Bob smashes the taillights of a stranger's car. But the cops arrest the car's owner, not Bob.
Why didn't they arrest Bob?
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Sign up to join this communityBob smashes the taillights of a stranger's car. But the cops arrest the car's owner, not Bob.
Why didn't they arrest Bob?
Because
He was being kidnapped
So
He smashes the lights while he is inside the boot to either alert someone or to try and make the cops pull the car over. They find Bob and the cops arrest the kidnapper.
Because
Bob just got a fine which he duly paid. The car's owner was arrested for totally unrelated reasons.
Bob is
a police officer himself
and he smashed the taillights because
he was doing a PIT maneuver on the car in question to stop it fleeing an earlier hit-and-run.