Man Sues Dealership After Loaner Car Gets Reported as Stolen

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.

[@ORO323]

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]

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

[@undefined69695]

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

[@JDog_Unchained]

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

[@raymondmesa8258]

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

[@hearthrob300]

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

[@EricLing64]

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?

[@SpongeBob_circle_pants]

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]

I work at a dealer everyone up front is restarted

[@DOHC2L]

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.]

@@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]

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

[@ImJamieX]

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]

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]

🤔🤫

[@katbeck1867]

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]

👀 Suspicious, right?

[@clmhK5]

It was most likely after they found the agreement. Because they told her about the mix up.

[@mightylara2372]

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]

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.

[@JacksonConnolly-t4m]

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

[@woaken]

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]

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

[@alphagt62]

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

[@melissagoodson2252]

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

[@lemondubs]

Mind blowing.

[@Jeffrey-s6g]

It's utterly pathetic.

[@Jean-lr4hv]

My exact same thought

[@TrebleTS20]

Basic defense

[@KonohasYeIlowFlash]

@@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.

[@veganangela]

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

[@lq7777]

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]

I mean do people even have filing cabinets any more?

[@jgjg3848]

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]

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

[@mewwerr]

@@cassandradistin9699yes lmfao

[@LetsDIYIt]

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.

[@BlackInsanity00]

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]

Plus any taxes and fees.👍

[@hurricane37]

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]

And don't buy a Kia.

[@KenoshaCaptures]

@@hurricane37 for putting his life in danger?

[@Tsar-Tyco-Nova-Von-Taco-Cat]

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

[@667mumble]

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]

It " fell behind the filing cabinet " was their excuse

[@667mumble]

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

[@robert4278]

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

[@HikariLight121]

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]

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.)

[@sandralyn5869]

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

[@WaryJester]

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

[@rver99]

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]

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

[@JesusLopez-sb3ir]

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]

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?

[@juanc.7999]

the dealership has full responsibility . shame on that responsibility.

[@Wrench-Monkey24]

shame on the lack of it

[@anacorreia8058]

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

[@markpace5373]

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

[@VVV953]

Stupid dealership do a better job at getting better office workers

[@lefty5463]

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

[@lelandunruh7896]

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.

[@angelc286]

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]

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]

I was thinking the same thing.

[@tja3495]

@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]

@@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]

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.

[@samsep0]

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

[@bigd3046]

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

[@cflshawn3377]

Pay him 50 million

[@garbagecollector2281]

@@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]

Pay him millions? Lol

[@ShaneB-ev1ko]

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

[@josephpenate6408]

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

[@rc70ys]

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

[@sfwFIFTY]

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

[@User_92020]

"Good, I'm about to get rich" 💰 🤑

[@markc13579]

[@Doggypowersocute]

😂😂

[@lizlee6290]

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

[@desalegneanteneh9555]

Sued them all no one is above the law.

[@debbiec6216]

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

[@DarthSailorMoo]

@@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]

Donald trump apparently is 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@gush7573]

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

[@DarthSailorMoo]

@@gush7573 No they can't...

[@hwnboi11]

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

[@charlespiper9291]

Sue the incompetent dealership!

[@Charmander009]

And cops

[@trevorwitherspoon9160]

@@Charmander009 You sue the 1 that prescribed the order not the 1 that administered the order

[@kaley1008]

The question I have who reported that he was armed

[@rodwellcort7503]

I have no words for this level of incompetence.

[@hgfku-tn6hb]

This man was almost killed for nothing

[@zachgalante3577]

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

[@OfentseXEditz]

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

[@debbiec6216]

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

[@GRB22]

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

[@UnknownPlayStation]

😂😂😂

[@iStillDontCare]

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 😥

[@sueregan2782]

Reckless endangerment

[@LogicallyInsane8]

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]

Right. Fell behind the cabinet is crazy.

[@Joe_Okey]

@@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]

@@Joe_Okey 😆

[@lawoftheland5923]

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]

@@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.

[@manimalshreds8872]

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

[@jefflitchford1422]

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

[@SunnySunny-jz8kg]

lawyer

[@juanorozco1971]

Even with proof ppl get away with stuff & ppl get imprisoned with no proof

[@terriwaldridge807]

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]

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

[@SadeWithTheReceipts]

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

[@rickedandridge9432]

Hear hear!!!!

[@karennoble3795]

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

[@gata_salvaje69]

WHAT A LOUSY DEALER!!!

[@GoatPersonThing]

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

[@dragonmaster909]

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

[@snowdogthewolf]

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

[@Mike__B]

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

[@BrandonSmith-rb1bf]

Right

[@ALo-yv2pj]

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

[@aznmochibunny]

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

[@SoloPilot6]

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]

@@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?

