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DeadLetterOffice

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7. Do you really?

Tue Jan 7, 2014, 10:34 PM

Jan 2014

I honestly don't mind people taking the law into their own hands.

What about people who are rabid racists and think all persons of color and Jews and gay people should be shot on sight? Are you ok with them taking the law into their own hands? What about when your neighbor decides he's sick of listening to your music and comes in and busts your stereo? Or your head? You ok with him taking the law into his hands?

What I think you really mean is that you are ok with people who think like you taking the law into their own hands, because they would do the same things that you would do, and that's all copacetic from your point of view.

But that's not how it works. The world is not full of people who think like you and would make the same decisions that you would make in any given situation. There is a reason we are (at least in name) a country ruled by law.

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'We called for help, and they killed my son,' North Carolina man says [View all] FreakinDJ Jan 2014 OP

Terrible way to learn a hard lesson AAO Jan 2014 #1

That depends on where you live. DeadLetterOffice Jan 2014 #3

Yeah, things are different here I guess AAO Jan 2014 #5

That is true. dotymed Jan 2014 #25

I don't know the details yet, but my guess is that we have another case of cop cowardice. Vattel Jan 2014 #2

There's no reason at all christx30 Jan 2014 #4

Do you really? DeadLetterOffice Jan 2014 #7

I'll bet these parents christx30 Jan 2014 #14

Well geez, you give examples of things that are against the law Ino Jan 2014 #19

but would it have been illegal Bodhi BloodWave Jan 2014 #21

Lazy, murderous assholes jsr Jan 2014 #6

No, what he was told to have said by the Dad was, "I don't have time for this," not we. lonestarnot Jan 2014 #18

"We don't have time for this." Spitfire of ATJ Jan 2014 #8

Conflicting accounts Milwaukee Prog Jan 2014 #9

Conflicting accounts? frylock Jan 2014 #11

You mean you didn't click the link to the op and read it? Milwaukee Prog Jan 2014 #23

i clicked the link. i see no conflicting stories. frylock Jan 2014 #32

You mean these "versions"? When "we don't have time for this" was said? uppityperson Jan 2014 #38

The only conflict I see is exactly when the killer cop said "We don't have time for this." Comrade Grumpy Jan 2014 #12

Nothing smells good with this one, either heaven05 Jan 2014 #10

the local cops have evolved into the Municipal Armed Forces. olddad56 Jan 2014 #13

Agreed. SoapBox Jan 2014 #16

Cops should be required to wear a body camera Stainless Jan 2014 #15

Cameras don't matter either... freebrew Jan 2014 #29

This Reminds Me Of The Case In Ames, Iowa DallasNE Jan 2014 #17

Horrible. mzmolly Jan 2014 #20

never call the police for help with a mentally ill person anasv Jan 2014 #22

The police in this country has instituted a death penalty for mental illness jsr Jan 2014 #24

I remember hearing some police officers talking about a somewhat similar case leftyladyfrommo Jan 2014 #26

I'm waiting for the day a fireman says... Ino Jan 2014 #31

The Medical, law enforcement and military establishments HoosierCowboy Jan 2014 #27

This was an EXECUTION: giftedgirl77 Jan 2014 #28

We need a national commission on law enforcement standards and practices. Comrade Grumpy Jan 2014 #30

+1 Go Vols Jan 2014 #33

How many of these stories must we read before we can accept the reality before us? n/t Egalitarian Thug Jan 2014 #34

We need a national commission on law enforcement standards and practices. Comrade Grumpy Jan 2014 #36

Yes, thanks for the correction. Egalitarian Thug Jan 2014 #37

Stepfather told 911 the kid had a screwdriver and was threatening his mother with it Beaverhausen Jan 2014 #35