewcsmith9824
    @andrewcsmith9824 Před 13 dny +218

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

    • @thenerdnetwork
      @thenerdnetwork Před 12 dny +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 Před 9 dny +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 Před 9 dny

      @@eshuorishas9987 good

    • @Donleecartoons
      @Donleecartoons Před 8 dny

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

  • @Tiersmoke92555
    @Tiersmoke92555 Před 11 dny +2

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

  • @dondattaford5593
    @dondattaford5593 Před 12 dny +3

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

  • @VVV953
    @VVV953 Před 18 dny +376

    Stupid dealership do a better job at getting better office workers

    • @lefty5463
      @lefty5463 Před 16 dny +4

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

  • @hgfku-tn6hb
    @hgfku-tn6hb Před 18 dny +1185

    This man was almost killed for nothing

    • @zachgalante3577
      @zachgalante3577 Před 18 dny +70

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

    • @OfentseXEditz
      @OfentseXEditz Před 18 dny +195

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

    • @debbiec6216
      @debbiec6216 Před 18 dny +106

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

    • @GRB22
      @GRB22 Před 18 dny +7

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

    • @UnknownPlayStation
      @UnknownPlayStation Před 18 dny +1

      😂😂😂

  • @DionsWorld367
    @DionsWorld367 Před 10 dny +2

    Props to the editor, my left ear loved this story

    • @pumpnix7243
      @pumpnix7243 Před 5 dny

      I thought my headphone was messing up 😂

  • @levio1314
    @levio1314 Před 13 dny +3

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

  • @josephpenate6408
    @josephpenate6408 Před 18 dny +277

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

    • @rc70ys
      @rc70ys Před 18 dny +35

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

    • @sfwFIFTY
      @sfwFIFTY Před 17 dny +26

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

    • @User_92020
      @User_92020 Před 16 dny +10

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

    • @markc13579
      @markc13579 Před 15 dny +1

    • @Doggypowersocute
      @Doggypowersocute Před 15 dny +1

      😂😂

  • @desalegneanteneh9555
    @desalegneanteneh9555 Před 18 dny +345

    Sued them all no one is above the law.

    • @debbiec6216
      @debbiec6216 Před 18 dny +7

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

    • @DarthSailorMoo
      @DarthSailorMoo Před 18 dny +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 Před 18 dny +1

      Donald trump apparently is 🤦🏼‍♂️

    • @gush7573
      @gush7573 Před 18 dny +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 Před 18 dny

      @@gush7573 No they can't...

  • @markpace5373
    @markpace5373 Před 11 dny +2

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

  • @okramw1
    @okramw1 Před 12 dny +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.

  • @andywatson7994
    @andywatson7994 Před 18 dny +395

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

    • @Maximus90277
      @Maximus90277 Před 17 dny +11

      The crazy cops almost cost him his life

    • @roycem4945
      @roycem4945 Před 16 dny +4

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

    • @sinatraforeign
      @sinatraforeign Před 15 dny +8

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

    • @petermastenbroek7719
      @petermastenbroek7719 Před 15 dny +3

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

    • @jaypie0864
      @jaypie0864 Před 15 dny +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.

  • @rodwellcort7503
    @rodwellcort7503 Před 14 dny +318

    I have no words for this level of incompetence.

  • @user-uv4mg4ve9p
    @user-uv4mg4ve9p Před 13 dny +2

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

  • @aaronjanderson1942
    @aaronjanderson1942 Před 11 dny +1

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

  • @charlespiper9291
    @charlespiper9291 Před 18 dny +185

    Sue the incompetent dealership!

  • @LogicallyInsane8
    @LogicallyInsane8 Před 18 dny +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 Před 18 dny +5

      Right. Fell behind the cabinet is crazy.

    • @Joe_Okey
      @Joe_Okey Před 18 dny +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 Před 18 dny +3

      @@Joe_Okey 😆

    • @lawoftheland5923
      @lawoftheland5923 Před 17 dny +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 Před 17 dny +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.

  • @lmauto569
    @lmauto569 Před 13 dny +8

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

  • @Youcanthandleme319
    @Youcanthandleme319 Před 13 dny +10

    What a ridiculous way to conduct a traffic stop.

    • @morrismonet3554
      @morrismonet3554 Před 13 dny +3

      Guilty of driving while black.

    • @Levi11349
      @Levi11349 Před 13 dny

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

  • @DeadCat-42
    @DeadCat-42 Před 14 dny +762

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

    • @SoulReaperSlayer19
      @SoulReaperSlayer19 Před 14 dny +71

      Welcome to America..

    • @hardwired4548
      @hardwired4548 Před 14 dny +42

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

    • @dannybrezelhorner2715
      @dannybrezelhorner2715 Před 14 dny

      ​​@@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 Před 14 dny +72

      ​@@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 Před 14 dny +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?

