6 Views
RAM A Veloster, Get Free Stuff
by
Jack Baruth
(IC: employee)
Published: July 2nd, 2014
Share
The Best&Brightest reacted with apathy to a story about someone who ended a police chase by ramming the perp, making it our least popular story of the week.
Rowley’s truck had some front suspension damage and a mangled front bumper. Not only did the truck get about $7500 in repairs, it got an additional $6500 or so in upgrades: new turbos, a new fuel system, a much more substantial bumper, and new shocks all around.
A much more substantial bumper! That’s exactly what this fellow needs.
Jack Baruth
More by Jack Baruth
Published July 2nd, 2014 8:00 AM
Comments
Join the conversation
@Pch101 I'm largely agnostic on the subject of Rammer being right, wrong, justified or not - mainly because the threshold of detail I need to feel comfortable passing judgment hasn't been met. But since you chose to focus on the pure legality of what transpired, is there a statute that addresses a citizen interfering with law enforcement during an in-progress police response to a situation? To me that is the key legal question here. And again, I'm not condoning OR condemning what Rammer did. I'm asking seriously, this is not some veiled challenge to your point.
I'd still like to know if there's a statute on the books that addresses it, but whatever. Since there is such a thing as obstruction of justice (I know that doesn't apply here) I would think that you can't (legally) get out in front of police (when they are on scene) just because you think your judgment, skill, or training is better. But IDK, that's why I asked.
@hybridkiller - the "Rammer" has to be careful as to how he words why he did what he did. If he sticks to fear for the lives of neighbourhood friends, family, children then he is covered by what is acceptable in self defence. It may be acceptable in citizens arrest. If he says he was frustrated and angered by police inaction then he is dead in the water.
I think we already know the pickup driver's legal situation. The police, who usually dislike intervention by private citizens, chose not to arrest him. If the kid and his family sue, they will have a hard time finding a sympathetic jury in a community that spontaneously donated several thousand dollars to fix the defendant's truck.