The law in most states demands that you take no action against a thief who is not a personal danger to you or another person.
The law is definite in that you may take no life threatening action against a fleeing person.
Even though my sympathies are with Glover, the law will show him no sympathy. There are countless cases where those who tried to play cop ended up in prison because the confrontation ended up similar to this case.
We might not think it fair, but in court the judge does not care what we think.
If we believe what we know of his explanation his life was in danger, he was being physically attacked by two 17 year olds. Neither article address' the legality of his handgun, given the lack of charges I presume he had an FOID, required in IL else a felony on it's own, and perhaps a CCL.
I suspect his biggest problem is the several day time delay between the theft and confrontation and his attempted recovery of the car personally rather than calling the police and telling them where the car and perps were.
And there's a lot we don't know. His background. Any possible relationship between himself and the theives. How he knew where to find the car and theives. And whether there's any video or even witness'.
Personally, particularly when armed, I think it's a mistake to insert oneself in an unnecessary confrontation. He had other options. But in itself, I don't see how that's a crime. In fact unless there's something significant we don't know yet I don't really see a crime here.
It is past time to return that sentiment. A number of judges should be permanently removed from office or otherwise persuaded to change their opinions. The Leftists keep showing us how this can be done. And they keep doing it. Their successes have nothing to do with clever legal arguments either.
Also, the laws must be changed. What we have now protects criminals at the expense of peaceful rule-abiding citizens. It's a game for suckers. Time to stop playing.