  • @williepearl278
    @williepearl278 Před 14 dny +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 Před 13 dny +11

      Could be their department policy

    • @olerocker3470
      @olerocker3470 Před 10 dny +17

      "For their safety"

    • @camcharles9834
      @camcharles9834 Před 10 dny +9

      Police do this to every stolen car

    • @blitsriderfield4099
      @blitsriderfield4099 Před 10 dny +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 Před 9 dny +3

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

  • @adwenb
    @adwenb Před 13 dny +1

    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.

  • @ericphillipssr.4381
    @ericphillipssr.4381 Před 13 dny +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.

  • @jefflitchford1422
    @jefflitchford1422 Před 14 dny +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

  • @terriwaldridge807
    @terriwaldridge807 Před 18 dny +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 Před 18 dny +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

  • @deanbadger8203
    @deanbadger8203 Před 12 dny +1

    I'm glad he was cool, calm and kept his wits about him during this horrible incident this could have end so much worst.

  • @BubbaTech
    @BubbaTech Před 11 dny +1

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

  • @playthatagainbruh394
    @playthatagainbruh394 Před 18 dny +173

    Why wasnt this on a computer? Is this 1974?

    • @CharlotteThomas74
      @CharlotteThomas74 Před 18 dny +17

      I said the exact same thing!!!

    • @tomtom1541
      @tomtom1541 Před 18 dny +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 Před 18 dny +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 Před 18 dny +1

      That was my first thought 😂

    • @CharlotteThomas74
      @CharlotteThomas74 Před 16 dny

      @@Andy-xx3tt 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @Stacy..H
    @Stacy..H Před 18 dny +163

    Sue the hell out of them!

    • @snowdogthewolf
      @snowdogthewolf Před 17 dny +2

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

  • @JuanVasquezhasreturned
    @JuanVasquezhasreturned Před 11 dny +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.

  • @melissamcclain34
    @melissamcclain34 Před 11 dny +1

    Sadly this is quite common with some rental companies especially Enterprise. There have been hundreds if not thousands of people who've been arrested for car theft because of stupid mistakes on the companies part.

  • @Mike__B
    @Mike__B Před 18 dny +128

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

    • @BrandonSmith-rb1bf
      @BrandonSmith-rb1bf Před 18 dny +9

      Right

    • @ALo-yv2pj
      @ALo-yv2pj Před 18 dny +2

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

    • @aznmochibunny
      @aznmochibunny Před 17 dny +10

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

    • @SoloPilot6
      @SoloPilot6 Před 17 dny +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 Před 17 dny +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?

  • @CajonPassStudios
    @CajonPassStudios Před 18 dny +162

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

    • @askapk
      @askapk Před 18 dny +1

      Misplace*

    • @Andy-xx3tt
      @Andy-xx3tt Před 18 dny

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

    • @thefaculty3419
      @thefaculty3419 Před 18 dny +1

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

    • @prodigalpriest
      @prodigalpriest Před 17 dny

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

  • @ldnwholesale8552
    @ldnwholesale8552 Před 13 dny +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

  • @dimone7077
    @dimone7077 Před 11 dny +1

    How did this even go this far, did everyone at the dealership have one collective "brain fart" and then more baffling is the dealership denying the allegations as if they didn't call the police...really!

  • @Greenthumb6a
    @Greenthumb6a Před 13 dny +24

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

  • @madamcuracha9391
    @madamcuracha9391 Před 18 dny +85

    WHAT A LOUSY DEALER!!!

  • @g__o__l__d__6673
    @g__o__l__d__6673 Před 12 dny +1

    wrongful arrest ? wasting police time imo

  • @treyb387
    @treyb387 Před 11 dny +1

    That's just plain negligence on the part of the dealership who is refusing to take accountability.

  • @karennoble3795
    @karennoble3795 Před 14 dny +63

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

  • @tanthony298
    @tanthony298 Před 18 dny +54

    Pay this man

  • @HankTschida
    @HankTschida Před 11 dny +1

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

  • @Epic0city
    @Epic0city Před 12 dny +2

    So they had no record of like.. "Rental car #3 being used by Bob Smith until 05/20" only documented on individual loan reports? Seems like a mistake waiting to happen.

  • @dragonmaster909
    @dragonmaster909 Před 18 dny +32

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

    • @snowdogthewolf
      @snowdogthewolf Před 17 dny +2

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

  • @reggieboy25
    @reggieboy25 Před 18 dny +60

    dealership need to pay up! 💸💸💸

  • @intercat4907
    @intercat4907 Před 13 dny +2

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

  • @limpfinger12
    @limpfinger12 Před 11 dny

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

  • @tikesiachristian8449
    @tikesiachristian8449 Před 18 dny +103

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

    • @LilMsMixed52
      @LilMsMixed52 Před 16 dny +4

      Hertz is good for reporting rented cars stolen!

