Thanks for recovering my stolen car...
this post was submitted on 03 Sep 2025
312 points (97.9% liked)
Crazy Fucking Videos
7434 readers
113 users here now
Dive into the World of Insane Videos!
Rules
- No hate speech of any kind.
- Content warnings are required in post titles where applicable. Example: [CW: Injury]
- Use your best judgement and mark NSFW posts as such.
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
Well obviously the owner can recover its full value from the thief and there is no way that the thief would be judgment proof and that the whole thing will drag on for years.
Also, in the US, it is incredibly unlikely someone needs their car to go to work anyway, and they have great workers' rights and the owner can't be just fired on the spot "for cause" for this.
/s
I'd feel a lot better knowing the thief got caught though, rather than finding it burnt out on the side of the road.
The police burned down my house and shot all my pets but I'm just glad they arrested the thief even if he was let back out before I was even able to wipe up the blood.
Wow, just wow
An armed shoplifting suspect in Colorado barricaded himself in a stranger's suburban Denver home in June 2015. In an attempt to force the suspect out, law enforcement blew up walls with explosives, fired tear gas and drove a military-style armored vehicle through the property's doors.
courts have long held that police cannot be on the hook for property damage caused in the process of trying to make an arrest.
The suspect in the case, who was wanted in connection with shoplifting, was taken into custody after a 19-hour standoff. More than 100 officers from agencies around the Denver area responded to the incident.
Authorities say the suspect stole two belts and a shirt from a Walmart. After he left the store, police say, he broke into Lech's house for protection and was firing at officers with a handgun. Eventually, SWAT officers entered the home and apprehended him.
City officials paid Lech's family $5,000 in compensation
This is an amazing story, I'm sure it's not the only one, but an impressive nevertheless
Great news! We've recovered your stolen vehicle.
It brought the chase to an end with no injuries, that's definitely a win.
load more comments
(1 replies)
Give it 5 years and cops will just phone in your license plate number and the manufacturer will turn your car off. Or, more realistically, lock the doors and self-drive you to the nearest police station.
Joke's on them; I drive a 20-year-old car (350Z Roadster Touring 6MT in Daytona Blue)
Well... might be that the joke is on you, as the thieves would target your car in that hypothetical.
Yeah but I live in the US. A manual transmission alone is top tier anti-theft.
load more comments
(19 replies)
load more comments
(1 replies)
pretty sure that's a front wheel drive, wanted to see them trying to continue dragging the chasis
Finland was streets ahead back in 1996
You're not making streets ahead a thing
Coined and minted! Been there, coined that! "Streets ahead" is verbal... wildfire!
Well if you're not streets ahead, you're streets behind.
It happened decades ago
Oh, you had kids in the back seat. Sorry, that's on you.
load more comments
(4 replies)
Amazing piece of kit those, and a lot safer than a Pit maneuver or spike strips.
I'm sure they'll figure out how to use it to kill a disproportionate amount of brown people. Just give them time.
load more comments
(2 replies)
You know an even safer one?
Track them via existing cameras and from the air. Then you dont need to chase them.
load more comments
(20 replies)
load more comments
(4 replies)
Dumbass should have just used a knife to cut the rope. Now their car is totaled and they have a felony charge.
Edit: *sigh* /s
load more comments
(12 replies)
How was it attached?
The police car has a long pier-thing just out of shot below the hood. The rope would sit on that until triggered to tangle on the axle.
As for how it's triggered, dunno.
The cops pulled you off? Oh my god
view more: next ›