Man kills suspected robber in Dallas........

[govnor]

I drive around this area once a week for my business. In between $500k home neighborhoods, there is nothing but gubmint subsidized housing. A couple of my friends got robbed at gunpoint over there and had no cash, so they took their cell phones. I guess they can get some cash out of them somewhere. That happened in front of their condo.

People are getting sick and tired of this stuff. The police can't do anything because there aren't enough of them and if an armed robbery is going on down the street, there's a shooting on the next street. It's not the right thing to do legally, but it might be the right thing to do morally.

[LedJedi]

When I called them on noise issues at another place it was usually an hour response time, minimum. Where I live now, it's less than five minutes (not Dallas).

I don't blame the cops either...there just aren't enough of them to go around in the heck hole that is Dallas.

Nahhh, can't blame the cops. They have enough to do. I tend to sweat the leasing office where I live until they do something. When I was having big trouble with neighbors I sent a fax with the following text. The offending parties were both warned by the office and given written notice the next day. I had been there for 4 years and these were new tenants. They kept it up and i kept the office involved. Within 2 months one of the new folks had moved out and the other was quiet as a church mouse.

Pursuant to Texas property code and legal precedent set in cases presided over by judges in good standing both in Texas and across the nation tenants enjoy a reasonable expectation of the Right of Peaceful Enjoyment. This Right of Peaceful Enjoyment is primarily interpreted as two parts. The primary is that landlords may not hinder the right for tenants to enjoy their rented property in any means that does not violate their lease or law. The second part, which is relevant to my case, also states that each tenant has a right to peacefully enjoy their property with respect to disturbances from other tenants and that it is the landlord’s responsibility to effectively deal with civil disturbances that disrupt the peaceful enjoyment of their tenants.

That being stated, I have on no less that 6 (six) occasions documented within the last three months with tenants in #303 and #411 for loud and disruptive behavior well after the lease stipulation that such activity shall cease after the hours of 10 p.m.

Last night, June 23, 2005, another incident took place continually between the hours of 8 pm and 11:30 pm in the form of sporadic and loud screaming, yelling & excessively loud group laughter, which could be heard over and above the ambient volume of my TV in my apartment with both the doors and windows closed. Audio recordings of this incident and others are available from myself upon request. The police were notified and visited twice with absolutely no effect because the party did not involve loud music.

To date, the standard action taken by the leasing office has been inadequate to stop the disturbing behavior and is thus in violation my Right to Peaceful Enjoyment of my rented property. I demand stronger action be taken against the offending tenants including but not limited to written warning and documentation necessary to curb the behavior.

[govnor]

Heh, I wish it was that simple in my case, but the jerks own their house...

[LedJedi]

Heh, I wish it was that simple in my case, but the jerks own their house...

Try citing Right to Peaceful Enjoyment under Texas property code with the officers that respond. I would also bone up on any local noise ordinances as well. I've found that most LEOs respond better when you can speak their own language to some degree. They'll certainly have a bit more respect for you.

[para driver]

OK, I gotta ask.. WHY?

WHY confront the guy over a cell phone?

The news story said the alleged thief was making threatening phone calls to the robbery victim's mother (I'm guessing that the number was stored on the phone). We don't know the exact nature of the threats.
- Jim

okay, so you call Verizon (whoever) and have the phone killed, that only takes 2 minutes..

[seamusTX]

The news story said the alleged thief was making threatening phone calls to the robbery victim's mother (I'm guessing that the number was stored on the phone). We don't know the exact nature of the threats.

okay, so you call Verizon (whoever) and have the phone killed, that only takes 2 minutes..

If someone knows where I live and is threatening my family members, and the cops say it's not a big enough deal to investigate, I'm not sure what I would do. But I would do more than have the phone cut off.

This guy put himself at risk. but there's one less thug on the streets in Dallas.

- Jim

[RKirby]

People are getting sick and tired of this stuff. The police can't do anything because there aren't enough of them...............

I've only had the need to call 911 twice. Both times the call was routed to the Ft. Worth call center. Both times I heard this....

"If you have an emergency please stay on the line. All operators are busy and your call will be answered in the order it was received. Please stay on the line."

Fortunately, only once was it a life threatening situation.

True story.

[govnor]

When I called 911 in Dallas, which was many, many times, I was put on hold about 3/4 of the time. Once I got lucky and after calling about gunshots, I saw the police down the street pulling people out of their cars at gunpoint. It was right where I told them I heard the shots. I think it was a Monday night, so a slow crime night in that area.

Slow crime night meant the weekend partiers weren't out...only the REAL thugs were, as usual.