    • @mccfails8213
      @mccfails8213 Před 16 dny

      Yea because this happened to me last year .

    • @MrColdwilliam
      @MrColdwilliam Před 14 dny

      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!

  • @BNatoAk
    @BNatoAk Před 18 dny +107

    They deny it?? They wanna be sued apparently 😅

  • @tingokuman
    @tingokuman Před 13 dny +26

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

    • @jimland7176
      @jimland7176 Před 11 dny +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 Před 9 dny

      @@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.

  • @Elizabeth-vw1vb
    @Elizabeth-vw1vb Před 12 dny

    Dealership needs to be accountable.

  • @shyodu2
    @shyodu2 Před 18 dny +118

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

    • @Sureshots.
      @Sureshots. Před 18 dny +15

      Lol because it’s a felony stop.

    • @javier7717
      @javier7717 Před 18 dny +29

      No cause he was black

    • @sonicgalaxy27
      @sonicgalaxy27 Před 18 dny +6

      ​@@javier7717Exactly as usual.

    • @shyodu2
      @shyodu2 Před 18 dny +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 Před 18 dny +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

  • @nafisafrancis7325
    @nafisafrancis7325 Před 15 dny +24

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

  • @phillipstephens4522
    @phillipstephens4522 Před 12 dny +1

    The dealership "misplaced" the agreement so they just reported it as stolen? If they knew they misplaced it why do that? Just look around the office until they find it -- like a normal, rational person!!

  • @_Chiklet_
    @_Chiklet_ Před 7 dny

    Omg, how terrifying.

  • @cindyames3133
    @cindyames3133 Před 14 dny +48

    Why did they think he was armed and dangerous?

    • @gregwren691
      @gregwren691 Před 14 dny +11

      DWB

    • @randalls.6547
      @randalls.6547 Před 14 dny +16

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

    • @firewater365
      @firewater365 Před 14 dny

      @@randalls.6547do they?

    • @mactep1
      @mactep1 Před 13 dny +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 Před 13 dny +3

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

  • @PaulMorrison-fl2gc
    @PaulMorrison-fl2gc Před 18 dny +96

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

  • @KingdomKeys53
    @KingdomKeys53 Před 13 dny +1

    I felt frightened for him watching this. Any judge looking at this can see this would cause someone psychological distress.

  • @mariegarside8830
    @mariegarside8830 Před 12 dny +1

    There needs to be more accountability than saying Opps.

  • @MrShourin
    @MrShourin Před 14 dny +23

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

  • @bwhittaker3658
    @bwhittaker3658 Před 18 dny +30

    What makes them think he was armed and dangerous

    • @scottthomas4334
      @scottthomas4334 Před 18 dny +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 Před 15 dny +2

      Black you know, the world already know

    • @Carnage7314
      @Carnage7314 Před 14 dny +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

  • @RupsterJam
    @RupsterJam Před 12 dny +1

    Deny their allegation?????

  • @benjaminfranklinkivettiv9433

    Gl you guys!! horrible mistake, but mistakes have consequences the dealership owes you bigtime!

  • @TheAutumnWind_RN4L
    @TheAutumnWind_RN4L Před 18 dny +161

    He was one misheard command away from being murdered.

    • @idkanymore1298
      @idkanymore1298 Před 15 dny +1

      It aint that hard bro just use common sense

    • @TheAutumnWind_RN4L
      @TheAutumnWind_RN4L Před 15 dny +11

      @@idkanymore1298 people get nervous with multiple guns pointed at them.

    • @pharag4886
      @pharag4886 Před 14 dny +8

      ​@@idkanymore1298I hope you find yourself in this situation. Better yet, I hope it's someone you love.

    • @idkanymore1298
      @idkanymore1298 Před 14 dny +2

      @pharag4886 that's messed up dude, what would your mother say?

    • @TheAutumnWind_RN4L
      @TheAutumnWind_RN4L Před 14 dny +1

      @@idkanymore1298 I sense that the person might have trouble in their personal life thar they can vent under the cover of anonymity. I think they deserve a bit of grace.

  • @Ddarke11
    @Ddarke11 Před 18 dny +22

    So incompetent I'm leaning towards this being intentional.

    • @snowdogthewolf
      @snowdogthewolf Před 17 dny +5

      You don't believe someone can be that incompetent? You hold humanity i far greater regards then I do.

  • @dmgsara
    @dmgsara Před 13 dny +1

    This is beyond belief. I often use loaner cars with my dealership when my car is serviced and I do rent cars. This makes me think, when is my turn.

  • @kellhound7227
    @kellhound7227 Před 12 dny +1

    This should be an open and shut slam dunk case, the dealership filed a false police report, there is the evidence of the loan agreement, the security footage of the couple getting the loaner vehicle as well as dropping off their own to be serviced. The only ones not at fault is the guy driving and the police for being told to expect an armed and dangerous car thief.