Quote:No, no it's not. Not even close. One involves protecting a place of business, something they own. The other is nothing more then street violence.

 

Yes, they are different.  One man was guilty, and the other man was innocent.  And as you say, one involved a pizza joint, and the other involved a traffic accident.  But in another way, they are the same.  A mob decided to dispense justice without the aid of the police and the courts. 

 

And as far as "protecting a place of business," once you have the man down and in a helpless position, you are finished protecting that business.  Beating the man and scalding him with hot soup, when he has already been disarmed and restrained, had nothing to do with protecting that place of business.   It was all vigilante justice.  No rule of law.  Mob rule.  No trial, no court, no judge and jury.   Next time it might be you. 

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