Vigilante neighbors in court for branding molester

Detroit Free Press ^ | August 6, 2002 | L.L. BRASIER

[FormerLurker]

Three Pontiac men took the law -- and a blistering hot metal spatula -- into their hands when they learned a neighbor had been regularly sodomizing his 7- and 10-year-old nephews.

Two of the men held down the uncle while the third pressed the smoking spatula on his genitals, buttocks, stomach and legs. They paused only long enough to reheat the spatula on the kitchen stove for repeated branding before tossing the uncle out onto the sidewalk, breaking his arm.

[FormerLurker]

I bet the perp thinks twice before messing with little kids again...

[dtel]

With deer season just around the corner, it might have just been wiser to invite him to deer camp.
Those awful, awful hunting accidents, don't ya know?

[FormerLurker]

I like the hot spatula idea myself. A hunting accident is too quick and painless...

[evolved_rage]

Frankly, I'm surprised they didn't kill him," said Carl Taylor, a criminologist at Michigan State University

Makes you wonder who the pedo-priests single out as victims, considering how few acts of vigilantism against priests that are reported. They must prey on the safest victims.

I'm beginning to think you owe it to the child to kill or mutilate the perp so the child can feel safe again.

[EBUCK]

"That is not a good thing, because often the punishment is much harsher, more brutal, than what is appropriate," Fox said. "That's why we have laws, a system, to handle crime and punishment."

There is no punnishment harsh enough for this chomo. I'd be surprised if that creep ever gets it up again. 3rd degree scars are going to hard to inflate.

EBUCK

[Cyber Liberty]

"That is not a good thing, because often the punishment is much harsher, more brutal, than what is appropriate," Fox said. "That's why we have laws, a system, to handle crime and punishment."

Translation: We don't want citizens going around deciding what's "appropriate." That's why we have judges: to let criminals off with less punishment than they deserve.

[TankerKC]

...pressed the smoking spatula on his genitals...

Hot Dog!

[Diddle E. Squat]

Future lawsuit against Spatula City?

[Chad Fairbanks]

"That is not a good thing, because often the punishment is much harsher, more brutal, than what is appropriate," Fox said.

Fox is an enabler... there is no punishment that is "more brutal, than what is appropriate" for those who sodomize children... Maybe if the courts used more hot spatulas on the private parts of these monsters, we'd have less vigilantes doing it...

[CJ Wolf]

'In June 2001, Gibson, 38, pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree criminal sexual conduct for the attacks on his nephews and was ordered to serve an 8- to 40-year prison term.'

Be out in 2? Vigilantism occurs when they know justice will not be served.

[cgordon]

Hell is not hot enough for this creep. Death is the only punishment fitting for anyone who would harm a child in such a manner.

[dtel]

Hot Spatula = 18-19 months
Hunting Accident = 0 months

Who is to say what can happen in the deep, dark woods?

[lsee]

Was it wrong of me to feel a little twinge of satisfaction upon reading this evil man's fate?

[cake_crumb]

"As their statements continued, several courtroom spectators started nodding their heads in seeming approval"

Sorry....I know I'm going to get flamed for being cold hearted and unsympathetic from some DU-type poster, but.....

ROFLOL

<* Nodding head in seeming approval *>

[wallcrawlr]

How come that guy who was serving a life sentence was involved? Thats the biggest story in the article.

[EBUCK]

I'm thinking a lifetime of living with a "serious" disability suits me just fine. Killin the SOB is a lot cheaper in the long run though. I'm torn here.

1. Serious Mutilation and a life of servitude (sewer worker perhaps)

or

2. Death by 200 .22cal projectiles fired by children.

Hmmmm, the oprions are really endless.

EBUCK

[Just another Joe]

Already posted here.

[Bigg Red]

...an increased level of vigilante actions..

Hey, if it makes the next piece of Clinton reconsider raping or molesting a kid, it works for me.

[P7M13]

gored in the gut by a heartless buck and left to slowly die. tragic story, happy ending. lol

t

[cake_crumb]

"That is not a good thing, because often the punishment is much harsher, more brutal, than what is appropriate."

Balony. We've seen just how effective PC "appropriate" punishment is. 1:) 5 Years, out in 18 months 2:) Counciling 3:)Parol 4:) Disappears and/or is lost by system 5:) Permanently damages another child.