r/Prorevenge I Called a SWAT Team on My Karen Neighbor

[@uniraffesaur]

The internet has poisoned me when my knee jerk reaction to hearing someone called the SWAT team is “wtf you SWATed someone?”

[@SoManyRandomRamblings]

It was a CLICKBAIT title anyway...cuz OP didn't call in swat, they called CPS, and CPS discovered something and they called in swat. Huge difference.

[@fanfictiondreamer7836]

Better than getting wacked by the mafia

[@chrishusted9296]

@@SoManyRandomRamblings which is odd, usually the titles are outrageous but relatively truthful. This one is just click bait which sucks to see.

[@orenmontgomery8250]

Same

[@grymhunter2849]

Sadly, rslash has a bad habit of over selling or under selling what's actually happening. "I called SWAT on someone" = the police got involved. "My boyfriend slept with my mom" = doesn't pay attention to the physical, mental, emotional, $exual abuse that happened for years before the mom got involved.

[@BlueberryBlanket]

I had a cop pull me over for not having my headlights on. At 4pm. It was still bright out. I had a little laryngitis, so I was wheezing while he questioned me. I told him I was sick, but he made me get out of the car and wait until his back up arrived so they could give me a sobriety test. I wasn't wearing a jacket and he wouldn't let me get one from my seat, and it was below freezing. I ended up catching pneumonia. The ticket was thrown out but I never said anything. I really regret it, hold power tripping cops accountable.

[@Mistfall254]

O hell nah that was not cool he should have paid ur medical bill

[@ire1398]

Are you BIPOC?

[@NocnaDusza]

Hearing stories like that makes me feel lucky, since all my encounters with cops were pretty friendly and I never got a ticket. Even when I did something not so leagal, like drinking on public property (it is illegal here).

[@BlueberryBlanket]

@@ire1398 nope, I'm a tiny white lady. I looked pathetic when I showed up to court since I was still getting over the pneumonia, and the cop didn't even bother to show up. I think the judge took pity on me because of that. If I was BIPOC, I might have still paid the ticket.

[@insertcheesypunhere]

not surprised. a lot of cops don't *actually* give a shit about protecting and serving.

[@dracko158]

For Story 2, as Joe Swanson once said: "To protect and serve, not to harass and douche. Just cause you have a badge, doesn't mean you can treat people any way you like. And as a law enforcement professional, you have an obligation to be more ethically upstanding than the average man, not less."

[@Center-For-I.E.D.Mismanagement]

Too bad Joe Swanson is an abysmal cop

[@OklaCrazyChick]

Unfortunately, the Supreme Court has already ruled that they have no obligation to protect nor serve us at all.

[@SerpentYoukai]

@@OklaCrazyChick Then, what’s… the… point of the police?

[@OklaCrazyChick]

@@SerpentYoukai Good question. Seems like they're there to harass and extort.

[@dracko158]

@@Center-For-I.E.D.Mismanagement I mean, at least he isn't a corrupt cop. Lol

[@justj.c6769]

A lady I used to work with got arrested a couple years ago for child abuse and abandonment. Apparently the neighbors found her three year old wondering around completely naked in the snow. The lady didn't even know the three year old was not in the house! It was a major bust too.

[@PassiveSmoking]

I get the distinct impression that the car dealer who made the predatory loan didn't fully comprehend how deep the trouble he was in really was. It's a good job OP's friend was such a nice guy, or he certainly would have found out.

[@Mewse1203]

I get the distinct impression OP didn't realize admitting to felony extortion shouldn't be put on the internet...

[@Oxios]

@@Mewse1203 Nothing extortion there. The deal should be unwound. It was fraudulent contracting. Going the legal route would be much more costly than the negotiated settlement, which doesn't require a lawyer being involved. Meanwhile of the trade was sold, the dealership could not satisfy the return of the trade to unwind the deal completely, but the friend still needed to be made whole. If the dealer wanted to give the friend a worse car than they traded, that is not making the friend whole. They also could have offered to cut the friend a check on the spot for the value of the trade so that they could go buy something else, but instead the GM was still worried about how to limit their losses on the back of the wronged customer. Unwinding the contract voids the deal, but that means that the dealer never should have had the trade in the first place and so in legal terms they stole and sold the friend's original car. They don't get the benefit of the doubt to ask the friend to take a lesser car off of that. If I steal $500 from you I can't give you back $250 and act like I'm done.

[@SoManyRandomRamblings]

Odds are the reason they didn't fully comprehend is because of how common the practice is. You notice the OP knew exactly where to look for possible illegal tactics.

[@bigjalapeno7061]

I don't get how it being a Civic makes it any better than a Focus other than that it had less miles on it

[@raarasunai4896]

@@bigjalapeno7061 Maybe it has some features the the focus doesn’t? That’s my guess

[@firemarioproductions2003]

Story 1: The GF saw what happened to her as a wake up call rather than seeing herself as the victim, and for that, I’m glad.

[@justadudewholikestotalk]

But don’t you think it’s a bit stupid she got away? Like she let him deal drugs while the kids were there, she’s not a good person

[@firemarioproductions2003]

@@justadudewholikestotalk She didn't get away with it, per say; her son was taken away from her, so she went to rehab to clean her act.

[@wickedblade4751]

She *wasn't a good person. Someone doing something stupid in the past doesn't mean they can't/shouldn't try to fix it and themselves. Thats literally the purpose of prison/legal punishment (well it was supposed to be). I'm sure you've done things that made you less than a good person at some point. That doesn't mean you are now, this lady took the wake up call and cleaned herself up, she put in the work to be a good person now which is better than most people.

