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I think you should be able to shoot someone trying to steal your car or severely damage it where it can't be driven! Your car is your livlihood and being deprived of it would impact your income (your ability to provide for your family and keep a roof over their head and food on the table).
As usual there is not fine line when it comes to our legal system.Whether you have a court appointed lawyer or an ex judge that costs you more than you make in a year,The outcome can be different.So what I suggest is you figure that if you shot someone, killing them or not you are going to jail. Even if you dont you will have to live with the fact that you took someones life.After the fact you will think of thier parents,wife ,kids exc. So I would only shoot if someone was threatening mine or my familys life and I dont think breaking in to my car (unless Im in it)is just reason to kill someone.
So under this guideline the police could shoot anyone who commits a felony and flees. The standard under USC is Tennesse vs. Gardner. That case requires the felon be armed and a threat to others. So if you shot under a unarmed fleeing felon under MI law could the feds come in a prosecute you under USC Law or Civil Rights Violation? Look at the Zimmerman case and the problems with that case.
Anonymous????? A few years ago another Cooley Prof stated just the opposite as this Prof. He said if you or yours feel harmful threats exist, you can use deadly force against the intruder, and if the intruder flees and you think they will come back to do harm, you can shoot the intruders, in the back, as they run away. Highlights this fact, the first thing law students learn in law school is;; ALWAYS CREATE ARGUMENT, EVEN IF YOU LOSE YOUR CASE, ALWAYS CREATE ARGUMENT!!!!!!!!! Such-is-such,
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