[@stormangelus6638]

What a mess! This poor guy should sue!

[@Greenthumb6a]

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

[@nafisafrancis7325]

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

[@patrickgrider6391]

This dealership went to the hertz school of reporting.

[@PaulMorrison-fl2gc]

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

[@SC-dm1ct]

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

[@DionsWorld369]

Props to the editor, my left ear loved this story

[@pumpnix7243]

I thought my headphone was messing up 😂

[@BNatoAk]

They deny it?? They wanna be sued apparently 😅

[@saraswinerton7202]

What

[@silverjeyjey4054]

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

[@ImJamieX]

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

[@okramw1]

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.

[@TheAutumnWind_RN4L]

He was one misheard command away from being murdered.

[@idkanymore1298]

It aint that hard bro just use common sense

[@TheAutumnWind_RN4L]

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

[@pharag4886]

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

[@idkanymore1298]

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

[@TheAutumnWind_RN4L]

@@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.

[@bwhittaker3658]

What makes them think he was armed and dangerous

[@scottthomas4334]

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

[@Carnage7314]

​@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

[@mariegarside8830]

There needs to be more accountability than saying Opps.

[@adwenb]

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.

[@lakesnake2005]

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

[@hanbury22]

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

[@charlievuong9384]

They should buy him a Lexus

[@snowdogthewolf]

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

[@jolemays3218]

And money

[@Ddarke11]

So incompetent I'm leaning towards this being intentional.

[@snowdogthewolf]

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

[@jamiehobson6336]

Okay the Dealership needs sueing. But what made the driver armed and dangerous? Who reported that? That needs investigating as well.

[@otal0721]

It was a felony stop

[@RasAlXander]

Unfortunately police departments and our courts in all states and the federal level have deemed police lives over civilian lives. Anything reported stolen, especially cars, have policies to engage with maximum hostility, guns drawn, dogs could be out, etc.

[@lawoftheland5923]

@@RasAlXander You mean because stolen cars historically tend to be driven by people who aren't happy to go to jail....

[@angelmiller9254]

That part!!!

[@casadilla111]

⁠@@RasAlXanderAnything reported stolen results in felony stops and maximum hostility? Name a single department and the policy code as to where that’s permitted.

[@mikeFPS1980]

Similar thing happened to my father on a test drive in 2008 a dealer let my father take a car he was thinking about purchasing home to show it to my mother (15 drive) so he drove it home my mother liked it he called the dealer and told them, on his way back someone called to say the car was stolen my father was pulled over and was handcuffed and detained after a few minutes it was cleared up by the dealer they apologized my father decided not to get the car from them!

[@steveo6960]

It happened 3 years ago and they still haven't won yet.

[@silverjeyjey4054]

They'll win. Lawsuits taken forever to be processed for some reason. That guy that hit his head in a cruise ship received a million dollar payout eventually so it's worth the wait.

[@_UsernameUnavailable_]

​​@@silverjeyjey4054Cases like this get deliberately strung out, hoping the plaintiff can't afford to keep paying fees and attorneys, and will just give up or settle.

[@hanbury22]

That dealership knew what they were doing that’s why. It’s sad for the black guy to be put through that situation

[@nicoradv3923]

@@_UsernameUnavailable_ On cases like this the attorney takes 33% of the settlement, if they win. No upfront money required.... At least that is the way all of them work that i know of, plus the one i was involved in.

[@dragons0914]

Absolute disgrace.

[@Man1992]

Is that the Police or the US military? Bringing an whole army for a stolen vehicle.

[@TheModelOmega]

Do you blame them? Have you seen our gun laws-sorry, lack of gun laws! The fewer laws and regulations our politicians push for, the more militaristic our law enforcement becomes in order to combat it. I’m not complaining, it’s just a cause-and-effect that we as Americans have to decide is worth it or not if we want to have unregulated rights to bear arms.

[@zanoton]

it call a tac team they got a call for stolen vechile they don't if the guy aka the suspect was armed so they brought a tac team to make sure that non of the officer gets injured

[@phatplates]

Looking like a bunch of clowns 😂😂😂

[@hurricane37]

@@TheModelOmegayou do know with fewer guns there would be more problems. The bad guys will always get the guns. If you stop a couple good guys from getting their license that’s a terrible situation.

[@ikematthews6866]

The amount of experience in law enforcement this comment section probably has is 0.

[@JuanVasquezhasreturned]

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.

[@mostlyinterested1016]

What?? Was the Service Department asleep? You call out the SWAT team when a simple "Hey, Bob, did you loan this SUV out to Jamie?" would have sufficed?

