today we get to see an attempted
carjacker greatly regret his life
choices
hi everyone welcome to today's lesson
here at act
i am your host john korea really glad
you joined us for this one it comes to
us out of monroe michigan today's video
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this was posted i think by a clerk at
the gas station it happened out you see
the red car there is actually in drive
now and the white car just rolls up next
to them and this dude gets out a couple
of uh you know backpacks and like puts
it down and opens the door like nobody's
business i don't think they knew each
other or anything like that he just kind
of does that and said what the heck are
you doing so now the other guy's gonna
come around the front open the door and
get in the car like he's gonna try to
get stuff out of the vehicle or get the
keys or whatever when his partner comes
over and joins the fray are drivers
gonna drive off and put them both under
the car and you saw a second car jacker
go under the wheels here the only update
i have i couldn't find a news story on
this one if you go look in the youtube
comments on the original video the clerk
who posted this originally said both of
these carjackers were in custody and the
driver was not harmed in it but we've
got a couple lessons to think about here
hey great stuff for us to think about
out of this one we do deep dives every
month at active self protection for our
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always recognize that gas stations are
transitional spaces when you are getting
gas you are in a transitional space so
when you are done getting gas don't
dawdle at the pump and remember our
procedure for getting in a vehicle and
doing so smartly that means we get in
the car we lock the doors we start the
engine we put the vehicle in drive then
do whatever else we need to do get our
cell phone ready put our crap down
whatever then get going don't sit here
and and the reason that we do that is
exactly what we see here dawdling in a
transitional space gives more
opportunity for people to attack you and
for people to end up in problems so okay
we see the car and drive here this is a
very good thing don't dawdle while
you're sitting in these spots and and
from the best of knowledge that we have
available i don't think these folks had
any kind of relationship or anything
like that so sitting here in a
transitional space with your doors
unlocked is in your car running when you
have great valuables there really bad
idea
doesn't mean you have to be paranoid it
means you be proactive about recognizing
where dangerous places are and just
leaving them as quickly as you can after
your business there's done because again
all the gas that was going to get got is
already got and i get it gas is crazy
expensive right now and that's a big
deal maybe sitting there weeping in the
car or whatever of course the next
biggest thing is doors are unlocked here
first thing you want to do when you get
in a car is lock the doors and this is
one of the reasons that i always make
sure all my other compatriots are in the
car before i get in the car so whatever
passengers get in the car first i often
and almost always hold the door for my
wife when she's with me because she's
too important to hold the door for
herself so i let her in close her door
behind her go get in the car myself
close and lock the doors because that
acts as a significant barrier and and
gives us a good modicum of safety that
is completely absent it evaporates when
your door is unlocked so please lock
your doors and we see here the other
side of that this other guy just
casually walks around and this is an
increasing rate of crime we see this
kind of stuff happen all the time and
and not just in michigan though michigan
has it now in michigan here when you're
carjacking someone this is a very
serious felony in michigan in fact can
be punishable by up to life in prison in
the black letter law of the state of
michigan considered a forcible felony as
well and and that's that idea of
forcibly removing someone from their car
this is a forcible felony this isn't car
theft this is carjacking and that is a
presumption of great bodily harm upon
your person when they want to forcibly
remove you from the car so could this
person have used a firearm here well
once that guy gets stuffed inside the
car now you're hand fighting for the gun
you probably have what craig douglas
would call a timing error
but before that guy jerks open your door
says hey get out of the car i'm taking
your car or whatever probably get you
know i think you have a reasonable
expectation that they're going to hurt
you pretty badly cause death or great
bodily harm committing a forcible felony
on your person and yes
you can definitely use deadly force to
stop the commission of a forcible felony
like this upon your person in particular
so carjacking very different than just
stealing a car that's parked somewhere
or something like that when an occupied
vehicle now i think the car is the best
thing to use and that's exactly what we
see here is using the car is generally a
good source and and yeah that puts this
guy under the wheels okay fine not my
goal i don't care about putting them
under the wheels what i care about as a
private citizen is breaking contact and
that's my goal is to break contact with
these guys in order to get away and not
get hurt so the best way to often do
that is to use the vehicle even if you
do have a firearm if you're in the
driver's seat usually your best bet is
to use the car doesn't bother me at all
that this guy went under the tires yes
that would be
the infliction of great bodily harm on
the guy but he's earned it by
participating in a carjacking so again
he paid the band he gets to dance to the
song right so guess what these guys
finally go to jail that's great remember
the big thing as a private citizen your
job your mission your goal is to break
contact with a deadly threat this person
did it and did it just fine now some
things beforehand i think we should have
been better at paying attention in our
world locking our doors making sure the
vehicle is in drive and getting out of
the danger zone in the end though this
driver covered their asp