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I'm certain I saw something about someone getting 10+ years for burning police cars back in 2020, but I can't find it.
I could be misremembering and it was just the prosecutor asking for it, or google could just be complete shit now.
Ok serious question, what part of arson seems non-violent to you? And I can find you an example of two individuals who threw moltovs at a NYPD Van, They both pled out to less than 2 years.
According to every law enforcement agency in the U.S., federal and local, property crime is categorically different than violent crime.
Unless someone was injured or attacked, burning an empty vehicle is only a property crime.
Where is all this caviler attitude to setting fire to something with possibly 20 gallons of accelerant in it’s belly on a public street coming from. Can not speak to other states but NY literally has justification of murder if you see someone setting your residence on fire, you are fully authorized to kill them under law, NYPL 35.20(2) and thats New York (Including NYC). The risk to grave physical injury is so high in a fire that it is okay to kill to stop it. Trying to say literally trying to torch something with a belly of gas on a public street is okay? Do they not still teach about the Great Chicago fire and San Francisco Earthquake Fire in school anymore?
A house is not an obviously empty car. These two scenarios are not the same at all.
If a person is in danger, or could reasonably be expected to be in danger, then the elements of the crime obviously change significantly.
Wah wah wah, go lick another fucking boot.
Who is burning an unoccupied car violent towards?