Quote:Just to be the devil's advocate on this, if the facts are as he has alleged, he has a point.   You have to follow the law and the constitution.   If you capture a criminal, at the point that he is defenseless, you are not allowed to be judge, jury, and executioner.   He is alleging that he was captured and defenseless and at that point he was administered a severe beating, and had boiling hot soup poured on him as he was held down.  

 

If he tried to rob the store, he is a criminal.   On the other hand, people who beat defenseless prisoners are also criminals.

 

Recently, a man in Detroit hit a child with his truck.  When he got out, a mob beat him half to death.  They became judge, jury, and executioner, and beat a man half to death. 

 

We don't allow mob justice or lynching.  We all have constitutional rights. 

See the story on the dad who beat the absolute hell out of the 18 year old who he caught in the act of raping his boy, (4 or 5 I think). Beat the kid absolutely senseless, face looked unrecognizeable. Police said the dad was justified in the beating. Guy could have stopped the 18 year old and simply held him til police came here too.

 

If someone comes into a place of business, or your home with the intent to rob you (or more),  in this case the guy in the original post had a gun. The person doing the robbing (or more) better be ready for some repercussions if his evil intent is foiled by the owner of the business or home.

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