[@corstang3312]

Swat? 😂 that’s being a bit dramatic tbh

[@splitsidez9778]

As much as I hate how rough cops can get and escalate the situation, this is one where I feel they followed procedure based on tip they got It definitely falls more on the dealership than anybody else.

[@ImJamieX]

@@corstang3312 reg police don't generally carry assault rifles and full gear bud...

[@illesthustler]

@@6z0he talking about the dealership you goof , they the one who made a false police report

[@user-uv4mg4ve9p]

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

[@Tootle5]

Dealership is 100% at fault

[@snowdogthewolf]

Even they originally admitted to it, before their legal council began giving advice to the contrary.

[@mattk741]

If you're the dealership... and one of your loaner cars just happens to go missing... wouldn't you think to contact the customer who last had it? Maybe there's some sort of mix up?

[@tmxyz0]

@@quasar3210 They should online/digital records and signatures of some kind, along with CCTV footage. There's a lot of ways they could have handled it better but calling the police to report the vehicle stolen by an "armed and dangerous individual" seems like the largest overreaction over uncertainty.

[@wojtekthegreat2115]

@@quasar3210 How'd they know his wife's number then, we're assuming they called the police then found the agreement and didnt bother calling off the police but called his wife instead?

[@ericphillipssr.4381]

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.

[@candicane1]

I cannot imagine the terror he went through.

[@RupsterJam]

Deny their allegation?????

[@mrz6480]

Isn't it a crime to file a false police report🤔🤔

[@jonesmorales-tu6kq]

No . The person actually thought it was stolen

[@aznsketcher]

​@jonesmorales-tu6kq Well that person deserves to be sued by the victim and fired by the company and that dealership needs to ve sued also....

[@mrz6480]

@@jonesmorales-tu6kq I always have heard ignorance is not a defense when a law is broken..

[@jonesmorales-tu6kq]

@@aznsketcher yes that's right

[@jonesmorales-tu6kq]

@@mrz6480 he or she won't be charge unless it was with malicious intent ...

[@deanbadger8203]

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

[@kmbelly6356rt]

Lawyers will be smilling all the way to the bank😅

[@nathanscipio6148]

Why involve the police when you know the loaner agreement was made but missing? Somethibg can only go missing if it was in existence. I hope they win big in their lawsuit.

[@treyb387]

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

[@MuzicTunes-lk6np]

It just shows you that someone's error can cost us our life. This could have happened to any one of us. When you're completely innocent of any wrongdoing & cops stop you treating you like a felon, confusion can sink in that cost you a heart attack.

[@ldnwholesale8552]

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

[@Abbygirl918]

I’m glad everything turned out well for the driver of that vehicle and the officers did their job according to the law because they thought the car was stolen because that’s what the dealership told them. this man has every right to sue the dealership for putting him in that situation.

[@Matthew_KNGP1N]

Definitely the car dealership fault 💯 they better get whats coming to them in Court

[@stuart2151]

Behind a filing cabinet… you would of thought this would of been at least processed on the computer even after the paperwork was completed

[@Hatbox948]

That poor man will have ptsd after this episode.

[@EndPoliceBrutailty]

I wish I could sue the police departments that beat me up and traumatized me. I have severe ptsd and am unemployed because I can't work due to the trauma. I'm glad this man wasn't abused by the cops or injured and that it was only the dealership to blame.

[@Robert_kuchar]

I'm curious on the officers actions on how they assumed he was armed and dangerous, was there a report that violence was used during the alleged car theft? How do you lose an agreement for a loaner car? The dealership and the person who "lost" the agreement should be held liable for this

[@masterwayne27]

I think it was done on purpose!!!

[@fantasy1714]

Better be safe than sorry

[@jbrown4137]

So you think any person who does anything wrong at any business should be held legally liable? So I assume you have never once made a mistake that innany way caused anyone even the smallest amount of harm?

[@jbrown4137]

@@masterwayne27 I think you would start a race riot on purpose just to watch a city burn

[@Robert_kuchar]

@@jbrown4137 back the blue til it happens to you

[@julee5071]

As bad as this is, at least he didn't try to argue. He behaved so calm. I hope they win.

[@Elizabeth-vw1vb]

Dealership needs to be accountable.

[@bluefm7370]

I am impressed with the drivers understanding of the situation ❤

[@dimone7077]

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!

[@traciehoward2468]

Pay the guy

[@dillon17]

''Armed and dangerous'' Under what evidence??

[@scottthomas4334]

Basic common sense

[@pherateon]

Keep finishing for that race card excuse buddy. 🤦‍♂️

[@Marshark50]

dealership prob told them, also if it was an actual stolen car theres a good chance the criminal would have a gun

[@ImJamieX]

black skin is the evidence obv.. its america

[@KingdomKeys53]

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

[@sheenestevez6710]

Shouldn't the dealership be prosceuted for filing a false police report?

