Confidential Report Outlines Screwups in Batmobile Case

Sorry, but this is a long video.

[mattrondeau]

I'm sick of criminal activity by govt officials described as "screwups", "mistakes", "bad judgement." Civilians NEVER get that benefit by the very same officials.

[dougjones]

I think the buyer should be charged with filing a false police report, reporting a crime that didn't happen.

[johnmyles]

The thing that absolutely killed me about this is that the sheriff obviously doing a favor for his friend was able to lock this guy's liquidity up for month. I own a small business and that could possibly kill me. And it was all up to this point considered legal. That is not how America is supposed to work. This is exactly what corruption looks like.

[uzimmermann]

Steve, if I recall correctly the "buyer" didn't respond for a long time for the $20, 000 payment requested, which is why he lost the place in the queue. When he did finally responded, he paid everything left and was expecting to still be in the same place in the queue. I really think it should mentioned how long that period of time was.

[timothyjohnson]

Amnesia seems to run rampant in the law enforcement community when they are called to account for their activities. "I don't recall" "I can't remember" is their mantra.

[werefrogofassyria]

Everyone who prosecuted that man needs to be prosecuted for false arrest.

[realtijuana]

One of the most disturbing aspects of this case is learning that Keystone Kops can freeze bank accounts. That power used to require due process and a court order.

[Fred-mvfx]

I like how most people interviewed can recall extensive details about every point of this case except when it is time to recall something that may be embarrassing to them.

[LuciousVBogeymanProd]

We had a client who complained his neighbor pulled up his survey stakes. We had the county sheriff (big cheese himself) respond to letters saying he needs to enforce the law by playing dumb and acting like it’s some complicated civil manner over his head and our client should sue if he thinks he has a land dispute. He hand waved whether it’s a crime to intentionally interfere with land survey monuments. No exaggeration. Acted like he never heard of that before.

Took 3 letters strait up telling him it’s against the law and he needs to enforce the law before he admitted he needs to act if it happens again. (I think 3rd or 4th time destroying survey stakes).

He had no trouble figuring out just about everything the neighbor ever complained about our client was a potential criminal matter for the Sheriff. The neighbor literally called deputies on their personal cellphones to complain that our client said mean things to them As they pulled survey stakes out. Warned our client swearing could become disorderly conduct.

If you know the sheriff you can get the sherif help right in the middle of commiting an obvious crime. Feigned Incompetence as a defense seems t be a common strategy used by public servants. Not my fault, I’m incompetent, how could my dumb ass ever imagine…..

[moodiblues]

I’m a retired Prosecutor and Judge and I can tell you why the head Prosecutor didn’t tell his assistants to cooperate. He didn’t want the truth to be told as it would make him either look complicit or incompetent.

[macbook]

Anyone who gave the green light on this should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. False reporting, kidnapping, extortion, illegal use of funds, just about every line was crossed, they should all be spending years in jail for this

[photomanwilliams]

What bugs me the only reason this became national news was because it was "the Bat mobile." This made it news worthy to be covered by the local news, that later got the full attention of the public. I suspect stuff like this is more common than we care to think, but only an oddity brought it to public view.

[Skank_and_Gutterboy]

They call it "screwups", I call it straight-up corruption. For the cost of the trip the California officers made out there, I'd also call it fraud, waste, and abuse.

[bleepbloopblahp]

Imagine if the police put that much time, effort and money into investigating rape or murder.

[air]

I appreciate how Steve makes these cases understandable for everyone

[gandalfgreyhame]

Steve, I think this Batmobile guy must have suffered financially and much mental anguish as a result of this sheriff's unlawful false arrest. Surely he can find an attorney to sue those bastards in California for triple damages, pain and suffering, and attorney's costs?

[Thomasr]

Abuse of power, pure and simple. Their only regret is that the obvious abuse was exposed.

[talkdeb]

They froze his bank account, how did that happen and who authorized that. Wow.

[johanlaurasia]

I watched a local news story about this on YouTube, and YouTube saw 'batmobile' in your original story and suggested it to me which is what prompted me to start watching this channel !

[bluesriderDF]

Until people in power are held accountable, things like this will continue to happen.