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Check the facts later or just let God sort it out.
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Pregnant woman ran down a fleeing man 'who stole purse from her car' in Walmart
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Oh course you need to assume, don't be silly.
Check the facts later or just let God sort it out.
Massive Duck. C.M.
Banned
Why even have laws or police if it's cool to do whatever with "emotions running high"
Frozenprince
Banned
Which is why we see black kids gunned down for stealing a candy bar.
Law exists because victims don't get carte blanche to act as judge jury and executioner and do whatever they please.
She should, and god hoping will, face consequences because she chose to take the law into her OWN hands because she was angry.
I feel like committing robbery or theft against someone really is assuming the risk that they could do anything in their power to stop you. She misjudged because of the consequences she will have to face, but I have no sympathy for the crook. Hes lucky it wasnt somebody with a gun. You steal from somebody, you might get killed, pretty common logic imo. Now shes gonna have to pay the price though
Seductivpancakes
Member
Yea like death penalty amirite
Basketball
Member
Call it the Karma is a bitch statute
SirRattleBalls
Banned
Yes throw people in jail for longer terms for minor crimes. Fill those jail spots so they get full and packed. If theft of a purse equals assault with a deadly weapon then fuck me, what would downloading a movie get me ?
blastprocessor
The Amiga Brotherhood
Don't see a problem here the guy stole
The Jazz Cabbage Master
Member
Shoutouts to the insane people in this thread calling it justified to attempt to crush someone with your car. I hope y'all never act like rascals and are killed for it.
At least a drop kick to the chest...right?
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Breaking into someones car and stealing their purse is not "acting like a rascal". Its a crime and one that should send someone to jail if its something they're habitually doing.
Obviously the lady is completely wrong for doing what she did but I'm just as amazed at folks acting like the guy was doing something minor and not illegal himself.
Basketball
Member
hmmm the Karma is a bitch statute
would have to be written in a way that include context of the crime. Downloading a movie illegally ... idk maybe a good slap and force dial up AOL for a month.
She's not Judge Dredd.
Feels like people are trying to discreetly defend the punk. They've already made out of this world comparisons in his honor, as it is.
Bustanen
Member
Downloading cars is much safer than robbing them.
shawnbuddy
Member
Helping themselves to a big slice of vehicular homicide pie.
Ninja Scooter
Member
At the end of the day it's folks being okay with people feeling empowered to commit heinous acts when they think they have been wronged. George Zimmerman thought he was wronged. The dude who shot some teens because their music was too loud thought he was wronged. It's why the criminal justice system (as flawed as ours is) ideally exists.
SirRattleBalls
Banned
Theft is Theft no ?
shawnbuddy
Member
Yeah, like Tim McVeigh. He was so mad, dude. Sure lots of kids died but true rage justifies everything.
SenjutsuSage
Banned
Might seem nuts, but I don't have an issue with her running his ass down, literally. Some things for some people are hard to replace, and to even attempt to get a replacement would destroy them financially.
Don't steal shit that doesn't belong to you.
Don't steal shit that doesn't belong to you.
Did you ever hear the phrase "Two wrongs don't make a right" while growing up? It's pretty deep.
Frozenprince
Banned
Never said any of it was right, bud.
shawnbuddy
Member
He's a big Prometheus fan.
Human lives are hard to replace. Death is rather permanent.
King Gilga
Member
Two wrongs don't make a right but they do make you feel better.
Harsher punishments do little to deter crime.
She's an adult not a child.
SenjutsuSage
Banned
He got what he deserved. Plain and simple. Yes, it's not suppose to be done, but he initiated that, the woman wasn't having it. If this asshole robbing her somehow led to her getting hurt or overexerting herself so much to the point that she loses the baby, what then? Someone who robs a pregnant woman does not deserve to live. It's really that cut and dry simple.
The Cowboy
Member
Your a sick person, a very sick person.
SkyMasterson
Member
I'm not saying what she did was right, but clearly everyone in here is a dude and/or has never been pregnant.
Your hormones are out of control constantly.
As for the dude, he is really lucky he wasn't killed.
Your hormones are out of control constantly.
As for the dude, he is really lucky he wasn't killed.
Frozenprince
Banned
Aight cool then give him the death penalty for petty theft.
Massive Duck. C.M.
Banned
You're saying what she did was ok because pregnancy hormones can make you murderous lol
GlitchyDegree
Banned
Wow you need help.
She literally almost did this.
Really? Death penalty for stealing a god damn purse?
People like you are part of why America is such a fucked up place.
That doesn't excuse her actions. Are you going to blame her lack of remorse on hormones too?
SkyMasterson
Member
You said people are "honor"ing him or discreetly defending him by saying that he shouldn't have been run over by an SUV. Saying he didn't deserve to be crushed by a car doesn't equate to "yay he robbed a pregnant lady!"
"He did bad, she did bad. He stole, so he should be murdered on the spot." I'm sick of this false equivalency shit, bud.
Massive Duck. C.M.
Banned
Yes, I know you're pretending not to endorse it but come on man
UnemployedVillain
Member
1. I hope he recovers without any serious injuries
2. I hope this scares him enough to never want to try and snatch a purse again
2. I hope this scares him enough to never want to try and snatch a purse again
SkyMasterson
Member
Thanks for assuming I'm a man.
I hope she gets off due to pregnancy brain. She's dealing with enough without having to pay for a new drivers' licence, losing a chunk of her budget, cancelling her cards, and buying a new phone.
What she did is not acceptable, but unless a judge can present a different course of action that would have resulted in her not losing her purse and everything in it, I don't think she deserves to be punished for this. The only alternative was to stuck it up, file a police report, and take the L; and no one is going to help her come up with the funds to recover. Victim services should; and then there would be no excuse for trying to run down a theif.
What she did is not acceptable, but unless a judge can present a different course of action that would have resulted in her not losing her purse and everything in it, I don't think she deserves to be punished for this. The only alternative was to stuck it up, file a police report, and take the L; and no one is going to help her come up with the funds to recover. Victim services should; and then there would be no excuse for trying to run down a theif.
She should be charged with attempted murder.
And then every pregnant criminal will use that excuse.
And then every pregnant criminal will use that excuse.
You come across as excusing her behavior. Why bring up hormones if they don't change anything?
LizardKing
Member
He still had her purse right? I'd say she has the right to retrieve her stolen property using whatever level of force she deems necessary to be effective and minimizes her capacity to come to harm. You can't just tell people they have to sit there and watch a crime being committed against them. It could be their livelihood being taken away from them. They have the right to retrieve their property, even if that force could be potentially deadly. If you don't like it, don't steal. Don't forget who the perpetrator is here.
But once property is retrieved it should be required to deescalate the situation and use minimal force. Either just detaining or fleeing. No revenge justification.
But once property is retrieved it should be required to deescalate the situation and use minimal force. Either just detaining or fleeing. No revenge justification.
There is no authority that will reimburse you if you are robbed, right? Like say in a hypothetical situation someone robs you and you had all your cash on you. That guy then just before getting caught by the police throws the money into a furnace. It's now all gone. The guy himself is a poor as fuck so there isn't a possiblity of getting money back from him either. Even if the guy gets punished to the full extent of the law, the person he robbed will be now left without the money. Just because the robber decided to.
Sorry, not really related all that much to this case but this is something I've thought about a few times, how someone could potentially really fuck someone over if they wanted. The lady should have just let the cops or guard etc. get the guy instead.
Sorry, not really related all that much to this case but this is something I've thought about a few times, how someone could potentially really fuck someone over if they wanted. The lady should have just let the cops or guard etc. get the guy instead.