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Ah, okay. She attacked him after the incident. That changes things.
If it was during the attempting carjacking, she'd probably have been fine, legally speaking, since she was in danger at the time. After, once she was out of danger, yeah, that's a whole different story. Not that the guy probably didn't deserve it, but there's no legal carve out for that.
Not that I'm a fan of vigilante justice (depending on the circumstances), but this was likely the only way for this woman to get her car back. I guarantee the police weren't going to do shit about it.
That's what I'm thinking. I've heard of cases where the owner has a gps tracker on a stolen item and can tell the cops which corner of a house or garage the item is in. Cops just shrug.
My company had someone jack a huge box truck, strip it, and leave the shell in a parking lot. The last driver had earbuds in the truck that pinged to a car shop down the road. We also have dual gps trackers in the truck that showed its trip. Cops did nothing.
I wouldnt convict someone on charges over that. Don't steal someone's car. Guy is luck he didn't get shot by the police.
This will be a popularity polling sort of case. The prosecutor probably won't go after her, though the probation thing throws a stick in the old spokes.
Lol the theif attacked officers but she was supposed to hug him?
Gtfoh clown
She was supposed to have the police take care of it.
That said, the police suck.
At what point do we consider a carjacking over? The violence of the action was ongoing. If this was their house, the person is still invading.
I'm aware of the letter of the law, I'm arguing spirit. I'm also ok with the idea that a civil society with a working justice system should discourage people from such actions. We're not really living in that sort of system right now, especially if we're talking about poor areas and marginalized groups. Might be a good idea for us to debate this shit as the populations underserved by our justice system keeps growing, and evidence that the US justice system exists only to protect the rich keeps piling up.
Yeah, that's the thing. Based on my ideals, this is the wrong course of action. But for someone in the real world, especially someone already on parole, I really can't blame them for assuming the police won't give a fuck. Especially in America; losing your car can ruin your life.