Would he have been entitled to hop in his friend’s car, with his friend driving, and him riding “shotgun”, catch up to the car thief a few blocks away, and kill him there? Where or when does the justification for the court-of-the-mean-streets death sentence fail, if ever?
Yep, sounds like something I'd do. Guess what.. the little asshole doesn't steal anymore and all the little asshole thieves figure it out... is this car worth my life... check yes or no.
I'm slow clapping the use of deadly force in this case.
If you're a chump and don't mind getting your stuff stolen... well good for you. Just make it easy for thieves so they don't get hurt. Post your address and the stuff you don't mind getting stolen, in that manner, no one gets hurt.
Come to my house, steal from me and I'll obey the law.