Hello World. A lot has been said about the Joe Horn shooting incident in Texas. Here's my take. Being shot dead when your chosen occupation is burglary, is a sad, tragic, and horrific occupational hazard.
When you bring your burglarizing, bold, ignorant, criminal, and "no fear" having ass in the homes of America, you take that risk. Period.
As a woman in America . . . having to put up with, stay aware of, and always be on the alert for crime, is a daily reality. Crime prevention every day is an unfortunate reality in America. Period. I find little sympathy for the criminally intended.
Every day . . . we see news reports of robbery, thieving, rapes, murders, beatings, muggings, burglary, setting folks on fire, child crimes and on and on and on . . . Civility is becoming a pastime. To be respectful, kind, decent, and compassionate to our fellow man . . . is long gone.
The crime in America is off the charts. Police are overwhelmed, undermanned, police equipment is old and jeopardized, and basically police are "reactionary" and not preventive in the first place.
When you are bold enough to do what these two men did . . . you take the risk of someone being as bold . . . and in this case bolder, than the men themselves!!!
Being shot dead, when your chosen profession is burglary . . . is a sad, tragic, and horrific occupational hazard.
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India, I just heard you on Shelley's show, and while I agree with much of what you said, I do differ with your take on this incident, especially in light of your blog the very next day.
Yes, we are definitely becoming more & more desensitized, which is exactly what is at play in those who applauded Joe Horn's execution of those two men!
You cannot simply transfer your rage & frustration about crime, and allow it to justify taking the lives of others, no matter the specifics of each particular situation. Sure, if two men came through the window of my home, crowbar in hand, and if I felt threatened, I would, and would be justified in shooting them.
However, if I pulled up, saw them running from house, with a few items carried off in a bag, would I shoot them as they run? Hell no... Would I FEEL like doing so, hell yeah!
But I am NOT "desensitized" to the point that I have forgotten that human life is more important than a few possessions. And yes, relative to ending two lives, what they did IS "just burglary"!
That is why we have a sliding scale of punishments in our judicial system, for they are (supposed to be) relative to the severity of the crime. Shooting two thieves running away (& other than the crowbar, Horn saw no other weapon, nor did they say or move in any way to threaten, only to escape) is an action that would put a cop behind bars, and should a private citizen as well (if Grand Juries always followed the laws)...
Calling every person committing a crime a "career criminal" is disingenuous, & while even breaking into a house you believe empty can result in your death, if you're wrong, you cannot use that as justification for Horn's cold-blooded, pre-meditated (even announced) execution!
An act that can contradict every religion's basic principles & teachings, as well as our nation's principles of justice, simply cannot be excused.
And no matter how justified we may be in feeling "fed-up" with excuse-making for criminal behavior, it doesn't justify taking action that is nothing more than further criminal behavior. Two wrongs simply won't make it right...
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