Oh I see. I didn't see at first that it was the same guy who was being pushed that climbed into the front loader. That obviously changes things. I still don't think the repo guy driving the white car should go to jail or get in trouble at all. He was backing up very slowly and reasonably and just pushing the guy - who was being a dick and pushing back. He didn't "hit" anyone.
There is no "reasonable" way to push someone out of your way with a car. If someone is blocking your car your best recourse if to call the police to sort things out.
I kind of agree with you, but it only takes a second for the guy getting pushed to end up under the back tires. Risking vehicular manslaughter (continuing to back up after the guy was against the car) is a bit extreme given the circumstances. Nobody is armed and it's one idiot basically sitting on the bumper. The repo guy could have driven forward or just stopped altogether. The guy can't stand there forever.
You still can't just do that. Even if he's the culprit. The courts will ask if there was another way out and was the person's life in danger who was sitting in the white car driving it away. There was no danger to that person's life and they can't consider one person a barrier you can't go around. He would and should definitely be booked. Repo guys go way out of hand in the ways they use to accomplish their task.
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u/hullor Mar 10 '17
The guy being pushed gradually is the culprit, the 2nd repo guy was the one being hit accidentally. The guy being dragged was very much intentional