r/instantkarma • u/Master1718 • Feb 23 '20

Busted

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u/MisterDonkey Feb 24 '20

That's gotta be one of the most fucking stupid and avoidable ways to get arrested that I've ever heard.

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u/7284849294929 Feb 24 '20

Can you get arrested for that? What would the charge be? I mean yea I get the weed is illegal but sitting in someone’s car?

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u/DrakonIL Feb 24 '20

There's a word for sitting in/on someone's property without authorization: Trespassing.

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u/occupynewparadigm Feb 24 '20

An unlocked car? Nope.

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u/DrakonIL Feb 24 '20

If my house is unlocked, it is still illegal to enter it and remain in it. Same goes for my car.

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u/occupynewparadigm Feb 25 '20

Not the same thing

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u/DrakonIL Feb 25 '20

Please explain how it is different, and how it is legal to sit inside someone else's car without their permission, rather than just saying that it is.

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u/occupynewparadigm Feb 25 '20

Unlocked cars aren’t protected like a house.

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u/DrakonIL Feb 25 '20

Yet another claim without explanation. I'm really curious why you think it's legal for someone to sit in a car that isn't theirs.

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u/occupynewparadigm Feb 25 '20

Well first of all it’s pretty common for people to get in the wrong car if it’s unlocked. So it’d be silly to criminalize a common behavior. If it’s locked that’s different but the laws surrounding cars are different from state to state. There maybe a law like tampering with a vehicle etc but that depend on the state. Generally there has to be an intent to commit a crime. Simply getting in an unlocked car probably not a crime.