For police, the goal is vigilance, not vigilantes

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maryjk said:
Only if he is shot and dies.

Then we will talk endlessly about how the woman is a vigilante. And how since the rapist is dead, we don’t know his perspective and how since he is dead we won’t ever know his side of the story. :rolleyes:
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:rotfl: 👍
 
SamH said:
Weird isn’t it.

To think that guy was close to being vice president. Remember the media making a huge sympathy issue about him sticking with his terminally ill wife? That turned out a bit different too.
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I agree that is it very odd.

Yes, I recall that. I recall that his behavior was reprehensible.
 
scipio337 said:
Most people don’t. I posted a link to the same article in my original mention.
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I’m sorry, but I guess I missed it. It is certainly bizarre testimony from Edwards. It is “perspective taking” that makes for interesting story-telling that appeals to emotion. Let’s see, where have I read similar story-telling?:hmmm:
 
Robert_Sock said:
GZ incorrectly profiled TM as a criminal when in fact he was just walking home. GZ followed TM when he ought to not have. An innocent 17 year old boy is dead because GZ insisted on following TM after the dispatcher told him not to. GZ was carrying a concealed weapon on NW when he ought to not have been.
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Where is your evidence for this? The 17 year old would not be dead if he hadn’t attacked a person who was concerned for his neighbors. It was not because GZ followed him. Do you really believe it is alright to hit someone because they are following you? :eek: If TM had not hit GZ he would be alive. Put the fault where it belongs. The actions of TM got him killed.

It is dabatable that he was innocent. He was found with stolen goods. There is no proof that he followed him after the dispatcher told him we don’t need you to do that. GZ was not on NW.
 
adrift said:
Where is your evidence for this? The 17 year old would not be dead if he hadn’t attacked a person who was concerned for his neighbors. It was not because GZ followed him. Do you really believe it is alright to hit someone because they are following you? :eek: If TM had not hit GZ he would be alive. Put the fault where it belongs. The actions of TM got him killed.

It is dabatable that he was innocent. He was found with stolen goods. There is no proof that he followed him after the dispatcher told him we don’t need you to do that. GZ was not on NW.
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I can’t imagine GZ will be endorsed by any neighborhood watch again. Enough is Enough.
 
scipio337 said:
So someone following you is a justification for battery?
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Someone trying to detain you with a gun is definitely justification for battery.
It’s freaky to follow people around; how bizarre. Call the police and go home; they don’t even want you following suspects around anyway. We don’t need you to do that.
 
MaryT777 said:
Yes, I’m sure that there are some who would feel safer if GZ was around their neighborhood. Not me.
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I’d be fine with it, but then I don’t plan on attacking him either. But then I also lived in a house for 17 years with a man that killed several people just because they wore a certain style of cloths.
 
MaryT777 said:
Someone trying to detain you with a gun is definitely justification for battery.
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I agree. Someone pointing a gun at you would be considered aggravated assault. Luckily, there is no evidence of that at all in the aforementioned case.

But is someone following you justification for battery?
 
SamH said:
I’d be fine with it, but then I don’t plan on attacking him either. But then I also lived in a house for 17 years with a man that killed several people just because they wore a certain style of cloths.
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That reminds me of someone killing a young black man in their neighborhood just because he met the profile of some other thieves.
 
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