Crime-scene photo unsettling to some - photo of dead home intruder killed by home owner in Dallas

The Dallas Morning News ^ | January 25, 2003 | By JACQUIELYNN FLOYD / The Dallas Morning News

[MeekOneGOP]

If the Dallas Morning News decides to get 'PC' and kill the picture URL, I've uploaded it to my site:

[JoeSixPack1]

With the PC removal of all things unsettling, our society has forsaken reality for a good TV show. Now, reality just hit Dallas in the face and the so-called presstitues are all freaking out over a dead body of a home invader.

The entire story is now revolving around the presstitutes. That is a sad state of affairs for law and order as these punks, dead as they now are, were home invaders and deserved nothing less then some formed lead.

The homeowner should get a medal for good aim. The people of Dallas, and every other city in the USA should celebrate a win for the good guys.

But our 4th estate see's it through different colored glasses. The picture, they said, was too graphic? The reality is this punk home invader is not going to invade anywhere tonight.

Dallas is safer by 2, today.

[PaulJ]

A picture of a lone shoe at the scene of a plane crash can make me weepy.

Remember that guy who walked into the McDonalds in San Diego and shot all those people? He killed men, woman and children. His name was James Huberty.The most dramatic photo was the one of just a bicycle, laying on its side, with blood around it. No body was shown, but the picture smacked you in the face with with what this man had done.

[MeekOneGOP]

YEP ! Thanks...

[Mr. Mojo]

I woke up in kind of a bad mood, but seeing that dead SOB lifted my spirits considerably.

[chachacha]

I find this photo absolutely rewarding

THE WRETCHED THIEF IS DEAD

[FreePaul]

I hope that the picture really shocked all of those who are determined to put their life on the line by committing violent crimes. At least in those parts of the country where it isn't against the law to defend your family. Too bad these kind of pictures don't get wider distribution.

[xsmommy]

Gee, we wouldn't want to send a message to any potential perps out there that should they try something similar they may end up dead on someone's lawn. no, that might be too traumatic for their little psyches...

[robertpaulsen]

Obviously, this photo is intended to draw sympathy for the perp, and to illustrate how evil guns are in the hands of citizens. What would the perps have done if the owner had no gun? Would the Dallas Morning News show pictures of that?

Question: You're walking down a deserted street with your wife and two small children. Suddenly, a dangerous looking man with a huge knife comes around the corner and is running at you while screaming obscenities. In your hand is a Glock .40 and you are an expert shot. You have mere seconds before he reaches you and your family. What do you do?

Liberal Answer:

Well, that's not enough information to answer the question! Does the man look poor or oppressed? Have I ever done anything to him that is inspiring him to attack? Could we run away? What does my wife think? What about the kids? Could I possibly swing the gun like a club and knock the knife out of his hand? What does the law say about this situation? Is it possible he'd be happy with just killing me? Does he definitely want to kill me or would he just be content to wound me? If I were to grab his knees and hold on, could my family get away while he was stabbing me? This is all so confusing! I need to debate this with some friends for a few days to try to come to a conclusion.

Conservative Answer:

BANG!

Texan's Answer:

BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! click... (sounds of clip being ejected and fresh clip installed)

Wife: "Sweetheart, he looks like he's still moving, what do you kids think?"

Son: "Mom's right, Dad, I saw it too..."

BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!

Daughter: "Nice grouping Daddy!

[apackof2]

Crime-scene photo unsettling to some

Only to the criminals

[arthurus]

This reporter seems much more concerned that burglars were killed in the midst of their burgling than that 2 men staged a "home invasion."

[heckler]

Good gun control, he hit his targets.

[robertpaulsen]

"Only to the criminals"

And the cry-baby, namby-pamby, gun-grabbing, bleeding heart liberals who wonder why the owner didn't just wound them.

[Reagan is King]

LOL!

[DWSUWF]

"...I woke up in kind of a bad mood, but seeing that dead SOB lifted my spirits considerably..."

I just hope the bastard didn't fall on that hedge and damage it's trunk by splitting it down close to the ground.

It takes a long time to get a nice little hedge like that trained, and a single incident like a dying thief stumbling and falling against it can split the trunk near the ground, which can open it up to a dozen different kinds of disease processes that will eventually require it to be replaced.

Couldn't that worthless piece of subhuman shit have died a little earlier, or fallen the other way?

[sam_paine]

But, to me, a distant and not particularly graphic picture of a dead burglar - albeit an unconvicted one - isn't especially unsettling.

I concur. Good for the DMN.

[Windsong]

Just out of curiosity, have any Freepers played "Thief: The Dark Project"?

[Saundra Duffy]

Editors for DallasNews.com, the web site of The Dallas Morning News, decided Friday to crop the body out of the photo before posting it online.

Interesting. Seeing the dead body would be a deterrent to others, right? I don't get this. By the way - What's the rapist's worst nightmare? A woman with a gun!

[strela]

I'm not saying burglars deserve to be shot.

Then allow me to do so. And, actually do so.

I don't suppose my suggestion of beheading burglars then putting their heads on a pike on public display will get much ink in the DMN, will it?

[harpseal]

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