[music playing]
RODNEY: Let's roll.
Let's get this party going.
I don't even feel enthusiasm today.
It's not there.
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RODNEY: Come on, Sonjia.
Wake me up.
Need a Dunkin' Donut or something.
Yeah, maybe give me some sugar.
I might feel a little better.
[music playing]
I'm looking for a sugar section.
I don't see any Hostess donuts.
[boing]
You got some Hot Tamales?
CLERK: Yeah.
Two boxes.
This is going to give me some sugar and wake me up.
Oh, OK.
All righty.
Couldn't get my donuts, but I got me some sugar.
And I had to have some sugar.
It helps me go.
[boinging]
Let's get started.
[whoosh]
[siren]
We did it.
We got one.
[beeping]
[rattling]
Cadillac DeVille.
[radio beeping]
572.
Owners here.
They're not happy.
The car's being booted for unpaid parking tickets
owed to the city of Detroit.
We finna give you a notice, ma'am, so
that you can contact our department.
Here you go.
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It can be towed at any given time,
so take care of these tickets as soon as possible.
Detroit, Michigan.
That's how it is.
They don't care that I'm a victim.
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You got maybe an hour to take care of this
till they dispatch the tow truck.
That's wrong.
Shouldn't have to pay for parking.
Shouldn't have to pay for parking?
People need to park without being harassed
by the parking [inaudible]
You think they're being harassed?
Yes.
This is harassment.
My advice for you, don't get no tickets then.
OK, that's it.
Thank you.
Waste of time.
We should not treat each other like this.
That's wrong.
They getting they money.
That's the reality.
Everybody losing in Detroit.
You know, come on, man.
They gave you enough time to go and pay for your stuff.
They got notices.
SONJIA: Hopefully she pays her ticket.
Because if not, we're coming back to tow it.
RODNEY: Everybody's responsible for what they do in life.
You got to pay for them tickets once you get caught.
Hopefully she does.
[radio chatter]
WOMAN (ON RADIO): [inaudible] you have a truck at 8812.
We're headed back over to that [inaudible] Cadillac.
The tow truck is there.
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She said she's going to pay for that car.
But I don't know if she's going to make it.
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He's still here.
Right now, we're going to have the vehicle impounded.
Not today, buddy.
Only way we would stop the tow if they
paid we hook this vehicle up.
And their cashier got the money in hand,
they call our dispatcher.
Then the dispatcher call us.
Yeah.
We have to have all the cars off the street by 5 o'clock.
[radio beeps]
[inaudible] with 1643.
[inaudible] got his relatives down the line, but our job
is to tow this vehicle.
[rattling]
We ain't supposed to be waiting for nobody to go
down and make the payments.
They have 88 days from the last ticket that they get.
And now you want to tell us to wait a minute for it?
Come on now.
[rattling]
Hey, Adam.
Come on.
He told the kids to get in the car to hold up the tow trucks.
Yo.
RODNEY: I ain't going--
I ain't going-- uh-uh.
I'm not going to play like that, man.
Excuse me.
Excuse me, bruh.
Do we had to call the squad car over here?
RODNEY: Oh, man.
That's not right.
Right now, he putting the kids in the car
using a stall tactic because the people down the line.
[inaudible] now we're calling for a squad car.
So once we get a squad car over here, we impound that vehicle.
All right.
My man trying to take it to a whole nother level.
You trying to go beyond the call of duty.
RODNEY: Y'all the one that got the tickets.
[inaudible]
Sir, sir, sir.
Please calm down.
I'm not going to play like that [inaudible]..
The citizens, they don't want to get out of the car.
I have an attitude, he have a attitude, so.
RODNEY: This is ridiculous.
Putting your kids in the car.
I ain't got no time for that.
Nah, they ain't took it off yet.
When they take it off, I'll cal and let you know.
[music playing]
All right.
Call for a squad car.
MAN: What?
[radio beeps]
Go ahead.
That's affirmative.
Released due to payment.
[ding]
They paid everything, fines and penalties.
So we're not going to have to finish impounding it.
Today is just a lucky day, huh?
This could've escalated into something more.
You know what I'm saying?
I ain't beat the system.
This just part of life.
They paid.
It's all part of business.
That's the moral to the story, folks.
Pay your parking tickets.
This what happen to you.
[honking]
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SONJIA: They don't understand whether they
take the car or not, the tow truck was hooked up.
They got charged the toll fee anyway.
It just don't make no sense.
Doing stupid stuff like that, putting your kids in the car.
Y'all the one that got the tickets, not the kids.
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