Dont take her pocky-book

   / Dont take her pocky-book #95  
It wasn't deadly force. He lived, didn't he?

Probably wanna check out the definition of deadly force in AL law.

I suspect that it will be defined as force which has the potential to cause death ... rather than by the actual outcome.
 
   / Dont take her pocky-book #96  
It wasn't deadly force. He lived, didn't he?

A car driven to intentionally hit someone is just as deadly as trying to shoot them with a gun isn't it?

Been a while since I watch the video, but I believe she hit him head on and just didn't try to "clip him". That said, I don't think anyone can argue that she wasn't pissed off (not that anyone wouldn't be given the circumstances).

As rswyan mentioned before, at BEST, her life will be under scrutiny now. If by chance she were a single mother expecting another child, her actions will play a role in how the state looks at her. That's best case, worst case, well, it can get a lot worse for her. Thing is, if she would of done nothing, she would of been the victim and no magnifying glass would be cast over her.
 
   / Dont take her pocky-book #97  
Any good lawyer is going to point out that police use their vehicles to stop criminals all the time and the skill of such driving is not restricted to police officers. If you look at Larry's link, it clearly states she was justified in using physical force (section G).

(g) A private person acting on his own account is justified in using physical force upon another person when and to the extent that he reasonably believes it necessary to effect an arrest or to prevent the escape from custody of an arrested person whom he reasonably believes has committed a felony and who in fact has committed that felony, but he is justified in using deadly physical force for the purpose only when he reasonably believes it necessary to defend himself or a third person from what he reasonably believes to be the use or imminent use of deadly physical force.

If using a vehicle was immediately considered deadly force, police wouldn't be so quick to knock a motorcycle off the road for nothing more than speeding/fleeing.
 
   / Dont take her pocky-book #98  
A car driven to intentionally hit someone is just as deadly as trying to shoot them with a gun isn't it?

No it is not. Watch the video. She cleared stopped as she hit him to avoid running him over. Fact she hit the brakes shows her intent was to stop him. If she would have been in some sort of murderous rage, she would have ran him completely over, and perhaps backed over him.

Cops do this stuff all the time. You could shove someone to the ground as an attempt to stop them, they could also hit their head and die due to the fall. Just because a force results in death, doesn't immediately make it deadly force.
 
   / Dont take her pocky-book #100  
Here is the underlying animosity to the actions of the thief and the reason many members here have condoned the actions of the women.

We are "sick and tired" of the criminal justice system letting criminals go with a "slap on the wrist". We feel powerless when criminals are not punished by our failed criminal "justice" system. This all started over 50 years ago. As more and more liberal judges began being nominated and placed and elected into their positions.

In the old days a criminal who stole a woman's purse would have been run down and captured by a police officer would likely have been severely beaten during the arrest by the policeman's truncheon, thrown in jail and if found guilty been sentenced to a good stretch in prison. A purse snatcher at the time really offended our sensibilities, and Judges of the time reflected those feelings of the community. Case in point, both horse and cattle thieves were usually punished by hanging not that long ago.

Public hangings were the norm back in the day. We took crime seriously and punishment even more so. Then we got soft. We elected "progressives". They appointed like minded judges. We have made "progress". In some states even defending yourself in your own home from a criminal is an "iffy" proposition.. Not in my state, but many "progressive" states have made themselves a haven for criminals. Many have sanctuary cities, or threaten making the whole state a sanctuary state.

So when we see a pregnant woman in a car run down a thief, a lot of us silently cheer and wish that one of the tires had come to rest on his head. Many of us are very frustrated by our lack of justice in the justice system.

This bit of psychological wisdom is brought to you by "Judge James". (I was called that on another thread for trying to uphold a modicum of decency in the thread by the class clown.)

Your comment brought to mind this old Stan Rogers song.

Stan Rogers - Northwest Passage - 3 - Night Guard - YouTube
 

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