Where's the justice in these 3 scenarios? Wouldn't they receive full compensation for what happened?

Question

Couldn't they file a complaint and be compensated. These are the 3 examples I'm refering to. WHAT IF, hypothestically speaking, these 3 examples happened in real life? What could they do? Would there be full compensation?

Example 1) In the movie "Walking Tall", The Rock and Johnny Knoxville tear up this guy's shiny new red pick-up truck to see if are any drugs stashed away in it and they strip it, tear it down to the frame, all the main outer vehicle parts cut away. WHAT IF HE WORKED REALLY HARD FOR THE MONEY TO PURCHASE THAT VEHICLE ALL AT ONCE?

Example 2) In the movie "Judge Dredd", Judge Dredd a.k.a. Sylvester Stallone blows up this guy's car on the street because of many, many unpaid parking tickets and all because he acted like a little bit of a jerk before it being blown up. He may have been a bit of a jerk, but I still think what happened was wrong. WHAT IF HE WORKED REALLY HARD FOR THE MONEY TO PURCHASE THAT VEHICLE ALL AT ONCE?

Example 3) In the movie "The Fast and The Furious Tokyo Drift" the main star of the movie, that kid, at the beginning of the movie, after he causes some destruction of perperty when having a race with someone, at the police station when he asks where his car is, that d**n jerk of a police detective says he had them crush it, which would probably mean destory it at a junkyard by his orders. WHAT IF HE WORKED REALLY HARD FOR THE MONEY TO PURCHASE THAT VEHICLE ALL AT ONCE?

Please give me the info I'm looking for. Thanks.

Answer 1

"Walking Tall" is one question I will answer. The movie is a remake of three originals. The original movies are based on facts and the life of Sheriff Bufford Pusser. He spoke to movie makers (for lack of a better term) about his life and his story. You may watch those three to get a better visual of his story because the Rock's version is pretty lame and corny compared to it. However, back in the '70's he got away with tearing apart the man's car while searching for illegal alcohol in a moonshiner's car. I believe it was a Camaro. Now days legal action could be taken depending on the situation and officer. The Border Patrol, while searching for contraband, have legal authority to completely dismantle your car into pieces and do not have to reassemble it. Just keep in mind that's Hollywood and they stretch the truth for entertainment. As for the other movies I haven't seen them.

Answer 2

Nobody cares how hard the person worked to buy the vehicle. In each of your scenarios you seem to forget that the person who loses their vehicle loses it FOR A REASON.  

The sheriff doesn't crush a vehicle or bulldoze a house without just cause.  If these were upstanding citizens they wouldn't be in the predicament they're in.

And buddy - it's the MOVIES!  Movies aren't real life...

Answer 3

Well, put simply - they're movies.   The studio pays for the cars.

Such behavior in real life would lead to a world of trouble for the officers involved.

Civil damages would be up to the courts, but likely.

In the second and third case, appropriate charges could also be brought up against the owners as well though.