[@Hybrid301]

I can imagine the Bad neighbors complaining to try and drum up sympathy: “They stole all of our stolen s#!t”

[@hankkingsley9300]

Reminds me of an old Eddie Murphy quote hey I heard you got robbed

[@SuperDestroyerFox]

I don’t know why but I see you everywhere and for some reason I see your profile picture as a grey puyo puyo.

[@shadowcatanya]

Story 1: That is actually heartwarming that the mom cleaned herself up, got her kid back through hard work and proving she was fit to be a parent, and thanked OP for what was done. THAT is how you know you did the right thing and the person wasn't a total POS.

[@Jaddwhisp]

Story 1; okay that’s sweet, the child’s mom saw what she had become and made an effort to fix herself, props to you lady

[@Salaundre]

My god. That dealership GM wasn’t fully grasping the situation he was in. OP was being very generous. He could have taken more. An 8k to 15k car to prevent 100’s of thousands of dollars in damages is a really good deal.

[@dagnytheartist]

That was crazy! It's like he couldn't wrap his head around the idea that *he* was the worm on the hook in this situation. He kept going back to "I can't give you a free car" when it's like, even if this was a free car instead of him paying back the guy he ripped off, giving away a car is better than losing his entire business and possibly going to jail. But he was almost ready to die on the hill of "I can't give you a free car." I couldn't tell if he was an idiot or just really stubborn.

[@silverflight01]

Story 2 + Comment: Abuse of power seems to be very common. I guess people absolutely love to get a kick out of other people's misery. At least we have courts to put these sorts of power abusers in their place.

[@Drag0nmaster]

Story 3*

[@minasthirith6314]

No we don't.

[@privateeyety5735]

I see the wordplay there

[@It-is-me...Melsie]

It was actually quite sadistic of that power freak cop. Instead of being happy at seeing a youth having some innocent fun that wasn't hurting anyone he just saw an opportunity to be a nasty bully.

[@markedwards3647]

People in positions of power do not realize their power has limited scope. They go home. They have families. They go shopping. They have patterns of activity. When they leave work, they are essentially naked. When they are chronically abusive, they have probably committed MANY crimes against many people, and probably the state. With some money, these can be discovered.

[@oliveromarsson4189]

Going with the cps and getting into fostercare is a gamble. I know a few foster kids, even have a few foster siblings. And all the stuff they've been through breaks my heart. They're doing pretty good now, my parents takes good care of them :)

[@dshoultz6110]

Thank you for having such a welcoming home. I was in the foster care system, and it's comforting to hear positive stories

[@dre1978]

CPS literally won't do shit unless in cases like this. If the child has clothes(even ones that are falling apart), some food in the house, and it's not a complete hoarder house they will not do anything. My bio mother talked to CPS while very clearly tweaking out and they gave her the all clear

[@SoManyRandomRamblings]

My parents have always bragged about the multiple times they were investigated for child abuse and nothing happened. 😒

[@dre1978]

@@SoManyRandomRamblings SAME! It's like they think it's somehow an accomplishment

[@trialerrorsharer9398]

@@dre1978 well it technically is for them. They have a free maid to beat on and no one will stop them as long as it’s not too bad.

[@Cypresssina]

@@trialerrorsharer9398 And they've got skills. They know how to give a beating without it showing. It's so much fun when the cops get called on them and when the cops ignore it, they blame their pet punching bag, and make their lives even more "joyful" as a consequence.

[@sintheemptyone8108]

Yet they'll send a SWAT team if they hear a single word about firearms. Sounds like a typical democrat area to me, apparently the dems in US are particularly obsessive over gun control yet they clearly don't care about kids they claim to protect... just like the central europeans.

[@cherokeeirishman9612]

Please don’t feel bad for the kid. You probably saved his life from a horrible existence. Some people are better off in foster care. Believe me, I know.

[@allisoncastle]

Did you even listen to the whole story

[@cherokeeirishman9612]

@@allisoncastle what makes you think I haven’t?

[@allisoncastle]

@@cherokeeirishman9612 Because he didn’t end up in foster care… it’s like you zoned out the last 3 minutes of the story…. That, or you’re lying and I was right that you indeed DID NOT listen to it.

[@cherokeeirishman9612]

@@allisoncastle I never said he did end up in foster care. Putting the kid in foster care could’ve saved their life ALSO!! Over one hundred ppl liked my comment. You are the only one who didn’t understand my comment. And it’s my fault?

[@allisoncastle]

@@cherokeeirishman9612 I never said I misunderstood your comment. I’m saying it doesn’t apply here because they’re not in foster care now, the mother took them. This is such a dumb argument. I was literally just curious if you listened to the whole story because this comment doesn’t apply.

[@thecommenternobodycaresabout]

I love that part where the SWAT member shushed the guy doing the dishes. I have a, somewhat, similar story: I live in a village slightly remote compared to others. Someone has to travel here for this way only. It's a one way only trip. There is nothing else but mountains after here. That last part was a problem a few years ago. People would take advantage of that and plant "trees", aka narcotics like weed, hasish, etc. This led to some very dangerous people living and operate next to the village. At some point the local SWAT found out the location of one of those drug dealer's hideout and "fields" and went to arrest him. However, he resisted and managed to run for it by climbing down the mountain filled with vegetation as a cover. He was a local and we knew him, grew up nearby and he knew the mountains *very* well. That being said, the SWAT were from around our parts as well, and they, too, knew the mountains, but in a lesser degree. Fast forward a day into the chase and my parents, with me and my brother, who were kids at that time, were gathering olives like any other weekend. At one point some SWAT members with SMGs pop out from a small hill, climb down and approach my *absolutely terrified* mother to ask if we saw that guy. Of course we had no clue this was happening, from the very beginning, and thankfully they got a report soon after that the guy was found climbing the mountain directly accross our position. They apologised, excused themselves and ran down the hill like maniacs. The guy was arrested and killed himself accidentally many years later.

