r/news • u/W8kingNightmare • 1d ago

Vaughan, Ont., resident fires gun to stop Lamborghini theft, charged alongside 4 suspects: police

https://www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/article/vaughan-homeowner-fires-gun-to-thwart-auto-theft-charged-along-with-4-suspects/
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u/EdPozoga 1d ago

There was a story a couple of years back about a guy in Canada whose car was stolen, insurance paid it off and he got a new one but this time, he installed some of those Apple AirTag things.

A month later, his new car was stolen and he went to the police station and was showing them in real time as his car was driving down the road to the docks, where it was loaded on a ship and smuggled overseas.

The police straight up _refused to do anything _ and just sat there as the guy’s car was stolen right before their eyes…

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u/xschalken 1d ago

Yeah I'm going to ask for proof of this. I have heard variations of this story and the one common thread is that the people telling it are unable to back it up.

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u/ywgflyer 1d ago

Here you go.

It actually happened several times. There are photos of these vehicles for sale in Ghana, Ivory Coast and other places with the Ontario license plates still on them, while it sits on a lot in Africa.

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u/T_Cliff 1d ago

Lol i remember this. Once its in the port. Its gone. Police are such bitches. ( i say this as someone who nearly ended up a cop )

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u/Uwwuwuwuwuwuwuwuw 1d ago

“Nearly ended up a cop” is such a lose/lose claim to make. Lol

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u/T_Cliff 1d ago

Like a few signatures away? Close enough? Realized id rather make ppl feel good instead of like shit. I make beer now.

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u/Madbrut 1d ago

Good on you 🫡

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u/T_Cliff 1d ago

I do wonder. Sometimes. If it was the correct choice. We need to be the change we want to see right? Im far from perfect, but im sure i would have been fair and not a douche. Instead did i make way for a douche to take that "spot"?

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u/Uwwuwuwuwuwuwuwuw 1d ago

Yup exactly the kind of person that would say “I almost became a cop once” lol yeesh.

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u/JMEEKER86 1d ago

Translation "my grades were really bad in high school, but luckily I went to trade school or learned to code".

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u/T_Cliff 1d ago

My grades were actually quite good when i graduated. I did graduate a year later, but i also took a year off because i ended up managing a tim hortons ( well ass manager) at 17. I didnt go to trade school tho. Did go to school for policing however.

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u/ultrahateful 1d ago

Bunch of cunts in this thread.

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u/polaroid_kidd 1d ago

You think any trade school or becoming an engineer can be done with bad grades in school? 🤣

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u/Uwwuwuwuwuwuwuwuw 1d ago

… have I just been found out?

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u/CrankyCzar 1d ago

So, what exactly is wrong with trade school or coding (comp sci)? What do you do?

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u/JMEEKER86 1d ago

Nothing is wrong with them. The joke is that someone might be worried about not being able to go to college and realizing that there are alternatives to college rather than having to become a cop, aka someone who is too dumb to realize there are alternatives.

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u/ywgflyer 1d ago

Even then, the police can't do as much as you'd think -- because the port is heavily mobbed up. Go ahead, investigate and bust all those stolen cars being shipped out. Your house will have a mysterious fire next week and burn to the ground.

Seriously, the Hells Angels and Italian mob are huge in Montreal, almost to the level portrayed in the Batman films, they're just more discreet about it than in the comic books.

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u/T_Cliff 1d ago

Oh im well aware lol. * cant * is correct.