By Bob Walsh
Jerry Brown just signed a bill into law in the formerly great state of California that relieves a person of both civil and criminal liability for smashing car windows...under certain circumstances.
The law, sponsored by the SPCA, permits a person to break into a car to rescue a small furry animal that appears to be in distress due to heat due to being locked in a car. The vandal must have previously contacted the authorities, reasonably determined that the animal in question can not wait for the authorities to arrive and must hang around for the ultimate arrival of the authorities.
Strangely this law does not apply to the rescue of humans. I admit to also being surprised that this occurs sufficiently often that a whole new law is required to deal with it.
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