4ME&MYHOUSE
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- Oct 22, 2005
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So last night I take the family to the department store, I had a long day and after making a few passes around the aisles with them (checkout the store) I tell them I will wait in the car, as I said long day BAD knee.
Walking outside a dark SUV passes behind me from right to left.... bad vibe, guy looking out passenger window (window down, cold night), I make eye contact, they move on. I lose sight of them about two rows over. I get in my car, pull wallet ou to get comfortable to check e-mails, turn on seat warmer, look-up and a see afre-mentioned dirtbag wrestle purse from lady as she was loading her car. By the time I determine she is in a bad place he is in a full sprint as she is following screaming for him to stop ( He was smiling the entire time ).
All I could do was stand over my car on the step bar to get a better view, yell at him to stop, lay on the horn and get 911 on the line, he ran to the end of the row where his partner was driving parallel and pickied him up....bye bye.
911 put me on hold, the lady was devasted but not physically injured, security showed up 3 mins later, the law 15 mins later.
Gave them a description along with other witnesses, security asked for my ID, I refused it to them but gave them my first name and a contact number. No license plate on rear (intentionally obscured).
Could I have done anything differently? I live in CA, can't legally carry, felt like crap for a couple of hours at seeing a woman treated like that before my eyes. The only positive I can glean is that my wife now sees things as I see them, I have seen people at their WORST in the past, which has much to do with how I see the world, don't like to get graphic with her, but somehow them seeing the aftermath (they came out about 6 mins later) and that you really are responsible for your own security gave her and the little one an appreciation for why I always tell them no phones or goofing to or from vehicle, among other things.
Walking outside a dark SUV passes behind me from right to left.... bad vibe, guy looking out passenger window (window down, cold night), I make eye contact, they move on. I lose sight of them about two rows over. I get in my car, pull wallet ou to get comfortable to check e-mails, turn on seat warmer, look-up and a see afre-mentioned dirtbag wrestle purse from lady as she was loading her car. By the time I determine she is in a bad place he is in a full sprint as she is following screaming for him to stop ( He was smiling the entire time ).
All I could do was stand over my car on the step bar to get a better view, yell at him to stop, lay on the horn and get 911 on the line, he ran to the end of the row where his partner was driving parallel and pickied him up....bye bye.
911 put me on hold, the lady was devasted but not physically injured, security showed up 3 mins later, the law 15 mins later.
Gave them a description along with other witnesses, security asked for my ID, I refused it to them but gave them my first name and a contact number. No license plate on rear (intentionally obscured).
Could I have done anything differently? I live in CA, can't legally carry, felt like crap for a couple of hours at seeing a woman treated like that before my eyes. The only positive I can glean is that my wife now sees things as I see them, I have seen people at their WORST in the past, which has much to do with how I see the world, don't like to get graphic with her, but somehow them seeing the aftermath (they came out about 6 mins later) and that you really are responsible for your own security gave her and the little one an appreciation for why I always tell them no phones or goofing to or from vehicle, among other things.