If you ever rented from Hertz, check the email you used and document your rental car return confirmation and document your rental car credit card statements so you have some proof that you returned the cars and paid for them in the unfortunate case that they send a false warrant for your arrest.
This is some scary shit and it is best to be prepared in case of the worst if you previously rented from this corrupt corporation.
He prepared to go to trial assuming his evidence – including a rental agreement and bank statements where his debit card had been charged – would be sufficient to prove his innocence.
It wasn’t.
Hertz maintained through the trial that the company had no record of Wilcoxson’s rental.
“As if the payment was fraudulent and the paper was fraudulent? Like, come on man,” Wilcoxson said. “How can someone lose at trial when the evidence that is presented is far beyond a reasonable doubt?”
He was sentenced to two years probation in October of 2014, a few weeks before he’d expected to be watching election results with his name on them. He’d forgone the campaign to deal with the trial.
Now he was a convicted felon.
Even if you have proof it may not matter in court.
Courts really hate people who represent themselves, and public defenders usually want you to take a plea and can be difficult if you refuse. Basically if you maintain your innocence and can't afford to pay a lawyer you can get screwed. SJWs always focus on "oh this happens to black guys," but white guys get screwed too if they're less than wealthy. Not even poor. Probably at least half of Americans don't have the $10K it takes to start getting represented by a criminal defense attorney
That’s a long article but the whole thing is worth reading. Horrifying shit. Also there’s the typical soulless, tone-deaf corporate speak response to the terror these people have gone through: "Hertz cares deeply about our customers, and we successfully provide rental vehicles for tens of millions of travelers each year. Unfortunately, in the legal matters being discussed, the attorneys have a track record of making baseless claims that blatantly misrepresent the facts." Fuck these vampires.
The lawsuits against Hertz allege a pattern of missing inventory in which Hertz, instead of conducting internal investigations to locate vehicles or correct records, files police reports immediately and pushes the issue to the courts.
“They have a head office in Oklahoma City who's basically not doing any investigation at the local level when a car is lost, misplaced, can't be found,” Malofiy said. “It's reported as stolen and they shift the costs of their inventory control to the police and to the prosecutors, which in the end is a taxpayer-funded repo service.”
During a lawsuit in Philadelphia in 2017, before the Hertz bankruptcy, Hertz’s national vehicle control supervisor took the stand and admitted on cross-examination that police reports do not always contain accurate payment information, contacts with customers, and that Hertz does not correct or supplement reports that it knows are false or misleading.
“Hertz is on record as saying that even when they learn information (in police reports) is inaccurate, they refused to correct it because it would hurt their relationship with the police and the police will no longer take their false police reports,” Malofiy said.
Court records show that police at the Indianapolis and Louisville airports did just that. After multiple reports of stolen vehicles that ended up being located on Hertz's lots, those agencies reportedly said they wouldn't take new reports from the company.
Someone is responsible for the policy of "just file a half-assed police report if the car can't be rented out when the computer tells you to." A human being should be sent to prison for that decision, if it can be proven they were the point of origin.
this. i always do a full video of it while accepting it. interior, exterior, full walk around the car, even include the rims and roof.
then again, another video dropping it off, same deal, and include handing the keys back on the video. always.
did this for a road trip with friends, and they accused us of grinding the rims on the curb, claiming they needed to charge us $600 for damage. nope, got it on video. they can eat a dick.
Shit. I'm used to the legal system being horribly biased against the consumer in favor of business owners. That's just another day in America. But I'm not sure I've ever heard of it coming from a big company like this with police cooperation before. And still nobody will be held responsible. If it's true the company should not be allowed to exist. This is how the megacorps behave in cyberpunk dystopias.
Remember, it might be tempting to make a false police report against the CEO of Hertz, but YOU will go to jail for that.
I wonder how many warrants I have out for my arrest. Every time I visit USA I rent a car, almost all the time it was from Hertz. I think it was only Enterprise once or twice. However, I have video receipts of refilling the tank and taking the car back as the final part of the vacation, so I at least have that.
If you ever rented from Hertz, check the email you used and document your rental car return confirmation and document your rental car credit card statements so you have some proof that you returned the cars and paid for them in the unfortunate case that they send a false warrant for your arrest.
This is some scary shit and it is best to be prepared in case of the worst if you previously rented from this corrupt corporation.
From the article:
Even if you have proof it may not matter in court.
Seems like a bad lawyer and a solid case for an appeal.
Sounds like the judge was retarded
Courts really hate people who represent themselves, and public defenders usually want you to take a plea and can be difficult if you refuse. Basically if you maintain your innocence and can't afford to pay a lawyer you can get screwed. SJWs always focus on "oh this happens to black guys," but white guys get screwed too if they're less than wealthy. Not even poor. Probably at least half of Americans don't have the $10K it takes to start getting represented by a criminal defense attorney
That’s a long article but the whole thing is worth reading. Horrifying shit. Also there’s the typical soulless, tone-deaf corporate speak response to the terror these people have gone through: "Hertz cares deeply about our customers, and we successfully provide rental vehicles for tens of millions of travelers each year. Unfortunately, in the legal matters being discussed, the attorneys have a track record of making baseless claims that blatantly misrepresent the facts." Fuck these vampires.
What is more shocking is that police are arresting people based on no evidence.
You stirred the hive of acab niggers
To Protect and Serve… Our Pensions
Someone is responsible for the policy of "just file a half-assed police report if the car can't be rented out when the computer tells you to." A human being should be sent to prison for that decision, if it can be proven they were the point of origin.
What a miserable piece of shit.
This is awful, but you hotta wonder if it's 1 step further. Maybe they're reporting them stolen to commit insurance fraud.
Sounds like insurance fraud.
this. i always do a full video of it while accepting it. interior, exterior, full walk around the car, even include the rims and roof.
then again, another video dropping it off, same deal, and include handing the keys back on the video. always.
did this for a road trip with friends, and they accused us of grinding the rims on the curb, claiming they needed to charge us $600 for damage. nope, got it on video. they can eat a dick.
So the company is underwater and the owners are committing insurance fraud.
Shit. I'm used to the legal system being horribly biased against the consumer in favor of business owners. That's just another day in America. But I'm not sure I've ever heard of it coming from a big company like this with police cooperation before. And still nobody will be held responsible. If it's true the company should not be allowed to exist. This is how the megacorps behave in cyberpunk dystopias.
Remember, it might be tempting to make a false police report against the CEO of Hertz, but YOU will go to jail for that.
Ah, it’s those private-public partnerships I hear so much about...
'Renting till it Hertz'
Hertz. Noted.
I wonder how many warrants I have out for my arrest. Every time I visit USA I rent a car, almost all the time it was from Hertz. I think it was only Enterprise once or twice. However, I have video receipts of refilling the tank and taking the car back as the final part of the vacation, so I at least have that.