Shooting as the BG is leaving and no longer presenting an immediate threat seems like a tactic to avoid. IMNAL Each state has its own interpretation n of laws regarding the use of deadly force to stop a fleeing felon but I believe MI allows its use. . Although he may be off the hook criminally he may be on the hook for a civil suit . Either way the cost of a lawyer plus the time spent in custody and dealing with the aftermath especially if the BG dies is not worth it!
My motto is don't shoot for property
This is what I believe is wrong with our judicial system. We are more afraid of a prosecutor then a criminal.
This is on the same line of thinking that has gotten so many killed, just cooperate and give them what they want it's not worth it, then the victim is dead.
So, we stand ideally by while someone takes your property, let the cops take care of it. Really, they can't even control the gang problems. Why do gangs do what they do, because we fear going to jail more than they do; why, because it's easier in this PC world for a prosecutor to prosecute the victim than the perpetrator.
We've been brain washed thinking we can reason with bullies; have them over for supper and ask why they are bullying me rather than standing up to them and stopping them. We throw people in jail with the notion of rehabilitating them into society only to give them an education on how to commit more crimes. In the process of stopping a current crime we are also trying to prevent a future crime. I feared for the lives that maybe affected by this individual (it's only an example).
I don't know about you but my property, my hard work to obtain the property , and the possibility of the perps harming someone else for his/her property is well worth trying to stop a theft. We've become a nation of "Paper Tigers".
This is only MHO, I'm not advocating vigilanteism. I don't know the whole story and there is an on going investigation so I can't play arm chair quarterback.
I understand that each situation is different but I would feel bad knowing that someone took my property and committed yet another crime with it knowing I could have stopped it.
This is not to be taken as a personal attack against anyone.
