[WOBBLY BOB]

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The Good Samaritan Shot to Kill

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2796447/posts

[Izzy Dunne]

Why didn’t you link to the story, instead of the front page of the site?

[Howie66]

9MM Beats 9-1-1 Every Time.

[econjack]

Evanovich's sisters say they know what their brother was doing was wrong...

Nuff said...end of story.

[Mr Ramsbotham]

It’s probably better this way for all involved.

[cuban leaf]

—...and my brother would have been behind bars, or something like that...—

I wonder what “something like that” would look like. More burglaries? Car jacking?

Two things:
1. The girls were not there so their opinions are meaningless.
2. The cops do not stop crime directly. They are secretaries with guns. They take notes afterward and try to find the guy who did it.

[GeronL]

lol.

When you are being robbed (or raped, or murdered or whatever), it’s too late for cops.

[Jack Hydrazine]

Quote from that previous article.

“The question in this case is, did the good Samaritan act in self-defense when the punk pulled out his gun?” Freeman said. “We don’t know that yet.”

Let’s see. This guy had just robbed a woman at gun point and had pistol-whipped her. When the good Samaritan chased this guy down the perp pullled his gun and the good Samaritan sent him packing for the afterlife.

If the perp had gotten away who knows how many other people he would have robbed, pistol-whipped or killed!

This guy should be given a medal!

[Pollster1]

"Police could have been easily contacted, easily, and my brother would have been behind bars, or something like that, but no, he's gone now."

She's right, which is why I'm glad the good Samaritan solved the problem permanently. The world is a better place without their brother.

[Hodar]

Darren Evanovich was shot and killed Thursday night after robbing a woman in a Cub Foods parking lot in Minneapolis. Police say a witness chased Evanovich and shot him during a confrontation. According to police, that man has a permit to carry. The man was questioned by police and released. The case has been sent to the Hennepin County Attorney's office for review.

Seems like justice was served, far swifter and more accurately than the Police Department could have done. Here's a hint to any other future robber - When an armed citizen with gun catches you committing a crime, and says "Freeze", I strongly suggest you do not have a 'confrontation'. I can think of no better way of saying "Shot me dead, right here, right now" than throwing attitude at a citizen who felt compelled to draw a weapon. I'd have shot him dead, without a question in my heart.

[montag813]

The lovely "Mom" who called her son who assaulted an elderly woman at gunpoint an "angel"..

The proud father who set such a great example for this upstanding citizen...

[camle]

it’s always somebody else’s fault when the thug gets his just rewards.
poor baby.

[From The Deer Stand]

The point remains that if this individual had chosen to NOT commit a crime he would still be alive.

[Paradox]

From a practical stand point, he should not have chased the perp. Because of that, he will probably get in some kind of trouble.

[The Great RJ]

Remember the story of the Good Samaritan from the New Testament? Imagine if the Good Samaritan had come along while the victim was still being beaten and robbed. Would his response have been to hide and wait for the robbers to leave before he gave aid or run to the nearest village to get help?

This young perpetrator was armed with a gun and was attacking a middle aged woman. She could well have been killed or at least seriously injured waiting for the police to arrive. This quick intervention likely saved her life and that the young hoodlum was killed as a result is just too bad and is the result of his own bad decisions and a law enforcement and justice system that fails to take these hoodlums out of society.