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horse shit! LEO can miss and hit someone elses car.

Also, just because you are being pursued doesnt mean you are guilty of a crime.

Cops can be creeps.

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If the tracker hits your car you'll probably be guilty of stealing[1] law enforcement property.

[1]https://futurism.com/cops-charge-man-stealing-gps-tracker

No, you wouldn't, because theft requires mens rea.

Good luck at your upcoming criminal jury trial.

I guess I'll hire Heuring's lawyers instead of a public defender, because he was the intended target of his GPS tracker, and he ultimately beat the theft charges and the entire search warrant.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/02/removing-a-gps-t...

Keep in mind that this is the country where people have been charged with destruction of property for bleeding on police uniforms while being beaten. https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-day-ferguson-cops-were-cau...

And those charges were dropped -- they weren't found guilty.

Anybody can be charged with anything. It does not mean they will be convicted.

Oh, okay, good thing that being charged and not convicted has no adverse impacts in this country.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/apr/15/atlanta-jail...

It's not a bullet. It's a nerf dart and only flies about 35 feet. If you are close enough to get hit by one of these, you're already in a fucking dangerous situation and should probably not just drive home like nothing happened. Also if they wanted to track you, they already can, and this really doesn't help them in any particular way. Hidden GPS devices have been around for years now.

because its not possible for two people to have a grey honda accord heading southbound on I61

This is basically a NERF gun. In the vanishingly unlikely event that you need to, you can file a claim for damage to your vehicle.

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