"...If she doesn't want people punished for crime, why would she run after the people who stole her purse, why not just let them take it?..."
You got right to the nut of it. We have to live in the same society with these idiots.
No matter how pro-crime or anti-crime you are, it was foolish for her to chase the car on foot.
The victim “couldn't handle the truth”, dear FRiend.The coming of the lawless one is by the activity of Satan with all power and false signs and wonders, and with all wicked deception for those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. Therefore God sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe what is false, in order that all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness. —2 Thessalonians 2:9-12