[@snowdogthewolf]

Only if they _knowingly_ filed a false police report. According to them, they believed the car was stolen when reported. As unfortunate as it is, being incompetent is not against the law. That's where civil courts come in.

[@limpfinger12]

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

[@debbiec6216]

*Dealership , 100% at Fault for everything that took place* ! *This is a WAKE UP CALL, for everyone who's watched this video* and Beyond that . Every single person with an Vehicle needs to watch this video. And if you live in that area of Dealership, BOYCOTT IT , tell your families and friends to avoid the Company.

[@snowdogthewolf]

Unfortunately, the only thing people can learn from watching this video is how to properly behave after being pulled over by LEO and held at gunpoint. This could happen to anyone, vehicle or not. Just a report of someone fitting your description having committed a violent crime can yield you the same treatment. Until that dealership makes things right, a boycott is a good idea.

[@TheMegaGlitch96]

Mistake or not, this was a very serious incident which he could’ve lost his life. Whoever was handling the loaner agreement or decided to report the car as stolen must be fired

[@benjamindavis2037]

Amazing how he followed the instructions from the police and didn't get injured.

[@S_Paoli]

this is so simple. get lawyer. file lawsuit. dealership settles for undisclosed amount of money for pain, suffering, emotional distress, PTSD, etc.... (say... 1.7 million... and the attorney gets 500k)

[@GoatzombieBubba]

Unless you can get the dealership to pay attorney/legal fees.

[@shepardbook]

Not just the dealership, but the county sheriff’s office as well. As someone else pointed out, an awfully large response for a vehicle reported stolen that, apparently, made no move to evade them.

[@200555280]

@@shepardbookwhat is the difference between one and 10 police officers? I would say more is better as he would not be suspected to one man judgment.

[@Marauder-q2v]

@@shepardbookI feel like having multiple people would make a single individual cop less trigger happy.

[@Joe_Okey]

@@shepardbook 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.

[@kenwilliams7597]

Budget & Avis vehicle hire have been doing the same thing.

[@johnthompson7548]

Hertz as well

[@Girl-Supersonicboy]

That man was lucky to get out of there alive. Thankfully these cops werent trigger happy

[@teressastevenson3844]

That is crazy

[@eze2190]

Bless this poor man.

[@snowdogthewolf]

Oh He will... as the ever-wise Mr. Crabs likes to say: "Money!"

[@My_Hair_Is_0n_Fire_2023]

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.

[@cipherP9]

If the car was allegedly stolen, why was the driver considered armed and dangerous? I would think they could only take that into consideration if the dealership was robbed at gunpoint.

[@NappyRB]

They were robbed the dude even wrote his name down with a pen on the paperwork and was robbed by said pen

[@richardwilliams5842]

I've NEVER seen so many cops for a stolen vehicle, they gave excessive a new meaning SMH

[@yourlocalfurrybraixen55]

Store robbed at gunpoint :police: nothing Fausly reported stolen car :police: bring every single department in the country

[@Joe_Okey]

@@yourlocalfurrybraixen55 Obviously they didn't know that the stolen vehicle report was false until LATER.

[@yourlocalfurrybraixen55]

@@Joe_Okey you think I'm dumb hm?, i already knew the cops only knew it was a stolen car report from what they knew. I just decided to put "falsely reported stolen car" I'm my comment because it was a falsely reported car So don't try to smack nonsense I'm my head

[@yourlocalfurrybraixen55]

@@Joe_Okey sarcastic comment btw

[@phillipstephens4522]

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!!

[@Ramel34]

So nobody is going to comment on the fact that they thought he was "armed and dangerous" simply because the vehicle was reported stolen? There doesn't have to be any form of confirmation for a person to be considered dangerous by the police which is a big problem.

[@17R3W]

This has also been happening with rental companies, some paperwork gets misfired and they report the call stolen. Police should absolutely not be involved in these cases, these should he handled civilly.

[@onespotermadia6280]

this might be a setup

[@johnthompson7548]

Just incompetent

[@zachmeadows9206]

Happens a lot with rental companies too. Easier to report it stolen than do the work.

[@Thekoffrekup]

No it wasn’t. If it was, they failed… he’s still alive to sue. He thinks he’s a victim now, but that’s a typical block for you

[@onespotermadia6280]

@@Thekoffrekup "he thinks he's a victim"? He is a victim, ofc it fail however that doesn't make it less a setup

[@Thisisjustname]

​@@ThekoffrekupHe committed no crime and had the cops called on him. He is a victim, and the person who gave the loaner didn't remember giving the loan? This was a set up.