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Originally Posted by
Eye of the Eagle
I took a baseball bat to their ribs and hands...There are many ways to get your money back if you have the balls.
...or are a criminal.
Just because someone steals from you does not give you the right to assault and batter them. Theft is a property crime and your life or physical well being were not placed in imminent danger as a result, leaving you with zero legal justification for using physical force with a weapon, let alone physical force.
What if you had miscalculated and ended up hitting him in the head with the bat? That would have been using leathal force; you could have been charged with attempted homicide instead of A&B.
You are lucky you were not arrested. If you were, and your case went to trial and I was on your jury, I would have voted to convict you. If you were not convicted, how much more than $3K do you think your legal expenses would have been?
This was NOT an advantage play, you got lucky.
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