The saga of the shitty Tennessee towing firm that’s been going round towing and booting large rigs after which charging them 1000’s in charges continues. Now that the corporate’s soiled deeds have been coming to gentle and Memphis metropolis officers and police have develop into concerned, the towing firm is altering techniques.
Memphis’ WREG reviews that A-1 Towing is now suing town of Memphis and the police division, claiming that it’s being discriminated in opposition to as a result of it’s a minority owned firm.
A-1 appears to be oblivious of their actions the previous couple of months with the go well with. The firm alleges that the Memphis PD is “weaponizing a civil municipal ordinance to discriminate against a minority-owned company.” A-1 factors to a number of situations of its driver’s encounters with police as proof:
The lawsuit cites a number of situations the place they are saying law enforcement officials conspired with truck drivers to fabricate costs in opposition to the A1’s workers to perform the City Of Memphis’ discriminatory objectives.
The firm is cherry selecting and appears to overlook the circumstances surrounding the corporate’s drivers and their run-ins with police. Like situations of A-1 drivers being arrested over illegally towing autos or being charged with theft and carjacking.
A-1 is suing for “recovery of all damages from the City of Memphis, MPD Chief Davis, and the multiple MPD officers for injuries and damages the business claims it has endured.” It’ll be powerful for them to show any of this although, particularly when metropolis leaders are scrutinizing A-1’s invoices and what it’s charging truckers as Memphis Councilman Frank Colvett identified. “I look at these invoices and $4,500 to get your truck out when all you were trying to do is apparently park and stay for the evening in a truck stop. At first blush, it just feels extraordinarily excessive.”
Source: jalopnik.com