[@thetruth1816]

Story 1 : the otherstory that Cps organization was in it on it with the monsters who were mentally abusing the kid..

[@DryPaperHammerBro]

Holy shit

[@thetruth1816]

@sarafinasummers7863 remeber therapist are humans as well..

[@Vee-Shan-CC]

In regards to that first story, it reminded me of something that happened to me in 2001. Myself, my ex and a roommate moved into a basement suite. The upstairs neighbours were fine to start and then we noticed things that made us regret moving there. We could hear sounds of their two kids being locked into a room and them screaming for hours on end. We called CPS multiple times and they did nothing. At some point we had cable/internet installed and a few nights later we heard banging and saw lights on the side of the house. The UN (upstairs neighbours) had broken open the cable box on the side of the house and stole our cable. We had the provider come out and they fixed the box. This happened 3 more times till the provider came out with cops to replace the box with a more secure one and fined the UN. One day it came to a head, we were on our way out to grab some groceries and the UN came flying out and screaming at us. One thing led to another and my ex pretended to trip into the woman and push her. The husband ran after my ex into our suite, where my ex picked up a hammer and swung it at the guy's head. Queue the guy running away and them called the cops. The cops show up and take my ex in over night. Leaving me alone in the suite over night with really angry neighbours. When my ex got back home the next day he had been treated well by the cops. They told him they had to arrest him as a formality but the neighbours are known drug dealers and we were lucky to be alive. We told the landlord what happened and the immediately evicted the UN. They offered us the upstairs suite and we agreed. When we got up there we found that the kids bedroom door had a lock on the outside and the window was nailed shut. They had poured cement down all the drains/toilet and tried to seal the windows with the same cement (it didn't work). There was garbage everywhere and damage to the walls and property. It was such a nightmare and I'm glad that I haven't had anything close happen again.

[@szilvesztertolnai5961]

I literally fall asleep and wake up to rslash. He helped me a lot with learning english

[@cherokeeirishman9612]

You are the hero that your friend needed! I hope one day we all have friends like this.

[@AndrevusWhitetail]

About that second story....i'm pretty sure if OP would've recorded that ahole cop's whole spiel about "reducing the ticket to half price" and presented it in court, they could've gotten the bastard in even greater trouble for BRIBING.

[@JUMALATION1]

I had a boss that had a really bad temper. He had his own thin-walled cubicle/small room on the factory floor, and whenever he found out an employee couldn't work that day he had a shouting fit in there and kicked his trashcan wildly around the room while cursing like a sailor. I made sure to never call in sick during the time I worked there. Even when I came to his "office" asking completely normal questions about logistics (although I avoided doing that unless completely necessary), he was all snarky and replied with one word sentences. I might be jobless soon but I will never ever return there lol

[@superior_guardian]

That Swat member shushing Op, made think like Elmer Fudd “Ssshhh we’re hunting bad guys” 😂

[@Forest_Fifer]

"be vewy vewy quiet, I'm hunting -wabbits- idiots."

[@Prettyperons127]

Love all the Canadian Pro-revenge Stories today!

[@WhatdidIsayagain]

I was just about to say, MAN WE CANADIANS ARE GETTING THE REPRESENTATION TODAY XD

[@KTSpeedruns]

Should have reported the dealership anyway. If they did it once, they will probably do it again. Someone made that crappy deal to get the commission knowing that person couldn't possibly pay back the loan so they would get the car back and be able to sell it again and double dip.

[@the_name_is_kat3056]

Geeze the first story sounds like my neighbors over the years. It's a rental property and have had human traffickers, drug traffickers/dealers, and a dog fighting ring. I'm just glad I have a normalish family in that place right now. Not scared to step out and no cops called constantly.

[@purpledrea45]

What the actual fuck?! So leaving your child outside in their underwear, during winter is an acceptable, appropriate way to discipline your child?! This is why kids end up dead by their evil parents! The system always fails these babies. 😔😥

[@SoManyRandomRamblings]

My parents have always bragged about the multiple times they were investigated for child abuse and nothing came of it. 😒

[@grymhunter2849]

@@SoManyRandomRamblings would you like your parents to have an unfortunate accident?

[@francescaperron2003]

I might just be a little psychotic, but I love pro revenge because of the sweet and slow process of ruining nasty peoples lives.

[@SerpentYoukai]

We are all psychotic. You’re not alone

[@KarmaTube5]

Karen: I’m suffering help! Op: Not enough salt, let me add more Karen: I’m sorry, it hurts, lord have mercy Op: hmm just one more dab

[@lilithlux8127]

Shitty people deserve to suffer. If you make others suffer for no reason you get what you get.

[@catboy6451]

We can't give people what they deserve most of the time so this is a way to scratch that itch

[@PELICANOFMODEST]

I may be a complete pscho but pro revenge puts a smile on my face

[@lorddialtones]

First story: i have no idea how well of the child will be in CPS but its possibly better than being kept with the parents..

