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The driver broke the law...hit and run, and attempted murder and or aggravated assault. If he ran the guy over during or immediately afterwards that's one think, but some time had passed. This is basically promoting vigilantism. If the police don't care about vigilantism, we don't need police. Everybody should just form a posse. He could have called 911 between fleeing and spotting the suspect. The thug's medical bills are going to be more than prosecuting the victim turned vigilante if we want to make it about cost.
Totally.
Regardless of the time line, if you hit someone with your car...yes you must, at minimum, call 911 when you are in a safe place. But technically, you shouldn't leave the scene.
I don't know about leaving a dying man and not reporting it...but anyone with a moral compass would call him help, regardless if he was a thief.
I certainly would want to do that myself but not if I had my wife and kids in the car. Not really worth revenge at the risk of my family's lives considering the guy had a gun
He didn't go back for revenge though, and the article didn't say if the wife and kids were in the car when he went back hoping his debit card was still in the machine after fleeing with his family when initially robbed.
He didn't go back for revenge though, and the article didn't say if the wife and kids were in the car when he went back hoping his debit card was still in the machine after fleeing with his family when initially robbed.
I know he is an immigrant...but you cant retrieve a card from a ATM after 30 seconds. It sucks it back in. Maybe he didn't know that...maybe he went back looking to find the guy. The last thing I would do is go back hoping to get my card. I would be calling 911 to report the crime and canceling my card!
I know he is an immigrant...but you cant retrieve a card from a ATM after 30 seconds. It sucks it back in. Maybe he didn't know that...maybe he went back looking to find the guy. The last thing I would do is go back hoping to get my card. I would be calling 911 to report the crime and canceling my card!
Yeah, you and I know that, but this guy just got here a month ago and speaks zero English, so who knows what he was thinking? I'm inclined to cut him some slack since the cops say the surveillance tapes back his story once they found him and got an interpreter in there.
I'm prejudiced because this happened to a colleague of mine. He was using an ATM and was hit from behind and knocked unconscious before being robbed. Sad thing? He's a dwarf. Guy isn't much more than three feet tall. You should have seen the facial bruising from the face plant. These armed robbery types don't care who they prey on.
Regardless of the time line, if you hit someone with your car...yes you must, at minimum, call 911 when you are in a safe place. But technically, you shouldn't leave the scene.
I don't know about leaving a dying man and not reporting it...but anyone with a moral compass would call him help, regardless if he was a thief.
I can muster no moral compass for someone who robs and/or injures or kills others. He chose that path in life. The victim chose to fight back. Good for him. One less dirtbag on the streets.
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