The saga of the shitty Tennessee towing company that’s been going around towing and booting big rigs and then charging them thousands in fees continues. Now that the company’s dirty deeds have been coming to light and Memphis city officials and police have become involved, the towing company is changing tactics.
Memphis’ WREG reports that A-1 Towing is now suing the city of Memphis and the police department, claiming that it’s being discriminated against because it’s a minority owned company.
A-1 seems to be oblivious of their actions the last few months with the suit. The company alleges that the Memphis PD is “weaponizing a civil municipal ordinance to discriminate against a minority-owned company.” A-1 points to several instances of its driver’s encounters with police as evidence:
The lawsuit cites several instances where they say police officers conspired with truck drivers to manufacture charges against the A1’s employees to accomplish the City Of Memphis’ discriminatory goals.
The company is cherry picking and seems to forget the circumstances surrounding the company’s drivers and their run-ins with police. Like instances of A-1 drivers being arrested over illegally towing vehicles or being charged with robbery 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 tough for them to prove any of this though, especially when city leaders are scrutinizing A-1’s invoices and what it’s charging truckers as Memphis Councilman Frank Colvett pointed out. “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.”