[@fnjesusfreak]

You'd be surprised, unfortunately...

[@lorddialtones]

@@fnjesusfreak yeah thats why i said possibly unfortunately , ive heard all sorts of horror stories so its just ugh that i have to speculate rather than being sure

[@fnjesusfreak]

@@lorddialtones I learned that my ex-girlfriend was one of the ones who fell hard through the cracks. To some extent so did I, but they did her worse (IMO) than they did me.

[@scifriskyxy]

The email thing in the last story was actually a good thing ,if I ever have a company I'd set one computer for the lower ranked employees for this reason or give them a way to contact up the chain if the lower chains are corrupted cause I personally do not tolerate workplace abuse of power n such

[@Fire-Manz]

OP: *Goes outside* Swat team, outside: Shhhh.... OP, in his head: I didn't feel like going outside anyways

[@genesisr90]

I once got a ticket for speeding in a school zone on a bicycle at 1AM. Judge threw that out real quick.

[@TheMysterieRPGguy]

Man that dealership manager is an idiot still arguing with and trying to screw someone who can ruin your life with one well placed phone call, at that point he has no power and should be worshiping the ground OP walks on.

[@ire1398]

Story #2: Does Canada not have perjury laws? A COP getting a pass for lying in court?

[@nicoleb695]

Yep, unfortunately if you're a POC in Canada, especially if you're Indigenous, you're targeted and discriminated against by law enforcement. Canada hides it'd racism and racial genocide better

[@whimsicalchronicles8798]

lying in court after being sworn in and seated should be a serious "contempt of court" charge

[@kairinase]

Macchiavelli said that "it is better to be feared than to be loved." But, many did not realize that when people fear you, they actually love you, when you suffer for what you did to them!

[@CieraMychele]

I had a dealership basically drool over my 2014 civic when we went to go buy my bf a used car. They wanted a trade in for the kia my bf wanted. HELL NO. Keep that civic forever man those cars are amazing. OP got a great deal out of that mess

[@louisejohnson6057]

I too live in Canada, in a city nicknamed Winterpeg(Winnipeg), so visualize snow for 5-6 months of the year. I'm a 61 year old woman who must use a walker to get around, due to debilitating and continuous pain, and severe vertigo. So last winter had the second highest amount of snow since records have been kept, the sidewalks around my neighbourhood were impassable, given the meter of snow and ice on them. My friend and I were walking on the roadway, right next to the curb, in broad daylight, facing traffic. A cop passes us, does a U turn in the middle of the intersection, and comes back to where we were, and starts lecturing us about not walking on the road. I stated that it was impossible to push my walker through that kind of snow, to which he replied "It may be inconvenient but..." WTF, Dude!

[@jessicalee5260]

Can I throw a good cop story up to break all the hate? I was working at a corporate gas station and was asked to work at a different store in the same region to cover for someone who was going on maternity leave. I was leaving that store to go home. I knew how to get home, but I wasn't familiar with the road. I was in the far right lane which I didn't know was going to end, and when I saw the end of the lane I quickly moved over without signaling. I cut off a cop. He pulls me over and asks me why I had done that, and I was honest with him. I was unfamiliar with that road and didn't know the lane I was in would end. On top of that, my tags were expired and I had forgotten to put my new insurance card in my car. I had plans to go to the DMV two days later when I got paid. I was honest there too. I told the officer what I planned to do about my tags, and told him I had my new insurance card, but I had forgotten to put it in my car. He left me and went back to his cruiser, came back five minutes later and told me to be more careful and make sure I updated my tags, wished me a pleasant night, and let me go! I had three offenses in one stop, he would have had every right to ticket me, but he didn't!

[@CausingChaos.]

Thanks for breaking up the hate. My dads a police and he is one of the sweetest people I’ve ever met. It saddens me to think that there are: 1. People being assholes to police and just changing their story of what happened to make police seem bad. 2. Some police actually being corrupt/rude. There’s definitely both, but from my community, just about all of the police are super kind and understanding. It’s just like how there are murderers in every job. So of course there’s some in police. Also, police corruption is reported in media a lot, so it makes it seem like more police are bad, when most of them actually are pretty kind.

[@DeanDraxon8752]

Wonder if that ahole boss from the last story applied that “rule by fear” mentality at home too, and perhaps that’s why his wife is leaving him 🤔

[@jordanhart9708]

Say what you will about Ford, but even the 1st-3rd gen rangers (through 2011) are work horses and don't die so long as you keep to regular maintenance. My grandpa has one from the 80s. Still original engine and transmission. Mine is an '02. ~220k miles, almost completely original parts, still runs great. A bit quirky, as things are wearing out, but she's still a good, strong girl.

[@startheangel9760]

Last story: Since he treats his employee's like crap imagine how he treats his partner? The divorce could also be escaping a toxic relationship

[@yat282]

They still should have turned the dealership in after all of that, otherwise they just keep ripping off more people

[@thehowlinggamer5784]

I noticed a horrible trend in a lot of these stories of people feeling bad for others getting embarrassed or family and friends berating them when their called out on their shit. Is this really what we have devolved into? Feeling bad for calling out people on their terrible shir? No. Don't feel bad for these aholes. It's the consequences of their own actions.

[@Tustin2121]

Yes, but also, if you do feel bad for someone getting consequences for their actions, that means you’re a nice and empathetic person who is able to put yourself in someone else’s shoes. There’s nothing wrong with feeling a little guilty or a little bad for calling someone out as long as you remember that you did not start this, they did, and they’re just receiving just desserts, and you’re making the world a little better by doing this. Emotions are complicated.

