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I don't want to see that day when someone can beat another person to death and get away with it by saying, “He was molesting my daughter, so I killed him. Trust me.”

So you are ignoring the fact all the people in the barn heard the little girl scream?So, take your choice:

A:)the little girl screamed because she just wanted to.

B:)the girl screamed because it was almost lunch time and she wanted to eat

C:)The little girl screamed because some pervert was molesting her.

I pick C but that is just me. Maybe you can think of a better reason that she screamed.

If “all the people in the barn” did in fact hear the little girl scream, they can testify to that in court and the prosecutor can make a case for what it was that made the girl scream.

I don't blame the father for pummeling him, but that doesn't mean the rest of us have to cheer on vigilantism. I was once in a Walgreens, looking at shampoos and minding my own business. I looked up when a three year old girl pointed at me and started screaming. (By the way, I'm a middle age, middle class white woman.) I had no idea who the child was or what was going on with her. It turns out that I looked like some family member who I presume is a nasty person. Understandably, people — including the child's mother — ran to the aisle to find out what was going on. The mother figured out right away what was upsetting the little girl and told everyone I hadn't done anything. But the other adults knew only that the little girl had screamed and was pointing at me. I guess I'm lucky a man in the crowd didn't beat me to death.