Your cops sound awesome, I want to see a Australian Alcatraz.
I live in Newcastle to !
Can I ask what suburb ?
Guns are the great equalizer. I'd much rather face off against someone breaking into my home gun vs gun than bat vs bat for example. You don't need to be physically imposing or good in a fight to win with a gun.If everybody had guns, what would've stopped the crazy guy from having one?
Having guns is just making anything a bigger problem.
Ya, actually I shouldn't say I wouldn't feel any remorse whatsoever. Obviously you don't know how you would react to actually killing someone in self defense, especially if they have legitimate mental problems, but when someone gets into my house after breaking my door down, there will be no hesitation whatsoever. I'll deal with the mental aspect of it after the fact. Hopefully I will never ever have to face a situation like that, but if I do, I sure as hell will not allow myself to be victimized by an intruder in my own house.
I don't own a tazer and I don't have any experience with them, but I'm pretty sure you only get one shot with them and that's it. You have to actually retract the electrodes to reload it which takes a lot of time (I could be wrong on this, maybe someone knows?). What if you miss? What if the guy is wearing a thick leather jacket and the taser has no effect? What if he's high on pcp or some shit and the taser doesn't even drop him? No way I'm betting my life on something that might not even work and takes forever to reload. If the guy doesn't want to face potential death he shouldn't break my fucking door down. I sure as hell don't want to ever kill someone, but I have every right to defend myself with lethal force in my own house.I don't get it seems awfully extreme to jump straight to a firearm. Why not a tazer or something like that? I you gotta assume that everyone has a gun. fuck arms races.
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Anyways, OP watch some home alone and booby trap your house. Luckly your entrance is a perfect place to trap someone. Actually, something humourous would be to put nail a metal panel on your stairs. make it slippery with oil or something. and watch as your neighbour has no way to get up your stairs.
Sorry to hear that, OP.
Had a pretty crazy sunday as well.
Got a stopping ticket on an empty 4 way intersection at a local forest park at 6 pm because I didn't stop long enough from a young cop who's "trying to save the lives of the citizens".
Fuck cops.
Maybe I should setup a live stream in the lounge room when I leave for court today? Dumb idea? Good idea? Nothing (hopefully) will probably happen, but I'm thinking it's better safe than sorry.
Maybe I should setup a live stream in the lounge room when I leave for court today? Dumb idea? Good idea? Nothing (hopefully) will probably happen, but I'm thinking it's better safe than sorry.
Just woke up. Ready for a long day... will keep you guys posted.
Great idea! Nothing will probably happen as you say, but what could it hurt? You might get some great video for all of us to enjoy! Hope everything works out for you OP. I would hate to have that guy for a neighbor. The way the police treated you is disgusting. Get yourself some protection at the very least. Pepper spray and a cricket bat or whatever blunt instruments are readily available to you. Good luck!Maybe I should setup a live stream in the lounge room when I leave for court today? Dumb idea? Good idea? Nothing (hopefully) will probably happen, but I'm thinking it's better safe than sorry.
I'd be moving.
I was bored so I did some CSI style "enhancing" of the audio from your video, making it much easier to listen to and his voice a bit clearer. The dude still mumbles a lot, though. At least now you can listen without blowing your ears out every time he bangs the door.
DOWNLOAD ENHANCED AUDIO - M4A (6.5MB)
If you have trouble downloading, right click and save. Then open it in iTunes or something.
Maybe I should setup a live stream in the lounge room when I leave for court today? Dumb idea? Good idea? Nothing (hopefully) will probably happen, but I'm thinking it's better safe than sorry.
Call up some Aussie GAFers and beat the guy up in self defense when he comes again, apparently they have really lax laws, shouldn't get you any trouble
This topic is so long and I am only a few hundred posts in.
I watched the video and I heard him at one point say something along the lines of:
"fat fuck . . . who do you think you are . . .talking to me like a person"
Is this some sort of hate crime? Maybe you can use this in court.
I don't get it seems awfully extreme to jump straight to a firearm. Why not a tazer or something like that? I you gotta assume that everyone has a gun. fuck arms races.
Maybe I should setup a live stream in the lounge room when I leave for court today? Dumb idea? Good idea? Nothing (hopefully) will probably happen, but I'm thinking it's better safe than sorry.
Nice job. This is almost more terrifying than the video.I was bored so I did some CSI style "enhancing" of the audio from your video, making it much easier to listen to and his voice a bit clearer. The dude still mumbles a lot, though. At least now you can listen without blowing your ears out every time he bangs the door.
DOWNLOAD ENHANCED AUDIO - M4A (6.5MB)
If you have trouble downloading, right click and save. Then open it in iTunes or something.
next time he knocks on your door set up a live stream with your cam and then open the door.
Give gaf the contact number for the local police and we'll make sure to call if things get too out of control.
You would think so, but the guy comes back the next day and calls the locksmith a cunt, so it seems to be more than mistaken identity..After listening to the cleaned up audio, it really sounds like the guy was mistaking you for someone else. He was probably so fucked up that he didn't realize he had the wrong apartment/house. That doesn't make it any less scary or potentially dangerous, but I doubt he has a beef with you personally. Probably just had no idea where he was. Really alarming how lightly the police treat a potentially dangerous situation. Pathetic actually. If the guy tries to break in again, and causes damage to your door/locks, I would get a lawyer and play him the audio and at least explore the option of bringing a lawsuit against the police department for negligence. Maybe getting a couple of them fired/reprimanded will wake them the fuck up.
Oh I got messed up on the timeline. I didn't realize it was the next day. I thought they essentially took him in and released him a short time later and he came back the same day. Very strange that he would be acting this way toward someone he has had no previous contact with. Still hard to believe how the cops are treating this after they heard that recording. The guy sounds like a psycho. If this happened in the U.S., that guy would be under observation in a jail psych ward for at least a few days.You would think so, but the guy comes back the next day and calls the locksmith a cunt, so it seems to be more than mistaken identity..
I thought I heard that as well, but wasn't sure if he was calling the OP that or if he was referring to himself... weird fuck.neighbor clearly calls OP a "macedonian king" at 1:02 in the "enhanced" audio.
neighbor clearly calls OP a "macedonian king" at 1:02 in the "enhanced" audio.
all he wanted was to kneel before you and proclaim his allegiance to you as his sovereign ruler.