Sometimes criminals push a victim too far. That’s what happened to a carjacking victim in metro Detroit after her attackers demanded her keys and pistol-whipped her. We don’t endorse her response, but it’s easy to understand why she’d had enough.
While fighting back against armed assailants is extremely risky, her reaction was a visceral one born of fear and anger. The case is a reminder of how traumatic carjackings are, even as experts caution against resisting for safety’s sake.