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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...

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