The stupid, it hurts...

[hollohas]

I will wait to see if the full story ever comes out before deciding on this one.

Clearly, a 12 year old kid should not be present during the commission of a crime.

I have problems with the character that chased down the car after calling the police. He followed the criminals miles from where the theft took place and then "exchanged gunfire" with them.

Is a car more valuable than the life of a 12 year old boy?

I know it sounds very squishy and lefty to say that.

We are trying to live in a civilized society. Vigilantism does nothing to promote that.

Did he know there was a 12 year old was in the car?

We don't live in a civilized society. As evidenced by the fact a 12 year old was participating in a car theft.

Denver has one of the highest stolen car rates in the country and the law does very little to reduce it, even when you tell them exactly where your stolen car is. People's vehicles are very often directly tied to their livelihoods. Either directly or because that's how they get to their jobs that allow them to feed and house their families. Yeah, people's cars are extremely important.

If the law won't reduce this type of crime, maybe vigilantism will.

As the risk of getting killed while stealing a car increases, the rate of attempted car theft decreases.