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progressivebydesign

(19,458 posts)
28. Agreed.
Wed Jun 20, 2012, 12:51 AM
Jun 2012

Most people don't agree with us, but the truth is that Texas law says you can use deadly force to stop a sexual assault. Once the guy pulled the jerk off his daughter, all he had to do was hold him down. Frankly, I think it's going to be just as damaging for the little girl to witness her father killing man, then screaming obscenities at the 911 people on the phone because the guy was going to die (and I'm sure that was when he realized he could go to jail for killing him.) Hard to guess what any person would do in that situation, but he should have stopped once he had the guy down. I think the DA and Sheriff decided that he did what many people would have done in that situation, once adrenaline kicks in, even though it was not considered self defense or defense of another.

I'm fully ok with this... hlthe2b Jun 2012 #1
agreed.... n/t IamK Jun 2012 #3
Yep. Stuckinthebush Jun 2012 #37
Well said and agreed. MightyOkie Jun 2012 #46
Good call by the GJ and investigators. n/t bluesbassman Jun 2012 #2
He was saving a child from grave bodily harm Warpy Jun 2012 #4
Everything beyond stopping the molester and incapacitating him is murder MNBrewer Jun 2012 #5
That's very noble from a chair on the Internet. But his young daughter is being jtuck004 Jun 2012 #9
It is easy as hell to kill barehanded.............. kooljerk666 Jun 2012 #60
I totally agree with you, yet I cannot imagine myself doing anything less if placed in the same left on green only Jun 2012 #10
Vigilante justice implies he found out after the fact ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jun 2012 #11
It's not any sort of crime, passion or not. LisaL Jun 2012 #24
The law disagrees. (nt) Posteritatis Jun 2012 #12
In an emergency, it's tough to know just where to draw the line. freedom fighter jh Jun 2012 #13
It would be exceptionally hard to prove exactly which punch incapacitated him vs killing him dsc Jun 2012 #14
Excellent point Blasphemer Jun 2012 #18
Absolutely right. colorado_ufo Jun 2012 #27
he did stop the molestor frylock Jun 2012 #16
He saved not only his daughter but probably countless other daughters. Molesters are repeat appleannie1 Jun 2012 #21
Nonsense. LisaL Jun 2012 #23
It has nothing to do with law. zeemike Jun 2012 #39
But we can blame the cop if they beat a suspect to death with a baton, right? cstanleytech Jun 2012 #63
I fail to see how that has anything to do with this. zeemike Jun 2012 #64
You did or did not say cstanleytech Jun 2012 #65
Well cops and soldiers kill all the time is self defense or in the line of duty zeemike Jun 2012 #66
Except even cops and soldiers dont have a blank check to murder people cstanleytech Jun 2012 #67
Apparently not. AnotherMcIntosh Jun 2012 #25
Agreed. progressivebydesign Jun 2012 #28
Wow, just WOW. boppers Jun 2012 #32
It's not "lifelong trauma" kurtzapril4 Jun 2012 #48
You may find it "offensive" but... SkyDaddy7 Jun 2012 #62
You're not a victim the rest of your days, unless you want to be. boppers Jun 2012 #69
it seems apparent that he did not intend to kill the guy, just disable him. Kablooie Jun 2012 #49
My father is a world class martial artist. He says you need to know how not to kill a person Exultant Democracy Jun 2012 #54
You make many assumptions MrBig Jun 2012 #53
Let's see how you react when you see it happening to one of your kids SpartanDem Jun 2012 #30
weak sauce SemperEadem Jun 2012 #34
The US Supreme Court has ruled you have to have INTENT to be convicted of Murder happyslug Jun 2012 #44
The guy was still alive when he stopped hitting him hack89 Jun 2012 #51
Truly the greatest injustice ever 4th law of robotics Jun 2012 #52
In this case, MNBrewer? Great Caesars Ghost Jun 2012 #56
You should be ashamed of yourself! SkyDaddy7 Jun 2012 #61
I'd let the guy walk, too. MADem Jun 2012 #6
Awful situation. I say let them be, and give some help. nolabear Jun 2012 #7
ok. emilyg Jun 2012 #8
Sounds like justifiable homicide to me. MrTwister Jun 2012 #15
Could not agree more. christx30 Jun 2012 #19
You know, I wouldn't kill someone like that in front of my child. progressivebydesign Jun 2012 #29
"equally damaging in this" boppers Jun 2012 #33
Frankly, you have no idea how you would react. Javaman Jun 2012 #41
The issue is did the father think? happyslug Jun 2012 #45
If you were in that christx30 Jun 2012 #50
Roger, that. MrTwister Jun 2012 #55
I would worry about anyone who DIDN'T commit violence in defense of their children. The Doctor. Jun 2012 #17
He didn't stalk the guy, he didn't shoot him tularetom Jun 2012 #20
I don't think I could kill anybody but I'm not sure I wouldn't want to. EFerrari Jun 2012 #22
Most people would have done the same. Beacool Jun 2012 #26
I would have done the same thing. Arctic Dave Jun 2012 #31
I'm glad he won't be indicted--he shouldn't be SemperEadem Jun 2012 #35
I totally disagree with the decision mazzarro Jun 2012 #36
I agree with you knowing in my heart I would have done the exact thing dad did, ...... marble falls Jun 2012 #38
Well let me play a little game with you on this. zeemike Jun 2012 #40
There were witnesses, but don't let that stop you. lunatica Jun 2012 #58
That was the point I was trying to make. zeemike Jun 2012 #59
Did you read the article?? Javaman Jun 2012 #42
He was investigated, went before the Grand Jury and they said that this isn't a crime AngryAmish Jun 2012 #43
Being a father of 2 daughters (now grown) I always worried about rape. Dustlawyer Jun 2012 #47
It's best to allow the legal, constabulary, medical, forensic, judicial systems to handle things bucolic_frolic Jun 2012 #57
Good. Just once, the system worked. 2ndAmForComputers Jun 2012 #68
No jury would ever convict. Lil Missy Jun 2012 #70
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