Anyone know who this 3rd Gen owner is? Helped police end a dangerous chase.

It can also depend on how circumstances can make "want to be a hero" into an "almost necessity". If on an open road with several police vehicles already chasing and you can just clear out ... best to clear out. If on a crowded street and you there is less than 1/2 lane width available with you facing that offender ... you could stop your vehicle and just bail to avoid the crossfire if it does not muddy the plans of the police because escape is all but impossible.

I am not applauding the person who interfered. It is still dangerous to get into official police situations where you do not know the plan the officers have working. And you risk personal property and injury/death if you intervene.

Overall is best to clear out and if the offender damages your vehicle let the fight be with insurance.

 

True, though it is possible (unless it's been confirmed or denied since) the person might have been LEO as well.

 

Guaranteed the guy wont be in Jail for long.... with our LOVELY states criminal policies...

100% In this case not a damn chance id put myself in harms way physically or financially like this dude did.

While I agree with you, Unfortunately here in CA especially the AMAZING place that is LA, the good Samaritan in the truck will likely only face legal action, out of pocket expenses and be dealing with the fall out from this for quite some time do the the B E A UTIFUL policies of the area.

 

That Taco driver is lucky this guy did not open fire on him. And had he discharged a weapon, then the cops would have responded in kind with a hail of bullets. Fuck the rest of LA county, I would have done everything I could to get as far away from situation as physically possible. Save yourselves people, nobody else is going to.

PS: and did you notice that the Taco driver finally wises up at the end and gets the fuck out of the line of fire!

 

Yeah, but we "waddled" off still looking at the offender and the police as if saying "yeah, fine, I will leave!".

 

That is super fucked up!
How did this litigation turn out?

So many reasons I will never live in CA...

 

That is beyond messed up. 100%
Someone breaks into my home, my dog [rottie] will be the least of their problems....


Yea - CO used to be good but it has definitely taken a turn..
Where ya heading now?

We are getting a lot of 'foreigners' in NC - from NJ, NY, FL, CA - they are messing the whole place up.
I used to go towards Raleigh when I went into the city, that is now fuct - and the closest local town has now been over/run and ruined by the same cohort..

 

Yup.

I know the law where I live and once they breech that front door, it would be over.

 

Flag looks like it’s Jamaica?

 

Saddest is when people leave states that have screwed up laws because it is "unsafe". Laws set by people they chose. The move to states with better laws.

In their new state the choose the same kind of lawmakers.

 

The real risk of a civil suit would make me think more about less lethal options I suppose.
Rubber buckshot is still gonna do some damage..

It is crazy how emboldened criminals out there have gotten.. having the gall to sue [the victim of the crime you committed] is the most insane shit ever



NC Law specifically makes you immune from civil liability if you shoot someone breaking into your home:

§ 14-51.2
"A person who uses force as permitted by this section is justified in using such force and is immune from civil or criminal liability for the use of such force, unless the person against whom force was used is a law enforcement officer or bail bondsman who was lawfully acting in the performance of his or her official duties."

In addition, my curtilage [which is ample but clearly not adjacent to the roadway] is considered part of my home for self defense purposes:
Home. – A building or conveyance of any kind, to include its curtilage,

https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/PDF/BySection/Chapter_14/GS_14-51.2.pdf

 

My photo studio is just a few blocks from Crenshaw. All this video does is remind you how stupid criminals are and just how fucking stupid local tv commentators are. These chases are the national past time here in L.A., seemingly even more popular than the Dodgers. Well they no doubt get more viewers. If I were in that gray Tacoma, there's no way I'd have done that. You never know what's going to happen, and it only takes the slightest bump to run up thousands at the body shop. I got caught up in one of those - and I don't know what to call it - where two or three assholes take over an intersection and start doing donuts around it with hundreds of mostly gang member shooting cell phone video to document it for social media. I was somehow able to turn around and head the other way but only because one car moved out of the lane next to me. You gotta keep your wits about you.

 

You didn't have to say it.....

From another article: The suspect was wanted in connection with a robbery - possibly of the vehicle itself

 

I kind of expected the Tacoma dude to exit the Tacoma and shoulder a truck gun on his ass. It was a big target.