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Arrest
I know a man that heard a noise on his car port. Only to discover two thieves stealing several hundred dollars worth of his new bicycles. They ran to their open top Jeep car, pitched the bicycles in the back and fled. He jumped in his vehicle and pursued them. The thieves became lost/confused in the subdivision and ended up in a dead end with no escape. Long story short, not knowing if they were armed, he rammed them in the side of the Jeep pushing it over an embankment. He thought they might be armed, exit the vehicle and start shooting , so he rammed them. This took the flee and fight out of them. He made a Citizen arrest and held them until the police arrived. I don't think he was armed. Bottom line is he was in way more trouble than the thieves. And it cost him thousands to to avoid about a dozen charges and law suits. I feel he was justified in doing what he did. However, the system sure didn't.
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