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PavePusher

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64. Chasing someone who has stolen your property is not an attack.
Thu Jun 28, 2012, 10:12 PM
Jun 2012

It is a defense of your property.

If they then initiate violence when you catch up to them, you have a right to defend your person.

This is not a difficult series of concepts.

Karma's a bitch. nt Speck Tater Jun 2012 #1
Yup. what goes around comes around. n/t RebelOne Jun 2012 #29
Hopefully, karma will catch up with the gang-banging shit-stains... -..__... Jun 2012 #44
As you sow so shall you reap nt bowens43 Jun 2012 #2
He might as well have let that punk-ass burglar finish him off slackmaster Jun 2012 #3
It's stand your ground, not chase 'em down. Comrade Grumpy Jun 2012 #6
"It's stand your ground, not chase 'em down." Scurrilous Jun 2012 #7
That is good. Hoyt Jun 2012 #12
I don't know if it's ROFL material but it is accurate and succinct. n/t Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2012 #24
Perfect freshwest Jun 2012 #54
Good phrase! bongbong Jun 2012 #17
But why did Garcia have to chase him? EC Jun 2012 #30
After he stabbed the guy, he kept the bags of stolen radios csziggy Jun 2012 #48
I like the SYG laws, they're an inevitable solution to stupid. It's just too bad that the Egalitarian Thug Jun 2012 #46
Karma Drale Jun 2012 #4
Sooner VTX Jun 2012 #36
I would guess that this will not be the last time that this happens under that law. Hopefully it jwirr Jun 2012 #5
+1 savalez Jun 2012 #8
The judge said Garcia could lawfully pursue a fleeing felon who had just stolen his property. Lasher Jun 2012 #9
But that is exactly where the danger comes in. Taking the law into your own hands means that you jwirr Jun 2012 #10
What police? Lasher Jun 2012 #14
Don't think so. EC Jun 2012 #32
Calling the cops would have been a futile exercise. Lasher Jun 2012 #34
Then I would have let him go EC Jun 2012 #35
That's cool, I might have done the same. Lasher Jun 2012 #37
In the moment, adrenaline can take over. EFerrari Jun 2012 #15
You have chased me clear down an an entire DU thread and into another one. Lasher Jun 2012 #47
LOL. EFerrari Jun 2012 #52
WELL PLAYED! boppers Jun 2012 #74
I'm not sure about "moral right." Killing people over property is questionable. Hoyt Jun 2012 #13
Did you read the story? Lasher Jun 2012 #16
So that justifies killing him with a knife, gun, or whatever. Hoyt Jun 2012 #21
You are conflating. Lasher Jun 2012 #26
What is the definition of "chase down"? Does that include rhett o rick Jun 2012 #40
someone swings a bag at you? you turn around and leave. you don't stab them to death. n/t progressivebydesign Jun 2012 #56
Someone swings an argument like this at me. Lasher Jun 2012 #58
That is the intelligent choice, but it is correct that it is not legally required ProgressiveProfessor Jun 2012 #60
You have the "legal and "cough cough" Moral right to do that? Kill someone for PROPERTY? Lochloosa Jun 2012 #18
I dig your signature!!! Liberal_Stalwart71 Jun 2012 #20
You welcome to steal it...i did. And I promise not to swing a bag of them at you. Lochloosa Jun 2012 #27
LOL!! Excellent! Thanks!! :) Liberal_Stalwart71 Jun 2012 #43
That's not what the judge said and it's not what I said. Lasher Jun 2012 #23
I don't agree with you. As in the Martin case, the violence would not have been "initiated" Lochloosa Jun 2012 #25
I don't have a hard time understanding SYG laws. Lasher Jun 2012 #33
Let me see if I got this right...... PavePusher Jun 2012 #63
No. You have a right to chase after a thief. hack89 Jun 2012 #31
Chasing someone is you attacking them. savalez Jun 2012 #61
Chasing someone who has stolen your property is not an attack. PavePusher Jun 2012 #64
So SYG for the thief but not the robbery victim? OK hack89 Jun 2012 #65
Sure, if you believe savalez Jun 2012 #66
The standards for self defense didn't change with SYG hack89 Jun 2012 #67
I prefer neither. savalez Jun 2012 #71
That is not a reasonable choice hack89 Jun 2012 #73
Friends of the burglar? 4th law of robotics Jun 2012 #11
Yet another problem with this Stand Your Ground law is that people who get off will face Liberal_Stalwart71 Jun 2012 #19
This was not a revenge shooting. Lasher Jun 2012 #22
Oh, thanks for the clarification. Liberal_Stalwart71 Jun 2012 #41
Innocent or set up? Great Caesars Ghost Jun 2012 #51
SYG continues to have broad support ProgressiveProfessor Jun 2012 #28
SADLY!! Liberal_Stalwart71 Jun 2012 #42
Is this the same clod secondvariety Jun 2012 #38
Yep. Scurrilous Jun 2012 #45
Karma DiverDave Jun 2012 #39
Chased him more than a block to kill him and was acquitted under the Shoot-Whoever-You-Want valerief Jun 2012 #49
Not even close to what happened, but lets not facts spoil your screed ProgressiveProfessor Jun 2012 #55
Well, your disagreement contains no details to persuade me otherwise. nt valerief Jun 2012 #57
Read the thread...it is clearly there ProgressiveProfessor Jun 2012 #59
Meanwhile... Scurrilous Jun 2012 #50
Don't you get it? Warn go to jail; Kill go free. savalez Jun 2012 #62
Who lives by the sword will die by the sword longship Jun 2012 #53
Good harun Jun 2012 #68
WTF a good about it? LisaL Jun 2012 #69
It was raining justice, and he forgot his umbrella. harun Jun 2012 #70
Since when random gang violence is justice? LisaL Jun 2012 #72
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