[@eeveefan132]

@@Tustin2121 But it is also a sign of weakness. If you feel guilty about giving someone their just desserts, then they might be able to exploit that to get their ass out of trouble. Therefore, you shouldn’t feel guilty at all.

[@MasterGhostf]

@@eeveefan132 What no? Sign of weakness? What the fuck is this shit. We're all people, yea we should hold eachother accountable, but being empathetic isn't a sign of weakness. I'd bet you would want someone being empathetic to your situation. What if you didn't know any better about something? Or what if your an asshole because thats how you had to be when growing up. Honey attracts more flies. If we want to change people being kind is the best way. That doesn't mean we roll over like you suggest. It means being understanding.

[@eeveefan132]

@@MasterGhostf I did not say that being empathetic in general is a sign of weakness, like you’re implying I did. I’m saying that being empathetic to bad people is a sign of weakness. Learn the difference.

[@thehowlinggamer5784]

@@Tustin2121 Perhaps. Yet the fact remains that they stole/treated another person horribly, or just did some messed up crap in general. Not calling them out on it only serves to reimforce that kind of behavior, regardless of how guilty one may feel about doing so, and these kind of actions will, not might, but will happen again if not called out or get the cops involved.

[@Casualtitan08]

We’ve gone from grocery store arguments to having Delta force dropping onto the lawn

[@poohbear4515]

So if I keep a gallon of milk and a loaf of bread in the damn house, that means I get to keep a child who I get to abuse constantly and no fucking thing will ever happen to me and save his life? How more sick, cruel, and heartless can these CPS’s be? Children’s lives are at risk and they don’t give a single damn about it.

[@SoManyRandomRamblings]

My parents have legit bragged about the multiple times they were investigated for child abuse and nothing ever happened.

[@WardenWolf]

Had a neighbor in the apartment opposite mine who would leave their teenage son (14-16 years old) locked out for hours at a time while they slept or did whatever. We'd hear him pounding on the door and no one answering. The final straw was one evening when it was 40 degrees out and this kid was locked out in nothing more than a hoodie, and it was going to freeze that night. At that point it became legitimate child endangerment and I called the police. I spoke to the responding officers (the kid was still locked out when they arrived), and told them they needed to involve CPS because this was NOT the first time it had happened, but now it crossed the line and I had to call. After that they presumably got him his own key because I never saw him locked out again.

[@jamielarsen3749]

Every city that I have lived in so far has had an officer, or police chief that used their power to "put themselves above the law" and most of them were in SA or worse. As a woman, I do not trust police officers. Recently I was roller skating, and I live near the high school in my town. I roller skated past the high school like I normally would, but on this night there was a football game, so there were more people than normal at the high school and they had police just making sure that people would be civil. I had an old man throw his cane on the ground in front of me to get me to stop. When I asked him why he did that he said "to get a pretty thing like you to slow down and acknowledge me". Then because the police officer saw me talking to this man instead of skating, he decided to come and see what the problem was. The old man of course spoke first and said something like "I threw my cane down to get her to stop because I thought she would be a great trophy if I could only get her to talk to me". The officer laughed at his comment and asked me what I was doing, I just told him "I'm roller skating to the bike path". Then we parted ways. Later when I was still roller skating like 20 minutes later towards the bike path that I wanted to get on, the officer pulls next to me and stops me from skating. He says to me "I really do think you'd be a nice trophy like the old man said, would you like to go on a date with me". I told him "no thank you, I'm married and I don't think my husband would like me going on a date with another man". He parked his car, got out of his car and started berating me telling me that I shouldn't speak to him like that and all he asked was if I'd go on a date with him. That scared me enough to just turn around and head home after he yelled and then "gave me a verbal warning". Less than a week later, and nearly every day since then (4 months ago) this police officer parks in my apartments parking lot and just sits there. They are there when I get home from work, they stay there on the days that I leave to go to my Roller Derby practices, and they stay there until I get home from my Roller Derby practices. Sometimes this officer gets out to ask my bag that I keep roller derby gear in also has drugs, and ask me if I am dealing drugs and if Roller Derby is a front for selling drugs. This man has been to 2 of my Roller Derby Bouts this year and still asks if I'm dealing drugs on the nights that I go to practice. He can't go to my practices because all of them have been in a different city. I usually drive 30 to 40 minutes one way to get to practice. We have called the city/mayor about this man, and how he has been harassing me and they don't do anything about it. It's just been constant. So glad that I'm moving next month. Hopefully the police don't act this way in the new place that I move too, but I have very little faith.

[@antares8476]

2nd: OMG! The CPS actually sent the SWAT there. They might have seen the guns, so decided not to do it safely.

[@luvondarox]

Man, I wish I knew someone as savvy as Dealership Death OP.

