NEWSFLASH: Your car isn’t a magical shield to protect you from murderous thugs.

First, a lot of people criticized George Zimmerman for getting out of his car, going so far as to claim, erroneously, that he was ordered not to by a police dispatcher (as if that would have any bearing on his guilt or innocence for murder). They said he wasn’t a policeman, and thus shouldn’t have pursued a suspect.

But then an actual policeman did pursue a suspect. And what happened then? George Stephanopoulos asked Darren Wilson, “Why not stay in the car?” — because it’s not like it’s a policeman’s job to pursue an alleged thief who just assaulted him.

Months before that, this headline was written: Family Of Cop-Killer: If Officer Had Stayed In His Car, He Wouldn’t Have Been Shot.

And just recently, we got this headline: New York Police Officers Shot Dead In Squad Car ‘Assassination’.

Maybe, just maybe, being attacked by a murderous thug isn’t dependent on whether one is inside or outside a car.