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TIL Sheriff Jordan, the leader of the posse that killed Bonnie & Clyde, attempted to keep the stolen car in which they were ambushed and shot to death. The car's legal owner sued the Sheriff for possession of the car then drove it to Shreveport, still covered with blood & human tissue.
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Reply to comment by AudibleNod in TIL Sheriff Jordan, the leader of the posse that killed Bonnie & Clyde, attempted to keep the stolen car in which they were ambushed and shot to death. The car's legal owner sued the Sheriff for possession of the car then drove it to Shreveport, still covered with blood & human tissue. by Shark-Farts
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.