[@__Konboi__]

Prorevenge is now crossing the line between it and Nuclear revenge. I mean *SWAT?!*

[@SoManyRandomRamblings]

It was a clickbait title anyways....cuz OP didn't call in swat. Calling in swat means telling dispatch something that gets SWAT to show up, OP called CPS and CPS later found something that caused swat to come in. Huge difference

[@BeeWhistler]

I got a ticket for turning left from a school parking lot during certain hours. It was posted inside the parking lot. Thing is, the sign was new. The old one had allowed left turns and I hadn’t noticed. So he was stalking that spot after school for people who didn’t notice the sign. I was polite, using it as a chance to show my kids how to respond when a cop pulls you over. I mean, I figured I should have looked at the sign. Yeah, it was nearly past the posted time but still. But the more I thought it over, the more it nettled me. How long had the sign been up? So I called the school to ask about it and got the assistant principal, who was irritated… but not at me. That sign was on private property… why was a cop writing tickets for it? He had other folks telling him the same. He said he’d take care of it and that was that. I never heard another word about it. Ask questions. Clearly the school staff didn’t appreciate piranha lurking for the parents.

[@brandonwirtz2308]

I need to add my own car scam story. I had a brand new dodge charger. 2018, 6 miles on the odometer when I bought it. I wanted something smaller and prettier, and found a 2014 Maserati. The ads SPECIFICALLY stated that this was not a base model Maserati, and it was at a licensed Maserati dealership. I went in right before closing, looked at it, and decided to go for it. I realized not 5 minutes into my drive home that I fucked up royally, but now the dealership was closed and wouldn’t answer the phone. I went home, printed out the ads from their own site, and was at there door upon opening the next morning. I went and asked the GM for my trade in back, showed them the ad from their own site showing the false advertisement, and he didn’t even try to fight me. He just sighed and gave me my keys. We ripped up everything and I drove home in my car.

[@jasonlothamer9259]

I had something similar happen to a friend buying a car once, she was young and naive. They falsified her income amount form in the same way. Long story short they worked out the same deal where she ended up getting a car that was worth $16000 when her trade in was only worth about $6000 just so she wouldn't report it. Then she waited a month then reported it anyways. Dealership was closed a few months later......I wonder why??

[@75ur15]

Teo likeliest answers A) she divorced because of loss if income B) he was shouting becuase he was already having trouble (less likely for duration)

[@Heavvyrain]

The ending for the first story actually made me a little happy because it’s more of an uncommon thing to hear

[@n7hughesgaming223]

Once had a cop pull me over in the subdivision that I’m living in all because I passed her (she was going like 3 mph). Threatened to write me a ticket for “driving on the wrong side of the highway”.

[@silverflight01]

Story 4 (Abusive boss): Harassing female employees, throwing tantrums over even the smallest of errors, and going against booked-off schedules. Are we sure this guy is even an adult? What sort of man would be this unstable?

[@rylashadow18]

Some managers are this bad and even worse.

[@Center-For-I.E.D.Mismanagement]

Activision-Blizzard, Ubisoft, Microsoft, EA, Konami, need I say more?

[@hankkingsley9300]

Instability is the number one requirement

[@dnyalslg]

Car dealers are pretty shady. The dealer I used to get our new car a few years ago also committed bank fraud, from what I see in this video. A few years ago, I went by myself to a dealer to get my husband and me a new car (he works at home, so we only ever need one car). I told the dealer that my husband was going to be the one signing the paperwork later because he’s the one who works and I’m just the homemaker/college student. Before I went back home to get my husband to the dealership, they asked for my husband’s information to run his credit. Turns out my husband’s credit wasn’t good enough (I had been helping him improve it but his score wasn’t high enough), so they asked to try my credit. My credit score was really high because I’ve manage my credit cards well, but I had only had credit for just a few years and I don’t work! They said I could sign the paperwork and didn’t need to involve my husband at all (no even as a co-signer). I thought that was allowed. Now, I always like to keep an eye on my (and my husband’s) credit history, and a few months after we got our new car, I retrieved our annual free full credit report to see what’s on our credit (a practice I recommend everyone to do). I was surprised to see that my credit history reflected that I worked at my husband’s company with his title and income. The dealer used the information I had given them about my husband and put it down as mine, which with my credit score, seemed believable. No wonder we got a 3% APR!!!

[@tcsam73]

Back in 1991, by buddy and I were 17 and we were hired to deliver news letters for a neighborhood organization. The organization was registered with the city, we had permission from the city to hand out the news letter. We walked around all the blocks and had no problems, until we were near the end. The neighborhood wasn't the classiest, but it was part of our route. Suddenly, we had a cop pull up on us and he rolls down the window and he decides he was going to try to put the fear of him into us. He starts by asking what we were delivering, my buddy was answering his questions. My friends first impulse was to say "We're handing out the Communist Party newsletter" but he didn't. He showed him what we were putting on people's front doors. We both were trying not to laugh, because we were doing nothing wrong and we had approval. The cop, getting more and more upset that he wasn't scaring us, declared that we needed a permit, and started to drive off. I coudln't hold my laughter in anymore. I basically collapse onto the street in fits of laughter. I look up and see the cop had just stopped, which made me laugh harder. My friend is standing with his back to the cop car laughing in a more controled manner trying to tell me to stop. After a few minutes, I collect myself, stand up and we continue walking. The cop is still there in his car, watching us. Finally, the cop does a U turn, and he pulls up on us again and yells "Okay boys.What's the funny?". This time it was my turn to explain. I told the cop that we were basically being paid by the city to deliver the news letters, so we didn't need a permit. We told him who our boss was, a former mayor of the city and the grandfather of my friend. The cop, realizing he wasn't going to get satisfaction and couldn't do anything, yelled "I still think you need a permit" and drove off. We laughed, and we delivered the rest of the news letters. We laughed and we walked to his grandfather's place. We laughed and told his grandfather what happened. He laughed, and then he called his friend, the chief of police. We never got the details of what happened next, but we were informed the officer had a good talking to about his behavior. We never had it happen again.

