AudibleNod t1_j9ope5e wrote on February 23, 2023 at 2:18 PM

The law enforcement officers who participated in the ambush divvyed up Bonnie & Clyde's weapons as trophies. Like old fashioned privateers. So it's no stretch to think that they could also keep the car.

bolanrox t1_j9osr2j wrote on February 23, 2023 at 2:43 PM

the car with the bullet holes is still on tour / in a museum on display.

SweetCosmicPope t1_j9plsuw wrote on February 23, 2023 at 5:50 PM

About 30 years ago I saw it on display at the Texas Rangers Museum near Waco.

mypantsrblue t1_j9qswlh wrote on February 23, 2023 at 10:15 PM

Actually it lives at a gas station outside Vegas. Seriously. Google it. Bonnie and Clyde death car. Believe it’s at terrible’s

Shark-Farts OP t1_j9pk87a wrote on February 23, 2023 at 5:40 PM

This comment is odd, like you’re going on the defensive for a long-dead Sheriff. It reads like he didn’t do anything wrong, it’s not a stretch for him to have thought he could keep the car

Ok, but then the legal owner showed up to claim the car and instead of saying oh, I wanted to have it, but you are the rightful owner, so here’s the key he doubled down and refused to let her take it, saying she would have to pay him $15,000 for it (over 15x its original worth) because he knew it’s marketable value.

And then he had to be threatened by a local judge with jail time before he finally relented and gave the car back.

So - maybe it was a bit of a stretch to think he could keep something that didn’t belong to him and still had an owner who wanted it back. Unlike the weapons you mentioned, which didn’t have any living owners who were trying to retrieve them.

LukewarmJortz t1_j9r89b3 wrote on February 23, 2023 at 11:58 PM

They called them privateers which is legal pirating, doesn't sound like they're defending anyone.

Sounds like they're saying "of course they thought they could keep the car, they already stole the weapons as trophies of their kill."

G20fortified t1_j9s2at3 wrote on February 24, 2023 at 3:42 AM

Top comment here. Cops are pirates 🏴‍☠️. They steal more than anyone else. There is a reason they don’t do undercover stings on other police. It’s because they would end up arresting every single one of these lowlife thieves.