[@Shadowwolf-jg3ee]

on my way home from work one time, I got pulled over by an officer, This was at night, I got pulled over by him and he stated that the little light over my back license plate on my car was out so that's why he pulled me over if you're an officer of the law and you pull somebody over pulled them over for speeding, texting and driving, or driving under the influence not for a stupid light over a license plate It's a waste of our tax money in a waste of resources from the government

[@SoldierSpiderx]

Story 1:OP literally save that kid cause the dad was smuggle drug in and the girlfriend was probably do the same or more and that kid would died for sure if OP didn't get that remove from the house and put the mom on the right path and story 2 see a SWAT team about to kick some ass badass and third story now we know why the cop gave OP a ticket the first time and the judge went off on him and then the cop call OP a racist word the next time he saw OP and mostly likely the cop demote to the desk or force to move cause I bet OP ain't the only one that complain about that cop and we need more judge like that

[@MadsFeierskov]

Wait, is it not normal to have an e-mail system, where you can write to your CEO etc? I've never worked anywhere with that sort of restriction.

[@decimator1088]

CPS states at the bare minimum a child needs one pair of clothes, shoes, some form of shelter, and yes water and bread for food is all they need. Also for punishments as long as there are no obviously visible marks they don’t care. CPS is a joke

[@Gashnaw]

A cop pulled me over one time for going through a stop sign. Thing is, I did not have one, they did. So he gets out of the car says I went through a stop sign, I look back and point out there is no stop sign. After a minute of silence and him looking at the non existent stop sign he just says "Make sure you drive safe" Got back in his car and drove off. I have had a few run in with cops where they are the ones who made a mistake.

[@whimsicalchronicles8798]

1 weather its the local karen not respecting human decency or a power tripping police officer *ALWAYS HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE AND PRESS CHARGES* if possible those kinds of people will only get worse if you let them get away with it (even if they don't exactly get what they want) its like catching a kid breaking the rules and only giving them a slap on the wrist every time its not teaching them not to do it, its teaching them not to get caught again slaps on the wrist only work if the person in question is aware of what will happen if they get caught again (and karens/power tripping police officers already act like they can do things with no consequences) 2 if you're gonna commit a crime that warrant's people looking for you the last thing you want to do is give people (especially any kind of law enforcement like CPS) a reason to investigate you...

[@Nyax50Lopez]

Just imagine starting your day because you wake up late and then notice the swat team while you're preparing your coffee. What a nice day :D :'v I'll be shook

[@BunnyQueen97]

I understand that CPS seems to sometimes have low standards, AND I know how often their lack of oversight leads to children being harmed. B U T, it is so important to maintain perspective. If CPS doesn’t act right away, or they leave kids with parents that seem to be doing the bare minimum, it’s almost always because keeping families intact is one of their TOP priorities, as it should be. Having only milk and bread in the house is a low bar, but that’s kinda just what life looks like for a lot of unfortunate people, especially in the indigenous/reservation communities in the US and Canada. If we rip kids away for that, it becomes class warfare.

[@SoManyRandomRamblings]

Investigations should be more thorough so that children who are being physically abused get help though. Growing up my parents bragged (still do) about the many times they were investigated for child abuse and never caught.

[@merlinathrawes746]

In the cop story comments I'm a little surprised the judge asked OP to pay the court costs. That should have been dismissed, period.

[@d74killer]

My parents neighbor kid had a problem with some kids at school. The school kids ‘SWAT’ed’ him. Luckily our neighbor woke up when we he SWAT pulled in and opened the door. She complied with a search. Thank Odin this didn’t happen at my parents house. Dad would have come to the door with a 1911. It would have ended in funerals. SWATing should be punishable.

[@smorphous8928]

I remember a couple of cops were giving a group of people a ticket and get this “for illegally cleaning up a lake”. Well they found a lot of old stuff in the lake like a pistol from several years back and they got fined for it. Like Cleaning up the lake is a huge no no but dumping evidence is ok lol?!

[@Nikodymus]

Car dealership story was BEAUTIFULLLLL

[@alphahuner1116]

A friend of mine told ke that almost all hero stories involve a fool, a villian, and a hero. The fool makes a situation that the villian takes advantage of. The hero comes in to resolve the situation and put things back in place.

[@nodvick]

.... I had a housekey around my neck and was home alone every day and evening making myown dinner and doing the cleaning and laundry from the age of 6 onward, why would you call CPS over that, were they mentally impared or something?

[@savagebear4374]

Talk about the neighbors from hell.

[@johnnymcneal5914]

If I were to judge I wouldn't even have made him even pay that I would have waved all the the penalties and charges including the $40 he had to pay

[@TTVDharma9268]

Have a good Monday, everyone!

[@aikiseppuku]

The cardealership story sounds more like blackmailing a criminal business-owner, not like being a hero. :D

[@DebtsofImmortality]

For those who are arguing that OP should’ve contacted an attorney, it’s super duper easy to just say that they were never informed of anything and that the fraud was a “mistake”, and that would be fully covered and would title OP as a person acting in bad faith. Going this route is easier for both parties and shows that OP attempted to act in good faith, so either way, talking to the GM was an amazing strategy

[@chronosfx]

Paying court costs for something that should not have happened... "nope, your honor, I would ask that the officer that falsified documents and brought us here today be responsible for that".

[@Choujifangirl]

3:28 yeah if a member of the swat team is sitting on your lawn and if you make eye contact and they shush you you better damn well stay quiet because you know shits about to go down

[@Nyax50Lopez]

Please please! Take someone with you when you buy a used car in car lots. Most places are very sketchy AF. My step bro bought a pretty and beautiful black mustang and told him it's in working condition. Then it began to break down and he told them to fix it. Then got stopped by a cop and turns out his paper plates (because he was waiting for the metal ones) weren't like register or something even though he paid the car sell dude. He got charged hella lot and took them to court for that. He also destroyed the car engine by burning it up. He won of course and well the car all destroyed. Lolol a sad yet petty story. Though idk what the reason why he got stopped by a cop but it was a very serious reason which is why he took them to court

[@Shadowgod1000]

Cops do not have to know every law and if they make a incorrect ticket or book someone under a false belief (in terms of thinking something is a law) then it will be rectified, citizens not knowing a law that they break is not an excuse for breaking a law, ignorance does not fly. If he would have just let the courts do their job without lying, no matter his actual reasons, he would have probably just been told to refresh his knowledge about certain things and nothing would have came out of it.

[@brandonlibby3932]

A cps working friend once told me that if u have a single hotdog per kid in the house then they can't do anything

[@condorboss3339]

Story 4: I don't like car dealerships, but I have little sympathy for the guy with the $800/m car payment. He obviously did no research before starting to look for a car. The very first rule is 'What can I afford?' Yeah, the salesman roped him in, but you can't turn your brain off just because you like the thrill behind the wheel.

[@atricewarner5705]

This felt good to hear. Thank you.

[@yuki_yuna]

i cracked up over the "it does when you do back fraud"

[@aceclover758]

Story 2: The cop wasnt fired. Unfortunly, he was just shipped off to another district to work

[@mr.scarlo2234]

I hope that everyone is having a good Monday!

[@juliecamp7763]

Happy Monday 🤍🤍

[@darkluess55]

Eh. It could be better.

[@shadowman7307]

Shut up, Flanders.

[@codm22712]

I’m haveing a good day how’s yours I set a timer for 7:58 so I cud get here in the first 5 seconds wich I did yay

[@fnuibusaja8079]

damn that first story was good

[@iogamelover4537]

yeah ikr really good

[@Shy_Abi]

Man, I'm imagining that one day RSlash will read a revenge story that has the Vorkuta Steps from Black Ops You know, that mission where we escape a soviet prison with Viktor Reznov? "This is step one!" "Secure the keys!" "What is step two?" "Ascend from the darkness!" "Three?" "Rain fire!" "Four?" "Unleash the horde!" "Five?" "Skewer the winged beast!" "Six?" "Wield a fist of iron!" Seven. Raise hell. Eight. Freedom. Meh, highly doubt we'll ever see something like that.

[@sammythompson3694]

Some of these stories were on Metaspoon, but I had to dodge ads to read them. This storytelling is better. I can sit back and relax.

[@HappilyHomicidalHooligan]

Car Loan Story: That Dealership was VERY Lucky... OP's Friend simply got the Lease broken... I would have gotten the Lease broken AND had the Dealership Finance Department and Manglement absolutely NUKED in Court for Forgery and Bank Fraud... I have no tolerance for Businesses that Rip people Off like that...

[@spookerredmenace3950]

wait! thats it for the swat story! you cant leave us hanging like that lol

[@SoManyRandomRamblings]

It was clickbait. The OP didn't call swat they called CPS....CPS later discovered something that required swat. Total clickbait title

[@spookerredmenace3950]

@@SoManyRandomRamblings ya i know lol but still :P

[@bland9876]

There is a subreddit dedicated to explaining why cars are bad. More specifically car dependency which is how a lot of cities are built in the US

[@Markyroson]

That was really cool about the cops showing the kid the drone.

[@anubianthe1335]

Story one: good job OP also for those of you who don't know the RCMP is the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (they serve dual areas where there is no independent police force and sometimes cities too

[@DorifutoRabbit]

The OP in the car story is a good friend to have, wow

[@stickinthemud23]

Story 2: you DID get screwed. You NEVER should have been required to pay court costs.

[@charlesdeliberis239]

If i saw sswat officers on my lawn with guns drawn out at my neighbors house i be having a. Full panic attack if the officer shushed me ,probably so you don't freak out and give away your own location for your own safety is probably what that officer was doing

[@OklaCrazyChick]

About a year an a half ago a cop came to our place & had my teenage children hemmed up in my car, the neighbor called us & let us know. My husband & I ran outside to see three cops, one was a big guy who kinda looked like Pisscatella on OITNB, was yelling at my daughter & my daughter was telling him to get her mom because she was a minor.... The big cop saw my husband and then me.... He decided I would be the weaker of the two..... BIG mistake buddy! He said they'd gotten a DV call that a man was beating a woman in our driveway.... Did you see anything like that? No, but I saw your kids in the car & I smell pot... Well, yes, officer... I have my medical card & was in my car smoking since I can't smoke inside the house. I can get you DUID for smoking in your car with the keys in the ignition. No, sir.... My car is on the battery charger & cannot move, therefore, DUID doesn't fit. Well, I'll see you out driving & I'll pull you over & impound your car. I hear you loud and clear..... OFFICER. The conversation was a lot more heated but that's the gist... Never saw him again.... I'm friends with the Sargent... Officer Donut messed up when he messed with me. Don't know where he ended up, but it's not in that town anymore.

[@CloverPandaQ]

That first story was incredible, happy ending uwu